When I sat down to create, I really wanted to give the Coffee Cup Heart a festive twist. My first instinct was to blast it with peppermint stripes and candy-cane energy, but I realized the cup itself could do all the talking with just a subtle adjustment. By using a single masking technique, I was able to tailor the focal point to fit a holiday theme while still keeping the design clean and balanced. It’s a great reminder that you don’t always need multiple layers or complicated steps—sometimes one well-placed mask is all it takes.
How to Recreate This Card:
For this card is all about masking the Santa's Hat (Lg.) stamp to be on top of the Coffee Cup Heart stamp.
Stamp the Santa's Hat (Lg.) on white cardstock, leaving enough paper to stamp the coffee cup later on, and also onto masking paper using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Cut the mask paper following the outside line of the image.
Position your masking image on top of the hat. Position the Coffee Cup Heart stamp where the hat seems to be lying on top of it.
Ink and stamp your image,using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, on the white paper, stamping on top of the masking paper. Stamp also the cup onto masking paper.
Color your images with alcohol markers.
Mask and stamp Wanna Have a Cup to use as an inside sentiment.
Using the Snowflakes Sm. and Med. Set of 2 create a background (put your masks back on before you stamp.) You can heat gold emboss the snowflakes or simply stamp with a light color.
Using a small blender brush add color to the center of the snowflakes.
Stamp Tinsel sentiment onto white paper and mat with black paper.
Trim focal image to 3 1/2 x 4 and mat with black paper.
Glue your pattern paper (4 x 5 1/4) to white cardbase. Glue your focal point at an angle.
Glue your matted sentiment onto a scrap of the embossed background. and mat onto black again and glue to card.
Assemble as shown.
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