Crafty Elves Countydown to Christmas - June 2024 Edition

Merry Christmas!  It's the 25th of the month and time for a new Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas!  Debra and I are sharing the Christmas Cards we made in June!  Be sure to head over to her blog when you're done here!

I made a couple quick cards... because... time... but also, I had a couple really great gel print backgrounds that I wanted to use, but didn't want the to be covered up.

For this one, I just added some gold foil to the gel print created with an awesome Snowflake Stencil from Brass & Bliss Craft Co, die cut it and added a glittery die cut from Lawn Fawn and sequins.

Simple but pretty!

This one I added a panel of vellum to make the Merry die stand out since it's such a thin font.

I love that Folk Snowflake Stencil from Uniko!

Easy peasy!

Thank you so much for visiting with me today!  Don't forget to head on over to Debra's place and come back again 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!

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - May 2023 Edition

Merry Christmas!  JK!  It's not Christmas, but it is the 25th of the the month and time for the Crafty Elves to share the Christmas cards we made this month!  I've got one card here and then you can head on over to my fellow Crafty Elves places, Debra, Michael, Misty and we have a special guest joining us this month, AJ!

I'm away this week so I only had time to make one card this month!  I made a quick design using some products from Uniko and papers from my latest Your Paper Insider box!

I used the Uniko Christmas Folk Snowflake Stencil for my background with some Transfer Gel Duo and I applied some gold foil while it was still tacky, but I didn't want a solid foil so I let the gel sit a little bit longer and added the foil lightly with just pressure from my hand.  Then that awesome Sparkling Snowflake from that gorgeous gold paper popped up on the top and a sentiment from Uniko's Season of Beauty stamp set embossed in gold on more of the beautiful Shimmery blue cardstock.

That's me for today!  AND I have a picked a winner from last month's post.  I'm giving away a pack of new and gently used stamps and dies from my stash and I picked one winner from my posts here and on Instagram!  Maria Patrick is the winner!  I'll announce it over on Instagram too.

Thanks so much to everyone for all of the love!  

Now don't forget to visit my fellow elves to see what they have for you today! 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Coffee and You

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers with some more Uniko Stamps.

Hope you'll hop on over there for details about this one!

 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Uniko Stamps

I'm over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog with this one!

I used some of the same elements from Uniko that I used on my Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge card from the other day.  I just love that snowflake!  Join me over there for links and details!

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #17 - Flowers With Uniko

Brace yourself!  It's May!!!

It's time for a new challenge over at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge and this month our theme is Coffee, Christmas and Flowers and our awesome sponsor is Uniko!

I've also used some papers from the latest Your Paper Insider box I received... like that fantastic REAL Wood Paper I stenciled the beautiful design onto using the Christmas Folk Snowflake Stencil with Distress Oxide... then added Transfer Gel Duo over the top and when that was dry applied some Magical Shattered Glass foil with pressure and then added a tiny bit of gold over the top of that to any areas that weren't completely covered the first time since I used a leftover sheet.  I love that the beautiful woodgrain shows through all of it for a cool look.

I stamped those beautiful poinsettias and leaves and the flower on the cup with Distress Oxides for a more distressed look to go along with the wood and fussy cut them all out.  I stamped the sentiment "I Love Coffee" from the I Love Coffee set and the Christmas from the Season of Beauty set and cut them out.  I cut the ampersand using AJVD Mini Headline Type dies from gold glitter paper (also from the current Your Paper Insider Box) to complete it!

I love all of it but at the top of my favorites list is that cool snowflake die!!  I cut it also from that gold glitter paper and tucked it under all of the other elements for a fun detail.  Gonna be using that a lot this month I think!

That's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed it and be sure to hop on over to the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Blog for details, more inspiration and to link up!

Thanks for stopping!  Please come again soon!