Altered puzzle pieces - week 3

You can check out Claudine's blog to see the inspiration pieces.  I use her work as a guideline; I don't intend to copy her idea.

Ingredients:  Tim Holtz distress paints (Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy); Claudine Hellmuth Blank Canvas paint; Antique Linen Distress Glitter; colored pencils; Another Stamp Company "Timeless" sentiments; Just For Fun "Color"; Tim Holtz Star stencil; Ranger archival inks (Jet Black, Potting Soil, Tree Branch); Tim Holtz Alterations Labels die; Tim Holtz idea-ology star colored yellow with Sharpie; Tim Holtz tissue wrap; white card stock scraps

Time to sit a spell...

and enjoy a cup o' coffee with a good friend.

The card base is kraft card stock; a Bazzill brown card stock is next.  On it was stamped coffee stains (distress ink) and text (Snow Cap Pigment Ink).  Using a coffee filter I stamped the image of a burlap bag of coffee in archival ink then hit it with brown distress stain sprays; crumple; dry.  On watercolor paper I stamped the image in Jet Black Archival Ink and colored it with distress inks.  A Stardust Gelly Roll pen was used to color the word 'cafe'.  All stamps are by Just For Fun.

The coordinating kraft-colored envelope was stamped with coffee beans in Coffee Archival Ink and the words 'coffee break'.  I like to coordinate my cards and envelopes...sort of lets the recipient know what's coming...and is a bit of a treat for the postal service.

Stamp out boring envelopes!