A Cup of Joy

Welcome back to my blog and my "ICU"

Today I am over on The Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog

with a Cup of Holiday Joy!

Here in Florida we don't really get the frigid cold that they experience

up North but we do get our share of "chilly" days and that's when

you see everyone in boots with a red Starbucks cup in hand!

My caffeinated inspiration for today's card comes from 

all of the festive to go coffee cups we see at this time of year.

Here is a picture of a to go coffee cup I saw at Target recently

and I wanted to recreate that same look on a card.

I began with a red card base and layered the 2 largest dies from the 

Gina Marie Loopy Rectangle Dies in white.

For my coffee cup I chose my favorite die,

the Kat Scrappiness Layered Coffee Cup Die and I cut it from red foil cardstock.

The lid was cut from some beautiful white glitter cardstock.

I find it easiest to apply the accents on the coffee cup lid with the

Xyron Sticker Maker. Since the lid was cut from glitter cardstock

I knew the sticker maker would really help to stick my pieces in place.

To decorate the front of the cup like the Target cup I used 

the gorgeous Simon Says Stamp Lea Snowflake Die cut from the same

glitter cardstock as the lid of the cup. I just love the shimmer from that paper!

Once I had the coffee cup all decorated it was time to add some festive

holly to the card.  I used the Kat Scrappiness Holly Leaves and Berry Dies

to add a pop of green to my card and I cut them out using foil cardstock

to match the cup. I just love these holly leaves and berry dies 

because they come in a variety of different sizes.

All that was left to do was to add a sentiment.

I knew it had to be small one because the cup and holly took up so much

room on the front of the card.

I found the perfect small circular die in my stash in the 

Spellbinders Hipster 1 Dies and I cut it out of red foil and heat embossed

a sentiment from the Hero Arts My Monthly Kit August 2018

in Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder.

I really love how festive this card came out and I hope it brings

some early holiday joy into your day!

Have a wonderful day, I already am!

❄️Lisa ❄️

Jellyfish Thank You

Welcome back to my blog crafty friends!

I'm up on the Rabbit Hole Designs blog today to bring you a Thank You 

card using the Sofishticated stamp set. 

You can purchase this set from (The Rabbit Hole or Kat Scrappiness)!

I just love the Jellyfish stamp from this set. 

It has such beautiful intricacies in the main body and tail and 

I think it looks very elegant when heat embossed in gold.

I started by doing some ink blending with several colors of

distress inks. I used Twisted Citron, Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade,

and Salty Ocean. After all of the blending I sprayed some water droplets

for a more distressed look.  I also sprayed some homemade glimmer mist

for some extra shine. The camera doesn't pick that up very well.

I wanted a pretty scalloped edge so I die cut the inked panel

out with a Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die from Kat Scrappiness.

I made sure to use my anti-static tool over the ink blending to I could 

heat emboss without making a mess.  I stamped the Jellyfish stamp

in clear Versamark ink and then sprinkled gold embossing powder

over it. I used my heat gun to melt the powder and I just love the results!

I also added a gold frame with foil card stock to finish off the edges.

The Thank You sentiment was cut with the same gold foil as the frame and 

I added some blue jewels for some added interest and sparkle.

I love how this card came out, the ink blending was the perfect background

for this whimsical Jellyfish and the gold accents are so elegant.

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Have a great day, I already am!

🌊Lisa 🌊