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7.12.2021

Hot Mess Success ~ Put the coffee on!

 

Hi friends!

It's a new week and a new blog post 

for the Hot Mess Success card group :)


It's also Monday - you know what that means?  

It's a 3 cups of coffee morning!



It's no secret - I LOVE my coffee!

Especially when it's wrapped around a Starbucks :)

And I wish we had smell-a-vision!

These cards smell HEAVENLY!


And can I just say ... these 'messy cards' are getting more crazy

each time I do a card in this series, LOL!

And they give me HUGE anxiety!

But we crafters gonna craft .. amiright?! :)




So, let me tell you about my mess this month!

I decided to create a couple of coffee themed cards

BUT I didn't want to do the traditional 'dip them in coffee water' ...

which is great as I've done that before and it is fun.




This time, I decided to use a distress ink from Ranger

in Vintage Photo and splooshed it down on my glass craft mat.

The water-colory mess off to the right?  That's distress ink - not coffee!


I pounced the #110 hw cardstock into the watery, distressy mess,

heat gun dried it, then splooshed again until I was happy with colors.

Once they were all dry, I stamped the coffee images from Altenew.

I used the same Vintage Photo to stamp the images

but needed something lighter for the coffee stains - that's also a stamp!

For that, I used Crumb Cake from Stampin' Up.



Now here's where the idea - AND the fun - came in!

I wanted to use actual coffee grounds - like the sea salt technique.

I thought if I spritzed the paper again and got it damp

and then added the coffee grounds, it would give the paper some UMPF.

It mostly did!




I didn't give it the pizazz that I thought it would

and more took off the ink from the now damp paper so it still 

gave it that speckled, distressed, splotchy look I was going for.

SO there you go!  

Win/Win!


And here's what I crafted with this YUMMY smelling backgrounds ...







Was this month a success:  YES!

Would I do this technique again?  Yes, only differently :)


This was super fun and I did love the technique,

I'm just not super thrilled with the overall design of my cards.

That's my fault though - not the technique

 and the point was to enjoy it! 

I did - so a success indeed :)


Be sure to stop in and see the rest of the team's messy cards - 

which may be up now or later on their blogs so check back!

Barb, Carol, Darlene, Jeanette!


Here's one final look - and then I'm off to find some water ~

 without coffee in it, LOL!




Thanks for stopping by today!

8 comments:

  1. Kelly, I loved reading how you did that fabulous background... and seeing your gorgeous cards, too! Definitely a success!!!

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  2. Very impressive! I admire your cards and your determination to get the results you wanted!! Sounds too complicated for me though, but certainly messy enough for our challenge. Nice job, as usual!

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  3. Black coffee is my tipple Kelly!! Two great cards and love the coffee background. Big hugs and blessings, for my sister that has just a stroke. Carol S.xxxx

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  4. Another fabulous technique, Kelly! Always love reading about your Hot mess success creations! And I LOVE coffee! too :D Such fabulous backgrounds, just perfect for the themed-coffee cards!!! I have4 to try!
    Hugs!

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  5. Great cards Kelly, Very appropriate for you. Your technique looks like it was fun to do and it really did turn out wonderful. Awesome.

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  6. Love the depth of colour and texture in your backgrounds Kelly - and the finished cards are well designed - and I love the sentiments :)
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  7. WOW Kelly--you sure are the creative lady and this Hot Mess challenge is sure right up your alley! Love the challenge you gave yourself and the result is so cute. I love your card!

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