Gingerbread Man and Peppermint Latte

Yes, it's me again!  Today I am sharing all of the coffee/cocoa cards I made this week as it's the last day of the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  Here is my third card:

Products used:

Digital image:  Last Minute Manda Sweet Ginger Christmas Drinks 

Stamp:  Holly (Your Next Stamp Waddles Holiday Food Truck)

Sentiment:  Self-made in Microsoft Word

Embossing folder: Nellie's Choice Christmas Oval Holly Frame 

Other: Snowflake punch

I coloured the gingerbread and holly images with markers, added accents with a white paint marker, and fussy-cut.  I embossed a white panel with the holly frame and created a sentiment strip in Microsoft Word.  I finished the card with a few punched snowflakes. 

I was inspired by the following 8 challenges (see all badges below):

Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards G for Gingerbread UE

Caffeinated Christmas CCCC23 Christmas/Holiday themed card with at least one Holly element; card can be Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa (holly embossing folder and stamped holly by his feet)

Christmas Kickstart 80 It's Christmas, Jim, but not as we know it (I chose non-traditional colour combo) 3/3 C8

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Coffee, Tea, Cocoa &/or Hot Apple Cider project

Digi Choosday Wk 44 AG 1/2

Double Trouble 152 Deja Brew Coffee, Tea, and/or Cocoa, with optional twists to use a pun and link up at 2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop (I did all the things) 3/4

Passion for Markers 715 Favourite Stamp or Digi (cute Christmas characters) UE

We Love Stamping November Christmas Characters or Anything Goes 3/3

Here's a cat / coffee meme, just for fun!  I hope it makes you smile!

Thank you for being here!  Wishing you a pleasant day!

You're Snow Much Fun

Hello, it's me again, back with another card!  I've been inspired by a number of awesome challenges this week, as well as the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  Today is the last day so I'm linking up all of my cards this afternoon!  Here is my second card:

Products used:

Digital image:  Digi Doodles Studios Cocoa Charlie Freeze

Sentiment stamp:  Cardz TV Snow Day

Ink: Versamark for stamped sentiment, Distress Oxides for background (can't remember which colours as I made this background panel a while ago)

Die: Nellie's Choice Deer in Forest (I used a craft knife to remove the deer), dotted circle (can't remember the brand; all my circles are on magnets)

Other: Snowflake punches, Ranger White embossing powder, glitter paper

I coloured the image with markers, added accents with a white paint marker, and fussy-cut.  Do you see the little fox peeking out from behind?  So cute!   For the scene die, I used a craft knife to remove the deer.  I heat-embossed the sentiment in white and finished the card with several punched snowflakes. 

I was inspired by the following 8 challenges (see all badges below):

Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards I for Ice and Ink UE

Caffeinated Christmas CCCC23 Christmas/Holiday themed card with at least one Holly element; card can be Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa (holly on his hat) 

Carlin's Kaartparadijs 64 I for Ice and Ink 1/3

Christmas Kickstart 80 It's Christmas, Jim, but not as we know it (I chose non-traditional colour combo) 2/3 C8

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Coffee, Tea, Cocoa &/or Hot Apple Cider project

Die-Cut Divas November It's All About the Holidays (must use die) 2/4

Double Trouble 152 Deja Brew Coffee, Tea, and/or Cocoa, with optional twists to use a pun and link up at 2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop (I did all the things) 2/4

We Love Stamping November Christmas Characters or Anything Goes 2/3

Here's a cat / coffee cartoon, just for fun!  I hope it makes you smile!

Thank you for being here!  Wishing you a joy-filled day!

From Meow to You

Hello, everybody!  I was inspired by a number of challenges this week so I made four cards, all with a coffee or cocoa theme!  The Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop has been going on all week, and today is the last day, so I will be sharing all four of my cards today!   Here is the first one:

Products used:

Stamps:  AALL & Create Light it Up (kitty), Newton's Nook A Kitten Christmas (sentiment and holly)

Ink:  Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide

Die:  Memory Box Curved Happy Holidays

Embossing folder:  Darice Snowflake Background

Other:  Snowflake punch

This cute kitty is a stamp I don't own, but the stamped image was sent to me by a sweet friend (thank you so much - you know who you are!).  I coloured the cat and holly images with markers, added accents with a white paint marker, and fussy-cut.  I embossed a teal panel with snowflakes, adhered the curvy greeting die-cut, and stamped the sentiment directly on the die-cut.  I finished the card with a few punched snowflakes. 

I was inspired by the following 8 challenges (see all badges below):

Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards H for Happy Holidays and Holly UE

Caffeinated Christmas CCCC23 Christmas/Holiday themed card with at least one Holly element; card can be Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa (see holly by stamped sentiment)

Christmas Kickstart 80 It's Christmas, Jim, but not as we know it (I chose non-traditional colour combo) 1/3 C8

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Coffee, Tea, Cocoa &/or Hot Apple Cider project

Die-Cut Divas November It's All About the Holidays (must use die) 1/4

Double Trouble 152 Deja Brew Coffee, Tea, and/or Cocoa, with optional twists to use a pun and link up at 2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop (I did all the things) 1/4

Passion for Markers 715 Favourite Stamp or Digi (cute Christmas characters) UE

We Love Stamping November Christmas Characters or Anything Goes 1/3

Here's a cat / coffee meme, just for fun!  I hope it makes you smile!

Thank you for being here!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Butterfly Joy-Fold Card

Hello and Happy November!  We had 3 inches of snow a couple days ago but it's all gone now, Yay!  I'm not ready for winter yet!

Today I present my first Joy-Fold Card!  I was inspired by Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge 188, and I chose all of the options:  Monochromatic, Joy-Fold Card, and Lace Edging (real or faux), plus Butterflies.  The colour options are shown below, and I chose Lilacs.

In doing this challenge, the hardest part was choosing monochromatic patterned papers. It turns out that I have very few so I spent a long time searching through my patterned papers and ended up in my old Dollarama stash, where I finally found some suitable papers that coordinated.  

The unbranded sentiment stamp I chose for the front was of poor quality and did not take the ink well, very disappointing, but I do like these words.  The butterfly and flower center are punched shapes.  

Here's how the card looks when open:

The large butterfly is a Gina Marie Designs die, and my faux lace is Die-Versions Whispers Lacey Dots border die.  I added three more punched butterflies with flower centers.  I would normally add gems to the middle of my butterflies but I thought they would indent the paper when closed so I opted for the flower centers.  The inside is left blank so I can write my message later.  I like how my card turned out, and now I know how to make a Joy-Fold Card, thanks to Mrs. A!

Here's Mrs. A's Butterfly Wheel for Challenge 188; I chose Lilacs:

I would like to join the following challenges:
Butterfly Challenge 188 Monochromatic, Joy-Fold Card, Lace Edging, Butterflies 1/3

CRAFT 696 AG 1/2

Crafts Galore Encore November 1/3
Creative Fingers 265 AG 1/3
DL.ART November Linky AG UE 1/day
Penny's Paper-Crafty 558 AG 1/3
Polkadoodles 43 AG 1/2
Word Art Wednesday 619-620 AG wk2 1/5
Gem of a  Challenge 22 AG 1/3

I started sharing cat memes/cartoons last month for the cat lovers challenge in memory of Janis Woolbright from Her Peaceful Garden so I thought I would continue.  Enjoy!

Thank you for being here, and for your kind words in the comments.  They brighten my day!  I will visit your blog sometime over the weekend.  Peaceful wishes to all!

Brrr - Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

Hello, everybody! Before I get started, I would like to welcome my newest follower - Barb Finnical - thank you so much for joining me!

All month I have been taking part in the Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge at Christmas Kickstart, and sadly the challenge will end on October 31.  You still have time to join the fun and inspiration, so head over and check it out!  You will remember that this challenge has been organized to honour Janis Woolbright from Her Peaceful Garden, who hosted the annual Cat Lovers Hop and who sadly passed away in January 2023.  RIP, Janis, I know you would have enjoyed this month so much!

Today's card was also inspired by Let's Play Tic-Tac-Toe with Gail, which is Day 8 of the challenge. Gail has put together a fun tic-tac-toe board featuring some of Janis's cards to inspire us.  For this card, I chose the diagonal line of Die-cut, Tag, and Stamp. Please scroll down to see Gail's inspirational game board.

This adorable kitten is from Newton's Nook (one of the challenge's generous sponsors), and this is my first time inking it up.  The set is called A Kitten Christmas.  I had fun colouring this kitty with markers, and then I added some sparkle to her hat with Star Dust Stickles.  I fussy-cut the kitten so I could pop her up on foam tape.  The Brrr sentiment is also from Newton's Nook, from the Snowflake Roundabout stamp set.

Nearly all items for this card were snippets/scraps/leftovers:  the patterned paper, the sparkly red bow, the torn white landscape, and the embossed blue tag.  Even the snowflake gems were left out on my desk as I had intended to use them on my previous card.  Sorry I didn't take a photo of the snippets before adhering everything, totally forgot.

Other products used:

Dies: Die-cuts were leftovers but I looked up the brands:  STAMPlorations Tags 1 Nesting Dies CUTplorations (tag), Paper Smooches Wise Dies - Bows (bow)  
Embossing folder: Tag was already embossed but it's Die'sire Embossalicious Let it Snow
Patterned paper:  Lawn Fawn scraps 
Snowflake gems:  My old Dollarama stash

Here's Gail's Tic-Tac-Toe board of Janis's inspiration cards. Hop over to Day 8 to get a closer look:

I would like to join the following challenges, for a total of 10:
ABC Christmas U for Use it Up (scraps and leftovers described above) UE

Allsorts 752 Embossing Heat or Dry 1/3

Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge - Christmas Kickstart October Cats 6/6 C10
Cat Lovers Challenge Day 8 Let's Play Tic-Tac-Toe with Gail (die-cut, tag, stamp) 3/3

Creative Fingers 264 AG 1/3
Die-Cut Divas Layering Die, or Layer a Die-cut on another Die-cut (bow on tag) 3/4
DL.ART October Linky AG UE
Pixie's Snippet Playground 466  Snippets as described above 1E C10
Show Us Your Pussycats October Furrything Goes UE
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 1/5

Janis enjoyed making everyone smile by sharing cat memes/cartoons, so here are a few more for you. Enjoy!

Thank you for being here and for looking at everything I shared today. Wishing you a wonderful day with many blessings!

Whiskers in Wonderland - Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

Hi, everyone!  Before I get started, I would like to welcome my two newest followers - Jeanne H and Glenda Rieck - thank you so much for joining me!

I continue to be inspired by all of the adorable kitty cards over at the Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge at Christmas Kickstart!  I hope you've had a chance to look at the gallery of kitties!  I think you'll be inspired too!   You will remember that this challenge has been organized to honour Janis Woolbright from Her Peaceful Garden, who hosted the annual Cat Lovers Hop and who sadly passed away in January 2023. 

Today's card was also inspired by Let's Play Tic-Tac-Toe with Gail, which is Day 8 of the challenge.  Gail has put together a fun tic-tac-toe board featuring some of Janis's cards to inspire us, and it worked because I have been inspired by Janis's cards and techniques!  Scroll down to see the game board!  This time I chose the diagonal line of  Die-cut, Tag, and Stamp.

This cute kitty is a stamp I don't own, but the stamped image was sent to me by a sweet friend (thank you so much - you know who you are!). The maker is AALL & Create, and from a Google search I found the name of the stamp is Whiskers in Wonderland, so cute! You can see I fussy-cut the stamped sentiment for my card!

I was excited to colour the image with markers and then fussy-cut so I could pop him up on foam tape. I added a few highlights with a white paint marker.  I tore a scrap of white paper for the snowy landscape and then again to fit the tag.  The tag die-cut was longer but I trimmed it to fit my card and embossed it with a snowflakd pattern.  I added a sparkly red die-cut bow to the tag, as well as a sparkly red scalloped die-cut  scrap that I found when I was looking for the bow.  A few punched snowflakes finished it off!

Other products used:

Dies: STAMPlorations Tags 1 Nesting Dies CUTplorations (tag), Alina Craft Designed by Alason Set of 7 Bows (bow)
Embossing folder: Die'sire Embossalicious Let it Snow

Patterned paper:  Whimsy Stamps Blurry Flurries

Punch: Small snowflake punch 

Here's Gail's Tic-Tac-Toe board of Janis's inspiration cards. Hop over to Day 8 to get a closer look:

I would like to join the following challenges, for a total of 10:

Christmas Kickstart - Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge October Christmas Cats 5/6 C10
Cat Lovers Challenge Day 8 Let's Play Tic-Tac-Toe with Gail (die-cut, tag, stamp) 2/3
Creative Moments 251 It's Alive 2/3
Die-Cut Divas Layering Die, or Layer a Die-cut on another Die-cut 2/4
Jan's Digi Stamps October AG 5/5
Pattie's Creations 211 AG 2/3
Polkadoodles 40 AG 2/4
Show Us Your Pussycats October Furrything Goes UE
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Christmas 2/5
Word Art Wednesday 617-618 AG w Uplifting Sentiment 2/5 wk 1

Janis enjoyed making everyone smile by sharing cat memes/cartoons, so here are a couple for you.  Enjoy!

By the way, yesterday was Day 10 of the Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge and it features a fun Christmas kitty word search.  Head over there to get a closer look, and have fun!  We love word searches at our house!  They are great for a brain workout!

Thank you for being here and for looking at everything I shared today. Wishing you a wonderful weekend with many blessings!