Sunday, March 17, 2024

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste / March 2024

For our post this month, Celeste and I are going with a Green theme ! Very appropriate for St. Patrick's Day today AND to link up to the latest Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge , whose theme this month is also GREEN. 



My first card today is an idea that I immediately thought of when we decided to do a Green theme for March .  I used a $1 Clearance stamp from Impression Obsession  - Lillian . AND I got to use one of my favorite cereals in my photo !!


  • The Lillian images ( girl and sentiment ) were stamped on a piece of white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink .
  • It was cut with a square decorative die .
  • I colored the image with my COPICS and then added some clear glitter to the wings.
  • Green rhinestones were placed  above the sentiment .
  • A piece of floral patterned paper was adhered to an ombre' green card base.
  • The completed stamped panel was adhered to the  patterned paper with foam tabs.


My second card was made with the Warm Winter Wishes stamp & die set  from Brutus Monroe . I'm linking it up to the latest Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge. Follow that link for all the details .  It's a fun monthly challenge that will inspire you with holiday ideas  to help you build your stash .  There is always one randomly chosen winner each month to win a prize.

#caffeinatedchristmascardchallenge  #cccc27



  • I adhered a piece of blue/green plaid patterned paper to a white card base.
  • The cup image was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on white cardstock and the sentiment on a piece of red cardstock .
  • The images were cut with their matching dies .
  • I colored the cup/hands image with my COPICS and then adhered it to the plaid paper with foam tabs.
  • The sentiment was placed on the bottom right corner of the card .



I'm drinking a yummy Cafe' Bustelo "Cafe' Con Leche" in a fun Calamity Mug that my friend Nola gave me .. The K-cup already has sweetener and milk added and it is just perfect - like dessert in a cup !!



Be sure to check out Celeste's project for March over at Crafting Junky . Thank you for stopping by .. I'm wishing you all the luck of the Irish today and all year long with one of my favorite Irish sayings - 




Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Baking With Love

Today I'm here  with a fun card using the Inside Out : No Good Advice stamp set from the March Release. It includes 5 snarky sentiment duos that just crack me up !! I chose to  use the baking combo because it brought back lots of sweet memories of being in the kitchen with my mom as a child .. We made hundreds of dozens of chocolate chip cookies over the years - she always called them "Toll House" . And if you knew my mom, you know that she never ever met a recipe that she actually followed word for word . She always added something extra or changed it just a little - she called it "doctoring it up".. I think she would have absolutely loved this card that I made .. 



And the fun part of this card is that I cut out an extra oven door and adhered it to the oven so it opens .. AND that is where I put the snarky "inside" saying !! Isn't that the cutest ?!?!?




  • I stamped the "outside" saying with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of patterned paper with a cute kitchen scene.
  • I cut the oven door out of another piece of paper leaving some excess below the door.
  • The stamped panel was adhered to a kraft card base.
  • The "inside" sentiment was stamped with Teal Zeal Memento ink on a scrap piece of the same patterned paper and then trimmed.
  • I adhered that sentiment on the oven door on my card base
  • I folded the bottom  edge of the oven door paper and adhered it to the front of my card right over the original oven door .
  • I placed a piece of removable double-sided tape at the top of the oven door so it could be opened and closed .
  • Red rhinestones were placed along the pattern at the top of the card .

Thanks for stopping by to see my card !! It honors my mom who I lost 30 years ago . I might just make some Toll House cookies today . Have a great day !!

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

A Favorite Pastime

The March Release stamp Jumping Fish Linograph from Technique Junkies brought back some wonderful memories of my childhood and also that of my son's. I fresh-water fished often in Pennsylvania with my dad and brother. And my son and his dad fished together alot when he was young - they even made their own rods and lures !! As an adult, my son never lost his love of fishing . So this stamp was a nice reminder of all those memories !! 



  • I stamped the Jumping Fish Lithograph on a piece of cream cardstock with blue and green inks .
  • I stamped the fish image again and fussy-cut it.
  • A piece of floral wood-grain paper was adhered to a gold metallic card base.
  • I adhered the stamped panel to a piece of dark green cardstock .
  • The completed panel was then adhered to the wood-grain paper.
  • I placed the fussy-cut fish on top of the stamped panel using a Wobble Spring .
  • A Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker was placed on the lower right side of the card .



You can check out all the March Release stamps over at Technique Junkies . And if you use my code - TJ10Deb - you will save 10% on your purchases .Look for more projects from me throughout the month here and on my social media - Facebook and IG .


Debra Davison
Meticulosity

Monday, March 4, 2024

A Beautiful Silhouette

I think this is one of the most beautiful stamps from the March Technique Junkies Release .Flower and Wing Silhouette is one of 13 new stamp/stamp sets released this month . All are 15% off through March 8 with no code required . My code - TJ10Deb - will save you 10% on all other supplies . 




I chose the Shades of Beauty paper pack from Paper House Productions to use with my card for today. It goes perfectly with the design of my card . The Flower and Wing Silhouette stamp is beautiful on its own and I chose not to color any part of it, but used the butterfly paper strip  to enhance the butterflies on the stamped image .


  • The Flower and Wing Silhouette stamp was stamped on a piece of patterned Shades of Beauty paper  with Memento Tuxedo Black ink  and adhered to a black card base.
  • 2 strips of patterned paper - from the same paper pack - were adhered to the card . The butterfly strip was adhered to the bottom and the black/gold patterned strip was adhered to the left side.  
I hope that you love this card as much as I do . The entire Technique Junkies Design Team has created some amazing cards with this image - they can all be seen at the link to the stamp here .

Thank you for stopping by to see my card . I'll be posting more throughout the month . Check out all of the new release stamps at Technique Junkies .




Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Friday, March 1, 2024

Technique Junkies Stamp Release / March 2024

Spring will finally be here soon and I'm happily looking forward to some warmer weather !! It's also time for the March Release at Technique Junkies.  There are 13 new stamps/stamp sets and as always, they are 15% off through March 8 ( no code required ). You also have the option to buy them all at a special price . 




For my first card of this Release, I combined 2 stamps - Faith Requires Trust and Flower Border .I was looking through some older Technique Junkies stamps to pair with the sentiment and then happened to look over and see Flower Border . I immediately thought it would be perfect and I'm very happy with how the card turned out .



 
  • I stamped the Flower Border  in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of white Mixed-Media paper.
  • The Faith Requires Trust sentiment was stamped above the border with Nautical Blue Memento ink.
  • I colored the image with my COPICS .
  • On a 5x7 Kraft card base, I adhered a piece of gold-foil cross paper.
  • The completed stamped panel was adhered to a piece of navy blue cardstock and then placed on the card base.  

 

I hope you will check out all the new release stamps for March . For inspiration, you can check out the projects from the rest of the Design Team at the links below :

TJ Blog

Jeanette

Shalana

Deb - YOU ARE HERE

Michael

Pam

AJ

Christine

Darlene

Pat


Thanks for stopping by my blog to see the March Release stamps from Technique Junkies !! Remember to use my code - TJ10Deb - when you shop.  It will save you 10% on all but the new releases.They are always 15% off through the 8th of the month . I hope you are enjoying some nice weather wherever you are.  If you aren't, stay cozy and do some stamping !!



Debra Davison / Meticulosity




Sunday, February 25, 2024

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste & a Crafty Elf / February 2024

Today is the day that Lisa and I post our holiday cards each month .  And since I had some new supplies that tied in with the theme that Celeste and I are using for our February Blog collaboration, I decided to combine my ideas. Celeste and I chose Mail Art / Snail Mail as our theme for February - one of my favorite themes ever !!


 Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste - Mail Art / Snail Mail


Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas

I used some absolutely gorgeous paper and ephemera for my cards   today. They are from the Echo Park Paper Company Letters To Santa  collection. The colors in this collection are so vibrant and each paper design is more beautiful than the next !!  I couldn't decide which paper to use for my card so I created 2 cards !!




 


  • I stamped the letterbox from the Stamped With Love set by Stampin' Up. I used Tuxedo Black Memento ink on red cardstock and white cardstock.
  • I fussy-cut the letterboxes from the red cardstock and then cut the envelopes from the white .
  • The envelopes were adhered onto the red letterboxes and then a red sparkly heart was placed on each envelope.
  • I used a Pierced Chain Rectangle Die to cut some mats for the letterboxes.
  • I cut the patterned papers to fit my 5x7 Kraft card bases and adhered them to each card.
  • The die cut rectangles were adhered towards the top of each card .
  • I placed the letterboxes on each die cut rectangle with foam tabs.
  • Ephemera sentiments from the Letters To Santa collection were placed at the bottom of each card.
I'm excited to see what Celeste and Lisa have created. You can see Lisa's projects  here at Life of a BZscrapper and Celeste's over at her blog - Crafting Junky .It was nice to combine my post with Lisa and Celeste this month. It's been a hectic month here and I'm relaxing and enjoying a cup of Vanilla Macadamia Nut Coffee in a fun new cup I found on clearance at Joann's. I could almost resist it until I saw the pretty green gingham pattern inside the cup !! AND the mushroom and frog are raised off the mug - so cute ..



Thank you for stopping by to  see my latest holiday creation . Have you started on yours ?? Make a nice cup of coffee or tea and create some for your stash .

Until next time, Stay Creative

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Monday, February 19, 2024

Nurses Are Angels

One of the new release stamps from Technique Junkies for February is  Nurses Are Angels . I have been an RN since 1984 and spent most of my career in Intensive Care Units. I absolutely loved taking care of my patients and also their families - it is a rewarding,  challenging and many times heartbreaking profession.  I'm no longer in direct patient care,  now looking forward to retirement I certainly don't see myself as an angel - I just hope that the care I've given to others has made a positive impact and made a scary situation a little less traumatic for my patients and their loved ones..



  • I stamped the Nurses Are Angels image on white mixed-media paper with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and Catherine Pooler Peppermint Scrub ink .
  • The stamped image was die-cut with a square scalloped die.
  • I adhered a piece of pink polka-dot patterned paper to a white card base.
  • A strip of paper was trimmed from a piece of patterned paper and adhered at the bottom of the polka-dot paper as a border.
  • Red rhinestones were placed in the center of every other flower on the border.
  • The completed stamped image was adhered to the card with foam tabs.

This is just one of 13 new stamps from Technique Junkies this month . You can save 10% when you shop with my code - TJ10Deb . Be kind to yourself and take time to create !!





Debra Davison / Meticulosity