Here's another Christmas card with a little help from Starbucks! (Click HERE to view my other Starbuck's Christmas Cards). With this card I used a Vintage bingo card and then another cardboard coffee sleeve to create the palm tree on the card. The backside of the coffee sleeve is corrugated and worked perfectly for a palm tree. 
Awhile back I posted about the yahoo Altered Book Group anniversary book I particpated in (click HERE to read my previous post and see the page I created). It was a nice unexpected surprise to have it arrive on Saturday and all I can say is WOW! talk about a ton of work Corinne Stubson did for this project is mind blowing! She really out did herself!
I can't recall the last count on how many pages were submitted but that's a heck of a lot of pages! 
I'm still on a mission to use things up that I've had for awhile and in the process try and go green as best I can.
Each year Starbucks Coffee comes out with Christmas themed coffee sleeves. I enjoy the challenge of using them to make Christmas cards with. Here's my my processing of turning them into Christmas cards using the sleeve and things I already had.
Of course your not going to have the same things I have, but I challenge you to use things you already have and create your own simple Christmas cards using a Starbucks coffee sleeve.
 Starbucks Coffee Sleeve |  CARD 1. Here I've assembled my supplies |  A little trimming of the sleeve with pinking shears makes it just the right size to use. |
 A little ink around the edges will help pop the piece. |  Using a stylus I embossed the veins in the leaves to give them some dimension. Use a hole punch to cut the berries from the holly paper. |  More ink around the edges of the holly leaves. |
 Assemble your pieces using pop dots. |  Here I added a rhinestone embellishment. |  It seemed a little plain yet to me so I added a die cut I had from a Christmas card kit I bought after Christmas several years ago. |
 Card 2 Assembled | 2 more card variations using the Starbucks coffee sleeve. |  Card 3 Assembled |
Click Here to view my newest Starbucks Christmas Cards
I'm participating in a creative challenge called
The Erosion Bundle Project. The idea was borrowed from Seth at the Altered Page.
The idea is to create small bundles out of whatever you like (paper, metal, cloth etc.) then hang, bury or submerge your bundles and watch mother nature have her way with them. The due date for hanging your bundles is Jan. 1, 2010. We have such mild winters here in California that I decided to get mine now so they could have longer out in the weather. We'll then take pictures of their progress along the way and remove them April 15th, 2010. Once we remove our bundles we'll have until August 2010 to finish art pieces using our eroded items.
If you'd like to particpate in this creative challenge pop over to The Erosion Bundle Blog, and leave Kris Henderson, the inspiration beyond this project, a post.
Below are pictures of my bundles. I'm hoping to create a few more using more metals so I can get some good grungy rusted metal. Click the pictures to read further explantion of my packages.
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It's been awhile since I've added new freebie 
I hope your not getting too tired of all these felt banners, but I'm trying to get as many made before the Christmas boutique. Here's a couple more I had done but finally took pictures of. The great thing is that I'm able to use up bits and pieces of Christmas embellishments left over from the last several years.
