Cherry Chai Card featuring Erin Lee Creative

Hello lovelies. Today, I'm celebrating a few of my favorite things! First off, Spring is here, and with it comes new Spring beverages at some of my favorite coffee spots. I have been all about the Iced Cherry Chai Latte from Starbucks. I would be totally ok with this being served year round! I decided to celebrate this beautiful, tasty beverage by using it as inspiration for today's card, featuring products from Erin Lee Creative. Scroll down for all the details, including my clickable supply list at the end.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

For comparison, the photo below is a recent shot that I took of my Iced Cherry Chai Latte. That cherry cold foam is soooo good! I want to make popsicles out of that stuff! I also love all things tea related, particularly chai. I wasn't too sure how cherry and chai would taste together, but it totally works!

Here's a close-up of my ink blending, including sprinkles and ice cubes! 

For my ink blending, I used Catherine Pooler Inks because they're a water based ink. You'll need water based inks to replicate ice cubes.

By the way, this is an A1 sized card. I generally make larger cards but I wanted a compact little scene to show off my cherry chai die cut. For dimensional purposes, A1 cards are 3.5 x 4.5 inches and are generally the size used to create note cards. 

I began by ink blending my Catherine Pooler inks in Cashmere and Sparkling Berry with blender brushes on white cardstock. I also covered the bottom section afterwards and splattered white paint on my "cold foam" topping.

I only used 2 dies from the Erin Lee Creative "Holiday Cheer" die set; the large outline die and the rim die for the edge of the lid.

When I centered my large outline die for die cutting, I placed it over my ink blending in such a way that the "cold foam" would seep down into the chai tea, rather than sitting completely at the top of the beverage, as that is precisely how Starbucks makes this drink.

To create the ice cubes, use a wet paint brush or water brush to draw and completely fill in squares with the water brush, but don't over saturate. Work with one square at a time, filling in the space, then blotting the wet square with a paper towel.

I'll have a 30 second process reel over on my Tiktok and Instagram account, go have a look!

If I had it to do over again, I might bring my ice cubes higher up into the cold foam, as pictured in my second photo. I should have taken a glance at my photo first! But, I'm totally ok with how this turned out. It's such a fun technique, you should try it!

For my sentiments, I used the Erin Lee Creative stamps from the Love Birds stamp & die set, stamping love you in the Sparkling Berry ink and xoxo in black ink.

I did score and trim this card and can easily make a coordinating envelope with my We R Maker Envelope Punch board.

 My sprinkles were created using OLO Marker RV1.7 Lily Magnolia. I also did a little shading under the vellum cup rim with OLO Marker CG3 Cool Gray.

My pretty patterned paper is from a Scrapbookcom paper pad called, Bouquet and my dark gray cardstock is from my Playful paper pad. I also glued on sequins from a retired Buttons Galore shaker mix.

I hope you're celebrating what makes you happy with Spring's arrival! Thanks so much for popping in. I've provided convenient affiliate shopping links below, if you'd like to browse or shop. These are provided at no additional cost to you! Have a great weekend!

Terri

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Egg Shaped Spring Card for Scrapbook.com

I'm so excited to share this card today for Scrapbook.com! They recently sent me some products that I couldn't wait to pair together, including the Nested Egg Dies, the Market Bloom Rabbit Dies and new Spring themed papers - Cottontail and Pastel Glossy Cardstock. Scroll down for creative details on this egg shaped card. My supply list will be at the end of this post, as well.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

First, I used the largest nested egg die to create my egg shaped white card. It's important that you use a vertical top scored card for this design.

Just offset the top edge of your egg die by approximately 1/4" above your  vertical card, then run through your die cut machine. I used the Spellbinders Platinum 6.

Here's  a graphic of the egg die sizes.

I also used the largest die to create the top base for my egg card, paired with a gingham pattern from the Cottontails paper pad.

The frame for my card was created using the largest egg die, plus 2 sizes down to the 2.9 x 3.9 inch egg die. I chose a pretty orange glossy cardstock from the Pastel Glossy Cardstock pad. It's so shiny and I love these new glossy papers!

I adore the Market Bloom Rabbit dies, they are the absolute cutest! There are 20 different dies included with this set so you can mix and match all kinds of elements; party hats, crowns, different glasses and facial features.....it's so much fun to create with!

It was super helpful to use my reverse tweezers to handle the various die cuts while gluing all my rabbit elements with Artis glue. If you don't have reverse tweezers, these are an essential staple in my craft room. The set I used is exclusive to Scrapbook.com and is ergonomic which is great if you have arthritic hands.

I also used a variety of different Scrapbook.com paper pads to create the various features, but you can use what's in your stash as well. Here's a breakdown of the colors/papers I chose for the various rabbit elements:

Cottontail Patterned Paper (party hat/green + shirt/lavender)

Sprinkles Smooth Cardstock (party hat and bow tie/dark purple)

Christmas Smooth Cardstock (Glasses/facial features/black)

Vacation Smooth Cardstock (ears/pink)

Daybreak Smooth Cardstock (bunny face/ears/tan)

I also did a little shading around my rabbit's shirt using Catherine Pooler ink in Slate and one of my detailer blender brushes from Scrapbook.com. 

My sentiment and floral die cuts were created using the Blooming Sentiments Stamp & Die Set. This is a new set that can only be purchased right now with one of the class kits for the upcoming SBCFest.

SBCFest is an annual, free event and will be held on March 14, 2025 beginning at 8 am PST/11 am EST. Laura Graff will be using the Blooming Sentiments set in her class and you can check out her supply list here. It's a huge value, orginally $116.00 but specially priced for SBCFest at $38.99!

If you wish to have this set now, this is an amazing price. I've been told the items will be available for individual purchase some time soon after SBCFest, but the current bundle will be your best deal.

I also jazzed up the inside of my card a bit, using another sentiment from the Blooming Sentiments stamp/die set and one of the small floral stamps.

I also created a coordinating envelope for my card using some older Simple Stories scrapbook paper from my stash and created a sticker using one of the smaller nested egg dies paired with the Cottontail patterned paper.

By the way, did you catch the Livestream deal last Thursday at Scrapbook.com that featured the Cottontail Bundle? You guys went nutso and sold out the Nested Egg Dies included with this bundle in under 48 hours! 

I generally don't like to share cards when products are waiting to be restocked, but obviously, the Nested Egg dies are super hot hot hot right now. If you really want the Cottontail Bundle or the Nested Egg die set, make sure you click the links to be notified when they're back in stock.

It should be soon, because Scrapbook.com doesn't want to leave you empty handed for your Easter and spring cardmaking!

Most of my photos are flat lay designs but I wanted to show you how nicely this egg shaped card stands upright.

My floral blooms and stamped sentiment feature Catherine Pooler Inks (Catching Rays, Sparkling Berry) and were stamped with my Misti stamp positioner. I did use my mint tape for the masking technique on my sentiment.

I also added some Pops of Color in Sunflower for the inside of the word "Bloom".

I know I threw a lot of information at you today, so thank you, if you stuck around for all of it! If you recently ordered some of these products, I hope you enjoy today's inspired card. And, if you're looking to add some of these products to your cardmaking collection, I hope you'll use my affiliate links, provided at no additional cost to you.

It takes many, many hours of creating, photo editing, making reels and blog writing and you have no idea how much I appreciate when you shop or even just click my affiliate links to view products. The few cents per dollar that I receive as commission through the various companies that I'm affiliated with eventually add up. I use these commissions for giveaways on my social media and to invest back into my craft to continue bringing you more inspiration! It also allows the companies to see how their customer base arrives to their site, so it's a win-win all the way around.

I hope Spring is showing itself where you live. Here in the South, the flowers are already blooming and I don't think we're done with Winter just yet. Have a fabulous week, everyone!

Terri

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