Hi, there! Have you had one of Starbucks’ red cups yet this season? I haven’t yet (Shocking, I know!), but I made my own. Check it out.
This was so fun to make! I started by die-cutting a red cup with SugarPea Designs’ Caffeine Addict dies. I arranged snowflakes from different stamp sets onto an acrylic block and repeatedly stamped them with white pigment ink onto my cup before heat-embossing them in white. I inked the edges of my cup and lid, adhered them together, and backed them with foam tape. The evergreen branches were created with a Martha Stewarts punch and two shades of green cardstock.
For my background I chose some American Crafts’ chalkboard paper because I liked the sheen and texture of it. I was going for a door decorated for Christmas, and this paper fit the bill perfectly. I embossed it with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle dies. This is such a cool technique and really helps you stretch the usefulness of your dies. There are plenty of tutorials out there, so I suggest researching what particular items you need for your brand of die-cutting machine.
After embossing my background, I adhered it to my card. I added my red cup on top and arranged the branches below, tucking the ends underneath the cup’s edge. I tied a bow with some sheer silver ribbon and added it beneath the cup. The sentiment is from CTMH’s Scandinavian Wishes, a retired set. I stamped it in Versafine and heat-embossed it in clear. I bannered both ends of the sentiment strip, popped up the middle with foam tape, and adhered the ends flat.
I hope I’ve inspired you to try something new with your dies. As for me, I’m inspired to go grab a much larger “red cup,” if you know what I mean. 😉
Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!
I’m entering this card into the following challenges: SugarPea Designs’ Mix It Up Challenge #24, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas To Die For, 7Kids Challenge Blog Challenge #2: Anything Goes With the Option of Christmas, and Sweet Stampers Challenge #1: Christmas.
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Kuni | 28th Nov 16
Great CAS card.
Thank you for joining us at the Sweet Stampers and i hope to see you again.
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Kuni
Daniela | 29th Nov 16
Beautiful christmas card. Thanks for joining us at the Sweet Stampers Challenge. We would love to see you again.
Hugs, Daniela
Teresa Kline | 1st Dec 16
totally have to use the starbucks cup to create a card, this is gorgeous…thanks for the inspiration! I am so glad you played along with us at simon says stamp wednesday challenge!
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Marlene Bonetti | 1st Dec 16
Hello Andrea
Oh, what a beautiful card! Adorable red cup 🙂 Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog, good luck!
Marlene
Angela | 4th Dec 16
Oh Andreas, your card is so amazing and the idea is so fantastic. I really love it.♥
Thanks a lot for joining us at our first Challenge by Sweet Stampers Challenge
Hope to see you again, good luck.
Hugs and greetings Angela DT
kelly neis | 11th Dec 16
Awesome take from the photo! I love the background embossing. Thank you for joining us at 7 Kids College Fund.