Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - August 2026 Edition

Hello!  Welcome back to the Crafty Elves!  I can hardly believe a month has passed since our last posts!  It's just me and Michael this month and if I'm being honest, I'm a slacker...lol!  I've only made one Christmas card this month and I'm sharing my card for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge here today!

I shared this on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog earlier this month.  I used some Fab Brass & Bliss dies, a sentiment from Stamplorations and a very cool stencil from Miss Ink Stamps.  If you'd like more links and details you'll find them here!

Please be sure to hop on over to Michael's place to see what he's got for you today!  I'm positive you're going to love it.

Thanks for stopping!  Have a great day!

 

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!

 

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!

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!

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!

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - March 2026

Hello!  So excited because I'm hosting this month's Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge prize and all!

Stamplorations is our optional Super Sponsor to use!  I used some ephemera and that pretty background as well as the coffee cup, sentiment and die cuts from the shop for this one!

Head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog for the details and to link up a card for your chance to win and to see what the prize is... and I may just add a few more things!

Thanks for stopping!

 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Lawn Fawn and a Giveaway!

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters with this one and a giveaway!  And don't forget to play along with the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!

Hope you'll join me there!

Thanks for stopping!

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - December 2025

It's the first of the month and time for another Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  Create a coffee, tea or cocoa themed Christmas Card and play along for a chance to win a prize!  And this month the prize is a $25 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp shop!

Here's how I was inspired:

Brass & Bliss Craft co has some great new cup die sets in the shop!  This coffee cup is fantastic with so many great details!  I used a Deco Foiled gel print created with the Snowflake Stencil for the background.

The cup pieces, Merry sentiment and Holly and berries were cut from foiled gel prints as well and the snowflake was cut from a very pretty sparkly white cardstock in the latest Your Paper Insider Box.

That's me for today!  Thanks so much for stopping and be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog for more inspiration and to play along!

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - November 2025

It's that time again!  It's the start of a new Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  We're celebrating Not 2 Shabby Shop and I've got a card using an adorable old stamp set from the shop! 

And those beautiful papers are from the latest Your Paper Insider Box!  Over on Instagram you'll find a reel so you can see how shimmery those papers are.

So sweet right??  Be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters and see what the team has created for you today and then play along for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the Not 2 Shabby Shop!  Good Luck!

Thanks so much for stopping!  Come again soon!

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #CCCC46 - October 2025

It's time for a new Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

I'm sharing details for this one over on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog in my Caffeine Fueled Paper Play post!

You'll also find a link there for the CCCC Challenge and be sure to check out what my teamies have made for you today!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon! 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - Java Merry Christmas!

It's time for a new Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  This month we're inspired by Pixie Dust Designs and I'm sharing a card using some items not really meant for the holidays, but with a few add-ons, they sure are fun for the holidays!

I used the Unicorn Mug Dies along with some extras from the Penguin Mug (scarf) and Snowman Mug (Holly).  I cut the pretty mane from pink gel print and foiled green gel print.  The alicorn was cut from gold glitter paper.  Holly leaves were cut from foiled toner paper and the berries from pink glitter paper.  Scarf background was another pink gel print and stripes from more foiled toner paper.

For the background I die cut another pink gel print I made with acrylic paint and foiled it with a leftover deco foil sheet from foiling one of the Lavish Lace card fronts.

That's me for today.  Be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafter's blog to see what everyone has for you today!

Thanks for stopping! 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #43 - July 2025

It's time for a new Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge over on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog.

This time around I used some fun products from lots of places.  I started with a gel print using a stencil from Gina K Designs.  I deco foiled it with some Magical Shattered Glass foil from Brutus Monroe/Therm O Web.

I cut the mug from Brass & Bliss Craft Co and added a snowflake from them too!  That adorable pug is from Spellbinders and that cute sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.

Be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog and check out what everyone else has for you today!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon!

 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play Meets Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!

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

Hop on over there for links and details!

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge -Feb 2025

Welcome to the February 2025 Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  This month the challenge theme is Christmas, Coffee and Hearts.  Here's how I was inspired:

I used an adorable new stamp set from Miss Ink Stamps, Snow Wizard, along with the trees from Horizon Pines.  I started with a foiled background that I made using a negative sheet from foiling another background and a Poly Glaze Sheet.  I popped up the foiled sentiment from Therm O Web onto the card and then cut some glitter snowy hills and adhered it right against the sentiment.  Then I added the stamped, die cut and colored images.

I added a cute cup and steam, the Merry Christmas from Mama Elephant, the Latte for the sentiment from AJVD Headline Type Alpha Dies and those cute little love speech bubbles from MFT.

That's me for today!  Thanks for stopping and be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog and see what everyone has created for you!

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #37

Happy New Year!  It's time for the first Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge of the year!  This month the theme is Coffee, Christmas and Snowflakes!  I created my card using ALL leftovers from previous projects!

I started with a pretty foiled blue background that I was going to use for a previous project and then changed my mind.  The frame was made using the leftovers from a recent card where I had to cut it twice to get the center insert in a different color (using papers from Your Paper Insider) so used the remaining pieces here!

The poinsettia, flourish and snowflakes were foiled and cut for a couple Mixed Media projects ... I had cut a bunch and these were extra so I was able to use them here!  And for the sentiment I had foiled a sheet of sentiments from Therm O Web and this one was perfect for this snowflake theme!

And last but not least I had printed this adorable image from LTTS Doodles long ago and it was in my stash of extras so I cut it out and colored it for this one... so cute, right??  I decided this time to color him in purple..because... why not?

So that's me for today!  Be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog where the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge now resides to see what everyone has created for you today and then play along!  I can't wait to see yours!