Coffee and Good Tidings

One of the things I miss is coffee. I have cut WAY back on my coffee consumption...as in zero coffee consumption since my second child, Winter, was born. I read that caffeine could affect breast milk production and because I truly wanted to breastfeed Winter for as long as possible, I gave up coffee completely. (I drank a cup of coffee here and there when Kathryn was born and I had a hard time producing breast milk then...barely produced any that Kathryn simply stopped wanting to breastfeed when she was 9 months.) Winter is 10 months now and still happily breastfeeding...and while I miss coffee so much, I wouldn't take a sip of it if it means breastfeeding her for another 10 months :o)

So what's a caffeine-frustrated mama to do? Design coffee-themed stamps! And my latest coffee stamp set, Coffee to Go: Fall and Coffee, is so much fun. I did some masking (well, plenty of masking!) to create my one layer coffee-themed Christmas card. Made one coffee cup stand out by stamping it in festive Christmas red then finished it off with a sentiment from Scripty Christmas Sentiments.

Want a shot at the Coffee to Go set? You might just win it when you check out this post :o)

Challenges:

• Paperminutes #561 - Coffee or tea
• Papercraft Challenges #23 - Inspired by a Song (mine is inspired by We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #39 - Anything Christmas Goes
• Cards in Envy - Favorite holiday cards challenge
• Crafting from the Heart #226 - Anything Goes

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