Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day 4: Super Sponsor RG Avenue!

Hello there coffee loving crafters!  It's Day 4 of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I'm hopping every day!  Today, I'm featuring Super Sponsor RG Avenue!  RG Avenue is offering a SWEET prize for some lucky hoppers and I get to share with you some yummy inspiration!  

While late night crafting with my friends at RG Avenue Convention, I played around with the yummy new RG Avenue exclusive Gel Press Petite set called "RG PLAN".  This mini Gel Press collection includes three Gel Press shapes:  a lightbulb, Arrow and coffee cup!...Yes, you read that right, a COFFEE CUP!  RG's Gel Press Petite sets (he has three! were first debuted at Creativation and were sold out to retail distributors and online.  Now, RG is offering them exclusively in the RG Avenue shop!  Check them out here:  

RG Plan: (lightbulb, arrow, coffee cup)

RG Call (three different callout bubbles)

RG Love (heart, lips, mustache)

RG is offering two winners a stamp set and Gel Press Petite of their choice!  Sooo...Good luck and hop along for a chance to win!

So while playing with the coffee cup, I inked up the cup with some Tangy Apple and Rich Cactus ink (directly onto the plate) and then splattered some Black Taffy reinker onto the plate and then applied the plate to some Powdered Sugar cardstock.  Next, I cut out the image and used a paint brush to apply some Media Mixer and some Vanilla Cream and some Black Taffy sugar drops reinker along the edges of the cup.  After that, I just flicked some Rich Cactus sugar drops reinker and some Dazzling Pat onto the cup to finish it off before overstamping the design.  

Since it was a few days before Halloween, I decided to grab the pretty and appropriate images from the new Life Celebration set called "Boho Skull".  It matched perfectly to a ceramic tumbler I have in my pottery collection from the amazing potter/artist/teacher named Tony Young (@youngy_03 on Instagram).

I stamped the skull on the cup then distressed the paper a bit with Black Taffy ink.  I then dripped a few droppers of Rich Cherry reinker down the side to create some "bloody drips".  I also added some flicks of black acrylic paint and media mixer/rich red reinker onto the cup before coloring the flowers. 

 I colored the flowers with Copic Markers and then I fussy cut them and rubbed a bit of black ink over them with a blending brush before attaching them to the cup. 

To finish off the card, I applied the sentiment and flicked some reinker on the white panel before attaching the flowers and mounting it onto Nectar Stone cardstock and then mounting it onto a powdered Sugar card base.  I also added a few blingy bits here and there and of course, had to add some ribbon! 

Thanks for hopping over!  I hope my card inspired you and got you dreaming about some yummy fun you could have with these gel plates!  See you tomorrow!!

Hopping with Joy Clair...The Potter

Let's start the fun with creativity and great projects!  Remember, as with every new release, we have a special prize for one lucky visitor who comments on each blog post in the hop!

Leave your comments and tell us which is your favorite stamp set!

Scroll to the bottom of my post to see the complete blogroll!  

So now let's get to MY Creation!  

I'm excited to be joining the Joy Clair Design Team as we present the newest collection of stamps to Joy Clair.  There are so many fabulous new sets to share and each one of us has selected ONE set to feature and share with you today.  I selected the set called "The Potter".  

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this set because of the sentiment and the images.  As a wanna-be potter and collector, these images just drew me in.  The scripture was quite a reminder too.  I need to remember them.  

I spent some time reflecting on the sentiments and deciding what to do to create something beautiful and heartfelt.  I decided to stamp the pots on some kraft cardstock with Sand Memento ink.  I decided to make these images my focus on the front and the scripture on the inside.  

I started out by stamping (I did not mask the images however the "overlap" was wiped off before stamping so that I could achieve the same effect) the pots on a strip of Kraft cardstock.  I stamped in a light color so that I could create most of the color/using my Leisure Arts Colored Pencils.  I added a few highlights with the yellow and the white colored pencil and used two browns and the black color to make my pots come to life.  I chose not to focus on the "native" pattern on the pots, just made them a little cracked and pocked with age. 

After coloring, I used the ric-rac die from Right At Home to create a zig zag border then applied some white cardstock.  I added a bit of kraft paper for some texture.  

To finish the card off, I added some black twine on the card.  I hope you are inspired by this project.  Thanks for stopping by.  Please enjoy the rest of the hop!  

PS...If you're interested in finding out more about the Chance Taylor pottery featured in my photo (I love including my pottery collection in my card photo vignettes, you can see more of this potter's work on Instagram @chancetaylorceramics and on Etsy.  

Blogroll:  

Joy Clair Blog

Angie Cimbalo

Martha Lucia Gomez

Monica Maier

Kerry Urbatch

Donna Idlet

Nicole Winslow

Jenny Fruchey

Helen Gullett

Andrea Bjork

Ceal Pritchett

Lindsay Adreon

Have fun and get inspired!!!