You Warm My Heart

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It sounds like it's going to be pretty chilly around here for the next few days, so I thought I'd put together a warm feeling card to share,  This one uses stamps from the Hot Hot Hot set from Fresh Squeezed Stamps. 

The mug image is colored with Copic markers and cut out.  I stamped the set's heart-shaped steam image in gray ink on a round panel, then set the colored mug on the panel using dimensional dots, positioning the mug so the steam extends out from the top. 

I used papers in the same brown and blue shades as I used on the mug for the panels behind the image.  I covered most of a light blue card base with a brown dotted patterned paper, then added a trio of fishtail flag banners over it.  The banners are topped with a piece of white doily.  I wrapped the doily with some white twine, securing it with abow.  After setting the image panel in place overlapping one of the banner strips, I stamped the "you warm my heart" sentiment at the bottom of the card in Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black ink.  I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again--these inks are quickly becoming my go-to inks for just about everything.  If you're looking for them, you can find the full size ink pads and refills, too, at i {heart} papers.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers:  Fresh Squeezed Stamps Hot Hot Hot stamp set, Crafter's Companion ultrasmooth white cardstock, Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black and Memento Luxe Gray Flannel and Tuxedo Black inks, Carta Bella Winter Fun 6x6 paper pad, Hemptique white twine, Sticky Thumb dimensional dots

other:  Soft Suede and Baja Breeze cardstock (Stampin' Up!); markers (Copic); circle die (Spellbinders); Die-namics Fishtail Flag Stax and Fishtail Flag Layers Stax dies (My Favorite Things); white paper doily