Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste / September 2023

Celeste and I are back this month and FINALLY Fall has arrived.. I think that the crazy hot weather is over and we are in for some beautiful days ahead. NAS Oceana is having their airshow today, so Brian is watching from our front yard, where  the view is magnificent !! I'm finishing up this blogpost while the jets fly overhead .  Our theme this month is one of our favorites - Coffee . And Celeste found a fabulous inspiration photo ..

For my card today, I used the Photoplay I Love Fall stamp & die collection.These have been in my stash for awhile and I knew they would be perfect for this month's card .. 

• I stamped the girl, pumpkin and leaves on White Mixed Media paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
• The matching dies were used to cut out the stamped images.
• I then colored the images with my COPICS.
• On an orange card base, I adhered a piece of quilt design patterned paper. I have been hoarding this paper for years and years !!
• I used a stitched rectangle die to create a background for my stamped images.
• The girl and gold leaf were adhered to the word patterned paper and then the pumpkin, acorn and orange leaf were popped up with foam tabs .
• I adhered the completed stamped panel to the quilted paper. 
• A Happy Together sticker from Paper House Productions was placed in the upper right corner of the stamped panel. I used this sticker because when it comes to coffee,  are ALWAYS happy together !!

Celeste is an expert at coffee cards so you won't want to miss hers !! You can check it out over at her blog Crafting Junky . This month I am drinking some Toffee Almond coffee from a fun cup .. it's the Heartbeat Cup from Cognitive Surplus.  I am currently monitoring patient's heart rhythms at the hospital I work at so I just had to have this when I saw it.  It also helped me study for the latest Rhythm Test I just had to take .. LOL

I hope that our cards have gotten you into the Fall mood and inspired you to make a few of your own. We appreciate you stopping by and look forward to seeing you next month . Until then, enjoy Fall leaves, pumpkin spice everything and most of all, Stay Creative.

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste - October 2022

I couldn't be any happier that Fall weather is finally here … I actually wore long sleeves today and it felt fantastic .. And an image that is essential Fall for me is our theme for this post  - Pumpkins !! Celeste and I will each create a card and also fill you in on what wonderful coffee we are drinking ..

I was lucky enough to get many red rubber cling stamps from Impression Obsession before they stopped selling them individually .. They are still releasing a limited edition red rubber stamp set each month in addition to their collection of clear stamps, dies etc... I used one of my new stamps for my  October's card ..

• On a piece of white cardstock, I stamped the Pumpkin from Impression Obsession with Gina K Jet Black Amalgam Ink .
• The sentiment  - from Perk Up by Close To My Heart - was stamped in Potting Soil Memento Dew Drop ink .
• I placed a piece of grass washi along the bottom of the stamped panel.
• The stamped panel was adhered at an angle to a piece of plaid paper.
• I tied a piece of twine around the stamped panel, above the sentiment.
• The completed panel was adhered to a dark green card base with foam tabs for added dimension.
• Brown and gold candy dots were placed around the pumpkin. 

To see what Celeste has created for this Pumpkins theme, take a look at her blog post  over at Crafting Junky . For my coffee this month, I'm drinking Sea Salt Caramel in a new reusable cup from Starbucks that changes color when you put in the hot coffee .. I didn't realize that when I bought it - it was an extra added bonus !!

I hope you are enjoying some sweater weather where you are and also some fun coffee . There are some delicious Autumn flavors at our local coffeeshops these days and I want to try them all !!! Take care,  Happy Fall  and we will see you next month !!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

The Four Seasons Challenge / October Guest Designer

I'm very excited to be the Guest Designer this month for the new Four Seasons Challenge Blog Last month was their first Challenge and they had 127 projects linked up . Isn't that amazing ?!?!?! I hope that you will take a look at their page and the rules HERE,  and create something of your own for this  October Challenge !! For Fall, there is a fantastic Mood Board to inspire you ..

 Four Seasons Challenge Blog

I have had this beautiful stamp from Unity Stamp Company for awhile and it immediately came to mind when I was asked to be this month's Challenge Guest Designer.  Specially Warm comes with 2 sentiments and a fabulous image . I know I will be making several cards with this set !!

• I stamped the Specially Warm image on watercolor paper with Gina K Jet Black Amalgam Ink and the sentiment with Ranger Archival Ink "Potting Soil" .
• The image was colored with my COPICS & Flair pens.
• I adhered the trimmed stamped panel to a piece of brown glitter paper, leaving a small edge of glitter showing around the panel.
• The completed panel was adhered to a piece of Fall-patterned paper that I had in my scrap drawer. It's so nice to be able to find just what I need in there !!
• 3 strips of coordinating washi from the Happy Fall & Give Thanks collections from American Crafts were placed in the upper left corner of the stamped panel and secured with tiny staples.
• The entire completed panel was adhered to a brown cardstock card base.

I absolutely LOVE this stamp and have already started to color a few more images for cards . I hope that you will go to the Four Seasons Challenge Blog and look at all the inspiration there !! AND even think of linking up something of your own. Make yourself a Pumpkin Spice Latte, pull out your Fall stamps and get creative !! A big thank-you to Darlene Pavlick and her Team for inviting me to join them this month.

Debra Davison /  Meticulosity

 

 

There's a New Challenge in Town

I saw some information about a new Challenge Blog that intrigued me. The Four Seasons Challenge Blog is a monthly challenge and the theme is always Seasonal Anything Goes. You can read all about it at their link . September, October and November are the Fall months so I decided to link up a project of my own to get me in the mood for cooler days, sweater weather, pumpkin spice and beautiful autumn colors !! Their mood board is absolutely gorgeous !!

For my card, I used a favorite stamp from Impression Obsession - Coffee Blooms - designed by my amazingly talented friend, Lindsay Ostrom. This stamp can be colored to match any season, but I think it's especially beautiful  with Fall colors.

• The Coffee Blooms image was stamped on watercolor paper with Gina K Jet Black Amalgam Ink and then punched with a 2.5 inch circle punch.
• I colored the image with my COPICS .
• Using scraps from a favorite paper pad -       - I cut out several coordinating Fall-patterned strips. 
• I used a larger scrap for the main panel of my card, adhering it to a Kraft card base.
• The Fall strips were adhered vertically  across the card, leaving space between
• The completed circle was adhered in the lower right corner of the card with foam tabs.
•  Several coordinating sequins were placed around the cup.
• A piece of twine was tied across the top of the card to complete it.

You have through September 25th to enter this Challenge and winners will be announced on the 28th . I hope that you will welcome this new Challenge by linking up a card of your own. I know that all of my crafty friends have a stamp/stamps they can use !! 

Thank you for stopping by Meticulosity and checking out my Fall Four Seasons project ..  Show Darlene and Diane and their new Challenge Blog some love by creating something of your own ..

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

October Cookies - Take 1

I am so glad that October is finally here and I really wish that the temperatures would reflect the season!! It has still been in the high 80's here and that is so NOT sweater weather. I want some crisp, cool Autumn days. Our Challenge photo this time reflects the lovely colors of the season.

I used clipart images this time and created a card that shows my favorite flavor of this time of year.  The images  are Pumpkin Spice by LePetite Market. I chose to use colored images for my project, but you can also get them as digital stamp images and color them yourself. 

• On an orange cardstock card base, I adhered a piece of dotted orange patterned paper. 
• I printed the clipart images of the pie and various coffees and fussy cut them.
• The sentiment is from a 6x6 paper pad by Prima Marketing - Amber Moon. I cut it out and mounted it on the upper left side of the card base using Tombow Foam Tabs.
• The clipart images were adhered to the card base using Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue.

I hope you will comment on my card. Do you ever use clip art images on your cards ? Are you a digital stamper ?? I sometimes feel like a cheater when I use pre-colored images on projects. But these were too fun to pass up !! Take a look at the rest of the Design Team's projects and if you feel inspired, pleas link up one of your own. This challenge is open for 2 weeks and you could win a prize from our amazing sponsor Lemon Shortbread.

  

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity. I hope that you are enjoying some cool Fall weather in your part of the world.  Drink your favorite Fall beverage and stay creative !!

Until next time .....

Debra Davison

Skip {ping} into Fall

Welcome to my second official Blog Hop as a Stamp Tramp for the fabulous Skipping Stones Design. As we enjoy our Fall weather here in Virginia Beach,  the scariest thing on our minds is NOT that Halloween is approaching --- it is Hurricane Matthew !! Hoping our area fares well, along with everyone in the path.. My project for today's Hop uses a sentiment & the doodled bird image from the Best of Birds stamp set. Take a look at all of the wonderful supplies available at the  Skipping Stones Store.This stamp set  is great for any season but today, I used rich Fall colors.  You might have gotten here from Jessie's blog; but just in case you haven't, the line-up is listed at the bottom of this post .. As you can see, I used an embroidery hoop to create a scene for a friend. I was an avid counted cross-stitch fanatic in the past and have many hoops and tons of fabric, so I enjoy putting them to good use in my stamping life..

• I first placed some linen fabric in a wooden hoop. If you do not have fabric, you can always use paper cut to the size of the hoop and glued to the outside rim.  The sentiment was stamped on white cardstock using Memories Black India Ink and then the background was colored using a foam applicator and a Tim Holtz Wild Honey Distress Ink Pad . I adhered the sentiment to the larger piece of fabric and then that piece to the fabric in the hoop.
• I fussy-cut 4 of the doodled birds and color-blocked 3 with Distress Inks. The 4th was colored using a combination of Distress Markers and Stabilo pens. They were then attached to the fabric in the hoop using large Glue Dots.
• Along the top of the sentiment, I alternated used 3 Prima flowers and 2 square Making Memories Crystal brads. A round brad from Making Memories completed the project at the bottom of the hoop.

There will be a giveaway of a stamp set of your choice to one lucky person. All you have to do is comment on each member's post and subscribe to each of our blogs. I hope that you enjoy all of our projects for this Hop !!

Here is the order of our Hop :

• Skipping Stones Design
• Cornelia
• Jessie
• Debra   YOU ARE HERE
• Martha
• Tanja

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity
and for hopping with all of the Stamp Tramps from SSD.

#fallclh Winner

What an amazing 2015 Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop !! Thank you to everyone who visited Meticulosity and commented on my 5 cards.. It is always so much fun for me to join in on this Hop and I was so happy to be able to help Amy Tsuruta ( our Coffee Queen )  when she needed an extra pair of hands.. Congrats to all of the Flash and Super Sponsor winners and also to all of the Superstar Commenters !! Here is a link to all of them.. I also offered some coffee goodies as Blog candy and out of my 178 comments, the winner chosen randomly was  #96, commenting on my Top 5 card ---

Hetty October 3, 2015 at 6:11 PM

Haha,love your top 5!! And that signature stamp is the greatest (have it too).

Of course, I couldn't just post the winner without making another card.... How simple is this one ?!?! A Starbucks coffee info card, the free Verve digis and a bit of background paper from a very old GCD Studios paper pad is all it took..  Plus a bit of a Clear Glitter Wink of Stella brush. And of course, a kraft card base... Don't you just love Kraft, especially this time of year ???

Again, congrats to Hetty !!!

Contact me with your snail mail info please...

Enjoy !!

I am having fun lately with Journaling cards. I make alot of quick cards when an occasion comes up and there isn't always time for stamping,coloring etc... But you can still come up with a quick card that doesn't look quick at all. This time I used a 4x6 journal card from the Inked Rose collection by We R Memory Keepers and mounted it on a gold glitter card base. I stenciled the tea cup in Summer Sun ink and then outlined it with Taken With Teal ink -- both by Stampin' Up. The stencil is the Mini Cafe Latte by The Crafters Workshop. I punched out the teacup, placed a few sequins around the cup and offset mounted it on the Right side of the card. It is an oversized card but I will use my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board to create the perfect one !!

As usual, I am having a blast with this Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop... Check out all of the linked projects HERE. Thank you again for visiting Meticulosity. The Hop runs through Friday, October 2. I will choose a winner from those commenting on my blogs related to the Fall Hop. The prize will be a package of coffee goodies..

Top 5 List

Have you ever sat down to make a card and what you end up with is not anything like your original thought ?? Well, that is this card !! I had die cuts in mind and an image I had already colored but instead, I pulled out some journaling cards bought at Tuesday Morning yesterday for $1.99.. I don't presently journal or do Project Life but still seem to have an addiction to journal cards.. They are perfect for quick cards and also for making sets of cards with a particular theme. When I saw the Top 5 List card, I immediately began thinking of  MY Top 5 coffee list. Then I  pulled out a small alphabet set and the rest is history !! I had such fun stamping all of those words and was pretty darn proud of myself at how they turned out !!

Supplies :   Card base is one of 100's that I have but can't remember which company -- I chose one with pretty Fall-like flowers on it; letters for Coffee words are from a Mini wooden stamp set by Hampton Art; Wooden coffee cup is by Prima Marketing Inc.; Top 5 List & Heart journal cards are from the Indian Summer line by We R Memory Keepers .

The stamp for the back of this card is one of my new favorites !! 

Also by I Brake For Stamps.

I hope that you like my second card entry for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Thank you for visiting Meticulosity. Please leave a comment for a chance to win some coffee goodies from me. And remember that to be eligible for any of the Flash Prizes from the Blog Hop sponsors, you have to link a Fall-themed project by the deadline of 5 pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, Sept. 29-- which is National Coffee Day !! Be sure to check out all the the amazing linked projects ( now numbering 273 ) HERE. You can also be eligible for a prize if you are one of the Superstars who comment on each and every entry. I have never been one of them but I do read each and every blog post. 

Fall ( ing ) into Coffee

Well, it's finally that time of year ..The weather gets cooler, we get out our sweaters, leaves begin to fall .... But wait, NO, not that !! I mean it's time for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop !! I had so much fun last year and then again this year starting with the Spring Hop. So now along with the anticipation of the first Pumpkin Spice Lattes of the season, we also are thrilled it is Blog Hop time again !! I've been a bit preoccupied with some health issues but was glad to take my mind off of that with some fun cards.. Not sure how many I will post this time--probably not one a day, like I have in the past. But I will again offer some coffee goodies to someone who comments on my blog posts relating to this hop, so please comment away !!

I chose the Julia stamp as my main image because it shows both my love of coffee AND books. It was so much fun to color using my Distress markers. I also wanted to use some of my new Autumn washi ( I have a slight addiction to washi, if you didn't already know that ).. I chose autumn colored markers for the image after stamping it with Tsukineko Rich Cocoa ink. The card base has golden highlights which remind me of fall, especially the golden leaves at this time of year. I have been in love with the Santoro Gorguss girl stamps and was thrilled to find that cute little leaf in the "Little Red" stamp set..It was perfect for this card.

Supplies : Julia by I Brake For Stamps; Leaves from the Santoro "Little Red" stamp set;

Ranger Distress Markers; Sequin Stickers by We R Memory Keepers; Acorns & Leaves washi by Echo Park Paper Co.;  card base is from Golden boxed cards by American Crafts and the stamped image was matted on an Inked Rose journaling card by We R Memory Keepers

A big shout out again to Amy Tsuruta and Chaitali Narla and Kimberly Wiener for all of their hard work on this Blog Hop. There are over 1000 members on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Facebook page .I cannot wait to see how many cards are entered this time around. The Summer Hop had over 500 projects entered !! There will be many fabulous sponsors -- 42 to be exact --  and the chance to win prizes.. I hope you like my first card . Please leave a comment here for a chance to win some coffee goodies from me. Tell me your favorite coffee or beverage to have on hand when getting creative. I like to have a yummy flavored coffee while creating -- Caramel or Vanilla Cream Puff are my latest faves !!

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity.. Enjoy these amazing fall days and view them as inspirations to be creative !!

Let's FALL into a Challenge .....

Without any school-age children at my house, back-to-school doesn't have the same meaning it used to.. No frenzy of shopping for supplies or choosing first day clothes.. But the arrival of FALL in all its glory is a much welcomed time of year. Here in  Virginia Beach this summer, we have had many weeks of 90+ degree weather. It is humid, sticky and downright uncomfortable.. I am not a beach or pool person; cooling off in the water is not an option. So each year, I look forward to FALL and all it brings.. Sweater weather.. Salted Caramel Lattes.. Bonfires.. Multi-colored leaves.. And many options for cards during this Year of Creativity for me !! I have a whole drawer of Fall themed supplies, just waiting to inspire me..

Everyone over at Mountain Plains Crafters has also been inspired and we have another challenge for you. The theme is Leaves/Autumn. Go with leafy, autumn or combine them. Create a new project, link it to the blog post and you will have a chance to win an amazing prize from our sponsor, Pan Pastel - a Donna Downey Mixed Media Kit (colors may vary)...

Check out what I created below and then stop by the MPC Blog to see all of the creations by our Design Team members. The Challenge lasts until September 24.. Hope to see your new creations !!

Supplies :  Inkadinkado Pumpkin Girl stamp, Stampin' Up sentiment, Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells paper ( pleated into a border ), Martha Stewart Fire Opal Glitter

After stamping the Pumpkin Girl design on a dotted background paper, I stamped it a second time on Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells paper. I cut out the pumpkins and paper-pieced them onto the original design. I cut a strip of contrasting paper from the same collection and folded it back and forth onto itself to make pleats. You can do this either free-hand or by using a scoring tool. I used Mini Glue-Dots to adhere each section. A Stampin' Up sentiment completed the card.. I absolutely love the rich colors on this card and was especially happy to find that glitter in my stash. It was perfectly pumpkin !! 

Also, anyone who comments on this blog post of mine during this challenge will be entered in a drawing to win an Autumn themed card from me in addition to a few other goodies... So comment and tell me what you like most about Autumn..