Natasha's Colorful Creations

Coffee with a Heart: Unity Stamp Company

Hi Crafty friends! I hope you are doing well! I am so EXCITED for an AMAZING new release over at Unity Stamp Company! We are celebrating an EXCITING month over at Unity – it is an exciting celebration all month long – it is Brown Thursday! I am telling you – GO CHECK IT OUT!!!!! It is the best sale of the year, with the lowest prices! Simply add items to your cart and watch the discount happening!!!!

For today’s card I had so much fun with the amazing new stamp sets! For my first card I am using the adorable new Coffee with a Heart stamp set! I just adore this sweet little heart coffee cup! So let’s get started!

I started by working with my coffee cup image from the new Coffee with a Heart stamp set. I decided to make mine a coffee themed card, however this set has adorable marshmallows too! How fun! I stamped the image using alcohol marker friendly ink and then colored the image using my Tombow ABT pro markers! I love these markers and how easy they are to use! I used colors from the yellow and blue tones (5 packs), as well as others in my stash. I did add a deep blue from my Ohuhu markers as well. I colored the image from darkest to lightest. This is my first time coloring a cup of coffee with alcohol markers, I was a bit nervous, but still wanted to give it a try! Once my cup of coffee was complete I trimmed the image with my scan and cut and then set this aside to work on my background.

For the background I chose to use the awesome large font background called Coffee is Life! I love the style of font on this background! It is AWESOME! I prepped my card stock with my anti static tool and then stamped the image using my WOW embossing ink pad. I then used Twiggy embossing powder! I love the color and texture of this powder! I thought it was perfect for my coffee themed card! I also added a few more elements from the Coffee Components stamp set. I stamped some images in various sections of the background using Versafine ink in Nocturne. Once these were dry, it was time to add some more color!

I used an ink smooshing technique to add color to the background using Distress Oxides in: Rusty Hinge and Salvage Patina. I placed a small amount of ink on an acetate sheet and spritzed it with water. I then added this to the paper/background and “smooshed” the color over the embossed image. I repeated this with both colors adding it in various sections. I then added some Distress Mica Stain in the same way. I then set my background aside to dry as I wanted to add a bit more texture and sparkle too!

Once my background was dry I used the Confetti Heart Stencil from Unity. I placed this over my background and used glitter glaze from Burtus Monroe. I added the glitter glaze in various spots over the background. I removed the stencil and allowed the glaze to dry.

I then die cut the background using a rectangle die cut. I adhered my background to an A2 card base. I used foam tape to adhere the coffee cup. I stamped a fun sentiment from the set and then used Distress Oxide in Antique Linen to soften the white on the sentiment strip. I adhered the sentiment to my card and my fun coffee themed card is complete!

I hope you enjoyed this card! I am had a lot of fun!

Be sure to check out the AMAZING sale happening over at Unity Stamp Company as well! Here are all the sale categories!

Thank you for stopping by today! I appreciate your support! Product links for today’s cards are listed in my post today and below. I appreciate your support, if you shop through these links I earn a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support!

Supplies Used:

Unity Stamp Company

Simon Says Stamp

WOW Embossing US Store

Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Comments

  2. great card, love the colors and textures and you did an awesome job on the coffee cup, although I think a heart shaped cup might be difficult to drink out of, haha

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