
New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!
- Monthly challenge will start on the 1st of every month at 4 am pacific and close at 11:55 pm pacific on the 25th of each month.
- Each month will have a Design Team hostess.
- Each month there will be a prize – winner picked via random.org. [If the winner has an international shipping address – other arrangements will be made.]
- The Design Team Hostess will pick one project of their choice.
- The Prize Winner and the Design Team Hostess Pick will be invited back as future Guest Designers.
- The monthly hostess may add an OPTIONAL manufacturer or shop. Please remember that it will always be an OPTIONAL element to your card design.
- Link up a newly created Christmas/Holiday themed card with Coffee, Tea and/or Cocoa. We no longer have monthly themes. Cards still have to have a Christmas/Holiday theme. Remember to use Coffee, Tea and or Cocoa too!
- Winners and Special Mentions will post on the last day of the month at 4 am pacific.
Let’s get to this month’s challenge:
- February 1 at 4 am pacific – February 25th at 11:55 pm pacific
- Design Team Hostess: Christine
- Optional Shop: Hero Arts
- Caffeinated Crafty Prize:

Here’s how I was inspired:

My project features these products by Hero Arts:
- Big Mouth Sardine | die
- Partners in Brine | stamp + cut
- Well Preserved | stamp + cut
- Wide Stripe Bold Print | cling rubber stamp
- What’s Cookin’? | stamp + cut
- Nesting Postage Stamps | infinity dies
- Sky Ombres | hero transfers
I snuck in these too:
- Spellbinders – Santa’s Sippin’ Sayings | stamp [happy holidays]
- Spellbinders – Snowman Scene | dies [santa hat]

Here’s the story of these three Purrmaids, Mercats or how about Mermeows…They are sisters – Pearl, Coral + Umi [japanese for ocean]. It’s Christmas Eve and these Mermeows should be sleeping but Umi wants to stay up to spot Mer-Claus. I did a bit of masking on Pearl + Coral. I have them sleeping.
Does the stripe bedding look familiar? Check out my earlier project HERE.

I can’t wait to see how my teamies and the Guest designers were inspired, check out the post HERE.