TodayÂ’s Inspiration Challenge is a Pinterest Board full of beautiful drinks. I was really inspired byTHIS picture Audrie picked & I tried to find it on the board but gave up after the first couple of thousand pictures, lol. I think that board has no end! I was also inspired by a card I saw who knows how long ago or where that had these cute little mittens & crimped kraft paper.
Since itÂ’s all about drinks, itÂ’s appropriate that I recycled one of those coffee cup wrappers & used it for my crimped layer. I stamped the snowflakes & splatter on a white front using corduroy distress ink then attached the torn coffee wrapper. The mittens were a little trickier..I have a mitten punch, but it was nowhere near big enough. I punched 2 mittens out of a piece of scrap kraft c/s, put them on the copier & blew them up about 200% then cut those out to use as templates for my white mittens w/ kraft colored cuffs. AhhhÂ…perfect size! I also stamped the cuffs w/ the woven plaid border & embossed a snowflake on each mitten before adding them & some twine to join them.
The greeting was stamped w/ sepia Versafine & I used a couple of earth tone Tombow markers to color. The bottom was cut w/ a die & I hand cut around the top.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
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Wonderful Christmas card in warm neutral tones. The corrugated panel adds a nice texture and the mittens themselves are so pretty with the embossing and ribbon cuff.
This is so neat, Julie! I love the mittens and the look you achieved with the cuffs! The corrugated piece is just perfect! Kraft and white is such a wonderful combination!
Wow! This is stunning! My FAVE button is getting a workout today! Love "cuffs" for your mittens! Gorgeous color and so fun that you recycled the cup holder!