A Cup of Cheer

I am so happy to be back again this month with another card for Coffee Loving Cardmakers. As we get closer to December and Christmas, this potentially chilly time can call for a hot cocoa or coffee. I couldn't wait to try out this die set for the season.

I played around with different backgrounds and colors of cardstock for the die cutting. I like having one traditional Christmas color, usually red, with non-traditional ones. Pink is becoming a regular on holiday cards and I love using it alone or with other colors. Since the white stenciling looks pink, I chose pink for the sweater. My daughter had cute little light blue snow gloves as a child, so I went that direction with these. 

The winter/holiday stenciled panel is one I made a while ago and just love it for the holidays. I used a white chalk ink pad on a red panel and I like that it looks pink. I adding stitching around the edge of the panel with a Sugar Pea Designs die.

To make the scene look dimensional, I popped everything up on foam tape. I was most excited about the steam made out of vellum. There was a card sample I saw on the Spellbinders site using it and it makes the steam look so real. I used microscopic dots of Bearly Arts glue at both ends of the steam so it wouldn't show through.

Here's what I used to make this card:

• Spellbinders Mugs and Mittens die set, Stay Snuggly stamp and die sets
• Sugar Pea Designs Card Front Element Builder die
• My Favorite Things Joy Love Peace stencil
• Altenew Obisidan Black ink pad
• Versamagic Cloud White ink pad
• Hero Arts Hero Hues Espresso mini ink pad 
• Foam tape
• Bearly Arts Precision Craft Glue
• Vellum

I hope this card puts you in the holiday mood for a special hot drink of your choosing, whether you are living in or visiting a cold place. This die set has a lot of cozy winter options to it. A gift card to a coffee shop for someone special might be a good use of this card. Shhh, don't tell my daughter!

Many many thanks to Amy for inviting me back to share a card at Coffee Loving Papercrafters!

Carol