Little Barista

For mothers day one year, I was the lucky recipient of an espresso maker which is perfect for a coffee addict.  Liam loved to watch me make coffee and wanted to help so over time, he was allowed to help, from grinding the coffee, to tamping it down and even (carefully) turning the water on.  It usually wasn't as strong as normal but I really appreciated him wanting to join in.  One day I am sure he will be as much of a coffee lover as I am haha!  I love coffee, probably a bit much, and I now really prefer to drink one particular blend from a particular brand.  I am not sure when this came about, but over the last year, it has be come more obvious to me that I just do not enjoy any other!  

Kaisercraft's My Year, My Story has cute little die cuts in black and white that are needing to be coloured, and one of them happened to be a tea cup.  Well....I'm not a big tea drinker but I thought if I popped something over the teabag that it would look like a coffee cup! 

I was using the 6x8 paper pad so pulled a sheet of white cardstock from my stash as well as a piece of patterned paper to mat on and decided to create a diagonal layout from top left to bottom right.  I had to cheat and use two sheets of the spotty paper to make a full length strip and then messy matted from some of the other papers.  I seem to be quite drawn to coral and teal as they are also colours I choose for Liams clothes a lot, and recently I brought a bunch of tea towels in these colours.  Gorgeous!

I pulled out collectibles in the colours and some bits from my stash that worked well.  I really liked how I stuck to the two colours plus white and might try this again in the future.  Finally, I used my Yasutomo pearlescent watercolours to colour the little cup in, I think I need some practise!  

 

Products used:  Kaisercraft My Year, My Story 6x8 paper pad, collectables;  Amy Tangerine puffy stickers, Letter stickers; Cocoa Vanilla Life is Beautiful Ephemera pack; Crate Paper Hello Love paper pad; Yasutomo Pearlescent Watercolours; Heat punch, EK Success 2 inch circle punch.