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Imagine and Flourishes Blog Hop

Hello! Today is an exciting day, because the Imagine team is hopping along with Flourishes. I decided to use the My Cup Overflows clear stamp set, because coffee has been a bit of a requirement in my life lately.


I started off by stamping the images with Rich Cocoa Memento ink, and then I colored the mages with a few Memento markers. I die cut the colored images with a Fitted Frame from Stampendous.

I found some deep teal cardstock that I used for a nice layer. I stamped it with the fun coffee beans that come in the stamp set, and i used the Rich Cocoa Memento ink again. Another mat was made from a rich elderberry cardstock to pull out the purple in the coffee cup. I layered everything on a white card base.

A huge thank you to Flourishes for this wonderful blog hop! If you'd like to see more, please visit all of the hoppers by using the links below. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!






Alison Heikkila - http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/ (that's me!)







Jennifer Vanderbeek - http://www.scrapsoflife.com/





Gloria Hayoung Lee - http://iiroom1004.blogspot.ca/



Martha Lucia Gomez - http://stampartpapel.com/






Comments

Ravengirl said…
Wow, love this! The styling on your cup looks awesome and the beans make a perfect background!
Renee said…
Brilliant! Love the cup.
Wendy Bellino said…
Hmmmmmm, you had me at coffee! I love the purple cup!
Davi said…
Great job making the background dp and I like the colors too! Super card Alison :)
Mary Holshouser said…
the blue and the purple goes together
so well. Love the way you stamped
the background.
thanks for sharing a great card.
Terre said…
Love this stamp set I also used it in my tea towel with the Memento Luxe Ink
Jean Bullock said…
I love coffee cards. This is very well done and I love the stamped teal background. Looks great.
Vickie Y said…
Love the colors you used; very pretty card.
Nadine Carlier said…
Fabulous card! I love the color combo too!

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