Rainbow Christmas Caffeinated Card Challenge

Hello friends. As a brew crew member at Coffee Loving Cardmakers, I thought it was high time I join one of the challenges at their new challenge site, Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge.

The theme is Coffee + Rainbow. I chose to use rainbow colors for my card. This is a pop up card that folds for mailing and is so easy to create. Scroll down for the brief tutorial and creative details. I'll have links to the products that I used at the end of this post as well.

 

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Challenge link here.

I started by stamping and watercoloring my images on Canson mixed media paper which you can usually find at Walmart. The stamped images are from the new Colorado Craft Company stamp set, Teacups & Mice, designed by their newest illustrator, Kris Lauren. Aren't they the cutest? I call my mouse "Grungy cute" and I think the petal, leafy teacup is dreamy and ethereal. Such a great design!

 

The watercolor set that I used is from Altenew. I've had it for ages and it seems to last forever! It's the 36 pan set. I colored with my water brush, choosing rainbow colors, and blended some of the colors as I painted..

To incorporate the Christmas element, I used my Scrapbookcom Tree Nesting Dies with Neenah cardstock to make a tree shaped card. Just fold an 8.5x11 piece of cardstock and offset the die at the top. Run through your die cut machine. I love these nesting dies so much. They're currently out of stock as of this writing but if you ever catch them on sale at Scrapbookcom, you won't regret it. They're great for making cute little shaped tags too. If you want, visit my link in the supply list and select to be notified when they're back in stock.

I scored both of the tree trunk "tabs" at the edge and center. Below, you can see how I folded them and adhered them with my adhesive runner. This allows you to pop up your card for display and also fold for mailing.

Once I created my tree card base, I then cut two nesting panels, one to cover my tree and the other as a layered dimension element. This paper is from the retired Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid collection that included Lollipop and Rainbow papers. However, I found a similar paper included in my supply list at the end of this post that would work as well.

I cut my images using my Brother Scan n Cut machine, however Colorado Craft Co also makes an accompanying die set that actually cuts out the inside of the cup handle.

Lastly, my sentiment is from a retired set from StudioL2E. They make planner stamps and I have some older stamps from their holiday collection. This sentiment just seemed to fit so perfectly, as it's a line from the song, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas". I colored the little heart center with Copic markers to coordinate with my colors. All of my elements were popped up with adhesive foam circles from Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L.

I hope you like my rainbow inspired Caffeinated Christmas Card! There's nothing like a good challenge to get your juices flowing and get creative! Thanks so much for stopping by. Let me know if you have any questions. You'll find affiliate links to most of the products that I used below, if you'd like to do some shopping. There is no additional cost for you to do so. Thanks so much for your support!

Link up to the challenge here. Be sure and read the challenge rules!

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L EZ Grand Runner Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Circles Mix, White Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Neenah Solar White Cardstock 8.5x11 inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L EZ Runner Grand Refill Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Scrapbook.com Hybrid Ink - Black Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Ranger Ink	Wendy Vecchi Makeart Non-stick Craft Sheet Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Ranger Ink	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cut/Emboss Machine Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Colorado Craft Company Stamps - Teacups & Mice Shop at: Scrapbookcom | C3	Colorado Craft Co Teacups & Mice Die Set Shop at: Scrapbookcom | C3	Doodlebug Design Perfectly Plaid Paper Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Altenew Watercolor Pan Paint Set 36 colors Shop at: Simon Says Stamp
Scrapbookcom Tree Nesting Dies Shop at: Scrapbookcom

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