Coffee time

Have you seen the wonderful coffee themed kraft papers in the store?  I cut the coffee banner directly from the paper, for my title.  I love the strip with the little coffee cups on it. One of our Whistler traditions is to walk down to Starbucks every morning at 7:3 gr frappacino. No sleeping in when we're on holidays with Grandma :)

The background is red bazzill sprayed with brown mists, splattered with black paint and dabbed with white dauber.

Here are some closeups...

The big Bazzill buttons are great for flower centers.  I use them a lot.
The  chipboard jar is wrapped with bakers twine and I added a butterfly just because.

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 I used some brown jute to hang my banner with Prima flowers at either end.

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The lightbulb strip is some washi tape.  Unforgettable Memories has a great selection of tape scattered throughout the store. I want one of each.

 

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Some more tape, chipboard and layered beneath it all is 7Gypsies tissue paper, cardstock and vellum.

 

My photos are all 2x3 size.    Unforgettable Memories developes in all sizes. Big and little.

Paint Daubers

'Day is Done'

Have you tried them yet?  They are so fun.  I recently bought a white one and then wasn't sure what to do with it so I googled Paint Daubers.  Tim Holtz has some great ideas and videos for using the daubers on your paper craft projects.  I found one by Heidi Swapp that had a neat techniqe for using the white dauber on the edges of the black Cosmo Cricket chipboard.  I thought it would look awesome as an edge to my layout so I tried it.  And loved it.  After dabbing the paint around the edges I stamped over it with a script stamp. You can see the video here.

Then I used my favourite big scroll mask and the pink Glimmer Mist and sprayed my background.  I added a little more pink with an inkpad once the Glimmer Mist had dried.

I really like the package of white frames I picked up.  The long thin strips I backed with K&Co paper. The big square one I cut in half and used on each side of my layout.  I also cut the crochet doily in half.
To embellish my page I used some Basic Grey pieces, Little Yellow Bicycle journal spot and, of course, some Prima.

Individual Sponge Daubers

Back in store are individual Sponge Daubers. These little tools are great for inking edges of paper and for adding ink to specific areas. They are also for very effective for adding shading.

Sponge Daubers fit right on the tip of your finger that allow easier handling and finer control of placement.

Come by and pick up one today. The possibilities are endless!