Guest Designer Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #24 -- SNOWMAN

 

Me and my gnomies were chosen as the Top Pick for Caffeinated Christmas Card  

Challenge #22  and I was invited to guest for the last challenge of the year with the 

theme of SNOWMAN.

 

The prize sponsor for this month is Frantic Stamper. 

 

 

 Fran is generously offering this trio of goodies to the winner:

 

One (1) Frantic Stamper Precision Die -- Irish Coffee 

One (1) Frantic Stamper Precision Die -- Coffee Grinder

One (1) Frantic Stamper Precision Die -- I Love Chocolate and Coffee

My card uses one of my favorite snowpeople from Paper Smooches and all patterned 

paper is from  Catherine Pooler's Daily Grind which is sadly discontinued. 

I love his plaid attire!

The sentiment is from Catherine Pooler (also discontinued) and I stamped it 

before running the card through a falling snow embossing folder. To finish off the card, 

I added a mug from a Casual Fridays set and some snowflakes from my snowflake stash.

 

Kim Hughes closed her Paper Smooches shop and blog three years ago, but you can 

now find some of her products at Queen & Co and a few Catherine Pooler products 

can be found at Frantic Stamper.

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Huge thanks to Amy and Lisa for the invite and we hope you'll join the last

challenge of the year. You have until 11:55PM PST on December 25th, 2023

to link up your caffeinated creations.

 

Guesting on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog!

I had the honor of having my card for the Spring/Summer 2021 Coffee Lovers Hop

chosen as a Designer Pick by Helen. With that honor came the privilege of guesting

on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. 

 

Here's a peek at my card. 

 

I'd love it if you visited the CLC blog for a full card reveal and while you're there, 

stay a while to peruse the awesome caffeinated projects.

 

Thanks, Amy, for the invite to guest with you! ☕

 

CASual Fridays Challenge 134--and a Girl Friday Giveaway!

CASual Fridays Challenge 134 marks the last challenge for 2014.
Michele is generously allowing all her Girl Fridays to have a giveaway of a  
$20 gift certificate to shop at the CASual Fridays store!

More about that after I share the deets of the challenge which is TIC TAC TOE.
Create a clean and simple project using any three items
in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row.

For my card, I chose the top row: chevrons, black, sequins.

I inked up Paper Smooches chevron stamp in three colors of distress inks,
spritzed it with water and stamped it three times on watercolor paper.
The sentiment is from CASual Fridays Stamps, and the sequins are Avery Elle.

For a chance to win the giveaway, simply leave me a comment on this post.
The deadline to enter will be Friday, August 22nd--the same day the challenge ends,
and the winner will be announced on the CASual Fridays blog on Monday, August 25th.
Hope you'll join the TIC-TAC-TOE fun!

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I'd like to take this time to thank Michele and the rest of the design team
for a fun ride! It's been an honor and a privilege being a Girl Friday 
and working with all of you! ♥

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CASual Fridays 133--Summer Lovin'

CASual Fridays 133 is SUMMER LOVIN'--create a clean and simple project
using hearts in summery colors. Here's my take on the theme.

I had this piece of ink smooshed distress inks in my scrap pile. Hot summery colors!

It was the perfect size to die cut five of CASual Fridays' Heart Notes
and adhere them to a card base. The sentiment is also from CASual Fridays.
You can't see it in the photo, but I added some shine on all the hearts
with a Wink of Stella pen.

Visit the CASual Fridays blog for all the details, and be inspired by the rest of the design team.
You have until Friday, July 18th to link up your card(s).
Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see you in the gallery!

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CASual Fridays 132--What a Catch

CASual Fridays 132 is WHAT A CATCH--create a clean and simple masculine project.
Oh, and here's the catch: use RIBBON and absolutely NO KRAFT.

Here's my card.

All the flag sentiments are from CASual Fridays' RAD. I stamped each word
on grosgrain ribbon with Archival Black ink, and I was pleasantly surprised
how crisp it turned out with no feathering or bleeding.
The banner was then attached to a woodgrain embossed card. 

Oh, and see that striped ribbon? It's six years old! It's from Cosmo Cricket's
Jack's World series and I can't believe that I'm only using it now.....in 2014.

Visit CASual Fridays for all the details and be sure to stop by and see
what the rest of the design team cooked up.

Amy • Ardyth • Jingle • Kelly • Laura • Mayuri • Sylvia • Tracey

You have until noon EST on Friday, June 20th to link up your card(s).
We can't wait to see your take on the challenge!

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