Coffee Bar Wreath

 If you love coffee as much as I do, why not celebrate it in your home décor? Today I’m sharing this cozy Coffee Bar Wreath I created for Clear Scraps. It’s the perfect accent for a kitchen nook, coffee station, or gift for your favorite coffee lover!

This project combines wood tones, layered embellishments, and a touch of rustic charm for a warm and inviting look.

Supplies Used

• Clear Scraps Mason Jar Extra Circles (2 sets of 6)
• Clear Scraps Coffee Chipboard Punchout Embellishments 

• Acrylic Paint (various brown tones + cream)
• Patterned paper (neutral/linen look)
• Adhesive - Mod Podge & wood glue
• Burlap and lace ribbon
• Hot glue gun
• Red cardstock (for hearts)
• Sanding block (optional)

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Paint the Wood Circles

Start by painting 6 of the wood circles in a rich brown tone. I applied a thin coat of paint to give more of a stained look. This adds depth and gives that rustic coffee house feel.

Let dry completely.

2. Cover the Decorative Circles

For the coffee-themed circle accents:

• Trace the circle pieces onto patterned paper and cut or die cut as I did.
• Adhere to 5 of the wood circles with mod podge.
• Sand the edges
• Apply mod podge over the paper to seal.

3. Assemble the Wreath

Lay out the wood circles onto a wreath form created with cardboard before gluing. My wreath form measures 10 inches in diameter and is about 1 1/4 inches wide.

Once you’re happy with placement:

• Secure them together with wood glue.
• Allow everything to fully set before moving.

4. Add the Coffee Elements

Paint the chipboard pieces with acrylic paint. Let dry.

Adhere the coffee-themed chipboard embellishments (coffee cup, beans, creamer, coffee bar sentiment) to the patterned circles. 

5. Create the Statement Bow

This bow is such a focal point!

• Use wide burlap ribbon layered with lace ribbon.
• Create multiple loops for fullness.
• Secure the center with hot glue or wire.
• Adhere to the left side of the wreath with hot glue.

Add a creamer embellishment to the center of the bow for a charming finishing touch.

I absolutely love how this wreath turned out — warm, welcoming, and full of personality! It makes my coffee corner feel extra cozy every morning.

You're Amazing Card

 It's March 1st!

That means a new challenge is up and running at 

Morgan's ArtWorld!

Our challenges are always "Anything Goes".

Commencing March 1st - 27th

My DT project is a card created with

Fantasy Fae 24.

I colored this digital stamp with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.

My background was created with a 3D embossing folder.

The raised portions were lightly inked for a little color.

I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed.

It was fussy cut before adhering to the card.

I hope you'll join us this month and

as always I really appreciate you stopping by!

Forever 29 Birthday Card

Birthdays are the perfect excuse to go bold and a little playful! For this card, I paired a fun tiered cake image with a trendy chalkboard-style background and a cheeky “Forever 29” sentiment. The bright pink frosting and festive details really pop against the dark backdrop—making this design perfect for someone who plans to celebrate 29 again and again! 

Pajama Crafter Stamps products for this card include:

Forever 29 Cake Stamps - cake, present, "Forever 29" sentiment, confetti/streamers

Prehistoric Birthday Stamp - balloon, party favor

Stitched Scalloped Border Die

Card Inspiration

The inspiration for this card design comes from Craft Roulette Episode #306

Parameters are:

My first step is to stamp the cake and present. Color them with Prismacolor Pencils using summer desert colors. Fussy cut. 

To create the "chalkboard" effect stamp images on black cardstock with Versamark ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder. Smudge a little white ink to the edges and in a few random spots. Trim this piece down to approximately 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches.

Make a 5x7 inch card base with black cardstock. Score and fold a 7 x 10 inch piece of cardstock at 5 inches along the 10 inch side. 

Cut pink card stock to 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. A piece of stripe pattern card is cut to approximately 4 x 6 inches.

A scalloped pink border is die cut.

Adhere the pink mat and the striped card stock to the black card base.

Add the "chalkboard" piece and border.

Finishing

To complete the card design add the cake and present images with foam tape.

This playful birthday card is perfect for celebrating someone who refuses to age past 29! I love how the bold frosting and whimsical chalk details make this card feel fun and full of personality.

Be sure to check out the amazing stamps, dies and other products from Pajama Crafter Stamps to create your own festive birthday designs!

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Linking up to:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG

613 Avenue Create - playing ATG

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG

Crafts Galore Encore - ATG

Love to Craft - ATG

Happy Saturday!

It's time to share an inspiration project for this month's

Polkadoodles Craft & Cardmaking Challenge!

The theme is

ANYTHING GOES

You can enter with projects using any images from any company.

My inspiration project for this week is a Spring themed card.

I am using Gil Bunny Rabbit Growing Sunflowers Digi as my focal.

He is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.

I adhered to white cardstock.

A border at the top of the card uses one of the papers from

Pretty Spring Printable Papers.

The sentiment was printed and die cut with an oval die.

I added handcut banners to complete my card design.

Won't you join us this month?

Hi crafty friends!

Today I’m sharing this sweet and sparkly birthday card created with Princess Molly with Balloon from Conie Fong Art & Design. Isn’t she just the cutest little birthday princess? 

I colored this darling image with Prismacolor pencils, blending soft browns for her hair and lots of vibrant purples and pinks for her dress to give it a fun, party-ready look. The purple balloon ties perfectly into the color palette and adds to the celebratory feel.

For the background, I kept things elegant with an embossed white panel to add subtle texture without taking attention away from the focal image. A glittery purple frame and coordinating cardstock mat give the card that extra sparkle fit for a princess! I finished it off with a few pieces of confetti embellishments and a shiny “Celebrate” sentiment to complete the festive look.

This card would be perfect for a little girl’s birthday or anyone who loves a touch of sparkle and purple magic.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the beautiful digital stamps from Conie Fong Art & Design for your next crafty project. 

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Linking up to:

Crafter's Cafe - For the Girls

Crafts Galore Encore - ATG

The Creative Crafters - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG option

A Place to Start - playing ATG

613 Avenue Create - playing ATG

Sliding By Happy Birthday

Just sliding by to wish you a happy birthday! Hey there! It’s Judy V here with a fun winter birthday card. It features one of the cute little penguins from the Sliding By Stamp and Die Bundle by Pajama Crafter Stamps.

Card Inspiration

The inspiration for this card comes from Craft Roulette Episode #305. If you are not familiar with Craft Roulette, a spin of a wheel determines 4 parameters to use for creating a card..

The parameters for my card are 

A joyfold card is easy enough, right? It is a type of interactive card that features two distinct opening flaps. Typically, a smaller card nests inside a larger card base for this type of card. The smaller card opening folds over the front of the larger card.

Cartoon colors can be just about anything. I pulled my colors from Donald duck.

My “I” element includes the ice skating penguin and I’m adding an igloo for good measure.

And as far as scraps, the patterned papers and vellum I used were all sitting on my desk left over from other projects.

Creating the Base

My card measures 5 x 6 1/2 inches. And, it opens a little differently than most joyfold cards. This may have been intentional or not!?!?!

Cut a 10 x 6 1/2 inch piece of cardstock. Score and fold at 5 inches along the 10 inch side. With the fold on the bottom, open the card and cut diagonally from the lower left corner up to the fold line on the right.

Next, cut a piece of patterned paper to 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Adhere to the inside of the card base.

For the outer or top flap, cut another piece of patterned paper to 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Cut diagonally and adhere.

To create the smaller card, cut cardstock to 4 14 x 8 1/2 inches. Score and fold at 4 1/4 inches along the 8 1/2 inch side. Cut a piece of white cardstock 4 x 4 inches and adhere to the bottom half. The fold should be on top.

Add the smaller card to the inside of the larger card. I die cut 3 banners with the Banner Die Set. Adhere the banners beneath the smaller card.

The lower flap of the larger card will fold up over the bottom of the smaller card.

Finishing

Add the decorative elements to the front of the small card to complete.

I stamped the skating penguin from the Sliding By Stamps, colored and cut.

Emboss an igloo onto a piece of white card stock. Add a little blue ink over the raised areas.

Trim down to 4 x 4 inches and adhere to the front of the small card. 

Adhere a blue vellum scrap below the igloo. 

Add the penguin with foam tape.

Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Forever 29 Cake Stamps. Fussy cut and adhere to card.

Add Boyfriend Blue Rhinestone Mix Embellishments randomly to complete.

I hope this sliding by happy birthday card project inspires you to try a joy fold card and create your own winter scene with Pajama Crafter Stamps!

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Linking up to:

613 Avenue Create - ATG w/Animal Magic Twist

Little Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Crafty Animals - ATG /include an animal

Critter Crazy Challenge - ATG / with featured critter

The Four Seasons - Anything Winter

A Place to Start - ATG w/small critters twist

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Challenge Recognition

Community Helpers Inspiration Hop

I’m honored to be part of the Pajama Crafter Stamps Community Helpers Inspiration Hop today.

Our Design Team is sharing handmade card inspiration celebrating the everyday heroes who

care for, protect, and serve our communities.

Head over to my Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/createdjust4udesigns/

to start hopping and see all the inspiring projects.

My inspiration card is a little thank you to doctors and

other health care workers who always go above and beyond

to provide help and care to those that need it.

Products used for my design include:

Doctor Koala Bear Stamp and Die Bundle

Circle Peek A Boo Die

Banner Die Set

All Occasion Flashcards

Opalescence Confetti Embellishments

Bearly Art Glue

I stared my project by stamping, coloring and die cutting the bear image.

A 5 x 6 1/2 inch card base was created with green cardstock.

I cut a 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inch gray mat and a 4 5/8 x 6 1/8 inch white background.

2 rectanglar pieces of patterned paper were cut.

I die cut a banner and the circle peek a boo piece.

The sentiment was die cut from the flashcard used with an oval die.

A green oval frame was also die cut.

Add the mat and background pieces to the card base.

Adhere the patterned paper pieces.

Apply the circle die cut and banner.

I did cut 2 more shorter banners to add as well.

Add the oval sentiment and stamped adn die cut image with foam tape.

The confetti embellishments complete my card design.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

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Linking up to:
A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Creative Fingers Challenge - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Crafty Animals - ATG w/animals

Critter Crazy Challenge - ATG w/featured critter

A Place to Start - ATG w/Small Critters Twist

A Cut Above - ATG w/at least 1 die cut

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG

613 Avenue Create - ATG w/Animal Magic twist

Crafty Catz - ATG

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CHALLEWNGE RECOGNITION