Snowflakes, Hot Chocolate & Marshmallows

I love my coffee but I also love hot chocolate.  With marshmallows.  In winter.

Today I have a  mug-shaped card to give this warm and toasty drink

as a gift. This was a lot of fun to make and I hope the recipient loves it!!

I started with a Saturated Canary image called "Hot Cocoa".  I love her

and I think she's just adorable.  I colored her to coordinate with my yummy 

snowflake "Winterings" paper from Little Yellow Bicycle.  Her earmuffs
 and boot lining are puffed with SnowTec. 

  

I cut out a window in the mug and filled the hole with acetate so the cocoa
and marshmallows are viewable.  I then stamped the sentiment 
and snowflakes with Stazon Opaque white ink.

                                 I made the steam coming out of the top of the cup with wire.

 

The big blue snowflake is from Michaels and I made the rosette with the

same papers.  The burlap sticker is also from LYB.  The flourishes were

                           made with Magnolia dies.  The snow fluff is also from Michaels.  

A side view of the hot cocoa and marshmallows stuffed inside.

 Copics I used.

I am honored this week to be the guest designer over at ABC

Challenges.  The challenge is "Let It Snow".  We were to make a card

using either snow, snowflakes, or a snowman.  I hope this card is

up to the challenge!!

Other challenges I would like to enter this fun card into:

saturatedcanarychallenge.blogspot.com: hot chocolate & marshmallows
2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com: snowflakes
craftysentiments.blogspot.com: snowflakes
incywincydesigns.blogspot.com: Christmas with snowflakes
lexiscreations.blogspot.com: snow
lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com: happy holidays
tammyscrapincorner.com: Christmas shaped cards 
qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk: holiday cheer
stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com: let it snow
delightfulsketches.blogspot.com: all about christmas
crazychallenge.blogspot.com: It's Christmas Time