Coffee and Friends

I have been dying to use this stamp set since I got back from convention. I saw so many amazing ideas from my friends and other swappers there. I even got a beautiful card from my friend Heidi with this set, thank you so much Heidi! And this amazing one-layer card from Adriana that she kindly gave me at a swap, I just love it too!

I got my color inspiration here

And used this sketch for the layout.

This was my first crack at it. I don't know about the lid and band on the cup though. I think the lid should have been green too. There is some of that yummy Core'dinations! So glad we have it in every color now :)

This is the second card, which is my favorite. I decided to mount the Crumb Cake on a Naturals White card base. It would look great on a Whisper White card base, arguably better on a Whisper White card base, but this is what I chose :) I like to use Naturals White to color on with a blender pen also. It holds up better, and is less expensive than water color paper.

• Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Perfect Blend, Distressed Dots
• Ink: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Crisp Cantaloupe, Illuminate
• Paper: Naturals White, Crumb Cake, Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe Core'dinations
• Other: Big Shot with Stylish Stripes embossing folder, Neutrals and Subtles and Brights Candy Dots, Blender Pen, Sanding Block, Signo white gel pen, dimensional, Early Espresso embossing powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Paper Snip, sewing machine and thread, Distress Tool

Which one do you like better?