Coffee time

I have been MIA for a bit.  As the summer activities wind down, and school has not yet started, my kids seem to need more of my attention –especially if I go down to my studio!

I am embarrassed to say how long these cards took to make, AND how little they look like my original intent.  But they are completed!!

and the inside:

Card #2:

Both cards were stamped using the Impression Obsession stamps, and colored using colored pencils.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring??

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Watercolored Twins

Yesterday I had some cards to get done to send out to some friends AND I was in the mood to watercolor.  Impression Obsession to the RESCUE!

First for the Color Challenge at SplitCoastStampers:

Then--using blue and flowers (for a friend's birthday):

I forgot how much I love to watercolor (I know I have said that before).  In my studio in my new house, I am not near a source of water, so I often opt for other coloring choices.  I would LOVE to take a watercoloring class someday--but it isn't going to happen this year.

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Smell the Coffee!!

In today's Way to Use It Challenge, Julia challenged us to get our our Copics (or other alcohol markers) and get coloring.  I chose this image from Impression Obsession (Smell the Coffee~ #CL156).

 

Yeah, you could say I have a thing for coffee images!!!...let alone a thing for coffee!  Most parts of this were colored with two markers.  And mostly I used Prismacolor Markers.  I am trying to teach myself to layer colors for shading and build up color, too.

The paper is some SUPER fun paper I picked up at a scrapbook store in Jenison, MI, while shopping with my friend, Shelly.  It is from Daisy Bucket and this line is called Playlist.  I had never heard of this company before, but I am super impressed with these papers.  They are double sided (though the reverse is usually a very subtle mono chromatic pattern) and textured.  PLUS with each line there is a page of 6 x 6 patterns.  As fellow card makers--you know how fun those little 6 x 6 papers are with their reduced size patterns!!!  FUN!!!!

That is it for today.... gotta go get my chocolate zucchini cake out of the oven...Yummo!