Technique Junkies Stamp Release / July 2024

The July Stamp Release  from Technique Junkies is full of snails, sentiments and sass . 11 new stamps/stamp sets for your creative mind !! The new release stamps are 15% off through July 23rd - no code needed . You can use my code - TJ10Deb - for 10% off all other supplies. 

It's no secret that I love snail mail - sending it, receiving it, writing it .  So I was very  excited when I saw the Swirly Snails stamp . I knew I wanted to gather my snail mail supplies together and create !! When I find snail mail in my mailbox, it's the best day ever 📪

Swirly Snails - Best Day Ever

• I stamped the Swirly Snails stamp on white cardstock with Memento Dew Drop inks - Teal Zeal and   Rose Bud   .
• I trimmed the Swirly Snails to get horizontal strips, one of each color.
•  A piece of patterned from the Doodlebug  Design Love Notes paper pad  was adhered to a Kraft card base.
• I placed some Pretty Pink Posh  Love Letter Clay Confetti in a small plastic bag, folded the top down to create a square and sealed it on the backside with a strip of tape.
• The Swirly Snail strips were placed at the top and the bottom of the card base .
• I adhered the bag with the Confetti to the center of the card with double-sided tape.
• A Tim Holtz Idea-ology sentiment was placed on the  front of the clear plastic bag .

Isn't this just the cutest card ever ?!?!?! I always want to make shaker cards but then veer off in another direction. This has a shaker feel without all the work .. LOL   The Technique Junkies Design Team members have all created fantastic projects with this latest release. I hope you will follow these links to see their amazing creativity !!

Technique Junkies Blog 

Jeanette

Shalana

Debra - you are here

Michael

Pam

 Christine

Darlene

Pat

Patti

We will all be showcasing these new stamps on our blogs and social media until our next release on September 1. Sit down with a cup of coffee or tea and check out these latest stamps, as well as all of the great supplies that Technique Junkies has to offer.

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste /April 2021

Celeste and I are back for our April Coffee & Cards posts !! It is National Letter Writing Month so we decided to do a Snail Mail / Happy Mail post .. I send many letters and postcards every month to friends all over the world . But in April, I am in a group that assigns a penpal for the month, so I am sending even more snail mail than usual..  And this past year when we have all been spending much of our time at home and away from friends and loved ones, it's even more important to stay connected . It's always nice to see a letter from a friend in my mailbox. So, pick up a pen and some paper and write a note to someone.. You will make their brighter !!

I love all things snail mail - postage stamps, rubber stamps, paper, washi etc.. It was hard to choose a stamp set to use but I finally decided on Mr. Snailman from Trinity Stamps . The set includes a cute snail, sentiments and also stamps suitable for decorating your envelopes !!

Snail Mail - paper hug enclosed

Envelope Art

• On a pink-pattered card base, I adhered a piece of envelope patterned paper from the sweet Lucky Charm paper pad from Dear Lizzy by American Crafts .
• I stamped the snailman image on a piece of Solar White  cardstock and also on an April calendar panel from Graphic 45.
• Snail Mail was stamped with Ladybug Memento ink.  The snail and sentiment were stamped with Gina K Jet Black Amalgam ink .
• I fussy-cut the snail shell from the Neenah cardstock.
• The images were colored with my COPICS.
• I  created a border with a Martha Stewart border punch and a piece of vintage white ledger paper also from the Lucky Charm paper pad.
• A strip of thin pink confetti washi was placed down the vintage white border.
• I adhered the border down the left side of the card.
• I popped up the Neenah cardstock snail shell on top of the snail with a foam tab.
• The calendar panel was also popped up on the front of the card with foam tabs.

I also used several images from the Mr. Snailman stamp set to decorate the front of the envelope for this card . I always like to at least add some stickers or a stamped image to the front and back of my envelopes. Some of the envelopes I have received from friends are true works of art !!

I am sure that Celeste has created a fabulous Happy Mail card .. You can check out her post over at her blog - Stamping Junky ..Today I am drinking Twinkie coffee from a Mikasa cup. The pattern - Garden Gallery - is perfect for a gorgeous Spring day !!

I hope that you all are doing well and staying safe. Take care of yourself .. Thank you for visiting me once again  at  Meticulosity.. Until next time, Stay Creative !! And don't forget to let someone you know that you are thinking of them -  write a letter and send it off soon !!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste 8/26

It's hard to believe that August is almost over. Right around the corner are pumpkin spice lattes, sweater weather and everything Autumn. But for this collaboration with Celeste, I chose something different, nothing Pumpkin !! Steampunk is our theme this time. And Murphy's Law was in effect.I had a paper pad chosen to use with great grungy, steampunk designs and misplaced it.. The stamp/die set I wanted to use was also missing in action !! If there was ever a sign that I need to destash, this was it !! Luckily, I figured out a back-up plan but it was touch and go there for awhile !!

Viva Las Vegas Stamps came to the rescue with their City on Snail stamp.  And a stamp I found at Hobby Lobby by American Art Stamp  "Gears of My Heart"  also found its way into my design. This card is all about my absolute LOVE of Snail Mail. I am in several postcard/card swap groups and send Snail Mail on a regular basis.

• I stamped the snail image on a piece of Neenah Stardust White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink..
• The Steampunk Heart was stamped with Ranger Perfect Medium on Neenah Stardust White cardstock, then embossed with American Crafts ZING Rouge embossing powder. I fussy-cut the image.
• Also using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the Long Love Snail Mail by Savvy Stamps onto a scrap piece of ledger paper, cut it out, then distressed the edges.
• Using Tombow Adhesives, I adhered the snail, heart and sentiment to a black/red patterned card base. This base was in a box of cards inspired by the Twilight books and has some great patterns in it !!
• I left room under the City on Snail image to place a row of my favorite stamps. 
• A gear was placed on the heart to add some dimension. My guy, Brian actually bought me a small bag of those gears to use on my cards. Could this mean that he finally understands my love of cards ( AND snail mail ) ?!?!?!

Today's coffee is a wonderful Blonde Roast from Starbucks.  It's in the cutest cup sent to me by a Snail Mail friend who lives in Cali. I'm not a traveler but have many friends who understand and even share my love of coffee cups !! I've received Starbucks mugs from all over the world !!

Thank you for visiting me here at Meticulosity for another collaboration with Celeste. Check out her take on our Steampunk theme over at her blog Crafting Junky. Autumn will be arriving soon and I'm looking forward to some fun fall color schemes and inspiration. So come back in September for more coffee and cards with us !!

.Debra Davison

Sharing My heART

It's no secret that I love the art of letter writing. I absolutely love Snail Mail and connecting with friends near and far by mail. One of the projects I always look forward to being involved in is the Global Postcard Art Swap ( heART exchange ) . They have exchanges 3-4 times a year and you are given 3 people to send handmade postcards to. The theme for this swap was Nature Quotes. My postcards this time are being sent to Mexico, Wisconsin and Georgia.

• The beautiful floral design from Stampendous was stamped onto some old dictionary pages, a wood grain paper and also some patterned paper.
• I fussy cut the flowers from the patterned papers and adhered them to the stamped images on the dictionary pages. 
• The quote was printed from my computer. I have always loved this quote - it reminds me to relax and breathe !! Everything happens in its own time. 
• I adhered the dictionary pages to plain kraft postcards that I purchased on Amazon. 50 postcards for $9.99. A great deal and my favorites to create with !!
• The leaves were colored with various green shades of Faber-Castell PITT Artist pens.
• I adhered the quote to the postcards and then added some borders from a Tim Holtz "Scallops" On The Edge die.
• Using my MISTI, I stamped another favorite quote from a Stampin' Up set on the opposite side  of the postcard.
• I placed the postcards in clear envelopes and sent them on their way . 

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my postcards for the Global Postcard heART Swap. If you are a lover of Snail Mail and creativity, I hope you will consider joining in on the next Swap. Louise Gale is a fantastic hostess and amazing artist.  You can learn more about her HERE.

I received my first postcard from Vicki Oster from Florida.It's a gorgeous hand-drawn scene.It will go up on the board in my studio  for inspiration !!  I love it !!

Thank you so much for visiting Meticulosity !!

Debra Davison

4 Years of Meticulosity - the 2nd post

Thank you to everyone who visited and/or commented on my previous blog post celebrating my 4th anniversary as a blogger !! Today I have some cards that showcase a favorite new line of supplies - "Crafty Girl" from Simple Stories . They have coordinating paper, washi, stickers, and die cuts. And I LOVE all of it !!  Sometimes I want to make a quick card without getting out my stamps and inks and this line is perfect for that . The blend of crafty designs with flowers is a fun combination to work with. 

I'm having a giveaway for my anniversary and plan to choose 2 winners from those who comment on my anniversary blog posts this week. One prize will be papercrafter's supplies and the other will be Happy Mail / stationery goodies. I love sending snail mail and many of the cards, postcards etc. that I make find their way to my Snail Mail friends.

All of the supplies for these cards are from the Crafty Girl line, except for a few rhinestones and the cardstock bases. Tombow Adhesives  were used to adhere all elements. I  actually made all 3 of these cards in 45 minutes - right before typing this post AND while my new kitten was napping !! She succeeded in knocking several things off my desk as I was preparing to make these cards, so I was  lucky that she decided it was time for a nap after a long morning of acting crazy and bird/squirrel watching !!

Eat. Sleep. Craft. Repeat

Crafty and Happy

Makers Gonna Make

Tomorrow is the start of the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop so look for 1 more anniversary post with a coffee theme. Thanks again for all of your support, kindness  and comments these past 4 years. I've met some amazing people through my love of papercrafting, Snail Mail and blogging . Many are now my friends !! So it's nice to be able to celebrate with all of you .. Remember to comment for a chance at some fun supplies chosen by me. 

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity  

est. 2014

Debra Davison / Meticulosity 

4 Years of Meticulosity - #1

It's so hard for me to believe that I have been blogging for 4 years now. May 19, 2014 was my very first blog post and the rest is history. I have learned alot, met many creative people ( some who are now good friends ) and have been a part of several design teams. I have always been a lover of paper and my love of card-making has also been a part of my love of snail mail. I am in several swap groups for Happy Mail   -  a Coffee Lovers card swap, the Love Notes postcard project and the Global Postcard heART Swap. April was National Letter Writing Month and I was in a fabulous group hosted by Lindsay Ostrom. She assigned  me a penpal for the month and  I also sent mail to approximately 50 others in the group !! 

I want to thank everyone for your support of my creative side. Your visits to my blog and comments have really been a wonderful part of these past 4 years. So I want to share my anniversary celebration with all of you and have a fun giveaway !!  Because so much of my creativity is tied into my love of Happy Mail, I will have 2 giveaways. One will be papercraft focused and the other will be Happy Mail / stationary focused. All you have to do is comment on any of my Anniversary posts this week and you will be entered into the drawing for a prize. The prizes will be a variety of my favorite things from some of my favorite companies. No one has donated anything - these are all coming from my heart !!

A few quick cards made for this post combine my love of cardmaking with my love of snail mail. And these snail digi stamps from Vera Lane Studio are just the perfect images to use !!

• I printed the cute snails from the Snails Pace set from Vera Lane Studio on my favorite Neenah Stardust White cardstock.
• I also printed the images on a floral paper and a heart paper and cut out the shells to paper-piece on the snails.
• Some of my favorite markers were used to color the snails and shells - Faber-Castell PITT Artist pens, Sharpies, Ranger  Distress and Stampin' Up markers.
• The snails were then adhered to some of my favorite card bases using Tombow adhesives - both an adhesive runner and my favorite MONO Aqua Liquid Glue.

Some of my favorite images to stamp are coffee and cats. And a favorite technique of mine is paper-piecing.  I am a paper, stamp, ink & washi junkie !!  And I LOVE  to color and watercolor !! I have enjoyed learning techniques from many of my online friends and hope I have inspired you to get creative too !!

Waffle Flower Flora Cats, Vera Lane Studio Girls on the Block

Hampton Art  Quiet the Worries

I hope that you will take a minute and leave a comment for a chance to win one of my prizes in celebration of my 4 years as a blogger. Tell me about a favorite company or technique of yours. Or let me know if I've inspired you. I couldn't have done this without all of you and your support. Please  sign up to follow me as I start my 5th year of Meticulosity !! 

Thank you so much for visiting Meticulosity

Meticulosity - extreme attention to detail

The Starbucks cup that gave my blog its name !!!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee and Cards with Deb & Celeste 10/22

I'm SO very excited about our guest this month. Chris Franco and I met online a few years ago through our love of card-making. She's been stamping almost 20 years and currently  is a demonstrator with  Close To My Heart, a wonderful papercrafting company.  She also loves coffee as much as we do, which made her an even more perfect guest. Celeste and I are so glad that Chris joined us and she chose an amazing mood board for us to use as inspiration. 

Isn't that a fun mood board ?!?! I loved the color combo immediately but what drew me to this board was the fact that there are mailboxes in it.  If there's one thing I love as much as card-making, it's letter-writing. I'm in several Happy Mail groups and postcard swaps, and seem to get something in the mail at just the right time whenever I am in need of a pick-me-up. I have a wonderful friend in Scotland, Liz McGuire and she was the inspiration for using the United Kingdom-style mailbox.  I have several other UK friends too, who keep my mailbox full of snail mail !! I did try to  use at least a few of the mood board colors and I hope you like my card. And kudos to Chris -- I had so much fun with this one. 

• On a Cocoa-colored card base, I adhered a piece of paper from the DCWV Collage Art paper stack,  I cut the paper so that I had the bright sun in the upper right corner.
• I downloaded free digis for World Card-making Day from Heffy Doodle, then printed the bear and UK mailbox on white and brown cardstock, and also on red, blue and woodgrain papers.
• The images were fussy-cut and paper-pieced together. A few areas were colored in with several  of my favorite markers. 
• On a matching piece of Collage Art paper, I stamped my sentiment, using  Memories India Black ink . The sentiment was then cut to fit the area above the bear and adhered with Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue. I send lots of Snail Mail to cheer friends up and I love this sentiment - Don't Ever Give Up. It is from the stamp set "StrongerTogether"  by Close To My Heart. Proceeds from sales of this stamp set will be donated to the Red Cross to benefit disaster relief efforts.
• I had several small envelopes in my stash that I has stamped awhile ago and they were perfect for the bottom of the card and also 1 for the mail slot.
• I popped the sentiment up with foam dimensionals and also applied a string of rhinestones along the top, 
• This card is made for all of my Snail Mail, Happy Mail, Postcard Swapping friends.  You all inspire me, support my creative side, keep my mailbox full and never let me give up !!

Please go to Chris's site Stamped Blessings to see what she was inspired to make. We are thrilled with her choice of a Mood Board !! I'm sure that Celeste has also created something fun at her  blog    Crafting Junky. It's always interesting to see what different ideas we get from the same inspiration. 

For this week's coffee, I am drinking Starbucks Fall Blend in a fun spinning zombie head Walking Dead mug .  I am a true Walking Dead fan and the Season 7 Premiere is tonight. There's nothing I like better than a HUGE mug !! ( I like big mugs and I cannot lie !!  LOL )  Thank you for visiting Meticulosity once again. I hope you will sign up to follow me if you haven't already. Please also take a look at Celeste 's and Chris's blogs and follow them too !!

CTMH "Stronger Together"

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Heart-Full Homes

I have had SO much fun creating these postcards for an amazing group that I have joined recently - The Global Postcard Art Swap / heART Exchange  .  The cute little houses are in a stamp set designed by Susan K Weckesser -  Heart-Full Homes. These houses are so fun to create with. I have stamped them on patterned paper for this swap and then colored in different elements of each image. They were then cut out and adhered to the postcards with my favorite adhesive - Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue.

I used Strathmore Watercolor paper / 400 series from a 6 x 12'' pad. I can get 3 postcards from each sheet and there are 12 sheets in a pad. I buy them when I have coupons to my local craft stores and can get them for under $5. The watercolors are from a $5 set I purchased at Michaels. I made vertical stripes on each card in several colors and widths using different sized brushes and amounts of water. The theme of this swap was PEACE so I also used a Peace, Love, Joy stamp by Paper Source and a Peace On Earth stamp from Wordsworth / Ampersand Press. The clouds were punched out with a paper-punch from the same paper that was used on the houses. Grass washi by Scotch was a fun addition to the bottom edge of the card.

Postcard stamp by Amy Tangerine / American Crafts

The Global Postcard Art Swap is a group that "creates art from the heart in the form of a postcard to send and receive around the world". You can check out the Facebook Group or go to this link and sign up to be a part of the swaps that occur several times each year.The connections that are made through these swaps/groups are priceless !! At this time of Thanksgiving, I am so very grateful for all of the wonderful people that I have in my life. And it is through the joy of letter-writing /snail mail, that I have made some of my strongest friendships.

 

Postcards that I have received

Having fun with the Rhonna Designs App on my phone

I added some Susan K Weckesser images to my postcard photo.

Susan K Weckesser's "Heart-Full Homes" stamp set

Wishing you and yours an amazing Thanksgiving..

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity !!