Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hi there!  Just wanted to get a quick post in to link up to the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  This would be my first time participating.  Now I do have a confession to make.  I actually don't drink coffee.  I like coffee flavoured things like chocolate and ice cream but have never enjoyed coffee itself.  Except for one type of coffee drink I had once at Tim Hortons.  It was sweet and good and I can't remember what it was now.  LOL.  Thats okay I'd still go for coffee with any of you but I would just have hot chocolate instead.  :-). Anyway, maybe because I don't drink coffee, I don't have any coffee related stamps.  So I broke out my drawing skills and created my own!  Check it out...

So I first drew my coffee mug in pencil.  I then used broken china, walnut stain, and tea dye distress inks like water colours and painted my mug.  I originally did a background too but didn't care for the results so I saved my mug by fussy cutting it out.  :-). I splattered some walnut stain and broken china ink on my white card base and added some washi and glitter tape.  I stamped my sentiment (Clearly Besotted) in timber brown StazOn ink.  Then I attached my mug with foam dots.  I'm quite pleased with the results.  I think my colours are springlike with the warm earth tones and the pretty bright blue.

I'm going to link up to the following challenges as well:

Addicted to CAS - code word is distress.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - anything goes
City Crafter Challenge Blog - use washi tape.

I'd like to take a moment and welcome two new followers. A great big welcome to Ellie of My Creative Moments and Shirley-Anne of Stamping For Joy.  Both wonderful card artists and well worth a visit!  :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day!