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So how are things with you?! If you're like I am, you've been leaning a little harder on your coffee cup this week while trying to adjust to the time change! My body clock has been struggling for most of October anyway...that 5 hour time difference between here and Edinburgh has been hard to get over! I was just about back on track, but this one wee hour of time change will throw me off again! 🤪
I had a lot of fun creating today's project. I have an ivory Christmas tea cup with holly branches imprinted on it that looks a lot like this die cut paper coffee cup!
I love projects like this that use up the odd bitty and bobbly scraps of paper, all while showcasing how various prints work so well together! I love that little peek of tartan plaid in rich coffee creams and browns! Just a hint of Scotland! And y'all know how much I love an interesting card fold! (This one is super easy. It's just a 5 1/2 x 11 inch piece of card stock, scored at 1 1/4, 5 1/2, and 9 1/4 inches, held closed by a belly band).
I stamped the bird and branches directly onto the die-cut mug (just needed a tiny bit of masking) and colored it all with Copic markers. (I debated inking the edges with tea dye distress ink but ended up leaving it just the way it was.) All of the stamping was in brown ink, and for a little extra emphasis I took a fine point marker and lightly added a little black to the note "dots" on the music scores.
Here is the inside. I could have done more with those extra surfaces but decided that I really liked the more minimalist look for this particular card. It kinda has a more masculine feel except for that big red bow!
So grateful that His mercies are new every morning and that He is indeed a place of refuge because sometimes life can be challenging or just downright hard! But still, I am thankful! And it is November so gratitude is in sharp focus this month!
Supplies:
- Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - God Will Take Care of You Bundle
- Stamp Simply Steel Dies - A Cup of Java (Coffee)
- Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Tag Collection
- Craft Consortium Scorched Wood 6x6
- Craft Consortium Tartan Plaid 6x6
- Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - A Cup of Java (Coffee) (coffee beans)
- Red ribbon
- Copic markers
- spattered with diluted Delicata ink
Thanks for visiting! Have a great weekend, and Happy Veteran's Day!
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