Tim Holtz Distress Ink Color POP: Ground Espresso!
It’s Wanda, and I’m here today with the latest installment in our Color Pop series – featuring the newest Distress Ink Color! I’m excited to share my project using the color for August – Ground Espresso. And, that’s just what it is – the exact color of a cup of rich, dark coffee. It’s bold and deep and yummy! I think it’s the perfect shade of brown to go with anything Fall. So, in that regard, I combined it with Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron and Crushed Olive for a pretty Fall palette. For my project I used the brand new Tim Holtz Limited Edition Stamptember Stamp Set! (Editor’s note: Sold out! If you missed it, giveaway at the bottom of this post :)) You have to have it!
I love coffee, and I love Pumpkin Spice Lattes…and my favorite season is Autumn! And it’s September…so that’s what inspired this card! How many of you out there are waiting for your first PSL of the season? Or did you already have one? I did! MMMM.
I started by die cutting out the Fall Foliage Thinlits leaves from Ranger watercolor paper. Then I dry embossed the Woodgrain embossing folder – also from watercolor paper. These were my base pieces. I colored the leaves with distress inks and a sponge dauber. I just had fun combining the pretty fall colors. I used the Ground Espresso Ink to edge the leaves. I used the Ground Espresso Distress Marker and the Spritzer tool to make some dots on the leaves. As the final step for my leaves I coated them with Crackle Paint and let them dry. This makes them pretty and shiny like real leaves.
Next, I put some Ground Espresso re-inker onto my craft mat and mixed it with some water to make a softer brown color. I covered my entire woodgrain piece with this ink mixture. After it was dry, I went back and splattered some more droplets to look like coffee spills! The messier the better on this one! Then I took the embossing ink pad and smudged it around the edges of my woodgrain piece. I sprinkled on some Ranger Walnut embossing powder (the perfect match for Ground Espresso) and heat set it. I think it looks like coffee grounds, in keeping with our theme.
I stamped my Blueprint Stamp three times onto watercolor paper with Ground Espresso Ink. I cut out the pieces and colored them with Distress Markers and water. I used orange as my accent to indicate the Pumpkin Spice Latte! I mounted the pieces onto my main card base and then spritzed the entire thing with water to make it messy and soft. Lastly, the super fun part! Putting together those pretty leaves…and finishing up the card. I like the sentiment better at the top of the card, so I cut it out and mounted it there.
Any day that you have coffee is a good day indeed! This is a great card for any occasion or friend. I made another color swatch reference chart for you this month, so you can see where this rich new color fits into the Distress Ink brown color family. Thank you for following along with me each month as I feature a new color. Next month is Wilted Violet. Oh boy! Have a great day and happy crafting!
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Unfortunately this STAMPtember® 2015 exclusive is sold out, but we have one left to giveaway!! Comment on this blog post with your favorite color of the month so far for a chance to win. Winner will be announced next week! Good luck!
Oh dear. so hard to choose one–but so far my fav colors have been mermaid lagoon and wilted violet–love these two!
I like to make a lot of distressed and vintage masculine cards so Ground Espresso is for me! The deep rich brown is perfect for outlines or nature themes!
Mermaid lagoon. But I can’t wait to get my hands on the new purple!
I like ground espresso on words, edges, anything where I might use black. And I loved this project. Just terrific!
So far I think my favorite color is Mermaid Lagoon! I have to say though that all the Distress Inks are great colors.
Forgot to say that I love that card and especially all those colors together!
hard to choose but I have to say Mermaid Lagoon !!!
Ooh, love those leaves. Such realistic colouring. Hugz
LOVE Wanda’s card! Always enjoy seeing what she brings to the table ♥
My favorite color of the month so far (hard HARD choice to make) would have to be Twisted Citron!
Favorite color is absolutel Ground Espresso – now if only this was a scratch and sniff ink
The rich fall colors in this card are simply gorgeous! I love all the new Distress colors but especially like Mermaid Lagoon and Twisted Citron. The bright colors make me want to stamp and ink away the day!
Wonderful card, love the leaves. My favorite color of the month is blueprint sketch.
twisted citron is delish!
No wonder it sold out…it’s a great all occasion set!
The stamp set is great, the card is beautiful and I love the colors!
Wow….even my toes are crossed (and that really hurts) hoping to be THE lucky duck that gets his or her name drawn!
Abandoned coral closely followed by mermaid lagoon are my favourites so far.
Thanks for a chance to win the awesome stamp set.
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my favorite color is purple and a purple came out last month, BUT my favorite so far has to be cracked pistachio
Looove the Ground Espresso!!
My favorite is the purple but I love the richness of the ground expression.
Gorgeous color! Love the card!
Gorgeous card! My favourite colour of the month so far is blueprint sketch… such a true, vibrant blue.
This card is everything lovely about autumn. Now I need to run out and grab a pumpkin spice latte! As for favorite color, I love Abandoned Coral. It’s just so beautiful and when combined with a chevron pattern, it’s just perfect.
Mermaid Lagoon is my fave! Love this stamp set too!
I love this stamp set. It is so versatile. Ground espresso looks like my fav. Beautiful colour for shading and adding dimension.
Wow~ Atumnal coloring is so wonderful! I love it :) My favorite color so far is twisted citron.
So hard to choose, but I have to say I love this month’s color, carved pumpkin :)
I love Wilted Violet!
Carla from Utah
Oooh! Thank you SO MUCH for a chance to win this amazing set. My favorite so far is Blueprint Sketch.
Hugs,
Snoopy :D
I love the brushed corduroy!
My favorite would be abandoned coral. Love this card. Any day with coffee is a good day indeed
LOVE this card and TH image! My favorite is the newest pumpkin… I am really fond of using orange lately.
I love the Wilted Violet color!
Before today, Mermaid Lagoon was my favorite of the new colors. Carved Pumpkin has definitely replaced that now! I can’t wait to get my hands on it. :)
I love mermaid lagoon
Oh without a doubt Mermaid Lagoon!!
Love the card and Autumn colours
Oh my, how do you pick just one? My favorite is the current one of the month-lol!! since I love them all but Ground Espresso would be the one that I would use on almost all of my cards :-)
Wilted Violet is my favourite so far – I love purples! But Mermaid Lagoon is a close second.
Fave color so far is cracked pistachio. It’s the perfect mint and goes with so many other colors! :)
Mermaid lagoon and pistachio are my favorite so far but I love them all
GORGEOUS inking, STUNNING leaves and lovely card!!!
Choosing just one it like choosing a favourite child … if I REALLY HAVE TO, it would be Twisted Citron. I tend to use lots of orange and green in my crafting and even though I don’t have this one yet, it will definitely be a favourite the second I do. If you want to know a favourite that we have in our stash, well that would have to be Cracked Pistachio.
THANK YOU for the INSPIRATION and the chance to win :)
Has to be the Ground Expresso! Picked one up today at my LSS. I can’t get much locally but when I saw they had it, I grabbed one. I’m all about the earthy tones so I love your card!
I love mermaid lagoon! Love blues :)
My favorite color is blueprint sketch. Love it. And this is an amazing stamp set, so pick me!
Gorgeous card! Loving the vibrant new colors! My favorite till date is Twisted Citron.
Gorgeous card, I love all colours of Distress, especially the blues, but Ground Espresso is near the top for me, its so useful, atmospheric,earthy and the perfect dark brown, I thought it my gave was walnut stain til this came along – oh and adore pistachio! Thanks SSS for all the inspirationan and bringing us so much talent and wonderful stuff.
tough choice…. but I think my favorite is mermaid lagoon
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I just love all of the new colours and wish I could buy them all. I have to say that Blueprint Sketch is my personal favourite. Such a deep, delicious shade of blue!
I think Hickory Smoke is just the perfect neutral that I can use on almost any card. But the color I love most is Abandoned Coral.