Black coffee in a white cup

Today I'm joining Valerie, this month's host at Art Journal Journey, with her theme of light and darkness.   I'm also joining the fabulous artists at Moo-Mania and More, with their theme of tea or coffee.

I created this piece stole this idea from Chrissie at Jumbled Crafts.  Granted, she had a white cup and a black cup, but I only had one (and have no sense of how to make digital art).  Maybe I should say she "inspired" this entry.


In case you can't read it, my sentiment is "Black coffee is perfect in a white cup while playing games."  And because it's so corny, you know I made it up!

The materials I used include a background I found in a magazine (it's really buildings and a street scene lit at night with a dock in the foreground), a coffee cup found in a magazine, a crossword puzzle taken from a book, a bingo card, and some washi tape.  I kept the black and white theme throughout.

I want to apologize to those of you who left lovely comments that I have not returned the visit.  I've been up nearly 24 hours, and still can't catch up.  Why I decided to create this journal page rather than create some overdue gifts is beyond me.  I'm not sure if it's because this sounded like more fun, or my gift making is not faring too well this year.

Regardless, please join me at Art Journal Journey and Moo-Mania and More with your respective light and darkness and coffee or tea themes.  Thanks for visiting, thanks for leaving lovely comments, and now it's time for me to head to bed.