Fall 2016 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

The Coffee Lovers Fall Blog Hop starts today!  Amy and her team do such a fab job with it how could I not work up a card or two or three?

 

I knew I wanted to used mixed media on this card because it's been a while since I've gotten messy.  I first sprinkled some Brushos on Ranger watercolor paper and gave it a bit of a spritz with water.  I like the "chunky" look of the sprinkles so was careful not to spritz too much.  While that dried, I worked on the coffee to-go cup doing some sponging and spattering.  The orange has a bit of a bokeh look which was unexpected but super cool.

With the watercolor panel dry, I spritzed it with Minc Reactive spray and set it aside to dry.  This seemed to take longer than usual--because of the watercolor paper?  I ran it through the laminator with Deco Gold Foil.  I love the texture that results from using the textured side of the watercolor paper.  Nice!

I struggled with layout then, duh, was inspired by the current THD challenge sketch.  I'm by no means a sketch girl but this one made it easy for me. I love the distressed, vintage look of this card which really stretched my creative mojo--yay!

I'm also entering this in Mod Squad Celebrate Your Inner Splat, Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Rustic    

The Details:  Altenew Coffee Talk, My Favorite Things Cool Cup die, Dark Brown Brushos,  Ranger Watercolor Paper, Round Ink Applicators and Multi Medium Matte, Distress Ink Vintage Photo and Rusty Hinge, Doodlebug sequins, Deco Foil gold, Minc Reactive Spray, Memento Tuxedo Black, Amy Tangerine hemp twine

Altenew Coffee Talk	My Favorite Things Cool Cup Die	Brushos, Dark Brown	Ranger Watercolor Paper
Ranger Round Ink Applicators	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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