COFFEE - A Mixed Media Canvas by Lynne

Hello there! It was an interesting week around here because both my best friend and I (we ride to work together) had our thermoses break so we were without life-sustaining hot beverages on our lunch break! Let me tell you it was NOT pretty...but on the bright side our crisis did inspire this canvas!

I started by stenciling with texture paste and then I attached the title and all the elements with hot glue. I primed the entire piece with gesso them painted here and there with Twinkling H2Os before adding another coat of gesso to soften and blend the colours. I misted with tan and gold mists and inked the words and coffee cup with gold and brown ink on the edges (red on the "love" ticket and the heart)

This was a fun project to put together and would be a great gift item to create for any coffee-lover! Thanks for visiting and may your week be filled with hot beverages and warm hearts!

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Items Used

Coffee & Tea Shapes Set

Buttons shape Set

Build-a-Layout: Lovebirds (ticket)

Fanciful Elements (flourishes)

Altered Tea Box

Well now that Halloween is over we are all starting to move towards Thanksgiving and Christmas creations. I just wasn't too sure what to create. I have so many things in this bin that need to be altered and I haven't played with the Coffee & Tea Set, so I set off to create.

I have this wood box that I painted long ago. I thought it would be perfect for holding my various teas! What do you think?

I loved adding everything to this box and making a fancier holder for my teas!

I covered all my pieces of with gesso and them used Distress Paints on the Fern Fronds and Chalk Inks on the tea pot.

I added glossy accents to the wire part of the kettle. 

I added some glass glitter to the Stackable Label.

You can see here the box is deep and a great size for storing teas in. Of course metal cans are nice too so I may have to do one for coffee next!

Items Used:

Coffee & Tea Shape Set

Stackable Labels Shape Set

Fern Fronds

Facebook Challenge for October - Altered Puzzle

Good morning! I wanted to share this month's challenge for Gina's Designs Craft Group on Facebook. We will be making altered puzzle pieces. You only need to alter one puzzle piece to enter the challenge, but feel free to make as many as you would like! There are no limits to the entries.

All you need to do is join the Facebook group to participate; it's free to join. The winner of the monthly challenge will receive a $10.00 Gift card for Gina's Designs Laser Cuts.

Please keep in mind you DO NOT  need to use Gina's chipboard on the challenges!

 This is a puzzle that I created for a swap with some of my crafty friends.

 This one belongs to Diana. She loves green!

 This puzzle belongs to Kim. She loves feathers and wings :)

 The lovely Amy belongs to this one. She's all about the pink!


This awesome puzzle belongs to Mary. So many little cool pieces of art!

and...last but not least, this puzzle belongs to Gina!

If you are interested in the puzzle that we all used, here is the link: 20 Piece Puzzle

Other Gina's Designs products used-

Spooky Shape Set

Honeycomb & Bees small

Garden Fairies Small

Butterflies & Dragonflies
Dressform 2 Miniature shape set
Coffee & Tea Shape Set
Parisian Shape Set

Happy Crafting!!!

Rise and Shine or Have a Little Wine Cards

Hi chippie fans!  Barbara here with a couple of easy to make cards for you.  I think you will get a kick out of these.  I am an avid coffee drinker, and I like a glass of wine now and then.  So, these shape sets from Gina's Designs Lasercuts were right up my alley! Understanding that I am not the only one who appreciates a good cup of coffee or a fine glass of wine,  I knew they would make great cards.

Card 1 is obviously for the wine lovers.   I used Derwent Inktense blocks with a water brush to color the chipboard pieces from the Wine Shape Set.  However, the cork screw tip was colored with a silver marker, and the chipboard cork shape was covered with a scrap of cork paper on which I stamped "WINE" with black archival ink.  The card stock doily was added as a backdrop for the wine bottle and glasses, which I covered with a light coat of 3D Crystal Lacquer.  I die cut a vintage tag from a print paper, edged with Dusty Concord distress ink, stamped the sentiment with black archival ink, and adhered to the card.

Card 1

 A few close ups of those sections of the card.

As for card 2, I covered the coffee cup with print paper and added a scrap of corrugated kraft card as a coffee cup sleeve.  The spoon was inked with Versamark ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I used white Inktense Blocks with a water brush to color the steam swirl.  I stamped "Rise and Shine" onto a flower print from the paper, colored "SHINE" with a white gel pen, cut it out and adhered to the card with foam dots.

Card 2

 A few close ups of this card are below.

Supplies used:

Card 1

Wine Shape Set

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Orchid card stock (10"x7" folded to make 5" x 7" card)

Magenta print paper

Cork paper (tiny scrap)

Inktense Blocks (Derwent)

Silver marker (Prismacolor)

3D Crystal Lacquer

Laugh Out Loud Wine clear stamps (Hampton Art)

Vintage Tag die (Magnolia)

Dusty Concord distress ink

Black Archival ink

Card 2

Coffee & Tea Shape Set

Cardstock Doily Set - Intricates

Kraft card stock (10"x7" folded to make 5" x 7" card)

Kaisercraft Botanical Odyssey print paper

Magenta print paper scrap

Corrugated kraft paper (scrap)

Good Morning clear stamp set (Inkadinkado)

Inktense Blocks (Derwent)

Frayed Burlap and Faded Jeans distress ink

Black archival ink

Versamark ink

Silver embossing powder

White gel pen (Ranger)

Foam dots

I hope you enjoyed my fun cards today.  Thanks for stopping by, and please be sure to visit Gina's Designs Lasercuts for more chipboard designs to use in your card making and art!



Have a wonderful and creative weekend!!!



Barbara