4 years of Meticulosity - # 3

This will be the last of my anniversary blog posts BUT the first of my posts for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop !! It's been 4 years that I have been blogging and blog hops have been a fun part of all of those years .  I've blog  hopped with Design Teams, for challenges and also to show my love of coffee  !! This Coffee Lovers Hop is definitely a favorite !! I am hoping to post something everyday during the Hop - from May 25  to June 1 - and will highlight some of my favorite company's stamps. 

• For my first card, I've used fabulous digis from Windows  and Girls on the Block - both by Vera Lane Studio. 
• I printed the images on Neenah Stardust White cardstock and also on a piece of cloud paper ( the window image ).
• I fussy cut the window, the sky images and the coffee cup.
• Using Tombow adhesives, I adhered a piece of  Echo Park "Party Time" paper to a sky blue cardstock base.
• I colored the window and coffee cup with a variety of my favorite markers .
• The sky areas of the window were adhered and then the entire window was placed in the lower right corner of the card.
• I placed some brown glitter on the coffee cup and then popped the image up on the windowsill with Tombow foam tabs.
• A sentiment from Tim Holtz Small Talk "Occasion" was placed on the upper left side of the card. 

Every Summer has a Story

Thank You for visiting Meticulosity and helping me celebrate my 4th anniversary. I will be choosing 2 commenters to win some fun supplies - there will be a papercrafter goodie bag and also a Snail Mail/stationery  prize . I'm glad to be able to combine my anniversary with the always fantastic Coffee Lovers Blog Hop !! There is alot of coffee inspiration at the Hop and I hope that you will be inspired !!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

est. 2014

And So It Continues....

If you would have ever asked me if I was going to start a blog, my answer would have been that I was planning on it ... Well, I planned on it for YEARS.. I looked through blog magazines, craft magazines, online, and from links on Facebook. The impetus for me actually starting one finally was the opportunity to try out for the Mountain Plains Crafters Design Team. Started by 3 women -- Pam, Terri & Sheryl -- it was going to be a place to share ideas, be creative, try new products and have fun... My blog grew from there-- a place for me to show my projects, try new techniques and make many new friends..

It has been exactly 1 year since my first post, aptly titled "And So It Begins"... I want to celebrate my first year by giving away some of my favorite products,. Unity Stamp Company, We R memory keepers & anything Tim Holtz are just a few of my GO-TO companies for supplies.. Adornit has given me hours of fun with their  Art Play Paintables by Lindsay Ostrom. You can see from my blog posts how many amazing sponsors I have been privileged to work with.To win, all you have to do is comment on this blog post.. I will randomly choose 3 winners.

My friends from Mountain Plains Crafters will be helping me celebrate, several by posting something here.. They are all amazing... They have gotten me out of my comfort zone, made me a better person and challenged me.. I am blessed to be in such fantastic company...

I've also invited some friends that I have met along the way to post on my Facebook timeline for my blogoversary. Not everyone has a blog, BUT I have met some terrific crafters on Facebook and wanted to give them the opportunity to show their creations... I will share any blog links that I get from friend's posts..

My card celebrates my 1st year of blogging... The sentiments are from Unity Stamp Company and were perfect. I was INSPIRED by so many people and their wonderful creativity, IMAGINED that one day I would have a blog with which to share my own creativity and CREATED Meticulosity which has led me on an amazing journey. I want to keep building on those 3 words during my second year ( and weren't those cute buildings just what I needed to express that !! ).. During my second year, I want to use more mixed-media techniques, try out a new look for my blog background, work on my journal and STAY out of my comfort zone.  I hope you will continue on this journey with me..  I couldn't have made it through this first year without all of your support..

Supplies: Unity Stamp sentiments, Tim Holtz On the Edge border die & Journaling ticket, We R memory keepers wood stickers, Michaels Recollections paper, Hampton Art  #1 stamp

TERRI

PAULA

JENNIFER



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