Latte Love – Be Merry

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#689) challenge.  This week, Ann has selected a lovely set of colors for us to use plus adding a fourth.  I chose Smoky Slate as all the other three have a gray undertone. 

Inspiration for this card was influenced by: Inkspirational (#315) to pick a Season and an Occasion – how about Winter and Christmas; Jingle Belles (#2410) to use only Cardstock; Caffeinated Christmas (#29) to add Flowers and Krafty Chicks (#715) with this week’s Christmas theme.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock.
• Accent Mat: (3⅞” x 5⅛”) Basic White cardstock.
• Background Panel: (3¾” x 5”) Lost Lagoon cardstock dry-embossed with the now retired Floral patterned Basics 3D Embossing Folder.
• Accent Shape – Circle: (2¾”) Basic White cardstock die-cut with one of the Decorated Circle dies from the Spotlight on Nature Dies set.
• Focal Image – Cup of Flowers: Smoky Slate, Lost Lagoon, Fresh Freesia and Highland Heather cardstock scraps.
  • All images were stamped with Basic Gray ink.
  • The Coffee Cup image from the Latte Love stamp set, an On-Line Exclusive product, was stamped and die-cut with the coordinating die from the Latte Love Dies set.
  • The Poinsettia image from the retired Reason for the Season stamp set was stamped on all three colors of cardstock and fussy-cut with Paper Snips.
  • Shading was added to the Flower Layers and the Coffee Cup with the same Light colored Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Smoky Slate, Lost Lagoon, Fresh Freesia and Highland Heather.
• Sentiment Strips: Fresh Freesia cardstock scrap.
  • The three lines, Be Merry, And, and Celebrate from the retired Holiday Invitation stamp were stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with White Embossing Powder.
  • The Lines were then closely trimmed with Paper Snips.

All elements were adhered to the card base.  The Poinsettia Layers were popped up with Dimensionals and a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added for a bit of bling.

Unconventional Holiday colors but they work beautifully together for this fun little card.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today and I hope you will consider joining us with this week’s Paper Player’s challenge.  I would love to see what to create.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

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