'Tis the Season Tim HOltz Christmas Blueprint Coffee Lovers Card

I had to make one Christmas coffee card for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Blog Hop, and I only had a very short time to get it done. I was thinking about this all day at work and couldn't wait to get home to squeeze this one in before the challenge closed.

Because winter has arrived overnight in our parts, I decided to make a snowy Christmas card. I used two stamps I've never used before and a die set that's only been used once to make this cute little CAS Christmas card.

I embossed the Flurries stamp with white powder and blended the background with Tumbled Glass oxide. There were a couple of mysterious yellowish splotches, so I splashed it with Scattered Straw oxide to make it look like it was intentional. lol! And you can see there's a little shadow the snowman casts, too--that's a smudge of  Black Soot ink. An Occasions Small Talk sticker works for a quick seasonal sentiment.

 The snowman is inked in Black Soot Archival and colored with more Tumbled Glass. I removed his top hat and gave him a Santa hat from the Festive Things. I just used a scrap of white card and colored it with Candied Apple ink, as is his scarf, berries, and coffee cup medallion. Pine Needles ink seemed fitting for the sleeve and holly leaves and Frayed Burlap ink for the cup itself. I added dimension to the coffee cup and Santa hat.

So I guess that's it for my coffee cards for this hop! It sure was fun making! I hope you have a great weekend! Hugs! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Coffee Loving Cardmakers: Fall/Winter Blog Hop

Country View Challenges November 2019 - Hand Stamped

The Artistic Stamper November's Creative Challenge - Mix it Up I mixed up the snowman's hats!

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge: Anything Goes

Scrapy Land Challenge #125 Anything Goes I used 1 Sizzix die.