November Cookies - Take 2

For the second Challenge this month at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie,  we are heading right into the holiday season with a wonderful photo of beautiful Christmas cookies. This will be a short post since we just ate our Thanksgiving dinner and I am ready to relax for a bit and enjoy watching ELF . I did procrastinate a bit about writing this post, but the thought of a movie and some pie when it is finished  is great incentive !!

I found a treasure trove of House Mouse stamps by Stampendous at Tuesday Morning recently and one was perfect for this Challenge !! This Gingerbread Man stamp is  no longer available but there are many more fun holiday stamps you can use.

• On a white card base I adhered a piece of Gingerbread House patterned paper from the Mrs. Claus' Kitchen paper stack by DCWV.
• Using Memento Espresso Truffle Ink, I stamped the House Mouse image onto Kraft paper.
• I trimmed the image and then cut a bright blue mat to fit around it with just a small edge of blue showing .
• I adhered the Kraft to the blue mat and then that mat to the center of the pink patterned paper.
• I popped up a handmade Gingerbread Man button to the lower right side of the stamped image. I have had that button for about 30 years.  It was made by a local crafter and she sold them at a holiday Craft Show here each year. I have hoarded several but this one was perfect for this card !!

I hope that you will be inspired and link up a project of your own to this Challenge. You have through December 11 to play along with us. The other Design Team members are getting you ready for the holidays with their projects too - you can see them HERE .  Until next time, Stay Creative . I am grateful for each and every one of you !! Thank you for joining me once again at Meticulosity .

Debra Davison

Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas - November

It's so hard for me to believe that November is almost over and Christmas is just around the corner !! I am ever so thankful now that Lisa - aka BZ Scrapper - and I have been making a Christmas card each week all year . Takes a bit of stress out of the holiday hustle and bustle .  So, let's see what these Crafty Elves have been up to this month !!

I had so many wonderful stamps to choose from - but finally narrowed it down  and came up with these designs . Some exceeded my expectations but one is still running around in my head .. Does that happen to you ?? You finish a card but just wonder if you are missing something !! But overall I do love them all and hope that you are inspired by them .

• I stamped Winter Snow Globe Girl from 100 Proof Press onto watercolor paper and colored her with my Tombow Dual Brush Markers.
• I trimmed the image and adhered it to a piece of dotted red patterned paper.
• The entire background was then adhered to a pink card base.
• A Crate Paper sentiment was placed diagonally at the upper left of the image.
• Silver glitter glass was adhered around the snowman.

• I stamped the Packaged Christmas Lights from 100 Proof Press onto watercolor paper and colored it with Glitter pens .
• The image was trimmed and adhered to a piece of Tim Holtz Worn Wallpaper.
• Several sequins were placed around the image.
• A Tim Holtz holiday sticker was placed at the top of the wallpaper .
• The Twinkling Lights banner from Crate Paper was popped up below the sticker.
• I adhered the entire background to a pale green card base.

• I stamped the Holiday Girl  and sentiment from My Favorite Things onto watercolor paper, colored the girl and cut her out with the matching die.
• I also stamped onto patterned paper for her leggings and gift bag and paper-pieced these onto the image.
• On a red card base, I placed a holiday doily at the top of the card, then adhered the girl and the sentiment.
• A gold sequin was placed at the top left of the sentiment.

• I stamped the Make It Happen, Girl from Unity Stamp Company onto watercolor paper and also a piece of holiday patterned paper.
• The sweater wa cut out of the holiday paper and paper-pieced onto the watercolor image.
• I colored the image with Tombow Dual Brush pens.
• The image was adhered to  a woodgrain/snowflake patterned paper background.
• The entire background was adhered to a cream  card base.
• A frame was placed around the upper area of the girl at an angle and a sentiment banner was adhered to the bottom of the frame.

I'm so excited to see what Lisa has created this month !! You can find her cards at Life of a BZscrapper. Comment on this post of  mine and I will send 2 of you some Happy Holiday mail !! How are you coming with your holiday cards ??  I hope we have inspired you to get started early on yours ..

Until next time, Stay Creative... 

We will be back next month on Christmas Day for our card wrap-up..   

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste - November

It's been a busy month here for me with work and creative deadlines and trying to balance home life. But especially at this time of year, I try to remember that I have so much to be thankful for. And that includes having a virtual cup of coffee each month with my friend, Celeste. This month, our theme is Thankful & Grateful.

For my card, I wanted to use a Mommy Lhey Design stamp set - Sweater Weather.  It has many fun stamps included that I decided to combine for my project.

• Using my MISTI and Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink, I stamped each of the images - the fox, sentiment, pumpkin and sweater - in a square pattern onto a piece of watercolor paper.
• I colored the images using Tombow Dual Brush Pens .
• On a dark brown card base, I adhered 2 coordinating patterns of Julie Nutting "November - December" paper .
• I added several Prima Marketing Crystals to the lower right side and upper left side of the card. 
• The stamped image was popped up on the card base with foam tabs.

As I sit here writing this, I am drinking a cup of Pecan Pie coffee in a holiday Starbucks cup. I just bought a new turquoise Keurig coffee maker and have been thoroughly enjoying it.

I'm excited to see what Celeste has made and you can check it out on her blog  - Crafting Junky . With Thanksgiving coming , I just want to say thank-you to everyone who visits Meticulosity. I appreciate all of your comments - please sign up to follow me so you don't miss any new posts. 

Until next time, Stay Creative.

Debra Davison

November Cookies - Take 1

It's time for Challenge # 130 over at the IF YOU GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE Challenge Blog . I will admit that this one was a bit hard for me - theme wise.  When I looked at the Inspiration photo, I saw beer and babies !! I told a friend that if you drank too much beer, you could end up having a baby, but that didn't seem to translate into a card !! So after a few searches on Etsy, I found a sweet design from Lily of the Valley Digi Shop - Toy Rabbit. And I'm pretty proud of my card too !!

That Toy Rabbit digi was a perfect image for some paper-piecing .I used scraps for most of  the card.Totally did not go with a beer theme but I am sure some of my fellow teammates have come up with some fun designs..

Good Things Come in Small Packages

• I started with a tan card base and adhered a piece of plaid paper to the front, leaving only a small border of tan showing.
• The Toy Rabbit image was printed 3 times - on a light brown piece of card stock, on a cream piece of cardstock and also on a plain piece of white copy paper.
• The rabbit was cut out of the light brown paper and the baby formula was cut from the white copy paper.
• The rabbit and formula images were adhered to the cream  cardstock base image, which had been trimmed to fit on the plaid background.
• I colored the images with a variety of my favorite markers - Faber-Castell, Tombow Dual Brush and Glitter Gel pens.
• I adhered a Tim Holtz Idea-ology sentiment to the lower left side of the card.

I'm very interested to see what my fellow teammates came up with for this challenge. And I'd love for you to get inspired and link up a project before November 28.  Take a look at our latest Challenge post HERE .

Thank you for once again visiting Meticulosity..

Until next time, Stay Creative !!

Debra Davison