Guesting for Caffeinated Christmas

Hello crafty friends. I'm guesting this month for my lovely friends over at the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge, the sister to Coffee Loving Papercrafters. If you've been following me for any amount of time, you know I'm one of the most well caffeinated people you will ever meet, haha. I do love my coffee and tea, preferably loose leaf tea. I have a variety of gourmet cocoa in my stash as well. But, enough about me. I was excited to learn that the sponsor this month is Catherine Pooler Designs. It just so happens, I'm a Brand Ambassador for CPD and as you can imagine, I just might have a few things in my stash that work perfectly for today's card. Scroll down for details. You'll find my clickable supply list at the end of this post, as well.

 (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.)

First, let me encourage you to join this month's challenge. Simply create a new Christmas/Holiday themed card that features coffee, tea or cocoa and link it up to challenge #46. The challenge begins Oct. 1st and ends Oct. 25th. And of course, there's a prize to be won! You'll find all the details over on the Caffeinated Christmas site. 

I'm using several products from Catherine Pooler Designs:

- Holiday Mug Shot Stamp Set

- Holiday Mug Shot Die Set

- North Pole Patterned Paper

- Seasonal Mix Sentiments Stamp Set 

- Inks (In The Park, Midnight)

- Sequins (Frankfurt)

For my snowman, I colored him with OLO Markers in colors OR1.3, CG1, BG2.3, BG2.5 and OR3.7. I also used a white gel pen for the cream in the coffee. My little plate of cookies consists of fussy cutting those images from some of my North Pole patterned paper. My "plate" was created by swiping my CPD ink onto white cardstock and trimming an oval circle with my scissors.

Another thing you should know about me is, I sometimes have an idea of what I want to create, but I mostly wing it, haha!

 I knew I wanted a snowy background, but I also wanted a big focus for my large sentiment. So, I came up with this design that has a lot of angles, like two separate card panels on one card. I'm super satisfied with the results! While my snowman is inside enjoying cookies and coffee (or cocoa) it's evident that it's snowing outside. Win win!

The "snow" consists of white paint splatter on black cardstock, with red cardstock from my stash for a backing. That gorgeous plaid paper is also from the North Pole paper pack. However, the frame around my sentiment is a zig-zag nested frame set from Scrapbookcom. I swiped some of the CPD ink onto white cardstock, then die cut my frame.

I also used the mask technique for my sentiment so I could stamp one of my words in color. I also used a fine tip black pen to outline that CPD ink colored word.

 

Most of my elements are popped up on adhesive foam strips for added dimension. I love, love, loved making this card! Sometimes you get in the zone and your creativity just takes over. When that happens, it's always a good day! Thanks for popping in. If you'd like to add any of the products that I used, to your own collection, just tap the affiliate product links below! There is no added cost for you to shop or browse through my affiliate links.

Have a great day and happy holiday cardmaking!

Terri

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