Coffee Shop

I was so happy to be offered a Featured Stamper spot at The Color Throwdown #CTD831 this week. The challenge photo made me want to use some type of flowers as the focal point, but I went in a different direction. I actually CASEd a beautiful Laurie Willison card on Instagram from a few years ago. I think she may have used gold metallic cardstock for the door hardware and lamp, but I wanted to stay true to the CTD challenge colors: sage, yellow and coral. 

Products I used:

Concord and 9th Pop-up Bake Shop dies and stamp set, mini ink pads

Altenew Obsidian black ink pad

I made a mask for ink blending the window using the big die that cuts the whole store front. Then I used a combination of Sorbet and Honeysuckle inks to get as close to my coral flowers as possible. Foam tape pops up the door, window frame and flower box. Can't wait to send this to a certain coffee girl!

Card number two: I also made a similar card of and for a coffee shop that may or may not still be open in my area. I was going to give it to the manager for allowing my friends and I to sit and make cards recently. We found another place to hang out because the one we chose didn't seem to be open. This card has acetate in the door windows as well as the big picture window. The inside of the actual café is white and has black drawings to make the furniture, "bookcases" and "plants" and everything else look 2D.

The actual café. I took this picture through the window. The furniture looks 2D when set up, with its white base and black outlines. Really fun concept!

The colors of this week's Color Throwdown Challenge are such pretty spring colors. Can't wait to see the cards in the gallery using sage green, yellow and coral!

Thanks for stopping by,

Carol