Mug of Thanks

Hello!

I was at a party last night -- the release party at the My Favorite Things Forum at SCS. That design team cracks me up -- there was a lot of good-spirited teasing going on in there! Part of the evening was the Guest Designer Challenge -- to make a project that isn't a square or rectangle. I made this card for the challenge -- it was a fun one!

I started with a 4.25" x 4" card base. With the fold at the bottom, I ran the front of the card through my Cuttlebug with the Spots & Dots A2 embossing folder. I then used a corner rounder on the top, and I traced around a can to round the bottom corners. To make the handle, I used my SU! Large Oval Punch, then punched around that with my Marvy Mega Oval Punch. The "foam" is Liquid Applique, heated to puff it up. The MFT set I used is Hot Stuff. I paper pieced her dress and colored the rest with my Copics. One of the benefits of the clear stamps is that you can bend them to create a curved sentiment -- that's what I did on the handle. I made the inside a gift card holder by using my Slit Punch, but you could just leave it alone and write a message inside! To close the card, I just tied white grosgrain around the back, brought it to the front and slid it behind the image panel (it's raised on dimensionals for that reason), and tied a bow.

This card will fit in a regular A2 envelope, but it's definitely not a regular card! :) It was fun to make! Thanks for visiting today -- I do appreciate it!!! :) Have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Hot Stuff (MFT) Ink: Basic Black (SU!) Paper: Cool Caribbean, Pixie Pink, Petals & Paisleys dsp (SU!); Crafters Select White (Papertrey Ink) Other: Cuttlebug and Spots & Dots embossing folder (Provo Craft), Liquid Applique, Copic Markers, oval punches, slit punch, white grosgrain, dimensionals

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