Happy New Year 2021

It's strange to be saying Happy New Year when we are all still dealing with COVID..  I guess it's our way of hoping for a happier, healthier, safer 2021 .. I think we will be off to a rocky start but I know that I am ready for things to start getting better. On December 29, I was able to get the first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine and for that I am grateful. My cards to start off the New Year are a bit edgy but my feelings are mixed and they convey a New Year's message to all - COVID is still with us and we need to take control of it.. Do your part to keep yourself and others safe ..

 

• I used the Banksy Gas Mask Flower Girl  on both cards and stamped them on Strathmore Marker Paper with Close To My Heart Intense Black ink .
• The sentiment  from  Close To My Heart "Quarantine Christmas" was stamped next to the girl with Memento Dew Drop Ladybug ink .
• The stamped panels were adhered to the card fronts - 1 white and 1 dark gray.
• A strip of COVID virus paper was placed vertically down the left side of each card base . 
• On one card I placed several red rhinestones on the virus images and on the other, I used red candy dots.
• I created the dates with my Pink DYMO Label Maker. 

If you aren't familiar with Banksy, you can learn about him at this link . Last year, he paid tribute to healthcare workers with a  painting that was gifted to a hospital in England. He is a favorite artist of mine. 

I'm looking forward to sharing my creativity with you all again this year. In addition to my regular blog posts with Celeste & the Crafty Elves, I have also joined the Paper House Productions  Creative Team. I am also going to start posting about books I am reading and hope to make some bookmarks / cards to go along with them.  Thank you for stopping by and also for leaving comments. You are all very much appreciated!! Please take care and stay safe. Let's all have a healthy and safe 2021 !

Until next time ...

Stay Creative

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee and Cards with Deb & Celeste / June 2020

I will admit that I totally forgot that today was the day fro Celeste and I to have our coffee !! She reminded me last evening and it was just sheer luck that I had finished coloring a card to send to a friend . Celeste had suggested an "Anything Goes" theme which turned out to be perfect.. So here goes ( anything ) !!

I am very much over this shelter in place / social distancing world we are in but know it's still necessary. So I had used a new stamp set from Close To My Heart  - On Repeat - and paired it with a   Stampendous Watering Can  .   The On Repeat set has Corona-virus and social-distancing images.

• I stamped the On Repeat sentiment at the top of my white card panel with Ladybug Memento ink. The Watering Can was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink at the bottom .
• I placed a piece of rainbow hearts washi across the white panel between the sentiment and the stamped image.
• The image was colored with my new Copic Ciao markers.
• The completed card panel was adhered to a Kraft card base with my Pink Scotch ATG gun.

I'm drinking my Coconut coffee with Vanilla Caramel creamer from a cup I've had since 2003 !! Do you remember Boyd's Bears ?? Well this is a cup and base designed by them .. It might be a tea cup but works just as well for coffee. My best friend Sue gave me this set and I usually use it to hold my favorite pens but today I used it for my coffee .. 

I'm looking forward to seeing what Celeste has made for our Anything Goes  post . I'm so glad she reminded me of today's coffee get-together !! Take a look at her card over at her blog - Crafting Junky. I hope that all of you are doing well and continuing to stay safe. Our state of Virginia is slowly opening up but I'm playing it safe and continue to wear my mask and social distance. I'm a nurse and work at a hospital so I am extra cautious .. Take some creative time for yourself and check back next month when I promise I will be ready for our July blog collaboration ..

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee and Cards with Deb & Celeste / April 2020

Celeste and I are back together ( in a social distancing kind of way ) for our April edition of Coffee and Cards . This month we are paying tribute to healthcare workers. I can't say enough about everyone on the front lines during this COVID-19 pandemic. I see all of their hard work and dedication at the hospital I've worked at for over 30 years  ( most of them in the ICU ). I'm no longer in direct patient care but certainly can understand the day to day challenges of caring for these patients. It takes a toll - both physically and mentally. And the impact will be felt for years to come.

I just received the EMMA stamp set by The Ink Road  this past week and she was just perfect for this card. The COVID  image is also from  Ink Road.  Although this is a female depiction, I am also honoring all of the male healthcare workers . Celeste is a medical assistant and I'm an RN. I feel like it's so important to acknowledge the fabulous job our front-line workers are doing !! This is our salute to them !!

• I stamped Emma, the COVID image and the sentiment onto watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.
• I stamped the mask image onto a variety of patterned papers then fussy-cut them.
• The nurse was fussy-cut, then colored with a variety of my favorite markers.
• I adhered a scrap piece of street scene paper onto a black card base.
• The COVID image was made with a scalloped circle punch.
• I placed red rhinestones around the edge of the scalloped circle - every other space.
• The sentiment was adhered in the lower left corner of the card base.
• I placed the COVID image towards the top left.
• The nurse was popped up with foam tabs towards the bottom right side of the card base.

While we are thanking healthcare workers on the front lines, I also can't forget to thank ALL essential personnel who are still working to help us in this time of crisis. Grocery store workers, bank employees, mechanics, food service workers - just to name a few. We will get through this by supporting each other !! And I see examples of this every day at the hospital - with food donations for the staff, with masks made by co-worker's family members, with team members offering child care to others.

I am drinking tea this month and using a cool new steeper. It's a silicon rabbit holding a carrot. The loose tea goes in the carrot and then the rabbit sits on the edge of your cup as the carrot goes in the hot water to make your tea .. The tea is Garden Grove Green Tea from Plum Deluxe . It has dried cherries,  jasmine flowers, rose petals and vanilla . I'm using a classic Starbucks cup this time. 

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity again.I hope that you are all staying safe .  Take care of yourselves and each other. Please take a look at the card that Celeste has created this month over at her blog -   Crafting Junky.We appreciate you joining us each month  for our Coffee & Cards collaboration !!

Until next time - Stay Creative ( and safe )

Debra Davison / Meticulosity