Limited Edition – Paper Hug Birthday

A lot has been happening in the House of “J” and as a result it has been difficult to play in the Studio.

So I am trying to hit a few birds with one stone…

Sketch: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#359); Colors: TGIF (#371); Sentiment and Tool: Seize the Birthday (#239) and Theme: Paper Players (#594).

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Crushed Curry cardstock.
• Under Panel: (3” x 5” x ¾” Four-sided Polygon) Basic White cardstock.
  • Using Crushed Curry Ink, the retired Striped Seasonal Decorative Mask and a Blending Brush, color was added to the panel.
• Overlay Background: (4¼” x 5½”) Striped piece of patterned Vellum from the retired Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Paper stack.
• Vertical Strip: (1¾” x 4¾”) Basic White cardstock and Dotted piece of Vellum from the same Sheer Perfection Vellum stack.
  • The back of the Vellum was colored with Pacific Point ink and a Blending Brush.
• Center Panel and Sentiment Label – Focal Image: Basic White cardstock.
  • The Coffee Cup takes the place of the suggested Panel and the Coffee Sleeve takes the place of the Label.
  • Using elements from both the retired Coffee Café and Merry Café stamp sets, the Cup, Sleeve and Lid were stamped with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink.
  • The truncated sentiment, A Paper Hug, from the Limited Edition stamp set was added to the Sleeve using the Pacific Point Stampin’ Write Marker.
  • The Happy Birthday sentiment, from the Art Gallery stamp set was added to the Coffee Cup in the same way.
  • All hugs need a kiss, so I added the little Heart image from the Coffee Cafe stamp set with Crushed Curry ink
  • I chose to add a little Crumb Cake coloring to the Coffee Cup with Crumb Cake ink and a Blending Brush.

All of the elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Coffee Cup and Lid were popped up with Dimensionals.

Getting together with a good friend and celebrating birthdays with a great cup of coffee is always a wonderful way to visit.

Thanks for spending a some of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

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