Friday, November 03, 2017

A Cup of Warmth

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne posting today.  The card I'm sharing today uses three dies; one of which is a personal favorite.

I love cute cards (actually I love most ALL styles of cards) and I really like Mr. Snuggles.  Today, I made him a polar bear hugging a cup of cocoa from one of the new Christmas dies - Cocoa and Sweet Treats.  This is an A2 side fold card.  The card base is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

I started by cutting a panel from plaid paper that was 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.  I cut three blue panels and one white panel with the Rectangle set. 

The sentiment was stamped on the white panel.  I stacked and glued the blue panels together and then glued the white panel on top.  This gives a nice edge to the white panel and allows it to be popped up off the card face without using foam dots or tape.  When creating a stacked panel, the Rectangle Set is super helpful.  It's important that the panels all be the EXACT same size - something difficult to do with a paper cutter but very easy with a rectangle die.

I added two ribbons that match some of the plaid lines.  One was placed under the white sentiment panel and the smaller one I placed on top.
I die cut the bear, cocoa, steam and snowflake from white card stock.  I used blue for the cocoa cup.  Copic markers were used to color the cocoa for inside the cup, ear insides and nose; I used a multi-liner pen for the bears eyes.  To give him some depth, I sponged his edges in a light grey ink.

Finally, I glued him together and added him to the sentiment panel along with a few buttons.
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzcocoaandsweettreats.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzmrsnuggles3x3.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzrectanglesetbasics.aspx
Have a great weekend - see you next Friday!

9 comments:

Mary Marsh said...

This is such a cute card Jeanne- love the mix of old and new dies- especially Mr Snuggles

Lois said...

I LOVE the bear holding the cup! And your plaid background paper is really pretty. Very cute card, Jeanne.

Joanne said...

Adorable card Jeanne! Love the plaid paper with your color choice for Mr. Snuggles. He's so adorable!!!

Janja said...

That's so nice!

Pam MacKay said...

Very sweet card love that cute little bear!

SugarShine Designs said...

Your card is a lot of snuggly warm fun! TFS :) -Janet

Sukie said...

Such a sweet card! I love that adorable bear! All of the dies you used are amazing and on my wish list!

Karenladd said...

So adorable and cozy!!! I love the Cocoa and sweet treats die set so much! They can combine with just about any cute stamp or die.

Anja Ž. said...

I love how you made a polar bear. It looks so cool. And these color make a beautiful card.