T Stands For Springtime

 

 

I have finally finished my coffee book I started in February with a tutorial.

After I thought I finished these pages,

I found the other tea cup I had fussy cut from a return address label (thanks Linda).  The other four cups were colored using gel pens, several of them metallic.

I rotated the image so you could see the words: Coffee smells like freshly ground heaven.

This is the other set of pages.  This is the next to last page and the last inside page.  They both refer to Spring, which is Valerie's theme at Art Journal Journey.  Both coffee dyed pages are glued to the back of a playing card. I then stamped the phrase Living in the moment to the two pages, but virtually covered them with my ephemera.   All ephemera with the exception of the fussy cut butterfly were colored and fussy cut by Chris, who gifted me with the little girl, the flower, and the two stamped labels.  I added the sentiment, which is More Time For Springtime.

For those of you who missed the previous pages, I will show those now.

This is the front cover before it was decorated.

These are the front and back covers before they were decorated.

These are the front and back covers after I decorated them.  I used gel pens to color the various mugs and cups.

This is the inside front cover and the second page.

These are the next two pages.  I love the tea quote and the butterfly I fussy cut.

These are the next two pages.  When I showed this book to my friend Scott, he laughed at the sentiment on the right page: There is no life without water because water is needed to make coffee.

I hope you have enjoyed this coffee dyed paper and tea bag junk journal.  I also hope this piques your interest in joining us at Art Journal Journey, too.

It's now time to share your own drink inspired post this week.  It can be gifts you received, photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, mail art, junk mail, catalogs, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, handmade cards, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, a favorite mug, cup and saucer, teapot, coffee pot, or even a wine glass.  Regardless, please join us by linking below.  Bleubeard and I will gladly visit, as will other T participants.  Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Bleubeard would like to remind you that old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.