Christmas in July with APC

I have always loved Christmas & crafty Christmas supplies are no exception !! It's never too early to start on Christmas cards, so I am bringing you some early holiday cheer with my first cards as a member of the Design Team for Anthony's Paper Craft. I hope my cards will inspire you to check out Anthony's wonderful collection of stamps. My first 2 cards have a vintage look and combine some favorite APC stamps with a much-loved ( and hoarded ) Tim Holtz paper pad !!

• On a scrap piece of text paper, I stamped 4 ornament images from the Anthony's Paper Craft stamp set Ornament Set 1 with Memories India Black Ink. 
• I also stamped the ornaments on 2 card-sized pieces of very pale pink paper from the Tim Holtz Holidays Past paper pad . I positioned the ornaments side by side/ one a bit lower than the other,  leaving room at the top and bottom of the paper for my sentiment and banners.
• Using StazOn Midi Ink Pads in Emerald City, St. Valentine, Blue Hawaii and Jet Black, I stamped the 4 scenes from Ornament Set 2 onto the 4 text ornaments and then fussy-cut  ONLY the ornaments ( not the ornament top or bow ).
• The sentiments - also by Anthony's Paper Craft  - were stamped on a green piece of paper, also from the Holidays Past paper pad, using Emerald City StazOn. They were then cut to fit on the cards.
• I made several long and short banner flags for the cards. The smaller ones were made with a paper punch and the larger ones were cut by me to fit the spaces.
• I colored the ornament tops and bows with some Brea Reese and Tim Holtz Distress markers.
• All elements were adhered using a combination of Tombow adhesives - MONO Adhesive+ runner, MONO Aqua Liquid Glue and Foam Tabs. The foam tabs were used to pop up the sentiments. 
• The text ornaments were adhered over the stamped images on the background paper. Short banners were placed at the top left of each card and a longer banner at the bottom left. The sentiments were each placed at the top right.
• A piece of Maya Road "Sweet Candy" twine was tied around the top of the banner on the Seasons Greetings card. 
• On a ledger card base from DCWV Vintage Collector, I adhered the  Seasons Greetings card and the Happy Holidays card is on a white base. 

I love the vintage look of these cards and the stamps by Anthony's Paper Craft were perfect. I'm excited to be a part of this Design Team and can't wait to show you more Christmas in July projects throughout the month !! Anthony will be in my area in October for a stamp show and I look forward to meeting him in person. I will give you more information about that in another post. I might even be teaching a Make & Take at the show !! Thank you to Anthony for giving me this opportunity to work with his stamps . I look forward to working with all of the other DT members. Shout-out to Michael Trent who introduced me to Anthony's Paper Craft. He is also on the APC DT and can be found at World of Michael Trent . 

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Join The Fight For A Cure

I am posting my third and last Think Pink card today in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I absolutely love this stamp set and in the process of buying it, I also made a new friend. I saw a card online that was made with this set - Awareness Ribbon Set #2 . The company is A Creative Journey With Melissa. You can read all about this wonderful company and my new friend Melissa Langford Mueller  HERE. 

• I embossed a piece of white cardstock with the Sizzix "Dotted" Embossing Folder and mounted it on a bright pink card base. 
• I stamped the intertwined ribbon from Awareness Ribbon Set #2 on a piece of pink BasicGrey paper, then fussy-cut it out.I then colored parts of the ribbon with a pink marker.
• The words were stamped onto scraps of red, white and pink paper with Memories Black India Ink, then cut into banner shapes.
• I mounted the heart in the lower Right corner using foam tabs. The flag banners were placed on the upper Left side and adhered with Tombow Mono permanent adhesive. 
• A piece of Maya Road 'Pink Lemonade' Twine was tied around the top of the card.

Cancer has touched me personally many times - my mother passed away of lung cancer in 1996 5 months after her diagnosis/surgery, my brother at 42 years old of colon cancer in 1996 only 1 year post-diagnosis and I had Thyroid Cancer surgery a little over a year ago.  There have also been many other family members and friends who were faced with this diagnosis. In my 30+ years as an RN - 27 of those in Critical Care - I also dealt with what cancer does to those patients diagnosed and also their support systems. But I also have never met a stronger, braver, resourceful group of people in my life. I support those I know who are faced with this diagnosis as a way to give back to those who cared for my loved ones. And  to those who cared for me. 

I hope that you like this card.... It's a nice way to send some Love, Encouragement, Support and Hugs to someone who needs their day brightened.  Thank you for visiting Meticulosity.  I am always grateful for your time and your comments.

A Creative Journey With Melissa

Awareness Ribbon Set #2

CASE Challenge for a Creative Chick

Happy Blogiversary to Jenn Shurkus.. She is celebrating 10 years as the Creative Chick of Shurkus.com and I am playing along with her CASE Challenge.. We were challenged to find a project in her blog archive and get inspired by it.. The card that inspired me can be found HERE... It is from 2009 and features her cat, Mister Harley. I am a cat lover too, so it was fun to CASE this card. Happy 10th Anniversary, Jenn... Thank you for inviting us to create for your celebration !! Check out her blog here..

I started my card off with a wood-grain stamp by Recollections @ Michaels.. I placed double-sided tape down the left side of the card and poured Stampin' Up Chanpagne Glass glitter on it. I punched a round hole in the wood-grain panel and mounted it on the Kraft card front with dimensionals. A piece of Maya Road"Sweet Candy" twine was tied around the wood-grain panel and a Stampin' Up image "4 You" was placed below it.. Three We R Memory Keepers self-adhesive sequins were lined up on the left side of the circle. An All Night Media image that reminds me a bit of Mister Harley was placed behind the window formed by the circle punch-out.. Hope you like this card as much as I do..

Thanks so much to Jenn Shurkus for inspiring me to play along with her as she celebrates her 10th anniversary of blogging.. What a milestone !! Wishing her many more !!

And I couldn't end this post without a cute pic of my sweetheart, Andromeda Cassini --- aka Anna....