Christmas Eve Cocoa Card

Hey friends, it feels like it's been awhile since I've hopped on the blog. I've had a lot of health issues, having been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, and then I'm just getting over Covid after my guys brought it home from a trip to Chicago.  Good news is, the cancer was self contained with no spread to the lymph nodes. I had a mastectomy last month and will not require chemo or radiation, so that is a big "Praise the Lord"! I'm still not feeling 100% but have been itching to get back to cardmaking. I thought I would play along with the Caffeinated Christmas Card challenge this month, to get my crafty juices flowing, and also get a jumpstart on Christmas card making.

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First, if you'd like to join the Caffeinated Christmas challenge, tap my link above for details.  Entries close on Aug. 25th. There's also a prize being offered up.

I wanted to night create a scene that is reminiscent of drinking cocoa on Christmas Eve. This is something we absolutely do every year and throughout the holidays. I'm sure many of you do as well. I imagined looking out the window with a snowy, night sky and cocoa in hand.

Let's talk about the products used for my card. For my window scene, I used the Picket Fence Studios Basic Die cutting set 1. My scene behind the window frame consists of Ombre paper from Scrapbookcom splattered with white paint and a circle die cut moon using nested circle dies.

The christmas light banner is another Scrapbookcom die set called Celebration Banners. I die cut these with white cardstock, then colored the lights with my OLO Markers in coordinating colors that matched the patterned paper for my mug. The colors are BG2.4 and RV0.4.

My mug features one of my favorite coffee themed die sets from Pretty Pink Posh. It's the Winter Mug die set and includes those adorable marshmallow dies as well. Speaking of which, when I do some ink smooshing, I often save the scraps. The die cut marshmallows were cut from some of my scraps. I also did some ink smooshing for the "cocoa" inside the cup.

Another thing I love to do is bulk foiling. My foiled "Merry Christmas" sentiment is from the Spellbinders/Simon Hurley Joyful Christmas hot foil plates/die set. I love just picking through my bulk foils to find that perfect sentiment ready to go! My sentiment strip was stamped using the Pretty Pink Posh Christmas sentiment strips, then swiped around the edges with my teal colored OLO Marker.

The patterned paper for my mug is from the Catherine Pooler paper pack, "Bring On The Figgy Pudding".

 

I also did some 3D embossing using dark gray solid paper from the Scrapbookcom Christmas paper pad, paired with a retired Spellbinders embossing folder. The final touch was gluing some clear sequins to my card for a bit of sparkle.

You'll find my supply list below, with the exception of my OLO Markers which are linked above. Have a great day, I hope you'll join me in this challenge!

Terri

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