Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas / September 2026

Fall is finally here and with it comes cooler weather.  Hard to believe that the holidays will be here soon. It's time to start on your holiday cards, if you haven't already.

I've been destashing and found some great older wood mounted stamps. Today I'm using Tinsel Tree from Stampendous.

• I stamped the Tinsel Tree on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink .
• The tree was colored with my Ohuhu markers.
• I used a stitched edge rectangle die to cut out my image .
• A piece of scrap patterned paper was trimmed and adhered to a 5x7 white card base.
• The stamped panel was adhered to the patterned paper with foam tabs.
• I placed some yellow rhinestones on the stars and some light blue and turquoise rhinestones on the snowflake.
• A Tim Holtz sentiment was placed in the lower right corner of the card .

Michael and Lisa are also adding to their holiday stash and you can check out their cards over at their blogs - 

Michael Trent - World of Michael Trent

Lisa Reynolds Bzibziak - Life of a BZscrapper

Thank you for stopping by to see our holiday inspiration . I hoe you are having some cool Autumn weather where you are . It's been pretty rainy and windy here but at least the temps are cooler. We will see you next month for our October cards .

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste / September 2026

Finally, Finally, Finally the weather has cooled down a bit !!  Celeste and I are here with our Coffee & Cards collab for September and the theme is FALL .I have so many Fall supplies that it was difficult to narrow it down, but I eventually did . We have a gorgeous inspiration photo that I hope will inspire you too ..

For my cards today, I used the Where Autumn Lingers vintage papers from KCS Designs by Kim on ETSY . The stamped image is from Picket Fence Studios - BFF Ruby Girl . It also has a matching die .The sentiment circles are Recollection Fall stickers.

Fall is My Favorite Season

Fall Breeze, Autumn Leaves

• I printed the Autumn backgrounds and adhered one to a Rust colored mat and the other to a Dark Brown card base .
• Ruby Girl was stamped twice on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink , colored with my Ohuhu markers and then cut with the matching die .
• Ruby with the green coat was popped up with foam tabs on the Autumn picnic paper
• Ruby with the gold jacket was adhered to the outdoor  Autumn scene.
• The Fall is My Favorite Season sticker was adhered to a rust cardstock circle and placed in the upper left corner of the card .
• The Fall Breeze sticker was adhered to the upper left corner of the other card .
• The picnic panel was adhered to a Dark Brown card base.

These were fun cards to make !! The colors of the Autumn papers were so vibrant, very beautiful .Great collection by Kim from KCS Designs . You can see Celeste's card for September over at her blog - Crafting Junky . I got out a favorite Autumn coffee cup for today's post - and I'm having a nice cup of Pecan Praline coffee as I write this .Thanks so much for stopping by to see what inspired us for September. I hope wherever you are, you are enjoying some lovely weather. And  lots of fabulous offer too !!  Until next time, Stay Creative .

Debra Davison / Meticulosity