Coffee Date with Zelda

 

Hello, it's coffee date day!  It's Angie here today and I'm so excited to be on this coffee date with my super sweet friend, Zelda Cogill!  Zelda and I met several years ago on a card forum online and immediately hit it off.   When we finally got to meet in person at Creativation, we were like two small children and just couldn't stop smiling, giggling and having a great time.   She's just such a lovely person and I feel so lucky to have her as my friend!

Here's one of my favorite pictures from our in person meet!

We were so excited to finally meet in person, we were just a little crazy that day!

So for today's coffee date today, we decided we would both use Super Sponsor Graciellie Designs digital stamp set called "Fresh Start."  It's such a gorgeous set and we had lot of fun creating with it!

We never discussed which stamps of the set we would use and LOOK, we both used the same cup and same sentiment.....what do they say.....great minds....!  I think sometimes Zelda and I are  connected on a completely different level.  It's such a special friendship.

Let's get to know a little about Zelda and her project for today!

Hello, I have been a crafter for a very long time and have tried various crafts over the years but paper crafting is a favorite! When I moved to the USA from South Africa 10 years ago I found solace in crafting and I also made new friends through this wonderful hobby.  Angie and I met online and I was over the moon to meet her in person at Creativation in 2019. We talked and laughed the entire day and I’m blessed to call her a friend! 

Thank you Angie for inviting me to be your ‘coffee date!  I had such fun creating this project using the Fresh Start image from Graciellie Design – the only thing that could’ve topped this, would be doing this together in person ❤

Here's Zelda's gorgeous card:

Isn't it just stunning?  I just love the colors, design and the dimension she got by added more flowers!

 Zelda tells us how she made it:

Now onto my card project: I copied the image a couple of times as I planned to pop up some of the flowers to create a 3D effect.  I also resized the image slightly smaller as I wanted a few single flowers on my card.  I colored the image with alcohol markers and I also created an ombre background by blending three shades of green ink.  I used various dies for the background and to cut out the image and sentiment strip. Foam tape was used to pop up a couple of flowers, and the sentiment. To finish off I added clear droplets.

Supplies used:  

Mug:  Spectrum Noir GG1, GG3 

Flowers:  Spectrum Noir DR3, DR7, CT3

Leaves:  DG2, DG4, LG5, JG5

Pinkfresh Studio "Diagonal Stitched Plaid" die and "Ornate Banner" die

Ink blending:  altenew Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades & Hero Arts Forever Green

And here's a few more views of her lovely card!

And here is my card:

Here's how I made my card. 

 I used Lindy's Magicals in "Shabby Turbine Teal" color with a water and a Distress Sprayer to create my background, then I splattered it with a more concentrated darker color of Magicals called "Time Travel Teal."

 Once it dried, I cut out an A2 panel with the largest die in the Memory Box Wrapped Stitched Rectangles die set and added it to the card base.

 I printed the image and the sentiment, then colored the image with Altenew alcohol markers, Prismacolor pencils, and a white gel pen and then fussy cut it out. 

 I took a thin piece of striped washi tape and cut it the same length as the sentiment, and added it to the card first.

 Next I added the image from the set we used, then the sentiment.

 Lastly I added Super Sponsor Your Next Stamp's Crystal Clear and Sparkle Gumdrops to the flower in the middle and a few scattered around my card.

Here's another look:

And here's one last look up close so you can see those lovely gumdrop gems:

I hope you enjoyed our coffee date!  Isn't it wonderful when you have a friend who shares your joy of crafting with you?  We had so much fun creating our cards!

Just want to leave you with one more of my favorite pictures of my sweet date for today!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!