Coffee and Cards with Deb and Celeste - and Michael / November 2025

November is here and it's a time of colorful leaves, creating holiday cards and being grateful for wonderful friends ( both near and far ) . Today Michael Trent is joining us again from Brazil . He introduced me to KCS Designs By Kim and the fabulous digital images in their Etsy shop . We've been having so much fun with their designs that Celeste suggested we all use KCS Designs images for our November posts . Michael and I are also new members of their Design Team !!

 

As soon as I saw the new Christmas Past Journal Papers, I knew I had to have them . And then I started thinking of card designs I could make with them. I've already used one of the 20 included designs for a recipe swap . There are ornaments, strings of holiday lights, a holiday village and Santa - just to name a few.

• I printed the Skaters and the Snowman images from the Christmas Past Journal Papers to fit on an A2 card base.
• I fussycut the snowman from the printed panel .
• A strip of snowflake washi was adhered across the top of the skater image.
• I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock with Nautical Blue Memento Ink . It is from The Jubilee Crew by Close To My Heart .
• The sentiment was cut with a Deckle Rectangle Die .
• I popped the snowman up on the skater panel with foam tabs.
• The snowflakes were stamped in a variety of colors of blue ink on the skater panel and the sentiment image. They are from a 2006 Stampin' Up set - Snow Flurries .
• I adhered the skater panel to a turquoise card base.
• The sentiment was popped up with foam tabs .
• I placed a glittery pale blue candy dot on the center of each snowflake.

I really love how this card turned out . The vintage feel is perfect for some beautiful holiday cards .  I'm excited to use more designs in that set . Please use the links below to see what Celeste and Michael have made for November.

Celeste - Crafting Junky

Michael - World of Michael Trent

I bought a Christmas Coffee cup a few months ago at a fantastic sale price. I used it for the first time today while finishing this card . This SWIG cup is really gorgeous, and I decided to have a cup of Cinnabon Caramel Pecan coffee while I created.

Thanks so much for viewing my card for November. I hope you are staying warm and enjoying some of your favorite beverage . I have been retired for a little over a month now and thoroughly enjoying myself - no 0430 alarms waking me up , enjoying a nice quiet cup of coffee in the morning , reading late into the night whenever I want to .. And being able to create 24/7 . Take some time for yourself and do some creating of your own. We will be back in December. 

Debra Davison / Meticulosity 

2025 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop / Day 1

Today is the start of the 2025 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop .The dates are Nov. 7 - Nov. 14 and you can find out all the information at Coffee Loving Papercrafters .There will be lots of amazing inspiration, along with Super Sponsors ( and prizes ) .. You can link up your own Coffee ( or tea or cocoa ) card for an opportunity to win  This year, KCS Designs by Kim is a Sponsor and one of the prizes will be a $20 gift card to the Etsy store. She has amazing digital designs that are easily printed to use for cardmaking .  I love being a member of their Design Team ..

For my card today, I used a Christmas coffee cup from KCS Designs By Kim  . There are 20 fabulous cups included in the Christmas Cafe' Cups set . How cute is that Santa cup !?!?

Cup of Cheer

• I printed the coffee cup image and die cut it with a Sizzix Stitched Square die.
• The patterned paper on the pale green card base is from a Christmas Noel paper pad by Recollections.
• I adhered the coffee cup to the pink plaid patterned paper with foam tabs.
• Happy Planner Christmas stickers were used for the banner and sentiment.

This is one of my favorite times of year !! I love all things coffee AND this group of Coffee Loving Papercrafters . These Hops let me use all those coffee stamps I have been hoarding all year long !! I hope you will go check out all the fun and maybe even link up a card or two of your own !! My goal is to make a card for each day of the Hop - I will post future cards on Instagram  ( djdavison814 ) and Facebook .  Thank you for stopping by .. # fallwinter2025clh

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas / October 2025

The Countdown to Christmas is on !!! Michael, Lisa and I are creating holiday cards each month to inspire you . Having a stash of cards to send out helps you beat some of the holiday rush . Every little bit helps - whether you make 1 card or many cards . I try to address the envelopes as I make the cards which saves additional time. 

Today -  October 25 - is also World Fussy-Cutting Day . It honors Sharon Klima, a beloved papercrafter who died of a heart attack . It's a day to focus on the joy of papercrafting and mindfulness and raising awareness for women's heart health  - reminding us to pause, connect and take care of our hearts (both literally and figuratively). I love to fussy-cut and used the beautiful Hero Arts - Christmas Robins stamp set for my cards today . The digital background paper is from KCS Designs by Kim - Christmas Gingham Journal Papers. You can find so many amazing digi designs in her ETSY shop and they are all 35% off .

• The birdhouses, bells and birds were stamped on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink .
• I colored the images with my OLO markers.
• All images were then fussy-cut .
• I printed & then adhered the Christmas Gingham paper to 2 card bases .
• The birdhouses were adhered to the patterned paper .
• I placed the bells  and birds on each birdhouse with foam tabs for added dimension .
• I used Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers for my sentiments. They are always perfect for a finishing touch .

Please be sure to take aa look at what Michael and Lisa have made . They always inspire me to create more cards !! 

Michael - World of Michael Trent

Lisa - Life of a BZscrapper

Thanks so much for joining us as we get ready for the holiday season .. We hope you are enjoying some beautiful Fall weather wherever you are . I look forward to seeing you next month as we get even closer to Christmas . I recently retired October 1 and this year I will have every holiday off !! As an RN, I worked weekends and holidays for the past 40 years so I will thoroughly enjoy this year's as a free woman !!

Until next time, Stay Creative 

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste / October 2025

It's finally Fall - which means chilly temps, sweater weather AND things that go bump in the night !! Celeste and I decided to go with the fun, spooky time of year that October brings and celebrate Halloween .

I finally pulled out the Colorado Craft Company stamp set - Trick or Treating Cats. This set is no longer available, but they have many other fantastic Halloween designs. 

• I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock .
• The image was colored with my COPICS .
• A Big and Little Chain Rectangle die was used to die-cut the stamped image .
• I adhered a piece of patterned paper in Autumn colors to a dark grey card base.
• Turquoise glitter was placed on the frilly border of the skirt.

I'm hoping we get lots of trick-or-treaters this year. A family down the street from us always coordinates their costumes. One year they were all Star Wars characters - with Baby Yoda being pushed in a stroller . It was so cute !!!  I'm drinking some Apple Cider Donut coffee from a cup given to me by a friend. The coffee definitely is delicious on a chilly Autumn morning ..

Take a look at Celeste's Halloween card over at her blog - Crafting Junky . I know she has created something fabulous! We will be back next month with more Coffee & Cards. Until then, stay creative AND always drink good coffee ..

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

He Made It / She Made It - October 2025

I have had so much fun making cards with the Freshly Boo'd Collection by Mandy Ford Art & Illustration . So much fun that I challenged Michael Trent to another "He Made It / She Made It" post using Mandy Ford supplies !! I really can't wait to see what he comes up with . 

For these cards and tags, I printed  papers and different elements ( cups, borders, stars, tags, etc. ) from the Freshly Boo'd collection . There are 5 patterned papers and 4 sheets of printable elements included . I don't have a list of step-by-step instructions  because these cards are so quick and easy !! Print the papers and elements. Cut some elements out,  adhere the patterned paper to card bases and play !!! 

My last card was made with a Mandy Ford free printable . The ghostly pics look like old Polaroids. I printed some of the pics and added some felt pumpkin stickers. I then adhered the pics to card bases. There are 14 different ghost images in that freebie collection  . There are many other freebies available at Mandy Ford Art & Illustration . She also has an Etsy shop .

Thank you for stopping by .

Please check out what Michael created @ World of Michael Trent

Until next time, stay creative ..

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

World Card Making Day / October 2025

I'm excited to be celebrating World Card Making Day with a fabulous Etsy shop - KCS Designs . I recently joined their Design Team and wanted to show you some of their amazing digital products. They are having a 50% off sale through 10/5, so be sure to check out them out.

For my first cards, I just had to use their Book Haven Journal papers. You all know by now that 2 of my loves are books and coffee. These papers are so beautiful and I had fun creating these cards .

• I printed the Fall Book Haven image to fit on my A2 card bases.
• I adhered the images to a white card base and a brown card base.
• Rhinestones were adhered to the images.
• The sentiment is from the Dare 2B Artzy "Cozy Holidays" stamp set .
• I used Ranger Espresso ink for the sentiment and die cut it with a Stampendous die .
• The sentiment was popped up at the bottom of the card with foam tabs

My next cards were created using the Vintage Newspaper Floral Journal papers. This paper prints so beautifully that I hated to even cover any of it up!! But the gorgeous design shows through in my background on these cards .

• I printed 2 designs from the Vintage Newspaper Floral papers and adhered them to the front of 2 white card bases.
• The central image  on each card was cut from a 12x12 piece of paper from the Echo Park Paper Co . "Happy Crafting " collection . I used foam tabs for added dimension .
• I adhered stickers from the same collection to the top and bottom of both cards . 

Thank you so much for stopping by to see what I've created to celebrate one of my favorite days .. And now that I am retired, I can celebrate by making cards any time I want !! Shout out to Kim Sheen of KCS Designs for inviting me to be a part of the team . Be sure to check out the cards made by the other Design Team members. Links are below.

KCS Designs by Kim

Etsy Store - https://www.etsy.com/shop/KCSDesignsByKim

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@KimSheen-s8s

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kcsdesignsbykim/

Michael Trent

Blog: worldofmichaeltrent.blogspot.com

Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/worldofmichaeltrent

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/worldofmichaeltrent

You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@WorldofMichaelTrent

Nancy Nickel

Blog: https://thenickelnook.blogspot.com/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MyNickelNook

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenickelnook/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickelNook

Pinterest: https://ca.pinterest.com/nickelnook/

Debra Davison

Blog: https://meticulosity.blogspot.com/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/debra.davison.969

Instagram: Ihttps://www.instagram.com/djdavison814/

                 Debra Davison / Meticulosity