A Hug In A Mug

Day 1... March 18- March 25, 2016 for the Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  

Welcome to this week's Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #185. Join us in this week’s challenge using only and all the colors in photo (Cotton Candy, Sweet Leaf, Topiary, Glacier and White Daisy.) You have until Thursday, March 24, 2016 to create and link up your project. Another great color combination for Easter/Spring...look forward to seeing your inspirations for this color challenge.  

This was also created for March 7th Heart2Heart Challenge, "Retirement"  which can be retired paper packets, embellishments and stamp sets. I chose to use some of the "Retired" Paper Fundamentals design cardstock. 

All die-cuts, stamped cacti and flowers, as well as the background, both the new and the retired designs, were used.  The stamped images were fussy-cut, edges rounded and adhered to the background using 3D Thin Foam Tape to raise the center of each cacti.  

Arizona cacti are all so beautiful in the Spring/Summer Season.  We might not have much green grass but the cacti are many shades of green, and the flowers that come out of the cacti are a variety of colors and so pretty and some just give out an abundance of flowers.  

The Mug was a die-cut from Cricut Design Space that was modified, removing the center, to make a shaker card.  The sentiment on top was designed by me in Cricut Design Space, and the sentiment on the bottom was a stamp and fussy-cut.  

 This is a picture of the inside of the card using a larger cut of the mug for a sentiment, and then adding a couple cacti in the corner.  This also shows the rounded edging used on the cacti and the layering of the mug and cacti for more dimension.  

Also submitted to the following: Please click on any of the highlighted challenges to see the many inspirations and creative designs from each of the Design Team members and the many submissions to these challenges.  

Bitten By the Bug - St Patricks or Green   

The Outlawz Thursday Challenge - "Anything Goes" with Twist: Layers

DL.Art March Linky Challenge - Anything Goes 

All CTMH Products Unless Otherwise Specified: 

Design Paper 

     Paper Fundamentals

     Topiary  - Mug (Retired), Cacti (New)  

     Cotton Candy - Flower (New)

     Glacier - Flower (Retired) - Background (New)

Cardstock 

     White Daisy 

Stamp Sets:  

     C1643 Stuck on You Seasons & Nature

     Sentiment - Verve Stamps "Delightful & Delicious"

Inks

     Topiary 

Die-Cuts from Cricut Design Space 

     Sue's Design on "A Hug In A Mug" 

     Mug CTMH "Artistry" Cup M41224C