Hello there and welcome to Episode 3 of my Cocoa Stand series. Every week I am bringing you a new idea with the Avery Elle stamp set, Cocoa Stand. And today I am actually making a Cocoa Stand. In the past two Episodes I have made a Tree Farm Stand and and Sledding Stand.
I knew that I wanted to do a pink, red and brown card for this hot cocoa theme. It is my current fave for Christmas cards. So I started with an ink blended background. Using ink blending brushes that my daughter spotted in the dollar store!
And I have to say, I was very impressed with how well the dollar store blending brushes worked!
These are the three brushes that my Dollar Tree store had. A dollar a piece. I would like it if they had a bigger size. However, these worked great for the background I made that was a full card front size.
For the background I ink blended Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inks. Which I then splattered with water and Avery Elle Clear Shimmer Spray. Can you see why I love pink for Christmas? This background just makes me happy.
Then I set out stamping and coloring all my images from the Cocoa Stand stamp set and Polar Peek-a-Boo Pals stamp set. It was a lot of images, but I kept the coloring simple with a small selection of Copic Markers for the coloring.
I love that the moose looks like he just busted into the stand and got the lights all tangled up in his antlers. My other favorite thing about this card, is how I made gave the sides of the stand candy cane stripes.
The creating did not end with this card, as with all the other cards in this series, I made a matching gift tag!
The little bear is popping up out of his pink hot cocoa cup! On both of these cards I used Nuvo Jewel Drops in Cocoa Blush to make it look like there is cocoa spilling out. These drops dry translucent with a tint of brown. Perfect for my creations!
The cup, cup wrap and straw are from the Coffee First Die set by Fun Stampers Journey.
You can check out the making of these projects in the YouTube video below. You also have a chance to win today's card, just by leaving a comment on the video over on my YouTube channel. Winner will be announced on next week's video.
Have you made any pink Christmas cards? Or is pink too much for you on a Christmas card? I'd love to know you thoughts. Feel free to leave a comment below.
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That card is fantastic! Love the pink and red and all of the wonderful details. The use of the Jewel Drops was a great idea!
Cindy
Posted by: Cindy Major | November 21, 2019 at 10:03 AM