Pumpkin Kisses...

Hello there Coffee Loving stampers!  It's Kerry here and I'm back with another yummy Sip and Share.  This week I'm sharing a card inspired by my travels to West Virginia last weekend.  The scenic drive along the Appalachians was absolutely breathtaking.  I took the colors of the foliage as inspiration and started crafting... 

I selected a Fun Stampers Journey Limited Run seasonal stamp set called Pumpkin Kisses because of the fall theme and how it reminds of my favorite pumpkin flavored treats...including pumpkin coffee.  Since I prefer to drink coffee without sugar or sweetener, I like to make my own pumpkin spice coffee by adding a variety of pumpkin spices to my fresh ground coffee beans.  As the beans are ground and used, the aroma is just fabulous.  This aroma is right up there with my next favorite pine scent that fills my home at Christmas.  This time of year is my most favorite, indeed!

I stamped the background images onto deep orange (Tangerine Fusion) cardstock using Black Licorice and Pumpkin Bread ink.  I then applied some Brushed Gold PanPastel over the images to create a shimmery effect.  After that, I stamped a few flowers using Clear Pigment Embossing Ink and sprinkled some Gold Embossing Powder over that. Thankfully, It stuck to most of my ink and I was able to heatset it so it would be permanent.  I love that some areas (the non-embossing ink) left a lightly embossed area while the clear embossing ink areas left a crisp more solid gold effect.  

I stamped the sentiment onto Butter Cream cardstock with Black Licorice ink then rubbed the PanPastel over that to soften p the image.  After that, I popped it up on the stamped panel and added some hand-dyed ribbon (I rubbed the Pumpkin Bread ink over the Pumpkin Patch plaid ribbon to give it a richer color).
Adding a double bow with a coffee bean accent to the corner of the sentiment panel finished this panel off.  I mounted it onto some Butter Cream Cardstock then attached it to a Kraft card base.  Poof...Voila...it's done and ready to send to a friend who loves Pumpkin Spice as much as I do!

Check out the card sketch inspired by my card!  I'd love to see you play along with this challenge this week!  If you do, please add your card to our inlinkz below and if posting on Instagram, include the hashtag #clcsipandshare so we can check your card out!

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Sunday Sip and Share...Trick or Treat!

Hello there coffee loving cardmakers!  It's Kerry here with another fun Sunday Sip and Share on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.  I always look forward to my Sunday posts and enjoy including a few FSJ creations in the mix every few weeks. 

As an elementary school teacher and a child at heart, I'm excited for Halloween tomorrow! How about you?  Are you going to partake in the festivities?  I love the imagination and the creativity that the holiday provides. I'm not too excited for the day after...as most of my kiddos will come back to school wound up on sugar.  OY...Pray for me!  

I'm not into scary and gross- but I do love to see adorable costumes...especially when they are handmade!  SOOO...to celebrate this fun-filled holiday, I decided to doodle up a little coffee mug and add a little stamped costume...Hee hee..Take a peek:  

I wanted to use this adorable Jack O Lanterns stamp and die bundle in this way ever since I saw it in the mini catalog!  I love the little mummy wrapper and imagined it wrapped around a coffee mug so perfectly! I always love to imagine up unexpected creations with my stamps and I'm so happy it turned out the way I "saw" it in my head!  :)  I love the little mummy wrap element and decided that IT would be my focal element...I just needed a mug that would be a perfect fit for the costume. LOL...Since I didn't have a stamp the perfect size, I doodled one with a Micron pen.  After doodling it up, I added a bit of Copic coloring to the wrap and the cup.  Using a few foam squares popped the mummy wrap up a bit and allowed the cute little eyes to peek through.  :)

I stamped the pumpkins on some orange cardstock then colored them with Copics too.  I like to color the images to give them a little more dimension.  After that, I was ready to create my background.

To create the background, I stamped the Deco Dots background stamp onto white cardstock using Black Licorice Ink.  I then splattered some Silks (Orange Rave, Dark Roast, Gold)  on that and immediately applied some Butter Cream acrylic ink on top using my finger.  It spread the splatter and created the most yummy background effect.  I let it dry and then added a bit more splatter to finish it off.  

To complete the card, I mounted the background onto Summer Days cardstock then applied some black thread and the pumpkins in a playful line-up.  I added some dots of Journey Glaze here and there (and on the pumpkin faces) and then it was done!  A perfectly cute little Trick-or-Treat line-up, don't you think?! 

After creating the card, I worked on the sketch...Hope you find some time to play along with it! If you do, please make sure to share it in our inlinks below.  This month there are four sketches for you to try, so I'm sure you can find one that is perfectly suited for your needs.

I think this sketch features the coffee cup quite nicely too!  It's front and center just as it should be!  Have a great day tomorrow and don't eat too much candy!  

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