Elf Brand Cocoa!

I've been playing around with the Print Then Cut feature on my Cricut Explore recently and found this cute Cocoa Sign (Santa's Village cartridge) along with the cup of Hot Cocoa (Yummy cartridge). They were perfect for this week's challenge over at the Die Cuttin' Divas blog - Brrr, Hot Cocoa! The pretty heart border and scalloped circle were both diecut from the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge. I used Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink to ink the edges of the circle and colour the heart border. For my snowflake circles I used a circle punch in two different sizes and used Distress Stain on my craft mat to add a watercolour look to the white cardstock. After I got the look I wanted and dried them I stamped on snowflakes from the Warm Fuzzies stamp set by Pretty Cute Stamps.

I used a new snowflake embossing folder from Carta Bella that I recently picked up, and since I've been following along with the Embossing Folder Fun class by Amy Kunkle over at Big Picture Classes I thought it would coordinate wonderfully with the Hot Cocoa theme! For the front of my card I glued on the heart border and the snowflake circles before running the card front through the embossing folder. This was a good tip from Amy to create 'embedded embossing'. After I embossed I splattered on some Dylusions Spray Mist for a little inky detail.

Inside, I debossed the snowflakes again, using the 'backside' of the embossing folder. I only partially embossed my cardstock, leaving the center opening plain and embossing each end. I added a strip of washi tape at the point where the embossing folder ended. I stamped inside with a sentiment from the Pretty Cute Stamps set Sip Enjoy Relax and used some of the hearts from the negative of my diecut border to add a punch of red to my card by colouring them with a marker.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you are staying warm and enjoying your weekend!

Linked to:
Word Art Wednesday - AG

Die Cuttin Divas - Brrr, Hot Cocoa
Mojo Monday Sketch - #431

DL Art - Thankful Thursday January Linky Challenge

PDE Linky Party - AG!