Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas / November 2023

I don't know where the time went .. This past year has flown by !!  4 weeks until Christmas and here we are again - the Crafty Elves - AND we have a very special Guest Elf. Amy Tsuruta is an amazing papeecrafter and the force behind the Coffee Loving Papercrafters page on Facebook !! She just finished up the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and was gracious enough to agree to join us . I really can't say enough nice things about her .. I'm excited to see what she creates for us this month .

There are so many new Christmas stamps in my stash .. I had a hard time deciding which ones to use for this post .. But finally Tim Holz's Christmas Cartoons won . I love these stamps . They remind me of the Jetsons !!

• I stamped the images on white Mixed Media paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink .
• The sentiments were stamped last, using my MISTI for proper placement.
• The images were colored in with my COPICS.
• I adhered pieces of some hoarded Tim Holtz Christmas patterned paper to a powder blue and a bright green card base,
• I matted each of the completed stamped panels with green cardstock 
• The stamped panels were popped up on the card bases with foam tabs.
• I placed a silver glitter mini clothes pin at the top of the stamped panel on the powder blue card base .

These images were so quick and easy to color !! I know I will be making many more this holiday season. Now it's time to see what the rest of the Crafty Elves have created .. You can find them at the links below -

 Amy Tsuruta - Craftee 1

Michael Trent - World of Michael Trent

Lisa Reynolds Bzibziak - Life of a BZscrapper

We hope that you like our creations for November. Thanks so much to Amy for joining us  I will be sending some holiday blog candy to 1 commeter on this post .. I'll choose someone at random .. Let me know if you've started on your holiday cards yet. If you haven't, you might want to make a resolution for 2024 to follow us each month for inspiration !!

Until next time, Stay Creative

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste / November 2023

Celeste and I are getting in the holiday spirit with this month's inspiration photo !! Last year, she sent me a stamp set from Close To My Heart and she also has the set . We decided to use it for our cards this month !! We hope you are inspired to make a few holidays cards yourself if you haven't already ..

The Close To My Heart stamp/die set "Comfort and Joy"  has so many fun elements . I had planned on using the tree then couldn't make up my mind when I sat down to work on the card .... So, I decided to combine 3 of the stamps into 1 slimline card . I hope you like it !!

• I stamped the images using Catherine Pooler Mini ink pads -  the colors were as follows - Deck the Halls/Eucalyptus , Noel/Peppermint Scrub and Eucalyptus, and the Tree & Star/Spruce and Sauna .
• The images were cut using the matching dies.
• I adhered the die-cut green leaves to the NOEL image.
• I cut a piece of dark red cardstock for my slimline card.
• A piece of plaid holiday paper was cut to fit the card base anda strip of gold glitter washi was placed down the left side .
• I adhered the plaid paper to the card base.
• The stamped images were adhered to the plaid paper.
• I placed several blue-green rhinestones on the Deck the Halls image.
• Small colored pearls were adhered to the tree.

I used my new paper cutter on this card  - the Tim Holtz-Tonic Precision Trimmer . I had the same cutter for almost 10 years and wanted to try something new. I am not affiliated with these companies - I just honestly love this trimmer. You can check out its features and see a video HERE at Tonic Studios.

It will be fun to see what Celeste has created using the same stamp set .  Her card can be found over at her blog - Crafting Junky . For my coffee this month, I couldn't pass up using my Red Cup from Starbucks. I am excited every year for Red Cup Day and this year was no exception !! I'm using this picture from Starbucks of the cup because it is so pretty but I'm using my own at home as I write this .  Chestnut Praline coffee is my flavor cloice for November.  We had roasted and boiled chestnuts every Christmas when I was growing up in Pennsylvania so this coffee brings back lots of happy memories !!

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity to see what Celeste and I are up to this season. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by friends and family .. Don't forget to relax in the middle of all the chaos of the cooking, cleaning, football watching etc ..

Until next time - Stay Creative

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Technique Junkies Stamp Release / November 2023

Here we are with our November Release from  Technique Junkies . There are 11 new stamps to choose from and they are all fabulous !! As always, new release stamps are 15% off through the 8th of the month and if you use my code - TJ10Deb - you can save 10% on all other supplies .. The new release stamps also come in a specially priced bundle if you feel like you just have to have them all !!

I chose the Vintage Script Collage for my first card of this release.  I had several ideas for this stamp  - ATC card or coins, 2 mini slimline cards or a slimline card .. The list went on and on.. What to do with that large stamp ?!?!?! I finally chose to cut the image into quarters and re-arrange them ..  I'm very happy with it and hope you are too ..

• I stamped the Vintage Script Collage with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on white Mixed-Media paper.
• I trimmed the image then cut it into quarters.
• All of the 4 quarters were colored with my COPICS .
• I re-arranged the quarters and adhered them on a piece of red cardstock, leaving space between each quarter.
• A floral postage stamp was placed on the lower left image . 
• A piece of cursive patterned paper was adhered to a white card base.
• The completed,matted stamped panel was adhered to the cursive paper.
• A sentiment was placed in the lower right corner of the card.

All of the Technique Junkies Design Team members have created projects for this release. You can look at them at the links below -

Debra - you are here

TJ Blog

Christine

Darlene

Michael

Shalana

Jeanette

Pam

Pat

Think you for stopping by to check out the latest Release. I'm sure there is a stamp or two to spark your creativity. Have you started your holiday cards yet ?? Do you have a friend's birthday coming up ?? Take some time to look at the latest that Technique Junkies has to offer. My teammates and I will be posting projects throughout the month to inspire you .

Debra Davison / Meticulosity