Fa La La La Latte “Letterpress”

Happy Saturday!!  It's the 25th so of course I'm sharing a caffeinated Christmas card!  I made this one with a Hero Arts letterpress plate that was gifted to me.  I don't have a letterpress or betterpress or whatever so I just ran it through my die cut machine.  I do think it might have worked better with a rubber shim and I will try that next time.  I like how it looks all colored and detailed though.  The sentiment didn't show up on its own so I traced it with a white gel pen which I think makes it really stand out.

Just a few challenges:

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #52 Anything Christmas Caffeinated Goes
• DLArt Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #4 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - #02-2026 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting.  Laters!!

31 Days of Crafting - Day Twenty-Five - Christmas Coffee Sketch

Merry Christmas in March!  It's the 25th and that means I'm sharing a caffeinated Christmas themed card for the challenge over at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  The theme is always anything caffeinated Christmas and I made a sketch card this month using the current sketch from BYSHC on Facebook.

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #3 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - #03-2026 Anything Goes
• The Crafter's Cafe -#328 Anything Goes
• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #51 Anything Christmas Goes
• Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers - Sketch #67
• Word Art Wednesday - #745 Anything Goes 1/5
• First Cup Challenge - #12 Anything Coffee Goes 1/5
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 1/5
• Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - #67 Anything Christmas Goes 2/8
• Love to Craft - #91 Anything Goes 6/8
• Mix It Up - #82 Anything Goes 6/8
• Love to Scrap - #178 Anything Goes 6/8

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

Holly Winter Latte Love

Hi everyone!!  Just a little quickie card here I wanted to share.  I've been so busy lately and last night I MADE myself carve out a few minutes to make this card and I'm so glad that I did!

Just a few challenges:

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #47
• 2025 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
• BYSHC Sketch
• Word Art Wednesday #725 Anything Goes 1/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting!  Laters!!

Seasons Greetings Latte

Merry Christmas in August. I made a card today that I wanted to make.  Schedule be damned!  I needed this and I'm happy I did it!

Just a few challenges:

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #44 Anything Christmas Coffee Goes

Thanks so much for looking and happy Christmas caffeinated crafting!  Laters!!

Merry and Bright Mug

Happy Friday!  I had such lofty goals for this year's Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, but alas, life got in the way and all I got made was this and possibly one other card if I can finish it in the next hour.  We'll see.  Bright side, I have lots of IDEAS to write down for next year's hop! :)  If I can find my notes then....

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Classic Design Challenge - #10 Anything Goes
• Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #35 Red & Green
• Word Art Wednesday - #673 Anything Goes 3/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting!  Laters!!

You're The Coolest!!

Happy Friday!  I had such great goals to make cards this week and I really made......nothing.  But I got this finished at the last minute!  Yay me!!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #34 Whimsical 
• BYSHC Falling For the Holidays Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #671 Anything Goes 1/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting!  Laters!!

Warm Caffeinated Wishes

Happy Sunday!  I’m always so last minute with these projects.  I need more hours in the day.

Just a few challenges:

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #32 Cute Critters 
• Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration - Sketch #24 **WINNER**
• Christmas Kickoff - #89 Animal Antics 1/3
• Creatalicious - #280 Anything Goes 2/3
• Cut It Up - #311 Anything Goes 2/3
• Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes 2/3
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - #578 Anything Goes 2/3
• Peace on Earth - #70 Anything Christmas Goes 2/3
• Polkadoodles - #33 Anything Goes 2/4
• Crafts Galore - #126 Anything Goes 3/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting.  Laters!!

Happy Halfway to Christmas!!

I so had to hurry to get this card finished.  Everytime I started it, something interrupted me!  Anyways, Happy Halfway to Christmas!!!  I cannot believe Christmas is six months away.  I don't think I'm ready.

Just a few challenges:

• A Perfect Time To Craft - #6 Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Classic Design Challenge - #5 Anything Goes
• Caffeinated Christmas Coffee Challenge - #30 Masculine
• Crafts Galore - Anything Goes 3/3
• Sheepski - #87 Anything Goes 3/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy Christmas caffeinated crafting!  Laters!

Have a Holly Jolly Coffee

I'm pretty sure I think it's a coffee, I mean it COULD be a hot cocoa.  It's really up to perspective!

Just a few challenges:

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #28 Coffee or Cocoa
• Spring Into Christmas BYSHC Linky Party
• Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes
• DLArt Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #4 Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #644 Anything Goes 1/5
• Pattie's Creations - #217 Anything Goes 3/3
• Dragonfly Dreams - Use A Die 3/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting.  Laters!!

I LOVE All Things Caffeine and Christmas

I love caffeine and I love Christmastime so when I saw that Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge theme this month was hearts, I instantly envisioned creating this card with this die from Kat Scrappiness.

Just a few challenges:

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #26 Hearts
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #252 Add a Heart 1/3
• Polkadoodles - #6 Anything Goes 2/2
• Digi Chooseday - #6 Anything Goes 2/2
• Crafts Galore - #120 Anything Goes 3/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting!  Laters!!

Merry Mousey Christmas!!!

Happy Friday everyone!  There's so much crazy going on here this week but I managed to make this card anyway!  I didn't have the right markers to do the mice exactly how I wanted but I'm going shopping tomorrow :D

Just a few challenges:

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #20 Cute Critters
• DLArt Linky Party
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #212 Anything Goes 1/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #610 Anything Goes 3/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy Christmas caffeinated crafting!  Laters!!

Starry Christmas Coffee

Or tea, or hot cocoa.....

This card was a blast!  The tone-on-tone background took a bit of time, but I love how it turned out.

Just a few challenges:

• BYSHC Christmas in July Linky Party
• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #19 Stars
• DLArt Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #605 Anything Goes 3/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting!  Laters!!

Taking Christmas in July Literally!!!

Okay, so about two weeks ago, a friend suggested everyone in our little group make a Christmas card with summer colors.

I'm the only one who did it.

I'm not even sure I LIKE the card, but here we are.

90% of my Christmas paper is, you know, Christmas colors.  The rest is pastel.  So I had to make my own background paper and I used a snowflake stamp that resembles a star.  That might be my favorite part.

In general, just a lot of things went into this card.  I just had ZERO inspiration and I didn't want, like, Santa in a swimsuit.  So I decided to make a coffee card, so it would count for that challenge too.  Now for that, it needed a star, but I love stars so that was no big deal.  But the card fell flat with just a star on the cup.  And I didn't like the look of an embossed mug, or of patterned paper (again, wrong colors anyway).  So I added the rainbow out of scraps from a different card.  Do I love it or hate it?  I don't even know.

Just a few challenges:

• BYSHC Christmas in July Linky Party
• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #19 Stars
• DLArt Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #605 Anything Goes 2/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting!!  Laters!!

**MASCULINE** Guest Designing with Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!!

Happy Thursday!!  I'm so thrilled to have been asked to guest design this month for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!!  I absolutely love making these Christmas-themed coffee, tea and cocoa cards and am already having a blast.  This month the theme is Masculine!  Our lovely sponsor is Rubbernecker Stamps, be sure to check them out!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #598 Anything Goes 1/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!