Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #42 - June 2025

Today is the start of the June 2025 Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  And with this new month comes some changes!  We hope you love them like we do!

Our first change is actually a change back to beginning on the 1st of each month and ending on the 25th!  This will make it easier to remember and give you a little more time to play along.  Design team members will host each month and the theme will simply be Coffee, Tea or Cocoa and Christmas!  We may highlight a sponsor in our post, but to add an item from that sponsor will be optional.  There will be a prize which could be from the host of that month's challenge or a sponsor!  Be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafter's blog for ALL of the details!

This month Amy is our host and we're highlighting products from Super Sponsor Doodlebugs and the prize is a $20 gift code to their shop!

I was inspired by the adorable Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug and Holiday Add On that is available in the Doodlebug Shop!

I love the Add On and its adorable little details!  I decided to make my mug a reindeer and in my usual fashion I cut my pieces from foiled gel prints.

I created the background with a negative sheet from foiling a pretty snowflake toner card front from Therm O Web and a gold gel print.  Then just a simple sentiment from Therm O Web as well.

That's me for today!  Head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog and see what everyone else has made for you today!

Thanks for stopping!  I can't wait to see what you create!

 

Coffee Graphics - Last Day of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

A really quick card using the Coffee Graphics stencil and some Deco Foil applied with Transfer Gel!  Your reminder that today is the last day of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

If you haven't hopped yet for your chances to win, then you can start over at Miss Ink Stamps who is a sponsor or head directly to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog for the entire hop list!

 

Craft Elves Countdown to Christmas - May 2025 Edition!

Welcome back!  And Merry Christmas in May!  It's the 25th of the month and time for the Crafty Elves to share the Christmas Cards we made this month.

I've used some beautiful dies from A Jillian Vance Design.  I had created the poinsettia for a previous project and decided I only needed one instead of two so I decided to use it today!

I added some pine branches and pine cones to a gel printed background and layered over it white layer cut with an edge die.

And finished it off with the Seasons Greetings from the Scripty Greetings die set.

That's me for today!  Be sure to head on over to Michael and Debra's places to see what they have for you today!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Spring Summer 2025!

Today is the start of the Spring Summer 2025 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

I'm sharing a card today using some fab A Jillian Vance Design products!  My post isn't in the hop but AJVD is sponsoring the hop and you should definitely head over there and check out what else we've got for you today and then continue on your way through the hop for your chance to win some fun stuff from great sponsors!

All papers are from the current Your Paper Insider quarterly subscription box... SO pretty right??  Your Paper Insider is a hop sponsor too so be sure to hop on over there too!

Thanks for stopping!  Hope you'll come again soon!

 

Brass & Bliss Craft Co - Release May 2025

Welcome back!  Today is Release Day over at Brass & Bliss Craft Co!  We're hopping over on Instagram so be sure to head over there to hop for your chance to win a prize!

The new Tropical Birds and Leaves die set is perfect for Summer cards!  I die cut all of my pieces from foiled gel prints.

For this one I used a sentiment from the Cats at the Beach stamp set.

For this one, a paper from the Watercolor Beauty paper pad made for a quick and beautiful background.

And I love that the Ribbon Banner set fit this sentiment from the Day At The Beach stamp set perfectly!  I stamped it twice so I could easily frame each line in the die separately and then I just used that shape to cut it down a bit so that the color of the 2nd layer of the Ribbon Banner would show.

And I have this one over on the blog at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters!  These new Pickleball Dies are just so fun!  And how happy was I when I saw this sentiment on the Game, Set, Pickle sentiment set!?

Very happy!  And all of the papers for this one are from the most recently quarterly Your Paper Insider subscription box except the bag that I cut from a sheet of paper from the Festival of Colors paper pad.

That's me for today!   Don't forget to head on over to Instagram and hop for your chance to win!

 

Card 1 and 2

Card 3

One of My Favorites - Brass & Bliss Craft Co

I have this one over on the blog at Brass & Bliss Craft Co!

Hope you'll join me there for the details! 

Nothing To See Here - Miss Ink Stamps

Check out this adorable Llama Love stamp and dies from Miss Ink Stamps!

Perfect with this foiled Classic Knit background... full of cute llamas and other images including an electric shaver! 

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon!