Friday, January 3, 2025

2025 Card 2 | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge | Snowflakes | Stamplorations

Today I would like to share with y'all my 2nd card for 2025 - a slimline "coffee-themed" Christmas card for the Caffeinated Christmas #37 card challenge on Coffee Loving Papercrafters. The theme is "snowflake" and, of course, it has to have a coffee, cocoa, or tea theme included also.  

Let me show you how I made this card. 

  • I printed Coffee Cup Row from Stamplorations on a piece of white cardstock, die-cut it using a 2 5/8" x 7 5/8" slimline die, colored the cups using 5 different alcohol markers, and adhered a piece of fun foam to the back.
  • Using a snowflake stamp I found in an old Avocado Arts (out of biz) stamp set, I stamped a snowflake on the front of each cup using Jet Black Archival Ink.   

  • I made a top-folding 3" x 8" white slimline card base.
  • I die-cut a piece of red cardstock using a stitched slimline die and adhered it to my card front.   
  • I adhered my colored cups to the front of the card.
  • I stamped 3 sentiments, die-cut them using stitched banner dies, adhered them to strips of red cardstock, and then adhered 1 to the card front and 2 to the inside of the card.  
  • Lastly, I adhered a small crystal to the center of each snowflake. 



Besides entering this card in the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #37, I will also be entering the card in the following challenges if you want to add a card of your own.





Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.  Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael  

Thursday, January 2, 2025

2025 Card 1 | You Make Me Smile | Angie Blom Digital Designs

 


Hello everyone and welcome to the year 2025.  

Made my first card of the year - a white on white card - using two digital sets from Angie Blom Digital Designs.  The flowers on the front of the card are from Magical Story.  After I pulled the image into my editing program, I duplicated the image and flipped it so the 2 images met in the center, and colored the images using some ultra fine tip BIC markers.

Then I printed one of the sentiments from Christmas Joy Mugs, die-cut it using a stitched banner die, layered it on a piece of purple cardstock, and adhered it across the center of the card where the 2 images met. 

All I added were some Yellow Stickles and little dots of Glossy Accents to the front.

Below are links to the stamps sets I used if you want to check them out.  

Magical Story:

Christmas Joy Mugs:

Here is a closeup of the card showing some of the shimmer from the stickles I used.

I'm entering this card in the following "Anything Goes Card Challenge Blogs" - 

A Perfect Time To Craft January Open Challenge #1

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #131

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge No. 200

I'd love to know what you think of this card.  Please, leave a comment below!  Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today and enjoy the rest of your day. Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael

2025 Card 2 | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge | Snowflakes | Stamplorations

Today I would like to share with y'all my 2nd card for 2025 - a slimline "coffee-themed" Christmas card for the Caffeinated Ch...