Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop Fall/Winter 2023 ~ Winter Wishes

  Hey guys, thanks for stopping by today!  Today I'm here doing a coffee themed card for the Coffee Loving Card makers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2023!  

I'm here with my 1st card and I'm so excited about it!  Why? Because it's my very first ink blending card using my new Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers!!  I'm always AMAZED at all the talent on their blog site and FB page and I've been dying to dip my toe in the blending and markers game so here goes!

For this card I started with some 110lb paper from Joann's (ParkLane) and it holds inks well.  I started off with my Tim Holtz Distressed Oxide in Salvaged Patina then went to Peacock Feathers and on to Broken China.  I wanted a gradient effect and I think I was able to pull it off.  I used a large make up brush from Amazon and it blended great!  I splattered on some Distressed Stain in Picket Fence for the snow.

I then stamped my Gnome image from Woodware (FRS864) out on the same ParkLane paper using VersaFine Clair ink in Nocturnal.  I used my stamping platform to make sure I got a good image.  

I then pulled out my Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends in TB1, TB4, Gb1, GB5 GB10 and EB7.

I used them for the following:

TB1=                    GB1=                            GB10=

TB4=                   GB5=                           EB7=

After inking the image I came back with a glitter brush pen from ScrapBook.com and used it on the snowman "hat" on top of the Gnome's head.

I also used some scrap from the ParkLane paper and cut a 2 pieces out of it to look like hills.  I ink blended it using peacock feathers.

I then stamped a coffee tumbler from an old stamp set I have from InkRd Stamps in VersaFine Clair Nocturnal heat set it and then used my Tri-Blend markers to color it.  I stamped a snowflake from the same Woodware stamp set with embossing ink on the sleeve of the coffee cup and used WOW embossing powder in Sparkling Snow and used my heat gun to make the magic happen!

I then used the WINTER WISHES stamp from the same Woodware stamp set on the base of the card, using embossing ink and the same WOW embossing powder in Sparkling Snow and watched the magic happen again.

I then assembled my card, using a little bit of foam tape on one of the hills and that's it.  I'm not gonna lie, for my first ink blending card, I'm not mad at it!

Thanks so much for taking the time to hang out with me today.  I hope you guys are enjoying the hop!

Chow for now,

Kimberly