A Sweet Hello with a Favorite Mug

Do you have a mug you reach for every time you make coffee or tea? I have a few, and one of my favorites is a bright green mug with a blue glaze inside. The Starbucks mug (with a design by artist Monyee Chau) features fun leaves and a cat in a flower costume. I’ll tell you more about that design in a second, but first … here’s the card that was inspired by a favorite mug of mine:

To build the background on my green square, I cropped a handful of leaves from the Changing Leaves Dies and coordinating Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder (the dies fit right into the embossing folder to both emboss and cut the leaves at the same time!). Here’s a look:

Here’s a look at how the dies fit right into the embossing folder:

AND you can still emboss a page of leaves without the dies inside the folder. Here’s a closer look at the texture on the leaves on my card:

The flower shape is from the Hooray for Surprises Dies – I’ve shared a link to this fun bundle at the base of this post. The sentiment and circle die used to build the sentiment are from the Unbounded Love Bundle. Here’s a look at this incredible and versatile bundle:

More about my mug – I looked up the mug in my Google machine and lifted the following from Starbuck’s website because I think it’s such a cute story: During the pandemic, artist Monyee Chau found an unusual solution to keep their cat Moro happy and out of the houseplants. It was a flower cat costume with a hood surrounded in petals from an online mystery package, and Chau found that Moro relaxed whenever he was wearing it. “We loved dressing him up, it really calmed him down being in clothes. Most of the time we put him in clothes so that he wouldn’t mess with our plants – we have so many in our house,” Chau said.

Here’s a look at my card and the fun mug that inspired it:

Don’t you love the colors in the mug – they made me think of Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce, a beautiful mix of blues and greens. If you love this mix of colors as much as I do, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:

I added three Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a little shine on the card.

Bundles: Changing Leaves Bundle, Unbounded Love Bundle  Stamps: Unbounded Love  Papers: Subtles 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (Balmy Blue), Balmy Blue, Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Basic White  Inks: Poppy Parade  Accessories: Changing Leaves Dies, Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder, Unbounded Love Dies, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Changing Leaves Bundle (English) – 164139

Price: $54.00

Unbounded Love Bundle (English) – 163384

Price: $54.75

Subtles 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper – 163776

Price: $12.50

Balmy Blue 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146982

Price: $11.50

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146981

Price: $11.50

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146990

Price: $11.50

Poppy Parade 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 119793

Price: $11.50

Basic White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 159276

Price: $13.00

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147050

Price: $9.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels – 144220

Price: $6.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.25

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Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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