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 - Hello Coffee

I have this one up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog!

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

 

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - January 2025 Edition

I can't believe it's the 25th of the month and time for the Crafty Elves to share the Christmas cards we made this month!  After you're done here don't forget to visit my fellow elves Debra and Michael to see what they've created for you!

I'm using some fabulously adorable dies from Spellbinders and Mama Elephant and papers from Your Paper Insider!

I fell in love with the Cozy Toes Slippers set as soon as I saw it and knew I had to have it!  I cut the pajama legs from a shimmery green and stenciled on some snowflakes with Transfer Gel.  Once it was dry, I ran it through my Fuse with some Pink Plush Paper.

That's me for today!  It's been a busy month.  Thanks so much for stopping and don't forget to hop on over to Debra and Michael's places!

Come back again soon!

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #34 - The Foiled Fox

It's time for a new Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  This month the theme is Coffee, Christmas and Whimsical Winter!  The Foiled Fox is our sponsor and here's how I was inspired:

I picked up that adorable gnome from Spellbinders in the Foiled Fox shop!  He is just the cutest!  I added the cup from my stash.  All of the papers are from the most recent Your Paper Insider box!

I created the background with that fab stamp from Riley & Company and added a sentiment from my fave holiday sentiments from Miss Ink.

Thanks so much for stopping!  Be sure to head on over to the Caffeinated Christmas blog to see what everyone has made for today!

Come back soon! 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #24

It's the first of the month and time for another fun challenge over at the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  This month our sponsor is Frantic Stamper!

Play along with the challenge for a chance to win these three dies from Frantic Stamper!

And I'm having a giveaway here on my blog!  Stay tuned for more info about that!

I used some awesome Frantic Stamper products on this one and some other things I got in the Frantic Stamper shop.

I've been wanting that cool Tiered Tray die set for a while and when I saw it in the Frantic Stamper shop I decided it was time.

I decorated my tray with the snowman, poinsettias, I.O. house... all picked up from the shop.  The trees are from Rubbernecker and the bird was cut from a different snowman from Frantic Stamper.  And my Merry sentiment was from a fun sentiment die set from FS too!

When I was putting this one together I realized I had bought two of those Cup of Cocoa dies!  I definitely don't need two!  So I'm giving one away here!  Leave me some love and when the challenge is over I'll pick a winner to send the Cup of Cocoa too and maybe a little extra!

I'm also playing along over at the Inspired By Challenge!  I imagine you can see where my inspiration came from!  What inspires you??  Check it out and play along.

Thanks so much for stopping and be sure to head on over to the Caffeinated Christmas Card blog to see what everyone else has created for you!

Come again soon!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #459-Camp Out

It's time for a new challenge over at the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog!   This week the theme is "Camp Out" and it was the perfect opportunity for me to use some things I hadn't broken out yet!

I started with the some old CTMH papers and cut the background layer using a Rubbernecker Nested Deckle Rectangle Die... love the jagged edges on these!  Next I cut a circle and used some pearl texture paste and a star stencil to add stars to the circle.

So that I'd have stitches on my circular scene all around, I cut another of the same circle in the lagoon color and the dark gray to create my background.  Then I cut the MFT Snow-Capped Mountains from the dark gray circle and my grass and hill layers using the lagoon.  I cut my snowy mountain tops using a lighter gray.  I layered on those pieces after my stars were dry (kinda...lol... no patience here) and used foam tape to pop up the bottom.  Then I added the Evergreen Trees from Impression Obsession and pieced together that adorable Build A Camper from Spellbinders.

This sentiment from the Joy Clair Wild & Free Stamp Set was perfect!

I'm playing along with the Vacation Challenge at Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge!

Now be sure to head on over to the Krafty Chicks Blog and see what everyone has created for you today and then get busy and play along!

Thanks for stopping and don't forget to visit me over at the CAS-ual Fridays Blog today for something Huggable!

Krafty Chicks Challenge - #458-Die Cuts!

Honored to be guesting over at Krafty Chicks Challenges this month!  Krafty Chicks Challenges start on Thursday at 12:00am MST and you have until the following Wednesday at 12:00pm (noon) MST to play along!  The challenges are Anything Goes with an Optional Twist and this week's twist is Die Cuts!  Check out all of the rules here! (There aren't many!)

Today I'm using some beautiful dies from Stamplorations (those sweet Trendy Spring Blooms dies and lovely (Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting Rectangle Dies) and from Birch Press Design (the Genevieve Butterfly Layer Set and Sending Love Stamp and coordinating Dies sentiment sets).  The large background label shape is from Spellbinders and the fun Paper Smooches Bannerific Dies were used for the Handmade Hugs part of the sentiment.  I LOVE that the outline cuts out separately so you can outline it in a different color... or even a pretty print... coming soon...lol!

So happy you stopped to visit today!  Be sure to check out what the Design Team members from Krafty Chicks made for your viewing pleasure today and hope you'll play along!

I'm also playing along with the June Cutplorations Challenge over at Stamplorations... there is a fun inspiration photo:

Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see what we're playing with over at The Cutting Cafe!

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Rubbernecker Stamps

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog today and playing along with the Rubbernecker Stamps challenge on Instagram!  Hop on over there for the details!