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Sunday, May 27, 2018

Mr Cardmaker loves the Concept of Coffee

Well, it's been awhile since I played along with the Coffee Lovers' Blog Hop, and I finally was able to put some time and thought into it.
So, I sat down at my crafting table, and thought and thought, and finally came up with this mad little idea.
I pulled out my Altenew coffee stamps, and stared at them for a while. They weren't speaking to me. So I pulled out a FLORAL set, and LIGHTBULB!
I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to accomplish what my mind's eye saw, but I decided to go for it and see what happens.
I had a CONCEPT.

I made this -


See? CONCEPTUAL.


THE CONCEPT PART!
So, in the real world, when we make small mistakes on our projects, we tend to want to do some creative covering on these things. Well, I've decided to go to the nth degree on this idea, and make a huge mistake/design opportunity on a pretty panel. There would be no covering that up. But I decided that I would make it look like someone had tried to cover up a big mistake in the way that you would cover up a minor mistake, but realizing, hey, this is COFFEE, dammit, so WHY am I covering this up?
And so, INSTEAD, we DECORATE, not disguise. Get it? Because it's COFFEE. 
AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH COFFEE. 
NEVER.



Aaaaaaand, pretty.

The 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop. Play along, or just go see all the good stuff. Because, COFFEE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
All Best-
Richard







17 comments:

  1. Incredibly beautiful with Wow factor!!!!

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  2. OMGSH, you made me laugh out loud!!! You are SO funny, Rich! So, I'm a coffee lover, too! But I would never have thought of this card and the surprise of it just tickled me! Thanks!!!!

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  3. This is one lovely card it really pops out and nice touch with the sewing coffee rings like that a lot
    hugs Nikki

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  4. Awesome card - I really enjoyed your post.

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  5. Amen MISTER! Ain't nothing wrong with coffee...EVER. Awesome card...mistakes ;) and all! :)

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  6. Oh my heart...this is lovely! It looks water colored, and it's just STUNNING!

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  7. So pretty. Love this card. Stunning.

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  8. This is stunning. Love the way you colored the flowers. So vibrant.

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  9. Love this card! Who makes the flower stamps? they are so beautiful and I love the way you colored them!

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  10. Richard this card is so gorgeous! Such amazing colors. I am glad you thought up this for the hop.

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  11. Super cool card. very inspiring!

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  12. THIS is gorgeous...WOW. Love those blooms.

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  13. gorgeous! Love that beautiful floral and always love the white on black sentiment!

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  14. Great inspiration, love the awesome colors, contrast with the background, coffee stain and sentiment!!!

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  15. Wow! I'm totally in love for your gorgeous colouring technique!!!

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  16. Fantastic card! Love your thinking process... and it worked! Because, coffee...!!

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