Coffee Mugs Christmas Card

Hello friends. I've been enjoying some extra time off from work this week, having a stay-cation at home. The latest challenge from my friends over at Caffeinated Christmas is live and I was happy to have some extra time to play along and link up. The theme this month is coffee and stars. Your card can be coffee, tea or cocoa themed, but must be Christmas themed as well. I went with traditional red and green colored Christmas mugs. Click my link above for the challenge details. 

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The sponsor this month is A Colorful Life Designs.

My card prominently features these products from Inkblot Shop; the mug stamps from the Hot & Cold Drinks stamp set and sentiment from the Sweet Times Sentiment stamp set. 

My first cup on the card was paper pieced with the Hot Cocoa paper pad in my stash from American Crafts, which is retired. My woodgrain paper is also from that set. I colored the rest of my mugs with Copic markers and stenciled or stamped on the mugs. My red mug below has stars stamped on it from the Inkblot Shop Grounded stamp set. I filled in my stars with liquid pearls.

My remaining mugs were stenciled using Solar Paste in Golden Hour and the Pattern Play stencil from Inkblot Shop along with the Starburst layering stencil from Scrapbook.com on my last mug.

I did a good amount of masking on this project, to get all my mugs lined up and stamped as pictured.

I plan on sharing more Christmas in July themed cards this month so be sure and check back. I hope you'll find time to link up to the challenge! I also have clickable affiliate/shopping links below, if you'd like to add any of the products that I used to your collection. See you next time!

Terri

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Stitched Snowflake Card for Spellbinders

The July Stitching Die of the Month Club Subscription is live and it's Christmas in July! This month's kit is called the, "Stitched Snowflake Cardfront". It comes with a stitched cover plate and the large stitched snowflake die. There's also a companion die sentiment set that you can purchase separately, "Tiny Merriment Die Set" that includes etched words and outline dies.  Scroll down for details, plus, I've got a true story that may have inspired gluing all those tiny bits onto my background!

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I started by die cutting my dies on white cardstock with my Platinum 6. I decided to cut 2 of the snowflake dies in white. Read on, and you'll see why. My card is a bit larger than an A2 size, as that's the size of the cover plate. 

I trimmed my own card with an 8.5x11 inch cardstock. It leaves it a tad short on the backside for a vertical card but that is perfectly acceptable. A vertical card will actually stand to display much better, even if the back is slightly short.

 

True story, I've been watching the History Channel survival show "Alone". The contestants have to survive on their own in extreme winter and wilderness conditions. They have to utilize everything at their disposal to survive, including eating whatever they can scavenge. Maybe that's why I decided to salvage those tiny little dots from my snowflake die cuts, haha! Using up everything at my disposal!

I thought it would take longer, but it only took about 20 minutes to glue all the bits. I simply dropped a dollop of glue onto my craft mat and used the sharp end of my Tool N One to grab the glue, tap into the hole, then grab the dot with my sharp point while it was still sticky. It was easiest for me to line up and drop the glue in 3 center holes at a time, then grab each bit and press it in. Kind of like an assembly line. It definitely takes patience but I was pleasantly surprised with the result.

I really like the rustic look of Christmas so that is the color scheme I was going for. I used variegated DMC embroidery floss for my stitching. Did you know Spellbinders carries DMC brand embroidery floss? Check out their selection, here.

I should mention that I also cut my snowflake on dark green cardstock to coordinate with my layered panel. I swapped out some of the white pieces for the dark green on my snowflake center.

To finish my card, I added some Pops of Color at the top and bottom of my snowflake die in Olive. I also die cut the etched word "Peace" from the Tiny Merriment die set.

I'm pretty sure that I get way more joy out of creating cards than the recipients who receive them. I'm sure you feel the same way too! If you'd like to get some stitching joy in your mailbox each month, the window is open from July 6th-27th. This month's stitching club will ship at the end of the month. There's no obligation or commitment. If you decide to skip a month, just cancel and rejoin again at any time! 

Thanks for popping in today. I've got a full supply list/affiliate shopping links below. Have a great day!

Terri

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Beach and Rainbow Cards for Spellbinders

The July Spellbinders Quick & Easy Club Card Kit is out and you can join the club today! I have four cards to share with you featuring this months kit, "Sweet & Cool". This kit has all the summer themed elements you could want. Enough to make 8 cards and have lots of leftovers too! If you like to tear paper, stick around!

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One of my favorite things to do for beach cards is tear paper. It makes water look wavy and sand, more textured. For my beach themed card above, I trimmed some blue/green patterned paper from the kit for water then tore some of the beige patterned paper. It definitely adds more interest to the scene don't you think? It's one of the easiest things you can do to add a little extra something to a card. Also, if you're needing to relieve a little stress, hey, tearing paper helps, haha!

The kit elements for the card above include:

Patterned paper

Enamel dots

Ephemera/die cuts

White card panel

Puffy sticker sentiment

Card/adhesive

We have some amazing beaches on the Gulf in my home state. You're bound to see beach houses on stilts. I thought these cool,sketchy house die cuts from the kit should be popped up on stilts! I trimmed the beige patterned paper in the kit to create a boardwalk and stilts, with a pretty, wavy walkway in pink. The patterned fish paper worked perfectly for my scene as well.

Kit elements for the card above include:

Patterned paper

Epoxy word stickers

Puffy sentiment sticker

Chipboard heart sticker

Die Cuts

Card/adhesive

Next up, I have an ocean themed scenic card. Again, I'm tearing paper which makes it look like waves. It's such a fun effect! I've popped up my fish die cuts from the kit on adhesive foam squares, along with my clouds. The other elements are adhered directly to my card. I used some of the enamel dots as bubbles for my fish.

Kit elements for this card include:

Patterned paper

Die Cuts

Chipboard stickers

Puffy sentiment stickers

Enamel Dots

Card/adhesive

There are lots of elements in this kit that are not beach themed, including ice cream, florals, rainbows and more. I decided to do a rainbow themed card with lots of white space. My rainbow focal point includes a background of patterned paper trimmed to a square, with a trimmed white card panel and rainbow die cut also mounted on adhesive foam. I added some enamel dots varying the colors across the top of the rainbow and added a couple chipboard sentiment stickers. This colorful card definitely gives me all the smiles!

You can join the Spellbinders Quick & Easy Card Kit Subscription Club or any of the other club offerings from the 6th to 27th of every month. Each month you'll get a new kit but there's no commitment or  obligation. You can cancel at any time, skip a month and re-join, whatever suits your needs!

Thanks for stopping by! Terri

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Twilight Winter Moon Card

Hello cardmakers, today's card features lots of distress oxide ink and products from Erin Lee Creative. If you know me, then you know I like to tear paper and lately I've been doing a lot of it. Plus, it's been so hot in my part of the country, I was in the mood to splatter some snow! Scroll down for creative details!

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 I apologize for the blurry photo below. I realized too late that it turned out blurry and had already moved on to the next step.

All you do is tear some paper, printer paper or tablet paper works best, and simply ink blend above the tear line on your cardstock.  You don't want a perfect tear, try and make it sloped in places if you can.

I also added some ink blending to my moon die cut from Erin Lee Creative. I purchased this die a few months ago and really love it. Making sky cards is something that I really enjoy doing and this incorporates really nicely for that purpose. When I finished ink blending my moon, I also ran my ink pads along the opposite edge of the moon just to help it stand out a little more on the card. 

I also stamped a sentiment from the Written in the Stars stamp set from Erin Lee Creative, then fussy cut it and popped it up on adhesive foam.

I splattered a lot of paint all of over my card and moon as well and adhered some white and shimmery sequins from my stash.

I think Erin makes the prettiest sentiments and is so innovative in the products she designs. Stop by her shop, I know you'll find something to fall in love with! Click any of my affiliate links below to go directly to that product for more details or to shop. Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

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