Hello crafty friends! How are you all doing? Why the strange title, you may ask. Well, in my most daring and shameless cross promotion ever, the answer is in the video!!! (Shame on me!)

I’ve been looking forward to autumn so much. Summers in Tokyo have to be survived, as the temperatures stay high day and night. This morning, for the first time in over three months, I opened the windows and a cool breeze flowed in. My heart is overflowing! 

I have a really cute image to share with you today. He’s one of the sweet mugs in the Cocoa For You stamp set from Pink and Main, and I’m using him as an example of a great card idea for highlighting a single special image. 

I cut and coloured this sweet cocoa mug bear from the Cocoa For You stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured him with my Copics. I then cut him out with the matching dies. I have a video of the making of this card available on my YouTube channel at donnaisplayingpaper. If you’d like to watch. you can see it below. Head over to the channel if you’d like to subscribe.

The background was made using Distress Oxides in Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber and Peeled Paint, blended directly onto the card base, which I had masked off with inch wide Post It Tape. I then spattered this with water, and quickly sopped it up – regular cardstock can’t take too much water. Then I peeled back the tape to reveal a nice clean border. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set over the bottom of the blended rectangle with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. It’s a really rich black that stands out even over the colours. The main image is popped up with foam tape. 

This is a fun card recipe that you can use for lots of images, but I think the sweet bear mug and the autumn colours are a perfect match!

Until next time,

Blessings, 

Donna

These are the supplies I used. You can click on the link to shop. Where available, I have used affiliate links, which means that I will receive a small commission at no cost to you. I’ve tried to link to companies in different countries, so you can save on postage costs. Thank you so much for your support.

My Sweet Petunia MISTI Shop at: SBC | SSS	Pink and Main mini Ergonomic Blender Brush Shop at: P&M | SBC | SSS	Copic Markers 36 set Shop at: O | SSS	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop at: SBC | SSS	Distress Oxide -Abandoned Coral Shop at: SBC | SSS
Distress Oxide Spiced Marmalade Shop at: SBC | SSS	DIstress Oxide Peeled Paint Shop at: SBC | SSS	Ranger Distress Oxide Fossilised Amber Shop at: SBC | SSS	Pink and Main Cocoa for You Stamp set Shop at: P&M | SBC | SSS
Pink and Main Cocoa for You dies Shop at: P&M | SBC | SSS	Paper Rose Blending Brush no Cap Shop at: SBC	Paper Rose Blending Brush with Cap Shop at: PRS