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Tip: For added dimension, use several shades of marker on each tree and doll, and use foam dots to pop up a few elements. Make sure your foam dots are thin enough that your insert will still fit into your mug.

Holiday Travel Mug
By Laura Griffin

This travel mug can be filled with inspiration on the outside, and goodies on the inside!

Featured Product:
CL357 Clear Design: Holiday Dolls


Hero Materials:
CH120 Red & Green Gemstones
GW216 Ranger Diamond Stickles™ Glitter Glue
CL357 Clear Design: Holiday Dolls
MS209 Colorbox Chalk Queue - Winter
SJ250 StazOn Cotton White Ink Set

Additional Materials:
clear insert travel mug, blue cardstock, white cardstock, Copic markers, black ink, foam adhesive dots, white gel pen

Instructions:
  1. Remove insert from travel mug and trace shape onto blue cardstock. Trim out.
  2. Randomly stamp snowflakes from holiday dolls set across the sky in Cotton White.
  3. Place stamped panel over piece of white cardstock & trace the bottom portion of the panel.
  4. Trim out making curvy line along top to create snow drift. Repeat steps 3-4 with snow drift approximately 1" taller than the other.
  5. Stamp tree 4 times onto white cardstock and stamp each doll twice onto white cardstock.
  6. Color in all images using Copic Markers and trim out.
  7. Using a white gel pen, trace over the snowflake on the sweater of 2 dolls.
  8. Adhere dolls and trees to front of stamped panel in between snowdrifts. Use foam dots to make one tree and one doll dimensional.
  9. Stamp silver stars on the top of each tree with silver ink from the Winter chalk queue.
  10. Add small red gemstones to the red colored dots on each tree.
  11. Using Diamond Stickles, trace along the edge of both snowdrifts and add dots to the centers of all snowflakes.
  12. Once the Stickles are dry, re-insert the finished panel into your mug and add your favorite hot chocolate recipe inside for a fun holiday gift!

Variation:
Add gemstones & Stickles to your stamped panel for extra holiday shimmer.