Welcome to the
Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! If you were here for the
Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, then you know the drill. If not, all you have to do is
link up to a new project featuring coffee, tea or cocoa, for a chance to win one of the
Super Sponsor Prizes, including one from
Paper Smooches!
The week-long hop also has a bunch of
Flash Sponsor Prizes and all participants are eligible. Four other prizes will be randomly awarded to individuals who comment on ALL of the entries.
My card shares multiple sneak peeks of the
Paper Smooches March Release and you can see more sneak peeks in the
February DT Blog Hop, happening now through Sunday! The obvious ones are the coordinating dies for
Paws for a Cause (
Paws Cause Icons) and
Feline Friends (Feline Friends Icons). I'm so in love with these since a lot of them can also be used as stand-alone dies with solid cardstock. They're beautiful!
I rock 'n' rolled two different inks for both the dog and the cat. You can see the blending of the two colours in the close-up photos (click to enlarge further). I think it gives realism and dimension to the solid images.
I'm just a tad addicted to aqua these days so I used it in the retro flooring, which was created with one of the
Hot Spots Small Set 1 dies. The venti sentiment from
Hot Concoctions and the heat embossed sentiment complete the visual aqua triangle. At the centre of the card, I used the lovely
Stitched Flourishes, which are really butterfly trails that I used as rising steam from the adorable
Coffee & Tea dies.
The light grey and black
word bubbles, and the dark grey coffee cup form a triangle of neutral colours. The dog, the gold teacup and the kraft flooring share similar tones but have different textures, and the cat itself draws the eye to the subtle paw prints on the outer edges of the card.
Links for new release items will be added as soon as the products go live in stores.
Thanks so much for hopping with us!
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