Summer ATCs and Coffee Themed Pocket Letter

As we say goodbye to summer and usher in the new season with its cooler weather, I decided to share two separate projects I created recently using some fabulous products by Creative Embellishments. 😀 First up, I created a four ATC set for a trade partner I met through a facebook group. Since all 4 were for a single recipient, I made them all similar, yet different. For the base, I distressed and layered papers that I’d stamped with the CE Distressed Text Stamp and splattered with black India ink, then swiped a bit of gesso onto corrugated cardboard. I topped each cardboard piece with some wood veneer pieces from the CE Summer,  Anchor, or Boat Wheel sets. I finished them with a bit of tied twine around each piece. Here’s how they turned out:

 

Close ups of the individual cards:

 

 

 

 

Next, I created a coffee themed pocket letter. For the base, I dyed the white cardstock background paper with real coffee grounds, then splattered it with a Lindy’s Stamp Gang color shot and Tattered Angels glimmer mist used the same color shot to add “cup rings” to the page. I then added fussy cut images from a Heartfelt Creations paper pad. I then added my CE Coffee set pieces which include the title (altered using acrylic paint), the layered CE “to go” cup (altered with with gesso and acrylic paint), and the cup and saucer (altered with PITT artist markers). I left the wood veneer Coffee Cup piece bare. Here’s how my pocket letter turned out:

 

Close ups of each row:

 

 

 

TFL! I hope you enjoyed my projects! If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our September Challenge post for info on how to enter for a chance to win the $50 gc prize!

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Card and Tag for the Sketches4All event

Sketches4All is having an End of Summer Sketch event filled with sketches and prizes. Last I checked, there were 11 layout, card and tag challenges posted! All projects submitted need to have a School, Fall, or Summer theme to them. Here are my takes on sketches #3 (card sketch) and #4 (tag sketch):

TFL!

Materials:

Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss papers
Barefoot and Bliss chipboard stickers
Barefoot and Bliss rubons
trim from stash

Adhesives:

Helmar adhesive runner