It's Cocoa Time

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I'm making lots of holiday cards this month!  Today's card features an adorable bear enjoying a cup of hot cocoa.  I went with traditional reds and greens for this one.

This cute little bear is Gerda Steiner's Bear Mug but it appears he has retired from her digi shop. Oh, wait, I just found him as a clear stamp called Warm Fuzzies.  I coloured him with markers, added details with a white paint pen, and fussy-cut so I could pop him up on foam tape.  I made a little snow scene for him on the stitched tag and added a sparkly red bow (Poppystamps Lovely Gift Bow).  The peace word from Simon Says Stamp Christmas Word Mix 1 is stamped in red and die-cut with the coordinating die, and the cocoa sentiment is a stamp from Nicole Silhouette.  The red snowflakes were made with a Recollections punch.

My card design was inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's Sketch Challenge 532:

I'm happy to be joining the Fall/Winter 2021 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, along with the following challenges:

Coffee Loving Cardmakers

ABC Christmas W for Whimsical UE

Beccy's Place 9th Annual Month of Holiday Cards P for Peace

Carlin's Kaartenparadijs 40 Christmas plus Red and Green 2/3

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Caffeine Fueled Paper Play November Any Sponsor’s coffee, tea or cocoa themed product  (Gerda Steiner digistamp)

Crafty Catz 572 AG Optional Twist Sparkle and Shine 1/3

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas 268 AG Christmas Optional Use Buttons UE

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper November UE

Dies R Us 181 AG (Poppystamps Bow die) 2/3

Digi Choosday Week 46 AG 1/2

DL.ART November AG UE 

Double Trouble Paper Crafting 97A DeJa-BREW Thing1 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Theme, Thing2 Share with CLBH, Thing3 Optional Sketch TSOT 4/4

Gerda Steiner Share Your Designs November 1/3

Incy Wincy Traditional Christmas Colours closes Dec. 5 1/5

QKR Stampede 432 AG 1/3

Scribbles Designs 105 Warm Winter Clothing 1/3

Simon Says Stamp Monday Trees (tree-patterned paper) 1/5

The Corrosive 11 AG 1/4

The Outlawz Monday Greeting Sentiment plus Add Buttons and/or Bows 1/3

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Wonderful Winter/Feeling Festive UE

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a fun, crafty day!