Have a Beer

This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from the amazing cakes from The Pastry Studio.   Since we have lots of beer lovers in our family, I chose this cake shaped like a beer mug to inspire my design.

I used stamps from Unity and my Spectrum Noir markers (GB4 & GB8 ... love how they blend even on colored cardstock) to color my mug.  

My original plan was to dab on some Snow Cap Acrylic Paint for the foam, but when I went to use it, it had dried into a gooey blob ... in a bit of synchronicity, I was still able to use an old paint brush it to paint on the goo for some textured foam (but would prefer to restore it to is more useable paint-like state of anyone knows if that's possible?).

I am also so excited to announce I was recently certified as a Colorist for Spectrum Noir.  I had never tried markers before I started designing for Crafter's Companion, and have been so pleased at the learning curve using their great video tutorials.

For my layout, I flipped this week's Retro Sketch on its side.  I'm also joining the Love to Create Challenge Blog for their Ribbon & Bling Challenge.  And the A.R.T. Card Challenge is celebrating Masculine Birthdays.

I hope you find some inspiration.

Comments

[Mian Hahne]

What a fun card and I think most of the men will love this one! Great design!

Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us this week at Love to Create.
Best of luck and we'd love to have you visit again!

Hugs Mian
Love to Create Design Team Member
http://mianspysselhorna.blogspot.com

[Gabby]

LOVE it! Just going over to the challenge site to have a look. Cake is on my "Things I LOVE" list so I should be drooling momentarily. Hee! :D

[Darlene Pavlick]

This is awesome Stef and great job with those alcohol markers! (I'm still practicing with mine!) And, love the 'head' you put on the beer ... clever! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us at A.R.T. and joining in on our MASCULINE BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE this week! Hope you'll join us again next week!
Darlene
A.R.T. DT
DAR'S CRAFTY CREATIONS

[CherCroppin]

Yah, so glad you joined us for the A.R.T. "Masculine Birthday" challenge...we hope you'll join us this Thursday too for a new challenge! ~Cheryl, Senior DT

[Deanne]

Cool card!!!! Thanks so much for participating in our LOVE TO CREATE challenge!! Hope to see you again for our next challenge!!
~DEANNE~
A Little Bit O' Paper

[Misti O.]

I'm sure this will be a big hit! Thanks for joining us for this week's A.R.T. challenge!