Cup of Joe Glue Book Page

 Here I am again, hope you are having a good week. My pain's up so when that happens I try to craft until I drop have to rest. I saw another page in my Puns & Roses Glue Book that was almost done, so I finished it. And it worked, as I'm now ready to sleep despite my pain, so I'll be brief-ish, lol.

I tried something different with this one and I will do it again. I created my background on a full-size Avery sticker sheet that I cut down to my page's dimensions. Then I adhered it to the journal page. I inked the background using Distress Wild Honey and a blending brush. I used a Prima background stamp inked up with a brown Versafine Clair next. I stamped the 4 corners and sides using 2 Technique Tuesday stamps. 

Once the background was dry, I attached  pink paper lace across the middle of the page, then some light beige seam lace on top of that. I used a Gecko Galz collage sheet image, rounded the corners and inked the edges with Gingerbread VersaMagic chalk ink. I cut the Spellbinders frame out of a scrap and stamped it using Impression Obsession's Cover-A-Card Wooden plank stamp in the brown Versafine Clair. After adding the image I stamped the Sweet n Sassy coffee beans and the "cup of joe" in Fallen Leaves Versafine Clair. I then traced over the sentiment with black gel pen adding an F (the stamp says cup o joe), then traced over that with white gel pen. I created the little poem in PSE, printed out, cut into strips and inked them with chalk inks. I added two Sizzix heart die cuts and called it done.

A close up of the framed image and my poem. This is one of my favorite Gecko Galz images and I am quite pleased with myself for snapping to another meaning for 'cup of joe', hahaha. I did color the image a tad with my Promarkers. I added pink to the image so I could use the paper lace. :-)

And a final view of the spread (the page on the left was done more than a year ago). It's serendipity that the page colors don't clash. A happy accident. Gotta love that! Thanks for coming by and until next time, stay well and be crafty! xoxo

MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:

Gecko Galz FB Challenge: Dreams & Wishes

Girlz Creative Crafts Challenge #19: Ribbon/Rope/Lace

Caffeine-Fueled Paper Play November Challenge: Use a Sponsors Product(s)

Impression Obsession, Sweet n Sassy, Technique Tuesday stamps used

My Time to Craft #471: Stitching, Real or Faux

I used a stitch stamp on the sides between the corner stamps

Inspiration Station #18: Wood You Rather

I was inspired by the "Wood" to use a wooden plank stamp on my image frame

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #170: AAG

Creative Moments #227: AAG

ABMTTC #Nov/Dec: AAG

More Mixed Media November: AG Only

Through the Purple Haze #185: AG Only

Shopping Our Stash #459: Triple Threat

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