“May Your Coffee Have Coffee!”. Yep, this sentiment in the Essentials by Ellen  (Ellen Hutson)  stamp set, “Leading Ladies – Hot Mess Lady” pretty much sums up my morning. One cup is never enough, and sometimes neither is two. LOL!  I used this “Hot Mess Lady” in today’s card, with colors inspired by the latest Ellen Hutson Color Trend Challenge.

I started by stamping our lady on Neenah 80# white card stock using Momento black (copic-friendy) ink, and then colored just her hair and skin.  I purposely tinted her skin a “coffee” color to follow along with the card’s theme. I used the stamp’s coordinating die to cut her out, and then put her aside while I worked  on “making” her clothes,

I took an unique approach to “dressing” this lady. By that I mean I printed out the jpeg mage of the challenge colors chart twice onto to white card stock and then stamped our lady on to to one copy. This way I could dress her in the actual stripes printed on the chart. I did the same for all those coffee thermal mugs on the other printed copy, plus her planner, calendar, and file folder. LOL!

Next, I fussy cut out her outfit and adhered it onto the previous stamped and Copic colored image of the lady. I used the stamp set’s coordinating coffee thermal mug die to cut out all those mugs and accessories.

Once I was finished with these images, I created the A2 card base with Neenah 110# pound white card stock and adhered a layer of green card stock I had in my stash for a matte border.

Finally, I stamped the “Messy Bun” sentiment onto a piece of Neenah white 80# card stock and adhered the lady, her accessories, and that huge stack of coffee mugs on to the front of the card.

Finishing touches? I stamped the coffee sentiment on to the front of her sweater and added a little  shimmer to the mugs with a Wink of Stella clear glitter marker.

I hope you enjoyed today’s cards!

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