A Cup of Joy

Welcome back to my “ICU”!

Here in Florida we don’t really get the frigid cold that they experience

up North but we do get our share of “chilly” days and that’s when

you see everyone in boots with a red Starbucks cup in hand!

My caffeinated inspiration for today’s card comes from

all of the festive to go coffee cups we see at this time of year.

Here is a picture of a to go coffee cup I saw at Target recently

and I wanted to recreate that same look on a card.

I began with a red card base and layered the 2 largest dies from the

Gina Marie Loopy Rectangle Dies in white.

For my coffee cup I chose my favorite die from super sponsor Kat Scrappiness.

The Layered Coffee Cup Die is a great size and I cut it from red foil cardstock.

The lid was cut from some beautiful white glitter cardstock.

I find it easiest to apply the accents on the coffee cup lid with the

Xyron Sticker Maker. Since the lid was cut from glitter cardstock

I knew the sticker maker would really help to stick my pieces in place.

To decorate the front of the cup like the Target cup I used

the gorgeous Simon Says Stamp Lea Snowflake Die cut from the same

glitter cardstock as the lid of the cup. I just love the shimmer from that paper!

Once I had the coffee cup all decorated it was time to add some festive

to add a pop of green to my card and I cut them out using foil cardstock

to match the cup. I just love these holly leaves and berry dies

because they come in a variety of different sizes.

All that was left to do was to add a sentiment.

I knew it had to be small one because the cup and holly took up so much

room on the front of the card.

I found the perfect small circular die in my stash in the

Spellbinders Hipster 1 Dies and I cut it out of red foil and heat embossed

a sentiment from the Hero Arts My Monthly Kit August 2018

in Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder.

I really love how festive this card came out and I hope it brings

some early holiday joy into your day!

Have a wonderful day, I already am!

❄️Lisa ❄️

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