Christmas Critter Coffee Card

Hey friends. Today's card was created for the August Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge. I love participating in challenges now and then, as it allows me to use supplies I already have on hand and get creative outside the scope of what I might not normally do. The theme this month is cute critters and it must be a new Christmas/Holiday card that is coffee, tea and/or cocoa themed. You can click the link above for the rules/details but hurry and link up, this challenge ends on 8/25.

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The ever-so-sweet Amanda Wilcox from Twiddler's Nook is sponsoring this challenge. Check out her Etsy shop here. One random winner will receive a $35 gc to her shop.

I opted to create a shaker card, to use up what I have, which is a lot! I used a mix of different brand sequins for my mix, the majority of which is Buttons Galore but I believe it's a retired shaker mix. I've had it for years, but the colors tie in with my theme. I also used nested circle dies to create the space for the shaker mix and also for the backdrop to my reindeer mug.

In the photo below, I used adhesive strips to contain my shaker mix. I also used two A2 size acetate sheets (slightly trimmed). One was adhered under my snowflake patterned paper and the other was placed on top of my shaker mix to seal everything in.

My purpose for doing that was two-fold. One, I wanted my plaid paper that's adhered to my card to show through. And two, by creating an entire separate shaker panel, it allows me to easily line up and place my shaker panel on top of my scored card without loosing any bits of shaker mix.

The products that I used are mostly Catherine Pooler Designs/Inks. My reindeer mug is from the Holiday Mug Shots stamp set and I colored my stamped image with OLO Markers. 

Here are the marker colors I used:

RV0.1 & R5.3 (pinks)

CR1.0, OR 3.4 and OR 3.7 (browns)

My sentiment is from the same stamp set and I inked it with my CPD Macchiato ink pad, also swiping some Cotton Candy ink on white cardstock which was trimmed as a backing for my sentiment.

My papers are from the CPD Cookies & Milk patterned paper pack. I love pink for Christmas cards and definitely went looking for pink things in my stash that would work. I'll have most of the products that I used at the end of this post, but you can also click any of the highlighted products throughout this post, for more information.

Because there's a lot going on with the shaker, I opted to keep everything else somewhat simple. I typically  create first and measure later, including scoring my own cards. This card measures in at approximately 5 x 5 1/2 inches.  Let me know in the comment section, if you have any questions. Have a great day!

Terri

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Framed Silhouette Halloween Card

Life has been pretty hectic lately. I've been splitting my time between my full time job, my house, my dad's house and crafting in between. Why am I telling you this? I'll explain further down. 

But first, I've made another card featuring the recent release from This Calls For Confetti. This is what I call a framed silhouette card. I've also got a surprise on the inside of my card! Scroll down for creative details and a little chit chat. I'll have my full supply list at the end of this post, as well.

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Our central air has gone out and it will totally need replacing. Of course, it's hot as HADES here in the southern United States, so we've been sleeping at my dads house until we get our air fixed.

Now, I generally will not apologize for my photos or mistakes I make on my cards. Due to splitting my time back and forth between two households, some of my crafty mess is at my dads. 

I created this card in, let's face it, horrible lighting while at my dad's house.. Definitely not up to my standards! Was it worth it to have air conditioning? Absolutely, haha!

The photo you see above is some ink blending I did on an A2 white card panel using Ranger distress oxide ink in Wilted Violet and distress ink in Kitsch Flamingo. I also splattered on some black paint. That smudge you see was a droplet from my paint bottle that smeared but luckily, it's covered up by my black card panel.

I used an A2 size black piece of cardstock with the TCFC What Lies Within card front die, then trimmed off some bats and the haunted house for use in my silhouette scene.

I also decided to use my handwriting for a "warning" on my card. Yes, there's a little something inside and I thought it would be be fun to write "open if you dare" in a childish scrawl.

To achieve this, I used the same circle dies for cutting out the open space on my black card panel, to create a circle frame. I wrote my words using a white gel pen, along the curve of the frame then trimmed it off and adhered it below the bottom circle of my card panel.

Once you open the card, you're greeted with a sweet little BOO! I created the Boo die cuts and ghost with the Ghostly Greeting dies and adhered them to the inside of my card.

I the pink cardstock was actually from one of my Christmas paper pads, but I really wanted to tie in some color from the front of my card, to the inside.

I highly recommend wearing your glasses when taking final photo shots.  The final shots were taken in my craft room in the sweltering heat of my house. Heaven forbid I run and get my glasses out of my purse. But no, instead I now see tiny little dots from dry white gel ink that landed on my final shots of my card, because.....I wasn't wearing my glasses.

Note to self, never take photos without your glasses! I could have easily dusted those specks off but this chick is not hanging in this hot house any longer!

Also, you could easily create a shaker card but I opted to glue some tiny shimmery confetti bits onto my sky, from my Spookalicious Mix. They look white in the photo above, but they're actually silver with a prism effect when you look at different angles.

So boys and girls, what lessons have we learned today? One, it's hot and a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. Two, wear your glasses. Haha! I have really enjoyed creating with these goodies from This Calls For Confetti. They have soooo much good stuff in their shop. I hope you'll pop in for a look. 

I also have convenient affiliate links below, at no additional cost to you. Just click on the brand name below the product to view more product details or to shop.

Happy Fall and Halloween cardmaking! See you later!

Terri

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Spellbinders St Nick Card

I'm still building my stash of Christmas cards and today's card features products from Spellbinders, who kindly sent me the St. Nick die set from the Home For The Holidays collection. Scroll down for details. I also have a clickable supply list at the end of this post, if you'd like to do some shopping.

(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.)

For this project, I pulled out several papers (from paper pads in my stash) that I thought would coordinate well together, to create my St. Nick, tree, stars and background. I'm definitely trying to use what I have, so if you have similar papers, you can do the same!

For my star die cuts and the backing to my lantern, I used a gold holographic paper. 

My sentiment, however was created using my Glimmer hot foil system with the Simon Hurley/Spellbinders Joyful Christmas hot foil plate/die set. I actually did some bulk foiling when it was first released. I cannot recommend bulk foiling enough! It's such a great feeling to have multiple foiled sentiments ready at a moment's notice. The foil that I used is the Spellbinders Aura hot foil, my absolute favorite.

I also hand trimmed a sloped "snowy" hillside from white cardstock, then embossed it with one of the Embossing Folders of the Month (Classic Backdrop), using my Platinum 6 die cut system. It's one of  my favorite embossing folders, and gives an unexpected little pop of texture, which I love.

The large star die is also included in the die set, but the smaller one is actually part of the lantern die so I partially stamped the lantern multiple times, just across the top, so I could collect several tiny stars for my backdrop.

 

If you've followed me for any amount of time, then you know I like to create first and measure later. My card dimensions ended up being 4 1/4" x 7 1/4". I have a WeR envelope punch board, so I can make my own custom envelopes but this will also fit nicely in an A7 envelope. I did score and trim my own side-fold card, using my assembled St.Nick die as a gauge for how big I wanted to go with this card. The die pieces, once assembled, create a very tall St. Nick, perfect for slimline cards too!

Both my Santa and my sentiment are popped up on 3D adhesive foam strips, to create added dimension. 

If you have any questions, leave me a comment. Thanks so much for popping in!

Terri

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