Pickled Funk

This whimsical coffee image is so fun!! It's from Impression Obsession's Coffee With a Friend stamp set. I'm not at all sure what sort of look I was going for, nor what sort of look I ended up with. Kind of funky for me, but I like it!

I started by stamping the image onto Kraft card stock, then colored a bit with Copics and finished with Prismacolor pencils. The patterned papers are a mixture of Jillibean Soup Lentil Soup (green), Cosmo Cricket DeLovely (turquoise), and Basic Grey Basics Kraft. The decorative border along the left was done with Tim Holtz's Ornate Alterations die. The white zigzag is a Martha Stewart Lattice border punched strip just barely peeking out, so that you only see a small bit. I accented the steam swirls with some Kaiser white adhesive pearls.

While I was working on this, my occasional midnight craft room muse (my 6yo dd) popped in with a lost tooth. She was wide awake with excitement and eager to check out what I was working on. Her verdict? Boring. Brutal, eh? ;) I had to agree with her and fiddled with the main image some more. I deepened some of the shadows to help the browns pop off the Kraft base. That's also when the eerie green glow made its way onto the scene. It *does* help the main image pop, but kind of makes you wonder what exactly is in that coffee pot. Kryptonite?

Stamps: Coffee With a Friend (Impression Obsession)

Paper: Prismatics Black card stock, Papertrey Kraft card stock, Neenah Natural White card stock, Jillibean Soup Lentil Soup dp, Cosmo Cricket DeLovely dp, Basic Grey Kraft Basics dp

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Papertrey Fresh Snow, Ranger Frayed Burlap Distress

Accessories: Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, Mega Curved Rectangle and Classic Circle Nestabilities, Tim Holtz On the Edge Ornate Alterations, Martha Stewart lattice border punch, Stampin' Up ribbon, Papertrey button, Kaiser adhesive pearls, kryptonite

Size: 5 1/2" square