Season's Greetings Hot Choc Christmas Card

Created this Christmas Card similar to a card I had made some time ago but placing on a brown base and adding ribbon, twine & a wobble for this version. The ribbon complements the mug theme.


I like Hot Chocolate; especially with marshmallows when it is Winter time. My fav Hot Chocolates are Coldstone, Ghiradelli & Swiss Miss.

For the Hot Chocolate Mug I used Stampin' Up stamp, marker & die. Inked Mug stamp with Memento Bahama Blue, wiped off the area that is the Hot Chocolate part, used an SU Chocolate Chip marker to color the Hot Chocolate, stamped on white cardstock, cut with SU die and did further cutting with a blade cutter that hubby gave me to cut out the inner part of the handle. If I had designed the SU die I would have had it have the inner part as part of the cut out of the die.

Popped up the mug with foam mounting tape. Added Glossy accents to Hot Chocolate part of mug. Added 2 pieces of foam mounting tape with vellum on top for marshmallow look.

For sentiment stamped Hero Arts sentiment on vellum, cut out with SU punch, attached to card with glue dots & added blue gems.

For snowflake edge used Martha Stewart snowflake corner & edge punches.

Attached the white cardstock to blue cardstock.

Supplies List 


gems: the Paper Studio His & Hers 2 blue
Glossy accents: added to Hot Chocolate part of mug
inks: Memento - Bahama Blue
machine: Sizzix BIGkick 
paper: vellum, cardstock - blue, brown, white
punch: Martha Stewart - Aspen snowflake corner & edge
ribbon: 2012 Christmas box ribbon assortment
stamp: Hero Arts Holiday Stamps
Stampin' Up: die - Holiday Collection Framelits, marker - Chocolate Chip,
   punch - Decorative Label, stamp - Scentsational Season
tape: foam mounting tape to pop up the mug & for marshamallows
twine: blue/white
wobble: added to back of hot choc mug layer

Entering this into the following challenges:

11/16 Pile It On Ch45 Show Us Your Tools UE 11/10

11/17 My Craft Spot Mon Ch#117 Pinterest Insp 1E(#1) the Mason Jars were my insp for mug card with blue, brown & white colors & twine 11/11





11/18 Clear It Out Theme: Smores(choc,marshmallow) Stash(brown/white) 3E(#2) 11/5
11/18 Crafty Sentiment Blues 3E(#1) 11/12
11/18 Paper Take Wkly Ch Snow & Ice Blue or Cold Colors or incl Snow/Ice or Both 5E(#3) 11/12

11/19 Action Wobble CAS Card 3E(#2) 11/6
11/19 Aud Sentiments Ch93 Feminine Card 5E(#5) 11/6
11/19 Divas By Design Something Snowy 2E(#2) 11/13

11/21 Sweet Stampin Ch Use Tags 2E(#2) 11/16

11/22 Crafty Hazelnuts Ch151 Christmas indoors UE 11/16
11/22 Hiding In My Craft Room HIMCR124 DIe Cuts 3E(#2) 11/16 
11/22 Jos Scrap Shack FFC#26 Anything Goes UE 11/15

11/25 Curtain Call Ch CAS Christmas UE 11/25

11/27 CAS-ual Fri CFC120 Christmas UE 11/15

11/28 Wags N Whiskers Ch117 Cards for Kids 2E(#2) 11/15

11/29 Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Ch Extra for Nov - Anything Goes Christmas UE 11/1

11/30 Christmas Cards All Yr Round Nov Ch Winter Wonderland UE 11/1
11/30 DLART Thankful Thurs Nov Linky Ch UE 11/7
11/30 Hero Arts Holiday Ch - A Few of My Fav Things UE 10/13
11/30 Ribbon Carousel RCC87 Holidays & Celeb Ch UE 11/5