Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste 8/26

It's hard to believe that August is almost over. Right around the corner are pumpkin spice lattes, sweater weather and everything Autumn. But for this collaboration with Celeste, I chose something different, nothing Pumpkin !! Steampunk is our theme this time. And Murphy's Law was in effect.I had a paper pad chosen to use with great grungy, steampunk designs and misplaced it.. The stamp/die set I wanted to use was also missing in action !! If there was ever a sign that I need to destash, this was it !! Luckily, I figured out a back-up plan but it was touch and go there for awhile !!

Viva Las Vegas Stamps came to the rescue with their City on Snail stamp.  And a stamp I found at Hobby Lobby by American Art Stamp  "Gears of My Heart"  also found its way into my design. This card is all about my absolute LOVE of Snail Mail. I am in several postcard/card swap groups and send Snail Mail on a regular basis.

• I stamped the snail image on a piece of Neenah Stardust White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink..
• The Steampunk Heart was stamped with Ranger Perfect Medium on Neenah Stardust White cardstock, then embossed with American Crafts ZING Rouge embossing powder. I fussy-cut the image.
• Also using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the Long Love Snail Mail by Savvy Stamps onto a scrap piece of ledger paper, cut it out, then distressed the edges.
• Using Tombow Adhesives, I adhered the snail, heart and sentiment to a black/red patterned card base. This base was in a box of cards inspired by the Twilight books and has some great patterns in it !!
• I left room under the City on Snail image to place a row of my favorite stamps. 
• A gear was placed on the heart to add some dimension. My guy, Brian actually bought me a small bag of those gears to use on my cards. Could this mean that he finally understands my love of cards ( AND snail mail ) ?!?!?!

Today's coffee is a wonderful Blonde Roast from Starbucks.  It's in the cutest cup sent to me by a Snail Mail friend who lives in Cali. I'm not a traveler but have many friends who understand and even share my love of coffee cups !! I've received Starbucks mugs from all over the world !!

Thank you for visiting me here at Meticulosity for another collaboration with Celeste. Check out her take on our Steampunk theme over at her blog Crafting Junky. Autumn will be arriving soon and I'm looking forward to some fun fall color schemes and inspiration. So come back in September for more coffee and cards with us !!

.Debra Davison

Shiny & Bright with Anthony's Paper Craft

Thank you for coming back for Week 3 of our Christmas in August Blog Hop with the Anthony's Paper Craft Design Team.  We are showcasing holiday stamps and hoping to inspire you along the way. This week, I am also having a giveaway this week  -  comment on this blog post for a chance to win an Anthony's Paper Craft holiday stamp and a few of my other favorite holiday goodies !!

• For this card, the first thing I did was to get out my MISTI. I wanted to make sure the image was centered correctly on my Kraft card base and also that I had a perfectly inked image to emboss.
• I prepared my card base by rubbing my Embossing Buddy on the card. This eliminates static cling before stamping and adheres the embossing powder only to your stamped image. Genius, right ?!?!?!
• I used Ranger Perfect Medium to stamp the wreath/circle image onto my Kraft card base, This is a sneak peek of s soon-to-be released stamp from Anthony's Paper Craft. 
• American Crafts ZING Green Glitter was then sprinkled onto the Perfect Medium and heat embossed.
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink was used to stamp the stocking from the Stockings 1 stamp set and I then fussy-cut the image. 
• I then colored in the stocking with a collection of my favorite markers - Sharpies, Flair pens, Faber-Castell PITT Artist pens and Distress markers.
•  Red rhinestones were placed around the outside of my embossed image. I think they look like holly berries.
• The stocking was popped up in the center of the wreath using Foam tabs.
• A piece of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Linen Ribbon was wrapped twice around the bottom of the card.
• The sentiment was popped up with Foam Tabs. It is from the Christmas Magic Cardstock Multi-Pack by Paper House.

 

Please check out the projects from several of my teammates at Anthony's Paper Craft :

Michael Trent

Mike Fernholtz

Mary Kay Werry

I am having a stamp giveaway. All you need to do is comment on this post. Let me know if you have started your holiday cards yet. Do you even still send them ?? I try to make a few each month all year long so I have a stash when the holidays roll around!! I will choose one commenter to win and they will receive this  snowman stamp from Anthony's Paper Craft along with some of my other favorite holiday supplies .

Thank you for once again visiting Meticulosity.We are having fun showing you our projects with the fantastic Christmas stamps from Anthony's Paper Craft. We will be back again next with with more inspiration for you !!  And don't forget that Anthony is offering free shipping with any USA order over $25 through August 31,2018. Use the code "freeship25".

Debra Davison