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