Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas / February 2023

Hard to believe that it is the end of February. The Crafty Elves are getting started on their holiday cards for 2023 and bringing you inspiration each month to create some of your own.  I have been a fan of Art Impressions for years, especially their Windows to the World series. This month, I used the Christmas Drive Window stamp and created 2 cards - one with a traditional color scheme and one non-traditional. 

For both of my cards I used the beautiful Noel paper pad by Craft Consortium. This pad has such beautiful papers that I just wanted to hoard it but I finally broke down and decided to use it this month.  This pad has 40 double-sided sheets of heavyweight cardstock.

• I stamped the image onto a piece of mixed-media paper and a piece of watercolor paper and trimmed around the design.
• The images were colored with COPIC markers.
• Fine glitter was used for snow on the red truck image.
• Holographic glitter was used for snow on the turquoise truck image .
• The completed red truck image was matted on a piece of gold glitter paper and then adhered to a piece of floral patterned paper with foam tabs. It was then placed on a green card base.
• The completed turquoise truck image was matted on a piece of silver glitter paper and then adhered to a piece of holiday patterned paper. It was then placed on a turquoise card base . 

Do you like traditional colors for your holiday cards ?? Or do you create with non-traditional colors ?? I guess I am a fan of both, depending  on which stamp I am using . Let's take a look at what the other Crafty Elves have created for February,

Michael Trent - World of Michael Trent

Misty Lavigne - Jolly Fat Elf

Lisa Reynolds-Bzibziak - Life of a BZ Scrapper

Thanks so much for stopping by .. We will be here every month to share our holiday ideas with you and get you ready to create some of your own. 

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste / December 2022

Celeste and I are back with our December edition of Coffee & Cards .. And what better theme for this month than Coffee & Christmas . Two of my favorite themes for my card-making !! And Celeste found a gorgeous photo for us for inspiration ..

I chose to go with a snowman theme for my card and used a sweet stamp set from Unity Stamp Company - Snowman To Go .

• I stamped the cup image on a piece of blue snowflake paper from the NOEL paper pad by Craft Consortium , a piece of blue-grey paper and also on a piece of white Mixed-Media paper. 
• The sentiment was stamped on a Graph paper Ledger card .
• The cup was fussy-cut from the Mixed-Media paper and the cup lid from the blue-grey paper.
• I colored the Snowman cup  image with my COPICS.
• The cup lid was glued to the cup image and then the cup was glued to the snow paper.
• The completed snowman panel was adhered to a navy card base.
• I adhered the sentiment above the Snowman To Go .

Celeste jus might love coffee as much as I do, so I'm so excited to see what she has made.. You can see her card over at her blog -  Crafting Junky .  My coffee this month is Pecan Praline by Community Coffee - this flavor is really one of my Top 5 flavors !! And it was on sale at a local grocery store - Harris Teeter . I usually stock up on a few boxes of K-cups when the price is lowered !! As for my cup, I guess I wanted to get on the Winnie-the-Pooh bandwagon with everyone else, so I got this when I found it on sale.  I have a few cute Pooh stamps from Unity Stamp Company & Impression Obsession.  Might just have to use that as a theme sometime in 2023 !!

Thank you for joining us this month . We look forward to our posts in 2023 and hope that you will come back for more inspiration from me & Celeste .. Happy Holidays !! Wishing you all a safe and healthy New Year .

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Woodblock Wednesday / December 2022

Today is Woodblock Wednesday !! My crafty friend Amy Tsuruta will be posting a card each month using one of her many fabulous woodblock stamps and will also host a challenge in the corresponding blog post. I also have many woodblock stamps and decided to join her today.

I used a 2019 Christmas Banner stamp from Hero Arts for my card. The paper is a fabulous 6x6 pad from Craft Consortium -Made By Elves . I also used several faceted crystals . After I colored the image, I realized that I had that paper that was the perfect color match !! 

If you have a stash of woodblock stamps,  join the challenge and link up one of your own projects. You can get al the info and lots of inspiration HERE at Amy's blog - Tsuruta Designs .

Thank you for visiting me on Woodblock Wednesday .

#woodblockwednesday   #woodblockstamps

Debra Davison / Meticulosity