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:
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.
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge # 235. Our host, Caz, chose Circles for the theme. I thought outside the box and used some Latte Love DSP (designer series paper), the stamp and die sets.
When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my circle card:
I thought the inside sentiment just called for a gift card pocket, so I added on on the left side of the inside.
Measurements:
Trim a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock to 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
Trim a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
The slice of Lost Lagoon under the ribbon measures 1/2 by 4 inches
Trim a piece of the circle DSP pattern from the Latte Love DSP to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
You need another piece of this DSP pattern measuring 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
The gift card triangle piece of DSP came from a 4 by 5-1/4 inch rectangle, trimmed on the diagonal
The bottom piece also comes from Latte Love and measures 4 by 1-3/4 inches
Punch a 1-inch circle from the striped DSP for the envelope seal, and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
I used a piece of scrap Pecan Pie for the sentiment coffee cup on the front of the card
You need a length of ribbon cut to 4-1/2 inches long and another cut to 3 inches long
Stamping & Cropping:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces of the card together
Using Lost Lagoon ink, stamp the outline of the coffee cup on the scrap piece of Pecan Pie cardstock
Crop the coffee cup using the Latte Love die
After rubbing the cropped coffee cup down with your embossing buddy, stamp the sentiment using VersaMark ink
Add dimensionals to the back of the coffee cup making sure they will straddle the ribbon
Cover the sentiment with white embossing powder and heat set it
Stamp the same coffee cup using Lost Lagoon ink on the white cardstock
Stamp off the coffee and cream center using Pecan Pie ink
Using Lost Lagoon ink, stamp the inside sentiment
I had a smudge on the bottom of the card, so I stamped some circles on the bottom of the inside panel
Assembly:
Unless otherwise noted, I used liquid glue to adhere all the pieces of the card
Adhere the trimmed pieces of DSP to the front of the card with the striped pattern on the bottom
Attach the ribbon to the strip of Lost Lagoon cardstock according to the pictures below:
Adhere the ribbon strip to the top of the striped DSP
Adhere the coffee cup with dimensionals
Next, adhere the combined DSP front to the Lost Lagoon mat, which gets adhered to the Pecan Pie base
Adhere the white cardstock to the inside of the card
Add multipurpose liquid glue to the left and bottom of the left inside of the card
Make sure you only add a thin line of liquid glue so that the borders only are adhered so you can insert the gift card.
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