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.

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge -- SNOWFLAKES

My card for Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge 11 was chosen as a Top Pick, 

and I was invited to guest for this month's challenge together with the other Top Picks. 

The theme for the challenge is SNOWFLAKES.

 

Here's my card.

 

 
Two MFT mugs were cut from watercolor card stock. One was inked in green and the other in

pink. After embossing both with a snowflake embossing folder, I used a sanding block over 

the surface to remove the color and make the snowflakes stand out. 

 

The two part sentiment was silver embossed then cut with the matching dies. I tripled up

the sentiment and adhered it under the mugs. Snowflake sequins finished off the card.

Come and join this month's challenge! 

Link up a newly created Christmas themed card with at least one SNOWFLAKE.  

The sponsor is Doodlebugswa and the prize is a $25 gift code to their store. 

You have until Wednesday, January 25th at 11:59pm PST  to enter. 

Hope to see you in the gallery!

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge -- SNOWMAN

I've become a fan of Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenges because I'm using coffee themed

stamps and dies that I've accumulated over the years. And I'm a fan of creator Amy Tsuruta

who I've had the pleasure of meeting when she came down to Honolulu years ago.

Here is this month's theme -- SNOWMAN/SNOWMEN.

 

And here's my card.

MFT's Snow Buddy reminded me of a juggling snowman which is what I made him do--

happily juggle some coffee mugs. Empty, of course!

I stamped the sentiment, then ran the panel through a snowflake embossing folder.

I colored the pieces of the snowman then assembled him on the panel. Four mugs

were cut and colored and adhered above the snowman.

 

 This card turned out differently from what I originally had in mind but I'm pleased

with my juggling Snow Buddy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #11 -- HOLLY

The theme for Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #11 is HOLLY. 

Here is my card.

 

I inked a Lil' Inker Designs mug in red ink then colored and added a bit of holly.

 

 

A strip of Catherine Pooler patterned paper was adhered to a card base then topped off 

with the mug and greenery. I added some red enamel dots as holly berries and stamped

the curved sentiment.

I'm also linking up this card to the 2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop since

the card has all that holly.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

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Edited to add: My CCCC card was chosen as a Top Pick! So honored! This means I will be 

guesting with them come January. Thanks so much, Amy, and to Kathy who made the pick!