Tea Gift Boxes for Coffee Loving Papercrafters

Hey crafters. It's time for the 2026 Fall/Winter Blog Hop at Coffee Loving Papercrafters! Anyone can link up a newly created card, layout or gift project and be entered to win a crafty prize! Catherine Pooler Designs is a super sponsor so I thought I would share a project that features several CPD products. I've been a fan of Coffee Loving Papercrafters since it's inception and was on their design team for awhile. Amy Tsuruta and her team really work hard to put these hops together and we are all so grateful for their hard work!

I'm also veering from my usual card by sharing a gift project today. Scroll down for details!

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.) 

If you follow me on social media, then you know I love crafting and tea, my two big loves. I've had the Catherine Pooler Designs Peek-A-Boo Treat Box dies in my stash for a couple months and I thought this would be a perfect time to break them in.

Initially, I was going to fill these treat boxes with some kind of Fall candy. But when I finished my first die cut and started to assemble it, I realized it was the perfect size to fit a couple tea bags inside.

So, what did I do? I went to Walmart, haha. Unfortunately, most of my tea supply is loose leaf or tea bags that aren't individually wrapped. I absolutely love Chai, so I snagged the Twinings box of Chai for under $5.00. I checked Amazon and it's $4.16 right now if you like shopping there. Oh look, here's an Amazon affiliate link for you, imagine that 😆! 

In the photo above, you can see my first die cut box that's ready to assemble. I would recommend using paper from a 6x8 inch or larger paper pad or scrapbook paper when using this die. The papers I used are actually discontinued, but I liked how they fit my theme. And hey, it's always good to use up your stash, right?

The stamp set that I used to create my elements and sentiment are from the Catherine Pooler Designs Flavors of Fall stamp set. The CPD inks I used were Mandarin Spice, Macchiato, Amber, Eucalyptus and then S'mores for my sentiment.

I also added a little embellishment to my cup above that includes that tiny little dark blue enamel dot. Also, my sentiment was stamped onto CPD Over Coffee cardstock. I love how the dark S'mores ink looks against it.

I was really happy with how this turned out and now I want to make little party favors for Christmas too! Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you hop along for this blog hop!

Terri

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Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Mandarin Spice Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Catherine Pooler	Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Macchiato Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Refillable Permanent Adhesive Runner - 49 feet Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Project Grip Mat Large - White - 24x18 inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom
3 mm Adhesive Strips - 160 strips Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Eucalyptus Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Catherine Pooler	Catherine Pooler Amber Ink Pad Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Exclusive Gripmate Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Mini Misti Stamp Positioner Shop at: Scrapbookcom	CPD Flavors of Fall Bundle Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Sage Green Platinum 6 Bundle Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Pink Platinum 6 Die Cut System Shop at: Scrapbookcom
CPD Over Coffee Cardstock Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD S'mores Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler	SBC Paper Trimmer Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Peek-a-boo Treat Box Die Shop at: Catherine Pooler
Flavors of Fall Stamp Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Party Blues Enamel Dots Shop at: Catherine Pooler

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Light Up Church Winter Card Collab

Hey fellow crafters. Today's card is a collaboration with Catherine Pooler Designs and Pear Blossom Press. Both teams were tasked with creating a light up card and I'm so excited to share what I've created today! I'm also using a technique I rarely do - emboss resist. Why I rarely do this, I don't know. But, after today's results, I just might have to create with this technique more often! 

There's also an Instagram Hop and giveaway and you don't want to miss out. Make sure you head over to either company Instagram page to hop along and be entered for a prize.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.) 

Keep in mind, the Instagram Hop begins on Nov 5, 2026 at 9 am ET and ends Nov 8, 2026. Before you head over there, I'd love for you to hang with me for just a minute.

I don't have every detail imaged from the creative process, but I began by stamping my trees and church on white cardstock using Wow white embossing powder paired with their clear ultra drying embossing pad, and stamping with my Misti stamp positioner.

Then, I took my CPD Dress Blues ink pad and directly swiped it all across my scene. The emboss resist technique comes into play when you swipe the ink off the embossed areas with a damp paper towel. Pretty cool, huh?

Pleases note, I did place a wide strip of low tack tape across the base of the church and tree line, so I could leave the bottom portion of the card panel white. Like snow!

Next, I used my CPD Around the Loop Nested Dies to create the oval shape for my scene.

I decided to add an oval white border around my scene and pop my card panel on 3mm foam strips. This also allows space for the battery on the back side.

I also used a craft knife to cut out the church steeple windows. I'm not gonna lie, it's not an absolute perfect trim, haha. I need a new craft knife! 

Did you know Pear Blossom Press has a variety pack of colored vellum?  Oh my gosh, everyone needs a pack in their stash! I trimmed a small piece of the yellow vellum and taped it to the backside of the steeple windows. I feel like this gives a more warm glow when you press to light up.

Now, don't let the picture above scare you. I started taping down the battery and wires with low tack tape, but it just wasn't tacky enough, so I found some washi tape in my stash that was super sticky and taped over those areas, including the lights as they really needed to be stabilized.

I'm using the EZ lights from PBP and it's so easy to use. I didn't even need instructions and pretty quickly put everything together. There are actually 3 tiny lights but I only needed 2, so I pulled one down away from the steeple windows. The pack I received comes with 2 sets.

By the way, these lights have long wires so, if you needed to, you could spread the wires out to have lights reflect in multiple sections for a card.

I also added splattered white paint for snow, but while the paint was still wet, I sprinkled lots of Wow Halo embossing glitter and let it dry. The sky is so sparkly and pretty but it doesn't show up in these photos.

Lastly, I heat embossed my sentiment which is from the CPD Holiday Joy stamp set, onto that gorgeous blue cardstock from the CPD Party Mix cardstock assortment.

**Attention CPD fans! If you have the More Sentiment Banner Dies in your stash, one of those banner dies works perfectly with the sentiment above!!**

I also stamped the word "press" onto my oval frame before adhering it. The stamp set with that word is included in the Pear Blossom Press stamp & die set.

And, voila, press the button and the steeple lights up! I was so proud of this card, I took it to work and all my co-workers oo'd and aahh'd, lol.

Thank so much for popping in today. You'll find links to most of the products I used below. Have a fantastic rest of the week!

Terri

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Refillable Permanent Adhesive Runner - 49 feet Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Project Grip Mat Large - White - 24x18 inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	3 mm Adhesive Strips - 160 strips Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Holiday Joy Stamp Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler
Mint Tape 1" roll - 11 yards Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Gina K Designs Multi-Purpose Scoring Board Tool Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Pear Blossom Press Stamp & Die Set Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Dress Blues Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Catherine Pooler
Exclusive Gripmate Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Mini Misti Stamp Positioner Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Sage Green Platinum 6 Bundle Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Pink Platinum 6 Die Cut System Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Dual Speed Heat Tool by Wow Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Wow Embossing Powder Opaque Bright White Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Nested Dies - Around The Loop Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Dina Wakley White Acrylic Paint Shop at: Scrapbookcom
CPD Party Mix Cardstock Collection Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Favorite White Cardstock - 100 lb - 25 pk Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Mitford Falls Stamp & Die Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler	SBC Paper Trimmer Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Mitford Falls Stamp Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Wow Halo Embossing Glitter Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Wow Embossing Pad Clear Ultra Slow Drying Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Pear Blossom Press EZ Lights - 2 pk Shop at: Catherine Pooler
More Sentiment Banner Dies Shop at: Catherine Pooler

 

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