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

Winter Adventures - Caffeinated Christmas Challenge #37

 Hi guys, I'm up on my blog taking part in the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge #37, SNOWFLAKES, click here if you want to give it a go!

This was a great time to make this coffee snowflake card being that we just got hit with a snow storm here in GA.  I lived here for 13 years and we have only gotten snow twice and it wasn't anything like this so this card is fitting for sure!

I decided to use this little mini stencil from Creative Expression called SNOW & STARS.  I love this stencil, it's so little but so easy to work with for an A2 size card!  I used Peacock Feathers distressed oxide for the stencil on 110lb white card stock and then I went over the entire card with Salvaged Patina...note to self, let the card dry a bit before doing that but I'm not mad at the way it turned out.

I had this awesome blend of wintery pearls, deer, buttons and bling in my stash and it went perfectly with this card.  I thought those deer were so cute to be hopping around in the winter wonderland.  I also added them into the inside of the card just for added fun.

I pulled out an ephemera pack from HKC called BIG CHILL which was perfect for this card. It had all the pieces I needed, including that cute little coffee cup with the heart on it, to make this a cute wintery scene. I adhered it all down and popped up the hat, coffee cup and sentiment on foam and glued it down.

Well that wraps up my snowflake challenge card.  Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to play along or stop by the Coffee Lover's Blog and see some awesome inspiration today.

Stay warm,

Kimberly

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #36

Hi guys, I'm up on the blog hopping on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #36.    The THEME is Snowman, and who doesn't love a good snowman in the middle of winter!  This is the first time I'm making a 5x7 card!  

I pulled out my STAMPENDOUS! Snowman Hugs die and the coordinating stamp set.  This Die set is sooooo cute and comes with 2 different size snowmen and some cute Christmas icons too.  I got this stamp set a few months ago and haven't even played with it yet so when I saw this challenge I had to play along.

I started off die cutting all the pieces and trying to find some Christmas paper to coordinate the hat and scarf and since I have a HUGE stash of Christmas paper that wasn't a problem.  After putting the 2 snowmen (or should I say snow adult and snow child) together with their cute hat and scarfs, I reached into my stash and got my Gemini stamp set that had the cute HOT CHOCOLATE sentiment and stamped the card.

I grabbed my Momenta die set of snowflakes and die cut 3 out, glued them on and added some red half pearls to bring some more red into the card.  I added the snowman, popping the small one up on foam tape.

The coffee cup stamp is an old stamp set I've had for years, I stamped it, added a snowflake stamp in red and then used my Copic Markers to color in the cup.

Here is the finished 5x7 card!  I do like how it turned out and so happy I bought this die set, it is so versatile with the add on dies and stamps it has.

Thanks for hanging out with me and here's the link so you can head over and join the fun!

Kimberly

Christmas Gnomies!

 Is it too early for Christmas?  Not according to any store you walk into today or last month so I'm up on the blog with a Gnome Christmas card I made for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Blog CHALLENGE  This is for Challenge #191, Gnome-Vember (that's cute right? Because you have to use Gnomes on your card...get it😂😂)

Anyhoo, I have had this rubber slim cling stamp in my stash for about 2 years now and it's never been opened!  I love gnomes but I don't do many slim line cards so there it sat but when I came across this Hop I knew I had to use it!

The stamp is from STAMPENDOUS! and called SLIM WINTER GNOMES.  I do love their stamps, they are so crisp when you stamp them!

I stamped the image on 110lb white card stock and used Versa Fine Clair ink in nocturnal and then colored them in using mostly Spectrum Noir alcohol markers with a couple of Copic markers thrown in for good measure...only because I started off with Spectrum markers when I first started using alcohol markers before discovering Copic and I'm trying to get my marker stash built up so I only have a couple. 

After coloring all the gnomes, I added some sparkle with a glitter pen on the snow flakes and the brim of the hats and the snow and then added the chip board sentiments from the 49 and Market Christmas collection I have.

I backed it on a red color textured card stock and green color textured card stock and I called it done!

I just discovered this group so it is the first time joining in on a hop.  Here is a link if you want to check them out and join in...I mean WHO doesn't LOVE GNOMES!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Kimberly