Coffee Time - single layer, stencilling, masking

Sometimes the best cup of joe comes from a retro diner. Sometimes that's the coffee you can use as paint stripper. My single layer card features a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp set with Oxide inks on kraft.

Putting It Together

I woke up a little bit early this morning with this idea starting to crowd in my head. I got up and, before even eating breakfast or getting ready for work, put it together.

I stamped both on the kraft cardbase and on a full adhesive Post-It to use as a mask.

I cut a rough circle around the images and put the mask over the stamping on the card.

I used some more Post-Its to mask off all but a strip.

I used a stencil to add stripes using a blender tool with Oxide ink: Peacock Feathers.

Removing the mask, I could see this was going in a direction I liked. The Peacock Feathers and stripes give a nice retro feel with the pot and cup.

I decided I wanted to do a halo of sorts around the pot and cup so I fussy cut the mask to fit over each.

With the masks in place I used a detail blending tool with more oxide: Antique Linen.

The halo turned out pretty good, and I decided to use a water brush and give the pot and cup a quick light wash of colour. I had to be careful how much water because of the cardstock. I used a heat tool to try to keep the distortion to a minimum. I also stamped the sentiment in the bright red Candied Apple that I used on the pot. I decided to make the cup a white porcelain with Picket Fence.

Just four colours.

Inside, I stamped a sentiment and another cup that I gave a light wash of the red.

Supplies

Challenges

Less is More: One Layer + Stripes + CAS
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps: Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty: Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes