Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - August 2026

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters with a card I made for this month's Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!

Hope you'll join me there for links and details!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon!

 

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - July 2026 Edition

It's the 25th of the month and time for the Crafty Elves to share the Christmas Cards we made this month!  After you are done here be sure to head on over to Debra and Michael's blogs to see their fantastic makes!

I got that fab deer die set from Honey Bee Stamps and needed to use it!  I haven't had much creative time lately and it felt good to sit down and make a couple cards.  I'm also playing along over at Double Trouble Challenge Blog's Challenge #221, Christmas in July 3-2-1 Recipe.

I used non-traditional colors, pink, green and teal.  The background is a foiled toner card front and the sentiment is from a Therm O Web Sentiment Card Front.  I used my favorite Hero Arts frame.

I just picked up this Photo Play Fa La La die from a local scrapbook store.  I had the perfect background already for a non traditional Christmas Card, and the snowflake die cuts from my stash just topped it all off with the Fa La La.

That's me for today!  Thanks for stopping and don't forget to use the links above to visit Debra and Michael's blogs!  And head over to the Double Trouble Challenge Blog and play along!

 

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - June 2026 Edition

It's the 25th of the month and time for the Crafty Elves to share the Christmas Cards we made in June!  Be sure after you leave here you head on over to Debra's and Michael's places to see what they've created for you for today!

It seems I'm always creating with little time these days and this was no different.  But luckily I had this awesome foiled background to start with!

I used a sheet of rainbow foil left over from foiling a toner card front and ran it through my Fuse with a white Polyglaze sheet.  Why not rainbow for Christmas??

I wanted the background to be the star of the show so I kept it simple... a sentiment cut using a Stamplorations die and some foiled gel print in my stash.  I cut a second sentiment from white glitter paper and offset it slightly to give some definition over that wild background.  I also cut the huge snowflake from A Jillian Vance Design from the white glitter paper and popped both up onto the background.

That's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed your visit and don't forget to check out what Debra and Michael have for you!  It's a very short hop and won't take long!

Thanks for stopping!

 

Caffeinated Christmas - Coffee Loving Papercrafters!

 

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters with a card using some more fun Stamplorations products!

I hope you'll join me there for links and details!

Thanks for stopping!  Hope you'll come again soon!

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - May 2026 Edition

 

It's the 25th of the month and time for the Crafty Elves to share the Christmas cards we made this month!  Once again I find myself in disbelief that it's been a month since our last post!  And once again I find myself behind so I pulled out the paper goods I picked up over at Stamplorations again!

Once again a beautiful background panel, one of the images from the Christmas Mugs Cuties ephemera and a die cut greeting from glitter paper!

These mug cuties are just the cutest!  Thanks for stopping here and be sure to hop on over to Michael's and Debra's places to see what they've created for you today!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon!

Classic Floral Stencil Miss Ink Stamps - May Free With Purchase

Hi there!  I've got a project made with the Free With Purchase stencil for the Month of May, Classic Floral!  I used some smaller detail brushes to add colors to this one and then used the stencil to emboss the design!  You'll find a great video from Gina K about this Technique here!

then I added the Hi in glitter paper and the cat and houseplant using dies from Under The Stairs die set.

Thanks for stopping!  Hope you'll come again soon! 

The Sweetest Bear Hugs with Therm O Web

I have this one up on the blog over at Therm O Web!  I'm using some dies from Hero Arts and foiled Poly Glaze sheets, Black Toner Card Fronts and Gel Prints!

Hope you'll join me there for all of the details!

Thanks for stopping!

 

A Latte Christmas Vibes - Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

 

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog with a card I made for this month's Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!

Hope you'll head over there for all of the details!

Crafty Elves Countdown To Christmas - April 2026 Edition

I cannot believe it's been a month already!  It's the 25th of the month and time for the Crafty Elves to share the Christmas Cards we made this month!  It's just me and Debra this time and we hope to inspire you!

My crafty time has been severely cut back recently because of ... well... life... and I was super thankful to have recently picked up some stuff from the Stamplorations shop that made it super easy to create my card this month!  I know you've seen a similar background before but check out those adorable Christmas Mugs Cuties ephemera!

I used a Luggage Tag die cut as a backdrop for my Cutie so he wouldn't get lost in that gorgeous background.  That stitched cloud piece was in my stash and I used the bottom of the tag die to cut it so it would fit perfectly at the bottom of the tag.  Then I added the Peace Love Joy die cut that I cut from white glitter paper (this die is currently sold out but I had to use it and there are lots of other beautiful Christmas sentiment dies in the shop).  Just a few sequins and I was done... easy peasy!

That's me for today!  Be sure to hop on over to Debra's place to see what she's got for you today!  Thanks for stopping!

 

Joy In A Cup - Caffeine Fueled Paper Play

I have this one on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters!

I hope you'll join me there for all of the details!

 

Therm O Web - Love Potion

 

I have a couple cards over on the Therm O Web blog using the new Love Potion Deco Foil along with a card front from the Fresh Florals pack.

Details for these two cards are over there!

Hope you'll hop on over there and check them out.

I'm sharing some fun techniques with Overlay foils!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon.

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Caffeinated Christmas 52

There's a new Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge going on over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog!

We have an optional Super Sponsor element for Pretty Pink Posh!

Link for the challenge is above and details for this card are here!

Thanks for stopping!

 

Miss Ink Stamps Mini Release-Premeditated!

It's release day over at Miss Ink Stamps and we're hopping on Instagram!

Join us over there and hop and comment for your chances to win on yesterday's posts and today's!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon!

 

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas March 2026 Edition

Welcome to another Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas!  The 25th of each month is when my crafty friends and I share Christmas Cards!  It's just Debra and I this month so it's a super short hop and we hope you enjoy it!

I've been playing with some Stamplorations lately and came across those adorable images from a sample pack of paper goods from the shop and decided to make a card around them.  I masked off parts of the sentiment and embossed them onto a tag.  Then I added those pretty Bloomdala die cuts that can be flowers, but here I'm using them as snowflakes!

I stenciled and splattered the background and then layered everything over it.  I used a bow die from Brass & Bliss for the bow.

That's me for today!  Don't forget to hop on over to Debra's place to see what she made for today!