Thursday, 30 April 2026

Coffee and Reality

Hi and welcome!  Today's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by our other Camp Mum Jen Mitchell.  I decided to use a NBUS coffee die set for my card.


I die-cut and assembled the coffee maker and the cup and set it aside.  For the background, I embossed a dark brown square panel and onto that I adhered some patterned paper with coffee splats on it and then a stenciled newspaper panel.

The sentiment comes from a sticker set by Tim Holtz that has some fantastically snarky sentiments.  I don't know when I would use most of these but, boy they make me smile - I love me some snark!


Thanks for visiting!  Please check out the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team.






Products used:

Ink: Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide, Scorched Timber, Aged Mahogany, Frayed Burlap Distress Ink
Cardstock: White, Dark Chocolate, Heartbeat (Altenew), Black, Hot Fudge (MFT), Silver Mirror Foil, Vellum, Graph Paper Garden patterned paper (Aall & Create)
Dies: Lovely Layers: French Press (Honey Bee Stamps), Rounded Rectangles (Hero Arts)
Accessories: Distress Mix Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Small Talk Snarky stickers (Tim Holtz), Daily News stencil (Stamperia)

Cheers
Karren

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3 comments:

Judy Rozema said...

This is so fabulous! I love the colors and dies and everything! And sitting down with you for a cup would be delightful!

Linda Callahan said...

Terrific card! I don’t drink coffee but a Diet Coke works for me when I need to ignore reality!

donna mikasa said...

Love your caffeinated take on the sketch! The coffee maker looks so realistic with its shine, and I love that snarky sentiment!