Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas / July 2026

The Crafty Elves are bringing you their Christmas in July posts !! Although to be honest, every month is Christmas for us .. I am celebrating our new kitten with 2 of my cards this month. We adopted a sweet Siamese Mix kitten on June 16 and she is the Princess of our household. 

I raided my scrap paper drawer for 2 of my cards and used some Recollections holiday card bases for the other 2. The stamp set I used is Christmas Kitties by Simon Says Stamp! .  And my go-to black ink as always - Memento Tuxedo Black .

NO PEEKING Tim Holtz Small Talk sentiment

Kraft Cardboard box fussy cut and popped up with foam tabs

Paper Studio Holiday Foam Sticker

Tim Holtz sticker sentiment

Tim Holtz sticker sentiment

I hope you like the 4 cards I've added to my stash this month . Check out what Michael and Lisa have created over at their blogs.

World of Michael Trent

Life of a BZscrapper

We will be back next month with more holiday inspiration for you !! Take care, keep cool and stay creative.

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Summer Cuppa Joe

With a life full of "stuff" these days, I haven't been able to post every day of the much anticipated Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. But today after winding down my week with ongoing home repairs AND a burned-out motor on my AC unit ( thankfully repaired already ), I sat down and made 2 more cards from a set that I have been wanting to ink up for awhile..

As a coffee lover, this set by Tim Holtz -- Fresh Brewed Blueprint -- is now one of my favorites !! For this card, I used some Paper Studio "Country Road" paper to paper-piece the cup with a brick/butterfly pattern. Background paper is Vintage Findings by Making Memories. A bit of glitter for the steam and I was done... LOVE this card !! Hope you do too !!

Thank you so much to Amy Tsuruta & Chaitali Narla for all of their amazing work on this Blog Hop and the Coffee Loving Cardmakers website.. This time we hit close to 500.. There is still time and my 2 cards will get us a little closer to 500 link-ups..