Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo-Stamplorations!

Today we're celebrating one of the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop Sponsors, Stamplorations!  Be sure to find out how you could have a chance to win a free stamp set at the bottom of this post!  

I created this using a few Stamplorations products.

I love the Crazy Running Double Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies!  I used them here for my Rectangle layers.  The largest die covers a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card.

For the cup I used one of the Caffeinated Zen stamp sets.  I paper pieced a dry embossed sleeve over the (beautiful) image that was on the cup... only because I needed a mostly green backdrop for my Coffee Cup Tree and this one was the right size!  I stamped an extra cup and cut the wrap part of the image out to use as a pattern.  I used a black pen to trace around my wrap pattern, cut it out and embossed it with a sweater embossing folder.

And this cutie pie is from the Kathryn and Christmas stamp set... omg... so adorable.. there are a few Kathryn sets and I think I need more!  All of the non-coffee images are from this set and they were quite fun to add including the ornaments....

The cute little string of lights, and those pretty bells and the presents.

And then of course, this awesome sentiment from the Caffeinated Christmas stamp set... one of my favorite sets of sassy sentiments.  I'm playing along with Stamplorations Cutplorations Challenge for December (pic at the bottom of the post) and the Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge.  I am also playing along with the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge which is Anything Goes with an optional twist of Tree Ornament!

Just a few of the awesome items you'll find over at the Stamplorations shop!  AND there's a sale going on through the end of the month!  And if you want to learn more about Stamplorations, be sure to hop on over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog and check out today's Sponsor Solo post!  Comment there for a chance to win this set:

Right???  And don't forget about this:

Paper Sweeties 25 Days of Christmas Designer Blog Hop!

Can you believe it's almost Christmas!  I hope you have been enjoying all of the awesomeness at Paper Sweeties this month!  25 days of Inspiration and a whole bunch of sales!  Check out the Paper Sweeties Blog here to find out what today's special is!  Here's what I've made for today!

I had stamped a bunch of these adorable stockings from the Dear Santa stamp set and was coloring them in and realized what my eyes were seeing as a carrot was a piece of candy... which makes total sense because WHY would there be a carrot in a Christmas stocking??  Why, indeed!

Maybe because the recipient of the stocking was this adorable bunny from the Hoppy Easter set!  Once I thought of this, I couldn't change the course of this card...lol!  I knew I had to add the bunny and make the candy a carrot and the rest is history.  I stamped the hat from the Snow Friends stamp set and cut two slits in the top that my bunny's ears could slide through... yeah... I cut the ears off... don't think I don't feel bad about it.. 

The Scalloped Circle Frame was perfect as a backdrop.  And I cut out a banner using the Sweet Borders Sweet Cuts and stamped the sentiment from the Merry & Bright stamp set.

Of course I scattered around a few pretty Paper Sweeties sequins.  And to make my bunny fur I colored her with my copics and then used some terry cloth with blending solution and held it over the colored areas for the count of three to add texture.

Cute, right?  Thanks for indulging me with my Christmas Bunny!   Here's the schedule for December's festivities!

December 1st: *December Challenge Posts*

December 2nd: Nancy Salkeld
December 3rd: Visions of Sugarplums Holiday Hop
December 4th: Karen Letchworth
December 5th: Lori Turner
December 6th: Maria Patrick
December 7th: Larissa Heskett
December 8th: Winter Coffee Lovers' Blog Hop 
December 9th: Michelle Bala
December 10th: Kathy Schweinfurth
December 11th: Mackie Robertson
December 12th: Lori Turner
December 13th: *December Planner Posts* 
December 14th: Maria Patrick
December 15th: Michele Henderson 
December 16th: Nancy Salkeld
December 17th: Karen Letchworth
December 18th: Jinny Newlin
December 19th: Lilian Forsyth
December 20th: Debbie Marcinkiewicz
December 21st: Kathy Schweinfurth
December 22nd: Lisa Bzibziak
December 23rd:  Karen Letchworth
December 24th:  Lisa Bzibziak
December 25th:  Debbie Marcinkiewicz

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The Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas-Tag #10

I'm getting close!  Above is Linda's Tag # 10 for the Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas and here's how I was inspired:

So... the colors... that natural look of the background (my wood items lend themselves to that natural feel) and the beautiful red and green.. and then of course... the wreath with the red bow!   And I love how this cute little Lawn Fawn wreath kind of mimics the background.  I added the pinecones and bell to pull it into the rest of the piece.

I had this one almost finished now for a couple days, but I needed something for that back corner so I let it sit... and this morning as I was going to start addressing some envelopes for Christmas cards (that will be late for sure), I came across this wooden deer and decided it would be perfect.  I carefully tucked him away in there with some glue dots on his feet and one on his butt and he was perfect.  

Only two tags left and a few more empty spaces than that, but I will fill them all up once I'm done with my 12.  Lots of things to fill in with!  And I've been adding things as I go... that cute little wooden mouse fit in nicely with my ornament and loved that little Tim Holtz word sticker.  They are what matter right? ... Not the word stickers silly... the words...

Since you're problably online shopping anyway, you should check out the Funkie Junkie Boutique... lots of good stuff right there!

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and see you again soon!

Cutting Cafe Inspiration-Pie Slice Box

This time around at The Cutting Cafe we are sharing with you some projects using the Pie Slice Box!  These boxes are so cute and will make great little gifties for your holiday place settings!  I'll fill mine with some Hershey Kisses or Almond M&M's or who knows!  I created a little place tag to coordinate!

There are a couple different versions of this box you can create.  I made the large box with no window and chose to cut the extra scallop and triangle pieces to add some pretty Christmas patterns to it.  You can add your goodies and glue the box closed, or I just tucked the last couple flaps in and tied a ribbon around mine.

I printed lots of extras when I used the printable files for my last projects and used a couple here!  I used the sentiment circles from the Christmas Sucker Treat Cup Phrases set and the pretty poinsettias from the printables that come along with the Sleigh Treat Box Template Cutting File.

And it was easy to make this name place holder that matched by creating a small 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" card and decorating the front in some coordinating papers, one of the poinsettias and embossed the white front after I stamped my name on it.

Now be sure to head on over to the Cutting Cafe Blog to check out what everyone has created for you today!  Comment there for a chance to win some free files!

Come back tomorrow for more fun!

Paper Smooches - Let's Giggle!

I am very excited to be guesting on the Paper Smooches Blog in December!  Honored to have a project featured on the blog each Wednesday this month.  Today this is what I've created using the new Wine Dies Wise Dies (that was fun to say!)  and the coordinating stamp set, Wine Sampler.

I had this idea to make one of those cute Santa wineglasses as soon as I saw these dies.  I cut the wine glass from three colors of cardstock... a red, a black and a white.  I used the white as my base.  Then I cut the red one.. a little off the top and a little before the stem.  Then I adhered that piece to the glass and also cut the remaining piece where the stem started and attached that to the stem.  I used the black one just to cut the strip for the belt.  I suppose I could have just put a strip across and trimmed it, but this worked too.  Then I added some white Nuvo drops as my fluff for his suit.  I added some white stripes to the stem using my white gelly roll pen, drew in some buttons with a black pen and added the belt buckle using some metallic paper.  For the wine bottle I cut one out of green vellum and one out of the red.  I trimmed the red on all sides and fit it behind the green for the wine.  Then I added the label that I cut from the Doodlebug paper pad I used for the rest of the card.  And can't forget that cute cork!  I just happened to recently by some thin adhesive backed cork, so it was fun to use it for an actual cork!...lol!

When it came time to add the sentiment, it turned out the scarf pieces from the Snowman Card Dies were perfect!  I added some holly using the Holly Dies and some pretty sparkly red gems.  The sentiment is from the Wine Sampler stamp set.  Cute right!  

So be sure to play along with the December challenge over at Paper Smooches!  Winter is your inspiration!

And I'm also playing along with the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #435 that runs for a couple more days:

Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas-Tag 9

So here I am.. again... on Sunday...with my Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas "Tag" #9!  I can't believe it either!  Linda's tag is above and here's how I was inspired:

I've been saving this beautiful sweet sparkly deer for just such a special occasion!  The deer on Linda's tag is definitely the main feature (to my eyes anyway... I mean yeah... beautiful background. blah blah...lol!! JK!) so I thought it was the perfect time to use this beauty.  Also inspired by the trees.. the pinecone... and I even added a cute little bell necklace to my beautiful girl as in the inspiration tag.  And those words from the Tim Holtz stickers were perfect.

She's sitting right between my pretty pink snowflake and my red and white ornament.  On to the next and fingers crossed maybe I'll be back again today!  In the meantime, take a look in the Funkie Junkie Boutique and you'll find some of the stuff I've used on this piece and so much more!

Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas-Tag 8

Back Again!! with my "Tag" #8 for the Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas!  I thought this one was going to take me a while, but all of a sudden... Inspiration!  Above is Linda's tag and here's how I was inspired:

So yeah!  The colors again... I was like... pink?... blue?... what would I do.. more snowflakes?  Didn't want to be boring... so then I thought well, this snowflake was layered and almost like a flower.  So I thought of my Tim Holtz Snowflake Dies and cut one using some Bashful glitter paper.  Took out an old thread spool and wrapped some icy blue ribbon around it and tied a bow.  Used a glue dot to attach my glitter snowflake and then I had these cool wooden snowflakes with a silver finish which fit the silver in the inspiration tag and I had this pretty silver snowflake charm that I got as a gift the last time I ordered from The Funkie Junkie!  (AND I was able to find it!!!).  So I used some dimensional glue dots to keep some space between my layers so each would stand out.  I placed it in a cubby near those holly leaves since they were on this tag also.  And while looking for something to fill in the space next to it I found these cute little glittery pom poms and piled a few like snowballs in.  I love it.  Still getting used to the little change in color scheme, but if I add something similar in another strategic location, I think I'll be good with it!

I'm also going to enter this "tag" or cubby into the Color My Heart Color Dare month long Christmas Linky Party - Non Traditional.

And here's a little bit wider view... on to the next... and I already know what I'm doing with this one so I just might be back again today!  Don't forget to check out what's going on over at the Funkie Junkie Boutique!  I'm betting you find something you "need" there for sure!