Marianne's cards 'n stuff

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2

I had another cup ready to go, so I thought I might just as well create another card for the 2017 Spring Coffee Lovers blog hop.

Ingredients:

Coffee cup - Coffee Break, Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment - Literary Caffeine-ations, Beccy Cruger/STAMPlorations

Black embossing powder, Ranger

Books - Smarty Pants, Whimsy Stamps

(both stamp sets were bought using the voucher

I won at the previous Coffee Lover blog hop)

Vellum

Distress Inks for acetate smooshing

Distress Oxide Inks for stamping the books

Spectrum Noir sparkle brush to add some sparkle to the cup

I'm linking up my card at:

2017 Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

STAMPlorations Anything goes with STAMPlorations stamps

Aud Sentiments - #176 Any sentiment except for birthday

Whimsy Stamps - #93 Anything goes with Whimsy stamps

I have a card to share for the 2017 Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I had created the cup and butterfly in the same session as my butterflies for this card and had already cut them out, so all I needed to do today was create the background.

I created my white panel by repeatedly stamping the birthday sentiment and then die cutting it using a stitched frame die. Since I had my new Distress Oxide Inks out, I decided to try and blend a few colours that more or less matched the colours I had used for my smooshed images. They do blend, oh my! I also added some water splatters using a paint brush and then blotted with a piece of paper towel. I adhered my stamped panel using tape runner and popped up the images using foam tape.

Ingredients:

Coffee cup - Coffee break, Whimsy stamps

(bought with the voucher I won at the previous Coffee Lovers blog hop)

Butterfly - Blissful Butterflies, Pretty Pink Posh

Sentiment - It's only words, Ladybug Crafts Ink

Stitched frame die - Birthday Journal Card, SugarPea Designs

Distress Inks for acetate smooshing

Distress Oxide Inks for blending the background

I'm linking up my card at:

2017 Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

SugarPea Designs - 3rd Birthday Bash - Birthday card

Time Out - #80 Inspired by words:

'When it rains look for rainbows, when it's dark look for stars'

I created another rainbow card

Uniko - #40 Spring with the optional twist of Easter

So happy to be this month's guest designer.

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

SSS Monday - Things with wings

Seize the Birthday - Anything goes (no toppings for me)

Cupcake Inspirations - #400 Birthday + # 399 Tea Party

Whimsy Stamps - #93 Anything goes with Whimsy stamps

Uniko GD - Butterflies

Hello and welcome! It's time for my second installment as a Guest Designer for the current Uniko challenge, with another Spring themed card.

I used this pretty butterfly stamp by Uniko (English Country Garden - Butterflies) and my brand new distress oxide inks to stamp a rainbow of butterflies. Next, I sprayed my stamped images with water to test the properties of these new inks. The pigment component in the oxide inks allow you to stamp a very crisp image, while the distress component reacts with water and wicks out. Such a cool effect!

After drying my panel with a heat tool, I used my Misti to double stamp the sentiment from the same set in Archival jet black ink, trimmed down my panel and foam mounted it onto my card base (SSS). A few sequins finished off my card.

You have until April 21st to link up your Spring themed card with the optional twist of Easter. Don't forget to pop over to the Uniko blog to see what the Uniko design team has created to inspire you.

I'm also linking my card up at:

Time Out challenge - #80 Inspired by words:

'When it rains look for rainbows, when it's dark look for stars'

I think it's pretty obvious that I focused on the rainbow

CAS-ual Fridays - CFC170 No dies allowed