Christmas Coffee Fusion

HiHo! Tis me again, chasing Fusion's challenge deadline. The challenge is a sketch and/or theme and I've played both. The theme is coffee, which is handy since it's National Coffee Week and there are blog hops happening. I haven't been feeling up to par today, and I really need to go lay down, so I didn't even finish the inside or back of this card yet. But I did want to get it blogged.

I'm proud of this card. I envisioned it when I saw the sketch and all the time I was making it I thought it wasn't going to work. For one thing, the coffee stamp is not a Christmas stamp and I'd never inked it up before and did not realize how delicate the lines were. When I decided to ink the background and needed to mask it (see mask below), I had to decide to cut the mask around the image leaving some background. But I guess made it work. I like how it turned out.

  

I used Fusion's current sketch and Coffee theme. I resized the sketch to 5x7 and then turned it sideways in PSE before printing out.

Here's a pic showing you the mask after inking the background. I used my ProMarkers to color the coffee cup "flowers". I used my blending brushes to apply the Distress ink.

SUPPLIES:
Paper: Recollections 110# Heavy Card Stock, SU cs, Neenah index stock, Bazill Textured Shimmer cs
Stamps: Impression Obsession, Stamplorations
Ink: Distress Festive Berries, VersaFine Clair, ProMarkers
Dies: Lawn Fawn Falalalala, MFT Homespun Stitch Lines
Embossing Folder: Crafters Companion 5x7 Sheena It's Christmas Scotty
Other from Stash: Sakura Gold Shadow gel pen, embossing powder, corner rounder punch, Viva Decor Pearl pen, Nuvo Crystal Drops

Here are a couple of shots to show the shiny bits. I used the gel pen to traced the raised surface of the embossed card and also the coffee cups and spoons. I heat-embossed the stamped sentiments and finished with some Viva Decor and Nuvo dots.

CHALLENGES:
1.  Fusion Card Challenge: Sketch and/or Coffee - I played both Sketch and Coffee theme
2.  Winter Wonderland: Use Fave Embellishments - Nuvo and Viva Decor  homemade Dots
3.  Jingle Belles Challenge JB:19:20: Winter-themed - I'm celebrating coffee (Nat'l Coffee Week).
4.  Crazy 4 Challenges C4C504: Drinks - Coffee
5.  Colour Crazy Week 38: AG with Colouring - I colored my coffee image with ProMarkers.
6.  Outlawz Saturday Paper a la Mode Sept. 28-Oct. 11: Dry Embossing - The top of my card front is dry embossed.
7.  Crafty Creations #399: AG
8.  Split Coast Stampers 2019 Christmas Card Challenge June: Red and Gold
9.  Sparkles Christmas Oct. Challenge #105: Make Us Laugh
10. Stamplorations Theme & Photo Oct. Challenge: Stamp + 3 Colors or Photo or Both --  I think I've played both... I know I used Stamps and red/green/gold but my stamped image is coffee flowers and there are flowers in the inspiration photo.

I'm off to take a nap now. Thanks so much for visiting me and come back anytime. XOX