Have a Cup on Us – Merry Christmas

Welcome back!  Wishing you a happy Thursday.  Always chasing deadlines.  Where does the time go?

Christmas (or Not) Bingo (#14), choosing B- Christmas, Brown and Plaid and Caffeinated Christmas (#44), always a holiday drink theme.

Sharing with Love To Craft (#87) anything goes and Addicted to Stamps & More (#499) any occasion.

I picked the TGIF (#537) sketch to bring my ideas together.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Early Espresso cardstock.
• Background Panel: (4⅛” x 5⅜”) Early Espresso cardstock dry-embossed with the retired Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.
• Square: (3” x 3”) Calypso Coral Plaid patterned piece of paper from the Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper pack, an On-Line Exclusive product.
• Hexagon: (2¾” x 2⅜”) Calypso Coral cardstock die-cut with the (2⅝” x 2¼”) Hexagon die from the retired Beautiful Shapes Dies set and then dry-embossed with the retired Cross-Hatch Basics 3D Embossing Folder.
• Banner: Crumb Cake cardstock scrap die-cut with one of the Banner dies from the retired Bunch of Banners Framelits Dies set.
  • The edging of the Banner was highlighted with the Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Marker.
  • The Banner was then double dry-embossed with a) the retired Textured Textile 3D Embossing Folder and then again b) with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.
• Decoration – Holiday Mugs: (2” x 4”) Basic Beige cardstock.
  • The Mug images from the Have a Cup on Us (by Stamp Simply) were stamped with Early Espresso ink.
  • The Merry Christmas Banner, Snowman and Snowflake images from the retired White Christmas stamp set were also stamped with Early Espresso ink on the tall cup.
  • The Christmas Tree image from the retired Watercolor Christmas stamp set and the same Snowflakes image were stamped, also with Early Espresso ink on the short cup.
  • The Cups were colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Colors chosen: Light and Dark Calypso Coral, Light Crumb Cake and the darker brown SU100 and then die-cut with the coordinating Have a Cup on Us Dies (Stamp Simply) and also dry-embossed with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch with the short cup popped up with Dimensionals.

Untraditional colors but a cozy holiday card none-the-less!

I appreciated that you spent some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

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