A Cuppa for the February Sparkles Christmas Challenge,
Welcome to the February, 2025 edition of the Sparkles Christmas Challenge! The theme for this month, chosen by Melissa, is A Christmas Cup of Tea. When you get finished here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to view the creations from the very talented members of our design team. After you’ve created your own themed card, please don’t forget to upload it to our gallery.
I am not a tea drinker, and didn’t have anything tea related, so I am using coffee for my card. Here’s my card:
I am also going to be entering this card in the Try a Sketch on Tuesday # 662 and the sister challenge Double Trouble Challenge #183.
3 images: the coffee cup, and 2 different foam images
2 patterned papersin Cherry Cobbler and Basic Beige
1 sentiment that makes me smile – a cozy day certainly meets that requirement
Measurements:
- I outlined all the pieces using a gold Wink of Stella brush
- The Cherry Cobbler base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches
- The Cherry Cobbler and gold flecked DSP (designer series paper) measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
- I trimmed another piece of DSP to 6 by 2-/2 inches for the envelope flap
- Then, I punched a 1-inch circle from the Basic Beige and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
- Trim a piece of Basic Beige to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card
- The Basic Beige vertical strip measures 1 inch by 5-3/8 inches
- The Basic Beige square in the middle measures 2-1/2 inches square, for which I then rounded the corners
- I used scraps of the Cherry Cobbler and Basic Beige DSP for the cups, foam images, and sentiment
Stamping, Cropping, and Assembly:
- I stamped all the images from the Latte Love stamp set and sentiment from the Frozen Edges stamp setin VersaMark ink and covered them all with gold embossing powder, which needed to be heat set
- Crop the coffee cup and foam images using dies from Latte Love
- Crop the sentiment using a tag die from the Greetings of the Season die set
- Add gold thread to the hole in the sentiment tag
- I used multipurpose glue to adhere pieces unless otherwise noted
- Adhere the Basic Beige strip, square, and foam pieces to the Cherry Cobbler DSP
- Add dimensionals to the back of the gold and Cherry Cobbler DSP, the sentiment, and the coffee cup and adhere
- After stamping the inside sentiment, adhere to the inside of the base of the card
- With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
