Holly Jolly Christmas Wishes card

Hey guys,  I'm here as a guest designer again for the month of July for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Blog #55 and I am so excited!

If you are a coffee lover this blog and challenge is for you!  Each month they host a challenge, challenging you to make a Christmas card using either coffee or hot cocoa/tea themed card.  I am a huge coffee lover and I also have a love for coffee cards.  My stash of coffee/hot cocoa and tea overrunneth, just like my coffee cup in the mornings!  

Today I started out with a little inspiration I took from one of the Pretty Pink Posh cards on their website...I love getting inspired by others! 

I used a die set from them called WINTER MUG.  It is so good and comes with a large coffee mug, a candy cane, ghost, leaf, marshmallow and a couple of other bits.

OK, so is anyone else like me and have quite a collection of old stash of just about everything?  I have 2 bins of Christmas bits and bobs and paper and an entire 9x7 storage bin full of Christmas dies and stamps.  So when I reached into my stash of Christmas papers I had plenty to pick from.

I found this nice shade of textured red card stock which I loved. I die cut the coffee cup but wasn't satisfied with it so I ran it through a 3D embossing folder I have from Spellbinders and loved how it came out.

I then reached into my stash of Whimsy stamps goodies...oh I just love that shop!  I had purchased a honeycomb drips stencil a few months ago and hadn't used it yet so I pulled it out and used the drip part to make the mug look like it was overflowing with goodness.  I actually cut another mug, stenciled the white card stock with some CTMH SHORTBREAD ink and then fussy cut the the drips and adhered it to the red mug.

I started digging through all the Christmas papers and goodies I have in my stash and came across the paper with the music notes with a vintage vibe to it.  I also had a scrap piece with MERRY EVERTHING and HAPPY ALWAYS printed on it so I layered them at an angle and adhered it down to the the green gingham paper which I layered on top of a black 85lb card stock.

I grabbed my Stampendous! SNOWMAN HUGS die set and die cut the candy cane.

I thought something else was missing so I die cut it again out of some red foil card stock and snipped it so it didn't have the curved part...so it looks like a peppermint stick or cinnamon stick.  

I decided to give it a little extra and added some WOW embossing SPARKLING SNOW and heat embossed some of the candy cane, cinnamon stick and the drips.  I adhered it all together and layered it on top of the Christmas papers.

I found my Arden laser cuts, SEASON OF JOY and pulled out some Christmas stamps, poinsettia leaves, a heart and a small tag with a cute bow from the collection and layered them around the mug.  I also found the HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS and CHRISTMAS WISHES sentiments in the collection and thought they would be perfect for this card!

I die cut the snowflake from the Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug set and adhered it down.  I added a thin piece of green foiled card stock, that I ran through another 3D embossing folder, to the bottom of the card just for added texture, adhered it all down and called it done!

I hope I inspired you to hop along with us this month for this coffee loving, Christmas fueled hop; make a coffee inspired Christmas card for someone special, get some inspiration from others and don't forget, there is a prize each month, so maybe even win a prize!

Thanks for hanging out with me today,

Stay crafty,

Kimberly

Happy Holidays - Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

Hey guys,  I'm so happy to be a guest designer this month for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Blog!  If you are a coffee lover this blog and challenge is for you!  Each month they host a challenge, challenging you to make a Christmas card using either coffee or hot cocoa/tea themed card.  I am a huge coffee lover and I also have a love for coffee cards.  My stash of coffee/hot cocoa and tea is HUGE!  So I was super excited when I was asked to guest design for this month!

I actually made a pretty simple card, because sometimes, life needs simple.  I have recently really gotten into digi stamps.  I think it's more out of the necessity of using less space in my craft room because I have no more space to use...I know I can't be the only one like that.  So today I downloaded a digi image from Angie Bloom Digital Designs, called LOVE YOU MORE, GIRL.

After I downloaded the image I popped it into Canva and put the Christmas tree behind it (the tree is part of Canva's elements) and then added the window in front of her so make it look like you are looking in seeing her relaxed and cozy by the tree sipping on her coffee, or hot cocoa.   The window actually comes with the digi stamp set.  I then downloaded the image to my computer, put it into my PAGES and printed it on some 110lb white card stock.

I used my Copic and Spectrum Noir Tri-blends to color her.  I then used some distressed oxide from Tim Holtz in Mustard Seed to give the tree a glow.

After coloring I reached into my Arden SEASON OF JOY collection and grabbed the frames in green and red to balance the card, added the gold foil card stock and the HAPPY HOLIDAYS sentiment (again from Arden's Season of Joy collection).  I did add a sketchy boarder around it using my fine point black pen just to make it pop.

Well that does it for this digi Christmas card.  I hope I inspired you to dig out those coffee inspired stamps and dies and head over to Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge and join in on the fun.

Stay crafty my friends,

Kimberly