Tuesday, January 19, 2016

love you more than coffee card and tutorial {neat and tangled}

Hi there!

It's release week over at Neat and Tangled, and I have a card and a photo tutorial to share with you today.

We're showing off Perfect Blend, a coffee themed set designed by May. When she designed it, she probably didn't envision I'd use it like this:

love you more than coffee {neat and tangled}


I couldn't help but use my little deer girl, from Lumberjack Love and the travel mug image from Perfect Blend to create a fun little image.

love you more than coffee {neat and tangled}

I prepared a little step-by-step to show you how I achieved this look:


Stamp the coffee cup, but wipe off some ink on both sides where you will draw in the hands.


Stamp the coffee cup onto masking paper (or a post-it note) and cover the stamped cup image. Then, ink up the girl's head, carefully wipe off the ink from her deer ears/antlers and stamp her peering over the top of the cup.


Clean off the girl stamp (so you don't mess up the head area you just stamped.) Then, ink up only her feet and stamp down under the cup. I used post-its to block off the sides, so her skirt wouldn't show.


Remove the masks, and you're almost done! It's time to carefully fill in the missing parts.

Use a copic multi-liner pen (my tip was a 0.3 thickness.) If you're nervous about using a pen straight onto the paper, pencil in your lines and then trace them with the pen. You can easily erase the pencil lines afterwards.

On my card, I added other elements from Perfect Blend: the string of heart steam, and the lines to ground the image.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the Neat and Tangled blog this morning - click!

DON'T FORGET: there's still a few more days left to enter my Lumberjack Love giveaway! Comment on *this* blog post for a chance to win.

34 comments:

  1. Wow! Great technique... love this!! Thanks for showing how you did it!

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  2. oh wow!! this is SO ADORABLE!!!! loooooooove that little girl holding the big cup!!!! so sweet!! :)

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  3. So cute--thanks for sharing how you created this.

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  4. Oh, this is so sweet and creative, Elena!

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  5. Really cute card! I love every element of it! Thanks for the masking and drawing tips! What a great way to stretch your stamps! I like how the coffee cup is almost as big as she is. I know some people wish they had a cup that big!

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  6. Really cute card,
    the girl is so
    darling!
    Carla from Utah

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  7. Simply too cute! Thanks for the step by step too!

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  8. I love everything about this card! The little girls is so cute peeking from behind the cup and the heart steam is so fun. Every card I see makes me want this set even more! Adore the plaid card base too!

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  9. Love this card. Theo little girl is so cute holding a big cup of coffee. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

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  10. Love the offset background and your masking is awesome!

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  11. Wow!! This is super creative - love how you combined the two sets to create this awesome card!! Thanks for showing us how you did it.

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  12. This card is just too cute! Beautiful masking!

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  13. Oh my word! This is just too CUTE!! Love!

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  14. Your card is so cute!
    Thanks for the step by step picture tutorial-I have been afraid to try masking.
    You make it look easy :-)

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  15. I love this card. That little girl with the Uggs is so darn cute! Love the plaid and I love the little square with the rays. I have that die and didn't know what to do with it.

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  16. I love how you did this card! It is so cute! I'm thinking I am going to like this stamp set quite a bit. I'll have to try you're making technique too.

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  17. Adorable card, and a really nice tutorial as well!
    Take care!
    Michele

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  18. Oh this tutorial is amazing! Thank you so much!
    Cristina
    thehouseoftheblackbirds.blogspot.it

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  19. SQUEAL!! This just makes me SMILE!! =)I LOVW LOVE LOVE it!! =) THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  20. Aha! Found you. I fell in love with the little girl with the deer image and had to track down how you did it. Love your designs and I am DELIGHTED to have found your blog.

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  21. Oh my gosh, this is so cute! Thanks for show us your process!

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  22. Thanks for sharing how you made this adorable card!

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  23. CUTENESS GALORE - LOVE your DEAR little deer girl and her HUGE cup of coffee - WOW - what a FUN design :)
    THANK YOU for sharing your CLEVER stamping Elena!!!

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  24. You are a master masker. I love the splatter you added!

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  25. Amazing masking...great card. Thanks for the tutorial.

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