Coffee & Cards with Deb and Celeste / June 2024

For our June collaboration, Celeste and I are creating masculine cards with the inspiration of this fabulous Mood Board. As an added bonus, it just so happens to be Father's Day, which made it even more perfect !! We also have a Guest today - Michael Trent is joining us ..  I'm always excited to see what he creates.

I went with the various shades of brown from the Mood Board for my card . My guy Brian and our sweet cat Pixie love to look out of the big bay window in our kitchen and watch the birds at the feeders . They inspired me to make this card - Brian is definitely the best Cat Dad and this card will be his for Father's Day .. I used the Birdhouse Neighborhood stamp  from Art Impressions. I absolutely love their Windows To The World collection.

Hope your days are happy and life is good

And all is well in your neighborhood.

• I stamped Birdhouse Neighborhood on a piece of white Mixed- Media paper.
• The stamped image was die cut with a Stitched Square die.
• I colored the image with my COPICS.
• I adhered a piece of scrap paper with shades of brown and blue to an A2 card base.
• The completed stamped panel was adhered to the card base with foam tabs.

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out our June theme..

Take a look at the cards from Celeste and Michael at the following links -

Celeste - Crafting Junky

Michael - World of Michael Trent

Today my coffee is a delicious Pecan Praline from Community Coffee.I'm drinking it out of my Life is Good cup with an important message on the back - Do what you like, Like what you do  !!

Until next time,

Stay Creative !!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

June Cookies - Take 1

I loved the picture for this Challenge because I really did have the BEST Dad ever !! He was my hero, my best friend, my reading buddy. He always made me feel better no matter what and I miss him every day.  I was only lucky enough to have him for 17 years but I cherish every memory of us together. And every year for Father's Day, I make a card that I know he would love. I hope that you love it too !! 

My dad and I were inseparable. He loved to read and passed his love of books on to me. We walked to the library several times a week . I can remember that long before I could actually read,  I would sit with him and hold my book, turning the pages when he did. To this day, I still sometimes find myself wishing I could tell him about a fantastic book that I've just read.  I wonder what he would think of my 2 e-readers . Probably would not be a fan !! My card today celebrates my love for my father and our shared love of books.  I used the perfect digi-stamp sets from Vera Lane Studio :  Father Daughter and Book Lover. 

• I printed the  images of the father, daughter, sentiment and the books on Neenah Stardust White cardstock, and fussy-cut them .  
• The images were colored with Akashiya SAI Watercolor Brush pens and my new fabulous Zebra Mildliner Creative Marking Tools .
• On a black glossy card base, I adhered a piece of outdoorsy paper from a fun paper pad I found at Joanns.
• I cut the sentiment, leaving  room on the right edge for a fun strip of washi. 
• I adhered the books, father, daughter and sentiment to the card base with my Tombow MONO + Adhesive Runner .
• Glossy Accents was applied to the lenses of the glasses .

This Challenge will be live for 2 weeks so link up a project by June 27. Show the fathers in your life how much they mean to you with a fun project !! And don't forget to take a look at all of my teammate's creativity over at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie . 

Until next time, Stay Creative.

Debra Davison / Meticulosity