Hot Chocolate Kind Of Day!-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids, we are showcasing our favorite holiday color combos. This can apply to Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. I have always loved the clean simplicity of a blue and white card. It doesn't even have to be on a Christmas card; I just find it to be so pretty and calming. I recently saw a video from a YouTube creator I subscribe to where she used MFT's rectangle trio stencil in a way that I would never have thought of. I had to try it out for myself, and I love the results! I applied the stencil directly to my white A2 card base and inked it up using a foam applicator and Tim Holtz salvaged patina ink. I stamped the sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs Cup of Cocoa stamp set near the bottom using Memento tuxedo black ink. I applied some black gem stickers from Honey Bee stamp's Freshly Brewed collection on either side of the sentiment. I stamped and colored three of the sweet little mugs from the same Newton's Nook Designs stamp set, colored them in soft blues using my alcohol markers, fussy cut them out, and applied them to my card in a triangle pattern. I finished the card off my adding some clear shimmer pen to the mugs for some added shine. Thank you for stopping by my blog today, and be sure and stop by the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog to see what favorite holiday color combos everyone chose! 

It's A Hot Chocolate Kind Of Day

 

Today's card was created for the latest Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge. I created my card by stamping the three mugs from Newton's Nook Designs Cup of Cocoa stamp set onto white Copic-friendly cardstock and colored them using my alcohol markers. I then die cut a scalloped edge panel using powder blue cardstock from Hobby Lobby and a Gina Marie Designs nesting scalloped edge rectangle die. I layered that directly onto my white card base. Using the square Window Trio 1 die from Waffle Flower, I cut a focal panel using white cardstock. Before adhering directly to the scalloped panel, I stamped snowflakes from Stampabilities Winter Wonderland stamp set using Stampin' UP's bashful blue ink. I then stamped the sentiment from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set using Gina K Designs black ink. I adhered the panel to the card, added some Nuvo Crystal Drops in white blizzard, some gel pen detail, and clear rhinestones from Recollections to the snowflakes. I love how adorably cute this card turned out! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you have an amazing day!