I let the Starbucks ad rope me in at the grocery store.
It was chilly outside, I was tired, and I knew I needed to go home and cook after I shopped. So I went to the Starbucks counter and told them to hook me up and add an extra shot. Whatever they gave me tasted good and I sucked it down. I sped through the store, got home with four bags of crap we will never eat, and forgot half of what I was supposed to get.
Will I do it again? Probably. I have to "espresso myself" every once in a while! We're celebrating the holidays at Cupcake Inspirations!
Gerda Steiner Designs is our sponsor for this challenge and is offering a $15 gift code to our randomly chosen winner.
Check out the digital freebies on their website! I downloaded the Christmas Hatsand created some digital Christmas magic to add "paper piecing" to Santa's hat!
I love creating digital cards. I can make one and print as many as I need! Click HERE to check out what the rest of the design team has created and link up to our challenge with your holiday creation!
I'm impatient and will make a quick cup in the morning using an electric coffee maker. However, my husband and sons prepare their coffee using an Aeropress.
That thing will make coffee that will cause your heart to skip a beat! Oh my gosh, it sure is good though...
Today's post is part of the Taylormadecards4u Inspiration Team holiday crafting challenge using some of the new Christmas digitals. (All available supplies will be listed at the end of this post.) My first layout features a plain wanted poster image that I turned into a digital element using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020. Check out my how-to video for details!
Please feel free to save and use this image on your digital projects or print on card stock and embellish your cards and paper creations. All I ask is that you credit me (Wendy Bellino) and link back here!
My layouts also feature elements from Club Scrap's December 2019 Coffeehouse hybrid kit. Below is a copy of the page formula I used from Club Scrap to trim the papers for a double-page spread. You can use it again and again, arranging the elements differently each time to create beautiful pages with materials from your stash. Visit Club Scrap's blog to print a copy of the instructions and see more layouts with this formula!
Click HERE to check out what the rest of the Inspiration Team has created using the Taylormadecards4u Christmas digitals! Thanks so much for stopping by!
SUPPLIES LIST:
Below you can find a list of all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!
ephemera plural: paper items (such as posters, broadsides, and tickets) that were originally meant to be discarded after use but have since become collectibles.
Got any ephemera lying around? If you've got some, use it on a project and share it with us for the Cupcake Inspirations Ephemerachallege!
I have lots of "ephemera", but Taylormadecards4u.com happens to specialize in it and I LOVE these vintage images!
Using a card formula from Club Scrap, I created a set of standing box cards featuring the Retro Santa digital images as embellishments. (All available supplies will be listed at the end of this post.)
I used my Silhouette Cameo 3 to print and cut the digital images. This is so helpful when I have more than a few images that I want to "fussy cut" for my projects.
The Club Scrap card formulas can be utilized to cut and assemble a set of cards quickly. Once I had everything cut, scored, and sorted, the cards came together in less than an hour. Super easy!
The cards fold flat for mailing in an A2-sized envelope!
Crafty Sentiments is our sponsor for the challenge and will be providing our randomly chosen winner with three digital images from their store! Click HERE to link up your creation for a chance to win!
SUPPLIES LIST:
Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!
I have a stash of favorite recipes that I've collected over the years. Some of them are cherished family recipes, but the vast majority are my tried and true favorites. I have them written on note cards, old envelopes, pieces of paper and printed from the internet. I needed a recipe book for easy access to all of them. I found a few ideas on Pinterest, but they weren't exactly what I was looking for. I wanted something large enough to house all of my current recipes, adaptable to add new entries as I discover them, AND a stand to hold them while I'm cooking. So, I tapped into my inner engineer and came up with a design to reflect just what I wanted!
Today's project is part of the Crafter's Collaboration Holiday Video Hop. In each video, we will be sharing themed projects to get you inspired for your holiday crafting. Some of the videos will offer a giveaway, so be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win! The hop will be active through Saturday December 7, 2019. Winners will be announced on December 10th on each individual channel and a list of all the winners will be posted on the Taylormadecards4u.com/blog. Click HERE for the full list of participants or you can start by watching my video below.
Click HERE to download a written set of instructions to create your own recipe stand!
My recipe stand features the recipe cards and gift tags from the Holiday Baked Goods digital kit by Taylormadecards4u and printed card stock from Club Scrap'sTrattoria collection. (All available supplies will be listed in the supplies list at the end of this post. )
I added a cover and decorated it by trimming the little baker from one of the Holiday Baking tags. The title was stamped with one of my favorite font stamp sets from Concord and 9th - the Sophisticated Script. I also created some colored dividers and stamped headings to categorize my recipes for quick access.
Lastly, I printed and decorated the gift tags from the digital set and they are ready to add to my baked gifts!
Click HERE to check out what the rest of the Taylormadecards4u Inspiration has created and be sure to stop by the TMC4u store for the holiday sale!
Let the holiday baking begin!
SUPPLIES LIST
Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!
Christmas is my favorite time of year! I just love the smell of Christmas...cookies baking, a REAL Christmas tree in the house, cinnamon and spices, and hot chocolate on the stove! But, one of my favorite traditions is sending and receiving Christmas cards. My first letter ever written was addressed to Santa! I'm not really sure if that's true, but I was obsessed with getting the address to the North Pole in the first grade. My teacher had a mailbox in the classroom where we "mailed" our letters to Santa. I sent him a lot of letters and they weren't all about my Christmas list. I wanted details about life at the North Pole, Mrs. Claus (where did he meet her?), how many elves were there, what do reindeer really eat, does Rudolf really have a nose that lights up, and does he ever cut his beard? My teacher read a letter from Santa to our class before we left for the holidays. All of our questions were answered, (not all of mine, but the important ones) and I just knew he was REAL!
This Santa's Workshop scene was my Christmas dream! (I would have been the kid with the ticket screaming, "Santa!!! Santa's coming!!! like Will Ferrell in the movie Elf.)
Taylormadecards4u has a new digital kit for Christmas, Santa's Workshop!
I'm using it to spread a little Christmas cheer with a gift card box full of Christmas cards!
If you are looking for a quick and easy handmade gift, check out this Gift Box Tutorial from Club Scrap! The instructions are so easy to follow and you can make several at a time to give to friends and family (or keep for yourself!). I printed out the Santa's Workshop digital elements on 8.5x11 card stock and took things a step further resizing the two digital backgrounds in Photoshop Elements to nest perfectly on the cover.
I created a batch of Christmas cards to fit inside using this card formula from Club Scrap.
Using the assembly line method, I was able to create 6 gorgeous Christmas cards in about 30 minutes! No stamping, just a little distress inking with Vintage Photo Distress ink around the edges and some Diamond Stickles for sparkle!
Set 1
Set 2
All the cards nestle quite nicely inside...just waiting for me to sign, seal and deliver them for Christmas!
Click HERE to see what Christmas magic the rest of the Taylormadecards4u Inspiration Team has created using the Santa's Workshop digital kit!
