Meticulosity: SWIG

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Coffee and Cards with Deb and Celeste - and Michael / November 2025

November is here and it's a time of colorful leaves, creating holiday cards and being grateful for wonderful friends ( both near and far ) . Today Michael Trent is joining us again from Brazil . He introduced me to KCS Designs By Kim and the fabulous digital images in their Etsy shop . We've been having so much fun with their designs that Celeste suggested we all use KCS Designs images for our November posts . Michael and I are also new members of their Design Team !!

As soon as I saw the new Christmas Past Journal Papers, I knew I had to have them . And then I started thinking of card designs I could make with them. I've already used one of the 20 included designs for a recipe swap . There are ornaments, strings of holiday lights, a holiday village and Santa - just to name a few.

I printed the Skaters and the Snowman images from the Christmas Past Journal Papers to fit on an A2 card base.
I fussycut the snowman from the printed panel .
A strip of snowflake washi was adhered across the top of the skater image.
I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock with Nautical Blue Memento Ink . It is from The Jubilee Crew by Close To My Heart .
The sentiment was cut with a Deckle Rectangle Die .
I popped the snowman up on the skater panel with foam tabs.
The snowflakes were stamped in a variety of colors of blue ink on the skater panel and the sentiment image. They are from a 2006 Stampin' Up set - Snow Flurries .
I adhered the skater panel to a turquoise card base.
The sentiment was popped up with foam tabs .
I placed a glittery pale blue candy dot on the center of each snowflake.

I really love how this card turned out . The vintage feel is perfect for some beautiful holiday cards . I'm excited to use more designs in that set . Please use the links below to see what Celeste and Michael have made for November.

Celeste - Crafting Junky

Michael - World of Michael Trent

I bought a Christmas Coffee cup a few months ago at a fantastic sale price. I used it for the first time today while finishing this card . This SWIG cup is really gorgeous, and I decided to have a cup of Cinnabon Caramel Pecan coffee while I created.

Thanks so much for viewing my card for November. I hope you are staying warm and enjoying some of your favorite beverage . I have been retired for a little over a month now and thoroughly enjoying myself - no 0430 alarms waking me up , enjoying a nice quiet cup of coffee in the morning , reading late into the night whenever I want to .. And being able to create 24/7 . Take some time for yourself and do some creating of your own. We will be back in December.

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Coffee and Cards with Deb & Celeste / July 2025

July is here . And that means a fun, summer theme from me and Celeste !! We are having crazy hot weather here in Virginia Beach . I keep waiting for it to cool down a bit for even a day, but that hasn't happened yet. So sit back, relax with a nice iced coffee and enjoy our cards for this month .

I am in love with stickers of all kinds and especially love the chipboard variety . I know that I have had these from Crate Paper 's "The Pier" collection for years !!! So now seemed like the perfect time to use them.

I adhered a piece of paper from the "Domestic Goddess" collection by Stampin' Up to a 5x7 pale turquoise card base. The design reminded me of a picnic tablecloth we had when I was a child.
Chipboard stickers from Crate Paper's "The Pier" collection were placed on the patterned paper . The Summer Days heading was perfect!!

This was such a fun, quick and easy card to make . Totally different from my original idea but I was really pleased with the outcome. I can't wait to see what Celeste's idea was for our Summer theme !! You can see her card over at her blog - Crafting Junky . While I was making my card, I was drinking some Vanilla Caramel Iced coffee in my new SWIG Sunset Travel Mug . I am not affiliated with the company at all - just love that I can keep my coffee or water either cold or hot on my desk for hours !! And they also have such pretty straws !! It's my go-to cup at work now ( until I retire at the end of September ).

Thanks so much for dropping by to see our summery creations. I hope you are having a nice weekend doing something that you love - read a book, take a walk, call a friend. Be kind to yourself and others. We will see you next month .. Until then, Stay Creative .

Debra Davison / Meticulosity