Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste 6/2023 - and a few Crafty Elves

This month's edition of Coffee & Cards has a few guests tagging along with us !! Today is also the day for Crafty Elves so I'm combining my posts .. And it seems like the elves have brought over some of their holiday spirit because I've created a Christmas card !! Celeste and I   decided to each make a card with supplies that we have but have forgotten about, like the supplies I recently found while cleaning out the garage !! I even found my very first Cuttlebug machine,  along with the plates - how cool is that ?!?!

So as I said above, we are cleaning our garage.. A new garage is being installed shortly so we had to get a few things moved away from the present door . Once we got started, we figured we might as well just clean the entire garage.  To give you an idea of what it looked like, let me say this - we can now see the floor !! I found lots of great craft supplies - paper,  stickers, rubber stamps etc.. And most in excellent shape.. So I decided to use a paper collection kit that I found - Crate Paper "Peppermint" .

• This one is easy-peasy !! On a pastel card base, I layered paper, stickers and die-cuts from the Peppermint collection  by Crate Paper .
• The stocking banner, snowflakes and Christmas sign were popped up with foam tabs.
• Several rhinestones in shades of blue were placed on the snow globe.
• The card is finished !!

Since this is being posted on the 25th of the month, the Crafty Elves are also joining us with their holiday creations. And I'm sure Celeste has found something wonderful in her crafty stash for her card too .. I'm hoping she created something different than a holiday card - LOL

Follow these links to see what Celeste, Michael, Lisa and Misty have created this month..

Celeste - Crafting Junky

Michael - World of Michael Trent

Lisa - Life of a BZscrapper

Misty - Jolly Fay Elf You Tube

My coffee this month is giving me Christmas vibes - it's Starbucks Gingerbread   I could drink this coffee all year long and usually buy several boxes on sale after the holidays. My coffee cup was recently given to me by a dear friend. Life has been tough these past 18 months since my son was killed but this cup reminded me that I am indeed tough too !! It sits on my desk so I can see it every day ..

Thank you all for stopping by to see what we have been up to this month. We are at the halfway mark to Christmas - can you believe that ?!?!?! Have you started your holiday cards yet ? The Crafty Elves will be back next month with more holiday inspiration for you .. Until then, stay creative !!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity