Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas / November 2025

I really cannot believe that it is already November and Christmas is only 30 days away.. I have been retired since 0ctober 1 and still have a hard time remembering what day of the week it is or if I have to work tomorrow or on the weekend. It's taken some getting used to but I sure will be glad to not have to work any holidays this season.

For my card this month, I used Aubree Girl by Angie Blom , This is such a fun holiday design and easy to color . I hope you like it as much as I do .

• I stamped the Aubree Girl image on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
• Aubree was colored with my COPICS .
• I cut the image panel with a Rectangle Big and Little Pierced Chain Die .
• On a bright green card base, I adhered a piece of vertical striped holiday paper .
• I popped up the completed stamped panel with White Dimensionals .

Grab a cup of coffee or tea or even cocoa and take a look at what Michael and Lisaa have made for November. You can find their cards at the links below -

Michael Trent -  World of Michael Trent

Lisa Reynolds Bzibziak - Life of a BZscrapper

I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and hope you find some time for yourself to be creative this week in the midst of all the holiday hustle and bustle.  

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

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