Friday, November 8, 2024

myasperations 11-8-24a

I made a nice assortment of cards to enter into the 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop earlier this week, but some family health issues have prevented me from posting them until now. Since the deadline is closing in, I will get them entered with supply lists and come back tomorrow to fill in additional details! So stay tuned. 

     This first card I’m entering this card into several other challenges including Beccy’s Place Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge. Every day in November Beccy provides a theme (most based on the letters of the alphabet) and invites participants to create cards for ANY holiday and using images from any company. And… she offers several prizes on a daily and weekly basis. So there is no reason not to get involved.
    This card features a stack of tea cups from one of Beccy’s retired digi sets, which is a fav of mine. I think it pairs beautifully with the classic sheet music, a doily scrap, and bit of greenery fussy-cut from an old card. The sentiments on the front and inside of the card focus the theme to friends, family and home! 

 
Supplies: 
·   Free Sheet Music “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” found HERE

·   Stack of Cups Digi from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set-Tea Time (Retired)

·   Paperpieced after printing on colored paper and fussy cutting the cups apart

·   Shading and highlights added with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Sentiment-  “Christmas is when all roads…” and “Christmastime-A time...” from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Home for the Holidays)

·   Greenery on front and inside are fussy-cut from an old Christmas Card

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
(via Pinterest) Coffeelovingcardmakers.com- 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop    
Beccy’s Place: A Month of Holiday Cards- Nov 2024   Day 3-"C" is for Cupstack
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Thinking of You 
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #673-674 
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas) 
Outlawz Challenge- Nov 2024 Linky  
Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Nov)    Santa’s Village 
Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge- Oct #35 Coffee + Red + Green     
Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #125 (Twist-Friends/Family (Photo)  

    This card features a yummy digi from one of Beccy’s beverage-themed set. I embellished the card with an assortment of items from my cardmaking stash including silver photo corners, a doily, and beautiful poinsettia paper as a background… and it’s a freebie from Gradiellie Designs. (I reduced the digi to A2 size panel, pasted two of them into a Word document, then darkened the coloring of one of the panels. em. After printing them off, I used my Word program to slightly darken one of the panels, printed them off, then cut them in half diagonally so that I could have the contrasting backgrounds on my card.) Paired with a doily, and silver corners, my finished card has what I’ll call a “Victorian Shabby-chic” feeling. 
 
Supplies
·   Background is a freebie from GraciellieDesign (Poinsettia Digital Paper)

·   Hot Beverage Digi (pre-colored) and front sentiment “Hot Chocolate Wisses…” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Christmas Cheers)

·   Inside Sentiment- “Cozy Christmas” from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Christmas Kitties)

·   Shading and highlights added with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white and silver gel pens

·   Silver photo corners available from several web sources (WXJ13 Photo Mounting Corners)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
(via Pinterest) Coffeelovingcardmakers.com- 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop    
 Since I’m a Contributor for Beccy’s Place (sponsor of the next three challenges), I’m entering them just for fun! 
    Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #682 AG   
    Beccy’s Place: A Month of Holiday Cards- Nov 2024   Day 3-“D" is for Doily 

      I love this sweet digi from All Dressed Up, especially because artist/owner Wendy Burns did an amazing job adding the cable stitch texture to the beautiful girl's comfy winter cap. After coloring the cap with markers in a few shades of blue, all it took was a bit of shading and highlights to make the cap look soft enough to touch! The name of the digi, “Warm Hands Warm Heart”, is inspired by the coffee cop the cutie is holding in her hands. The blue snowflake patterned paper helped set my color scheme, especially when paired with shades of pink. I found a scrap of light pink paper filled with small doily’s and used my trusty white gel pen to turn them into snowflakes. When fussy-cut and adhered to the front and inside of the card, they add a bit of wintry whimsy. 
 
Supplies: 
·   Digi- All Dressed Up (Warm Hands Warm Heart)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Front Sentiment “Mugs & Kisses” from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Christmas Cheers)

·   Front Sentiment “Warm Holiday Wishes” from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Christmas Kitties)

·   Silver paper used as backing/framing sentiments- upcycled coffee can liner

·   Patterned paper and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
(via Pinterest)  coffeelovingcardmakers.com 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop    
Double D’s Challenge- Warm and Cozy 
All Dressed Up FB Challenge- November: Christmas is Coming  
All Dressed Up- Anything Goes (Oct #156)  
Time Out Challenge-#276 Cozy     

myasperations 11-8-24

    I made a handful of cards to enter into the 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop earlier this week. I got them posted by the Hops deadline, but family health issues did not allow me time to fill in all the details until today (Sunday.)            

This first shape card features a sweet little fox stamp from a Lawn Fawn set named “Winter Fox” that I’ve had in my collection since 2017. After coloring the little cutie, I adhered him on the front of a festive Coffee Cup-shaped card, created using a template that was a freebie in a Papercrafts magazine years ago. (It is no longer available, but you can find lots of options on the web, including Pinterest.)
     The top of the cup slides up to show a Christmas-themed sentiment, while a strip of the holly-patterned paper wraps the back of the cup to hold a coffee shop gift certificate in place.  (I used a small scrap of this festive paper to create a small coffee cup for the fox to replace the one on the stamp.)
      I’m entering this card into several challenges including Beccy’s Place Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge. Every day in November Beccy provides a theme (most based on the letters of the alphabet) and invites participants to create cards for ANY holiday and using images from any company. And… she offers several prizes on a daily and weekly basis. So there is no reason not to get involved. The sentiment inside of this card is from one of Beccy Muir’s digi sets. 

       

           
Supplies: 

·   Coffee Cup Template- The one I used last is no longer available, but a quick search of the web with “Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder” provided lots of options!!

·   Stamped Image- Lawn Fawn Clear Stamp set (Winter Fox)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Inside Sentiment- “Sending… cup of Christmas Cheer” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Christmas Cheers)

·   Snowflake Punch-Fun Expressions (I think the company is no longer in business)

·   Holly Patterned Paper from Hobby Lobby

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
coffeelovingcardmakers.com- 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop    
Beccy’s Place: A Month of Holiday Cards- Nov 2024   "B" is for Beverage of choice (Coffee)  
      Since I’m a Contributor for Beccy’s Place (sponsor), I’m entering just for fun!  
Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #764: Christmas 
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #673-674 
Allsorts Challenge- Week 806- AG (Optional- Chistmas)  
Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge- Oct #35 Coffee + Red + Green    
We Love Stamping- November Christmas  

   I won a Newton's Nook gift certificate in a blog challenge a short time ago and had fun selecting several fun items, including two paper packs. This card features paper from those two packs, plus a line of kitty cups. I also upcycled the sweet little image of Newton, the company’s mascot, and perched him on the card front. The “Waiting for Santa Paws” sentiment, and Santa hat embellished with Flower Soft adds some whimsy and texture. 
Supplies: 
·   Newtons Nook 6x6 paper pad (Coffee House Stories)

·   Newtons Nook 6x6 paper pad (Black & White Basics)

·   Front Sentiment- “Waiting for Santa Paws” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Holiday Hounds)

·    Inside  Sentiment “Merry Christmas” freebie from Papercrafts Magazine (no longer available)

·   Santa Hat embellishment from my Scrapbook Stash

·   Furry texture added to hat with Polar White Flower Soft (Used to be available at craft stores, but now I find it HERE)

·   Foliage stickers and Burlap Bow Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
(via Pinterest) Coffeelovingcardmakers.com- 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop    
We Craft Cards- Patterned Paper Challenge
Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Nov)    Santa’s Village 
Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge- Furry Thing Goes- #106 Nov  

   This card, like the one above, features paper from two 6x6 Newton’s Nook paper packs and a sentiment from Beccy’s Place. The main difference is that this card holds a cute little pup instead of a cat, and a row of trees border from my scrapbook stash. 

Supplies: 
·   Newtons Nook 6x6 paper pad (Coffee House Stories)

·   Newtons Nook 6x6 paper pad (Black & White Basics)

·   Front Sentiment- “Waiting for Santa Paws” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Holiday Hounds)

·   Inside  Sentiment “Merry Christmas” freebie from Papercrafts Magazine (no longer available)

·   Santa Hat embellishment from my Scrapbook Stash

·   Foliage stickers and Burlap Bow Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   Furry texture added to hat with Polar White Flower Soft (Used to be available at craft stores, but now I find it HERE)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
(via Pinterest) Coffeelovingcardmakers.com- 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop   
We Craft Cards- Patterned Paper Challenge
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas) 
Outlawz Challenge- Nov 2024 Linky  
Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge- Nov 2024: Optional Use Brown or Yellow as main colors 

Monday, November 4, 2024

myasperations 11-4-24

    I am honored to have served as a Guest Designer for Beccy Muir at Beccy’s Place and am now one of her “Contributors” (which means that she provides me with digis, or clear stamp sets several times a year and I get to create cards/other items with them!) It is always fun to see the images Beccy invites me to use. 
    This time, the dig set is named, “Snugglin Weather.” When I saw this set, I envisioned a card where the little snow baby shyly smiles at the snowman and got to work. After experimenting with a few different folds, I decided that a Pop Up Step Front Panel Card would provide the depth and layering I desired. (Beccy offers dozens and dozens of tutorials on paper folds, and the one I used is HERE, except I didn’t need the front panel, so I only used the first 8 steps.) I printed, colored, and fussy-cut the snowpersons, then positioned them on the card. A dozen gifts cut from patterned paper frame the sentiment and help fill out the bottom of the card in a fun and festive way!
Supplies: 

·   Card Base-Instruction from Beccy’s Place (Pop Up Step Front Panel Card)

·   Digis and Sentiment- Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Snugglin Weather)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Gifts trimmed from Patterned Paper from my stash

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
Colorful Options Monthly Challenge: November-Red  
Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge (AG)
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- AG
Allsorts Challenge- Week 805- Magic of Season
Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Nov)    Santa’s Village
      Since I’m a Contributor for Beccy’s Place (sponsor), I’m entering just for fun!


   I love coffee, and know that I’m not alone in that… so I regularly make coffee themed cards. This card features one of the first digital images that I ever found on the web. I posted a card made with it on my blog back in May 2017 (HERE.) I also just discovered that it was featured on the Dearie Dolls website HERE so this pudgy little chef has a special place in my heart!       
    This time I put the cute little chef on a Christmas-themed card so I could enter it into the 2024 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Challenge.
  
Supplies: 

·   Digi- Freebie from Dearie Dolls (Coffee Chef)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Inside Sentiment- “Tis the season for coffee” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Christmas Cheers)

·   Coffee Sticker (embellishment on inside)-Hobby Lobby

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
coffeelovingcardmakers.com- 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop    
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #671-672
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas)
Beccy’s Place: A Month of Holiday Cards- Nov 2024  Day 1 - "A" is for A.M. Brew  

    It features a cute little origami fox from a set of 12 origami “critters” that I found on sale at Oriental Trading Company a while ago. The original fox is cute. But I did a bit of fussy-cutting to create the look of “fur.”  When he looked nice and fluffy, I set him aside to create the front of my card using items from my background stash. When finished, I nestled the little fox into the scene. I had fun decorating the inside sentiment with a brown doily, plus assorted images fussy-cut from scraps of patterned paper.  
     I’m entering this card into several challenges including Outlawz Color Challenge: Photo Inspiration  (My card features orange, red, and light blue.)
Supplies: 

·   Origami Fox Digi- Oriental Trading Company (Everyday Origami Booklets)

·   Background scene and front sentiment are from my scrapbook stash

·   Inside Sentiment- We Are 3 Digital Sentiments  (Autumn)  Sadly company is no longer in business

·   All other items from my stash.
Entered into:  
Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge- Anything Goes (optional twist- October colors)
Outlawz ChallengeOct 2024 Linky
Di’s Digi Stamps- Include a Pumpkin
The Four Seasons Challenge- Anything Goes Fall Nov 2024