Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop Day 3, Part Deux!

Hey there coffee loving crafters!  It's Kerry here and I'm back with another fun project for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  This time, I'm featuring FUN IN THE SUN with COCONUT CONCOCTIONS and FRESH SQUEEZED LEMONADE and SUN TEA!!  Thanks to Super Sponsor RG Avenue for supporting the hop and I hope you enjoy this fun and festive card!  

This fun in the sun card was creating using a ton of summer sun images in the "Summer Vibes" set.  I also used the fun "Bold Burst "die to create the sun rays in the background. I also created a fun coordinating tag to attach to a summer fun gift bucket.  This will be a great gift for a special person in my family, I think!

Isn't it fun?  I just LOVE all the fun Summer images in this set!!!  This time on the tag, I incorporated a few glasses of Sun Tea,  fun red/white/blue ice pop, a slice of ripe and juicy watermelon, a fresh strawberry, some lemons to add to the sun tea!  No sugar please!

And oh yeah...It's just so shiny and sparkly!  Dontcha just want to take a bite/sip?!  Yummy!

To create my card I started out by diecutting the Bold Burst die onto some bright yellow cardstock and then, using the diecut negative as a stencil, I glued down the pieces to a white cardstock panel to create the rays.  I flicked some white acrylic paint onto the panel and let it dry for a fun water kissed effect.

After that, I machine stitched around this panel and then started coloring all the fun summertime images with Copic markers.  After coloring, I fussy cut them and applied some foam squares.  I attached the white panel to a blue card base that matched some of my colors and then mounted all the fun little images.

Dontcha just love that lemonade?  It has some cute little cherries hanging from the side.  Also...Gotta love the blue Hawaiian in the coconut!  NOM NOM!  To finish everything off, I added some glaze and then sprinkled some microfine glitter before flicking some Dazzling Pat onto the card to make it shimmer and shine.  That's it!  FUN IN THE SUN!  

Thanks for hopping over to check out my card.  RG Avenue is having a quick sale this long weekend so now's the time to pick up this fun set...remember...When you purchase ANY RG Avenue stamp sets, you receive the digital version FREE! 

RG Avenue Sale!

RG Avenue New Release: Sea Free..

Hello there inky friends!  As promised, I'm back with another fun card featuring a NEW set from RG Avenue.  This new set is called "SEA FREE" and it contains some gorgeous images that are perfect for those calm and beachy beauties you love to create!  I've fallen in love with the little shell elements and the anchor and I'm sure the bottle could help anyone dream up an amazing adventure scene!  

Sea Free stamp and digital set

To create my card, I started out by blending Sour Crush and Sour Mist Sugar Cube ink onto the edge of a strip of Powdered Sugar cardstock.  After I was satisfied with the serene color saturation, I flicked the panel with white acrylic paint.  I made sure to vary the opacity by adding some water to the mixture here and there.  I also blended in some Sour Crush Sugar Drop (one tiny drop) to add some blue splatters.  When I was finished, I set it aside to dry and started coloring my digital images.  Yes, I used digital images as the stamp set will be arriving soon.  I just couldn't wait!  LOL...After coloring the images with Copic markers (colors listed at bottom of post), I fussy cut them and started assembling them on my card.  I tore the top edge of the blended "water" to create a little sea-spray and added the leftovers behind the bottle for dimension.  Perfectly, perfect. 

Since this card already featured "ribbon" in the images, I opted NOT to add any actual ribbon or fibers to this card.  GASP.  Can you believe that?  HA HA!  I think this card turned out beautiful and I can't wait to send it to someone special.

Thanks for popping over to check out my card inspiration today.  Please stop back tomorrow as I jump in and share another fun project featuring a brand new RG Avenue release!  See you then! 

Copics used on this project:  

Blues:  B12, B21, B93, BG70

Reds:  R0000, R00, R35

Yellows:  Y18, Y21

Browns:  Y26, E34, E71

Grays:  BV23, C2

Colorless Blender 0

Beachy Christmas with Joy Clair

Hello there inky friends!  I hope you're having a great week.  I'm in the mood to for a bit of Christmas!  I love COLD, SNOWY Christmas' but I know some folks would rather spend their Christmas in steamy hot locations...so this card might be right up their boardwalk.  ha ha.

I created this project that features two new stamp sets:  Penguin Tropical Christmas and the background stamp Christmas Lights.  I pushed the lights way back into the background of my paper to give a hint of lights as well as create another layer of depth in my project.  To create my background, I stamped the Christmas Lights onto blue cardstock then drybrushed some light ivory acrylic paint over it.  After that dried, I colored the lightbulbs with some copic markers and traced around them with a black marker.  Next, I drybrushed the ivory paint over the colored lines and allowed the black ink to spread with my paintbrush.  It helped create a "grainy" effect, perfect for my background.

Next up was creating the adorable penguin in her festive beachwear.  After I fussy cut her parts, I assembled them and set her aside.

Next, I worked on the water.  I added several different colors and textures of paper to give the water some additional movement and depth.  I also added a "sandy" layer by tearing the paper.  When my water was done, I stamped the sentiment onto a white panel and set it onto the design using foam squares.  The tree was next.  I stamped, colored and cut the tree then assembled it onto the card.  

This is such a fun combo of stamps to use for Christmas cards and While I really don't care for a warm Christmas (I LOVE SNOW!), I can say that this card is already assigned to a specific pair of family members who LOVE the yucky heat.  LOL

Thanks for hopping over!  See you again!