Throwback Thursday - Dots 'n Beans

Hi there,

this is my second Throwback Thursday Special Feature for the STAMPlorations Blog.
The inspiration for my projects was a tag that I created in April for a Stencil Sunday:

I liked the stenciled background for this coffee-themed tag and I decided to explore more ways of using this stencil and also create coffee-related projects.

• apply Nuvo Expanding Mousse Worn Linen through the ARTplorations Dots 'n Beans stencil and heat it with a heat tool
• add color with watered-down Distress Ink Ground Espresso
• cut out three stitched circles from smooth white cardstock with the die includes in the STAMplorations Coffee Petites set
• stamp three items from the same set with Memento Espresso Truffle and color them with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers
• add Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the coffee bean and Nuvo Glitter Accents Snowfall to the donut
• the sentiment is from the STAMPlorations Just Caffeinate sticker set
• add a strip of patterned paper from the My Favorite Things Dots & Stripes 6x6 paper pad to the left and the right of the panel before adhering it to a cardbase

• use a strip of leftover background from the previous project - distress one edge and cut the other with one of the CUTplorations Lacy Edges and Borders dies
• use the ARTplorations Dots 'n Beans stencil to emboss a piece of torn vellum 
• distress a piece of kraft cardstock and layer it behind the vellum before adhering it to a cardbase
• stamp the coffee cup from the STAMPlorations What's brewing set and color it with Derwent Inktense pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versafine Clair Fallen leaves onto a sentiment strip and adhere it to the card
• add some splatters to the layered background with Distress Stain Tarnished Brass

• create a rainbow background on two CUTplorations Manila Tags using Distress Oxide Inks (Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean) and some Blending Brushes
• use some stickers from the STAMPlorations Coffee Time set
• dye two pieces of torn seam binding with Distress Ink (Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean) and thread them through the holes of the tags

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,