Meowy Christmas! Yep. Again.

Since I'm all about cats all the time, lots of my holiday cards will feature cats. Seeing that I have a huge collection of feline images, the only problem is choosing which cat stamp to feature!

Today's card features The Fat Cats #6 (Katzelkraft), who I have dubbed The Cat Singer. 

The Fat Cats #6, aka The Cat Singer, was stamped onto Neenah cardstock and onto Eclipse Tape (Judikins). The Eclipse Tape version was fussy-cut and adhered over its counterpart as a mask. The Santa hat from Funny Accessories stamp set (Katzelkraft) was stamped onto the image, over the mask, then also stamped onto a scrap of Eclipse Tape. It was also fussy-cut, then adhered to the image panel to mask the hat. Post-It Notes were adhered over the base of the image panel, which was then airbrushed with G43 and G46 Copic markers using the airbrush system. The image panel was trimmed, the masks were lifted, then the scene was colored with Copic markers.

The excess Copic airbrushed cardstock was die-cut with the curtains dies from the Take The Stage die set (Die-namics). A scrap of red cardstock was die-cut with the tie-backs from this set. I set my little scene by adhering the curtains, swags, and tie-backs onto the image panel, which was matted with black cardstock.

Red cardstock was stamped with the fabulous new Decor Cling Music stamp (Stampendous) using Jet Black Archival ink and my new Tim Holtz Stamp Platform (Tonic Studios).  This music-stamped piece was trimmed, matted with black cardstock, and adhered to a red card.

The Meowy Christmas (The Cat's Pajamas) was stamped onto another scrap of the excess airbrushed cardstock, then die-cut with a nameplate die (Spellbinders).

The scenic image panel and sentiment were adhered to the card and I declared this card to be complete.

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I shall enter this card into the following challenges:
• Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #348: Holidays
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenges: Christmas
• Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenges

Meowy Christmas, v 2.0

I'm back with another holiday card featuring the ever-so-wonderful Cat Angel (Stampendous)!

Here it is!

Cat Angel was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (Imagine Crafts). I had retained the Cat Angel mask from the last card, which I adhered over its counterpart, then airbrushed with Copic markers in shades of blue, red violet, and cool black.

The mask was lifted and Cat Angel was colored with Copic markers. A Clear Sparkle Spectrum Noir glitter pen (Crafter's Companion) was used to add a glittery sparkle to the wings, star, and sky dots.

Shimmery black and blue cardstock was die-cut with the Globe Thinlits Alterations die (Sizzix). The shimmery black Globe die-cut was divested of its cut out bits. A Circle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders) was used to die-cut a circle from navy cardstock. The shimmery black cardstock Globe was adhered to the navy cardstock, which had been run through my Xyron machine to add a coat of adhesive to it. The blue Globe die-cut was placed over the top of the shimmery black one and the die-cut bits were pressed and/or placed into the apertures. I do love my tweezers!

Parchment printed vellum was die-cut with the Peaceful Greetings sentiment die and one of the Dimensional Banners dies (Die-namics). The Meowy Christmas sentiment (The Cat's Pajamas) was stamped onto the banner with Noir Palette Hybrid ink (Stewart Superior).

The sentiment banner, "Peaceful Greetings", and Globe die-cuts were added to the image panel, which was then trimmed, adhered to black cardstock, and then onto a white card. "Joy to the world" was added courtesy of the Christmastime Remnant Rubs (Idea-ology) to finish the card.

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I shall enter this card into the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges: Christmas/Winter Holidays

• Addicted to Stamps Challenge #159: Season's Greetings

• Country View Challenges: Christmas

• Show Us Your Pussies Challenge #25: Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving! A repost...

In fact, this entire post is a repost from last year since we reprised the whole two days, with one exception. Chanukah started last night, so this year the Menorah, gifts, other family get-togethers, and traditions will be added to the mix...
 
I'm an overachiever, we already did the family Thanksgiving dinner last night and will be doing Thanksgiving Dinner, the Sequel tonight.

All the purveying, prep, and what not have kept me out of my craft room, so I'm reposting an oldie (but hopefully goodie) Thanksgiving card.

Here it is. It's an accordion card with a belly band to keep it together.

Front View with Belly Band:


Accordion Card:


The card features the adorable penguins from the Gobble It Up set by The Cat's Pajamas. The penguins, domed cloche, pie, and sentiments are from that set. The wine bottle is called Pop the Cork and is also by the Cat's Pajamas. The bread basket is from the Kitchen Classics set by Crafty Secrets.

The entire scene was stamped in Memento ink, then colored with Copic markers. The cloche, turkey, penguin bills, and penguin feet were coated with a layer of embossing powder to add dimension and shine. There was a whole lotta masking involved to get that turkey on the table and to add that homey yellow background, which was sponged with Distress Ink.

The patterned paper is from the Origins collection by Basic Grey.

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Happy Thanksgiving!!! I hope your meal is delicious, the company good, and that you have someone else to clean up for you. If you're traveling, be safe.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm an overachiever, we already did the family Thanksgiving dinner last night and will be doing Thanksgiving Dinner, the Sequel tonight.

All the purveying, prep, and what not have kept me out of my craft room, so I'm reposting an oldie (but hopefully goodie) Thanksgiving card.

Here it is. It's an accordion card with a belly band to keep it together.

Front View with Belly Band:


Accordion Card:


The card features the adorable penguins from the Gobble It Up set by The Cat's Pajamas. The penguins, domed cloche, pie, and sentiments are from that set. The wine bottle is called Pop the Cork and is also by the Cat's Pajamas. The bread basket is from the Kitchen Classics set by Crafty Secrets.

The entire scene was stamped in Memento ink, then colored with Copic markers. The cloche, turkey, penguin bills, and penguin feet were coated with a layer of embossing powder to add dimension and shine. There was a whole lotta masking involved to get that turkey on the table and to add that homey yellow background, which was sponged with Distress Ink.

The patterned paper is from the Origins collection by Basic Grey.

Thanks for visiting today and

Happy Thanksgiving!!! I hope your meal is delicious, the company good, and that you have someone else to clean up for you. If you're traveling, be safe.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I don't know about you, but I'm busy prepping my side dishes and getting ready for Thanksgiving, which put me in the mood to share this card. It's an accordion card with a belly band to keep it together.

Front View with Belly Band:


Accordion Card:


The card features the adorable penguins from the Gobble It Up set by The Cat's Pajamas. The penguins, domed cloche, pie, and sentiments are from that set. The wine bottle is called Pop the Cork and is also by the Cat's Pajamas. The bread basket is from the Kitchen Classics set by Crafty Secrets.

The entire scene was stamped in Memento ink, then colored with Copic markers. The cloche, turkey, penguin bills, and penguin feet were coated with a layer of embossing powder to add dimension and shine. There was a whole lotta masking involved to get that turkey on the table and to add that homey yellow background, which was sponged with Distress Ink.

The patterned paper is from the Origins collection by Basic Grey.

I shall enter this card in these challenges:
• Simon Says "Thanksgiving/Thanks" Challenge.
• iCopic Challenge #57: "Being Thankful and Thanksgiving".

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It's March! TCP Tuesday Challenge!

Ah! March! The days are getting longer, I saw some buds on a tree, and St. Patrick's Day is the next card-making holiday.

TCP Tuesday's challenge for this first Tuesday in March is to create a Good Luck card.

Here's mine!


I used The Cat's Pajamas Beary Good Year set. I colored the cutie bear, his shamrock, and the grass with Copic markers. I re-used a card design that I've used before since I like it. :D The patterned paper is by Basic Grey and a bunch of rhinestones were used to add a touch o'bling because "a project just don't sing, if it ain't got the bling".

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Meowy Christmas & Happy Mew Year!

Gosh. I love puns. And I love cats. So when I discovered Purrs & Pants rubber stamps at Heirloom's Allentown show, I had to cave. I've been using the two stamps I purchased and send in some cards for publication. Two were picked up and are in the current issue of Crafts 'n Things. Purrs & Pants has a publication policy, so I dutifully notified Tricia who sent me unmounted stamps in payment! Yahoo!

Here's the first card using Cats Caroling, which is one of my new Purrs & Pants stamps.



I colored this seriously cute image with Copic markers and then used a Spica pen on the light and covered the light and lantern with Glaze pens to give it dimension. I've been having fun with my white Flock recently and never put it away, so I used it for the pom-poms on the cats' hats.

The plaid patterned paper is from Daisy D (insert sad face). The music paper is from 7 Gypsies. The red speckly cardstock is super-old Doodlebug from my scrap pile. I backed a clear button with the reverse side of the music paper and used some really fab music ribbon. The sentiment is from the Give a Little set by The Cat's Pajamas. There's a sentiment there that says "Believe in Elves". I always read it as "Believe in Elvis". Just sharin'. Hah!

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I'm a Guest Blogger!

Today I'm "Guest Blogging" for the talented Tiffany, who is in the process of moving cross-country again! We really do need to support our military families who sacrifice so much to serve our country.

Not only is Tiffany seriously talented, she's exceedingly generous as well. She's going to give away a $100 gift certificate to Two Peas in a Bucket, plus some other gifts too. Here's the link so you can read about these wonderful offers!

Anyway, here's my Thanksgiving card.


The card features the adorable penguins from the Gobble It Up set by The Cat's Pajamas. The penguins, domed cloche, pie, and sentiment are from that set. The bread basket is from the Kitchen Classics set by Crafty Secrets.

The entire scene was stamped in Memento ink, then colored with Copic markers. The cloche, turkey, penguin bills, and penguin feet were coated with a layer of embossing powder to add dimension and shine. There was a whole lotta masking involved to get that turkey on the table and to add the sponged background! I also used the long rectangle Nestabilities from Spellbinders to both cut and mask the image. All of the homey patterned paper is from the Domestic Goddess pad by Graphic 45. Love! As usual, I sponged Distress Ink (Old Paper, Antique Linen, Barn Door, and Faded Jeans) to the edges of the patterned paper. The sentiment was stamped on a QuicKutz die cut tag and enhanced with a whole mess of pearls!

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Twofer: TCPTuesday #132 + a SCS Sketch Challenge!

Happy Halloween again!

The challenge was to use red, pink, and orange. For some reason, the color challenge and Halloween made me think of Wendy, the Good Little Witch from the Casper, the Friendly Ghost cartoons from my childhood. I used SCS's most recent sketch, too.

Here's the card!


So I got out The Cat's Pajamas' Fright Night set and made this card. I inked the hat, shoes, and dress with red Memento ink; the face, hands, and broom with gray Memento ink, and stamped the witch image (Dewdrops are perfect for inking parts of the stamp!). I inked the cauldron with pink Memento ink and stamped that. I used grey Memento ink for the steam curls and for the ghost. I outlined all the images (with my not-so steady hand) with a Micron pen. I colored the scene with Copic markers, added a Spica pen glittery bow tie to the ghost, then added glitter to the steam from the cauldron.

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One card--three challenges!!!

Woo-hoo! I hit the trifecta of challenges! I'm sooo efficient. Bwa ha ha.

This card meets The Cat's Pajamas' Tuesday Challenges #128 (to use PJ the bear), #129 (a sketch), and the "Think Pink" Blog Hop Challenge!



PJ, from TCP's A Cuppa set, was colored with pink Copics to match the teacup paper (from my scrap bin) and the Basic Grey paper. I actually paper pieced, which is a shocker since I'm notoriously deficient in my cutting skills -- I actually failed "Scissors" in Kindergarten 500 years ago.

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TCP Tuesday #123: "Bottoms Up" Challenge #2

Here's the second card with a sentiment I'd love as a stamp. :D



Yep. It's another card with another penguin. But this time there are margaritas -- just the way I like 'em...on the rocks...with a salted rim! mmmmmm!

I used the Hola Tequila set for this card! Gotta love the penguin, sentiment, cocktails, salt shaker/lime, and the cactus! The penguin and the margaritas were colored with Copics. I used Sakura glitter pens on the rims of the glass and the accents. Sakura glaze pen was used on the tumblers and on the penguin's beak and feet. Glitter was added to the glass (and my desk, carpet, and cat, who looks very sparkly and festive).

The patterned papers are from my Fancy Pants stash and are older. I do love stripes, probably a bit too much. The sentiment was created with Doodlebug rub-ons.

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P.S. Let's all hoist a glass to my dh and me (mainly him for putting up with me)! We're celebrating our 30th anniversary today. (I got married when I was 5 years old).

TCP Tues #123 "Bottoms Up" challenge

Here's my first card for this challenge!



I used my new Ship Happens set by The Cat's Pajamas. Since penguins "float my boat, when I first saw this set, I fell in love with the penguins adrift in the tea cup. Then I saw that sentiment and guffawed loudly, scaring my kitties.

I colored the scene with Copic markers and used some older Fancy Pants patterned paper with it. I do love my striped paper. I used the Copics to color the ribbon to match the tea cup.

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Two challenges -- One card!

This one qualifies for Splitcoast's Sketch Challenge 288 and TCP Tuesday's Color Challenge! It also qualifies for a third one (something about using a previously unused item), but I forgot where I saw that challenge! Ha. It's not easy being me.



I used the Hola Tequila and Make Merry sets by the Cat's Pajamas and the lime slice stamp by Odd Bird Planet. The image was colored with Copics and then glitter was added to the rims of the glasses.

The lime slice was colored with Copics with a very odd, but cool, result.

The rectangle/circle panel and the circle sentiment are up on dimensionals.

The pink is raspberrier and the yellow is honeyier in real life (<---referring to the colors). Silly camera and silly camera's user. :D

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TCP Tuesday Sketch Challenge -- Card #2

As I stated earlier today, I thought that this sketch was seriously cute, so while I was working out, watching Oprah, and listening to Dire Straits (at the same time), this idea popped into my head. I had to get it out of there since there's just so much space before my head starts to spin. *grin*

This one uses a another cute penguin from the latest release over at The Cats' Pajamas, plus a sentiment from a set from last year. If you love penguins as much as I do, you should click here and go check out all the stamps. You'll be glad you did. If you're a cat lover, Sprinkles is a necessity as well.

Anyways, here's the card.


It's a shaker card, so the depth, the acrylic, and the microbeads make it impossible to scan. Sadly, I'm not such a good photographer, so the image isn't the best. The image was colored with Copics. Krylon's silver leafing pen was used on the buttons and on all edges. The patterned paper is Rusty Pickle (blue snowflake) and Fancy Pants (stripes). The card itself and the scalloped circle are sparkly white, which photographed oddly.

Since a penguin is a critter, this is another one for Moxie Fab World's "All Creatures Great and Small" challenge.

I bet you're shocked that I posted two cards in one day. So am I!

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TCP Tuesday Sketch Challenge

I finally got around to doing another TCP (The Cat's Pajamas) Tuesday challenges! This one was a sketch challenge and the sketch was über-cute.

Here's my take on the sketch.


I used one of the adorable penguins from the Give a Little set, which is new and terrific! As a penguin fanatic, it's a "must have"! The image was colored with Copic markers and the lights were accented with Spica glitter pens. The patterned paper is by Flair Designs.

Since penguins are critters, this card also qualifies for the "All Creatures Great & Small" Challenge over at Moxie Fab World.

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Another TCP Tuesday Two-Fer!

I've decided to get all my uninked or underinked stamps inky and build a stockpile of cards from them and my humongo stash of patterned paper. What better way to do that than with challenges!

This week's TCP Tuesday challenge is a sketch challenge hosted by Carole. I liked the sketch so much that I created two cards!

Cheers!


I flipped the sketch and used The Cat's Pajamas Relaxing stamp and "Cheers" from Odd Bird Planet with fun cocktail paper from Flair Designs and old Junkitz paper (distressed green)! The image panel was colored with Copic markers. I might go back and add some gemstones.

Reach for the Stars

This one uses a TCP Rocket ship that was stamped, colored with Copics, and then made sparkly with Twinkling H2Os. The scan shows the sparkliness (new word) of the Twinklings as streaks. Bummer! IRL, the space ship looks metallic and shiny/sparkly.

The sentiment was created (poorly) with rub-ons. I'm clearly rub-on impaired. The papers are from the now-defunct Inque Boutique. It's sad because it's a super-cute pad of spaceships, robots, stars, and aliens. Oh well. The cardstock is old Club Scrap cardstock that is a lovely grayish blue with glittery silver sparkly bits embedded in it, so it's perfect for a starry sky!

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Yikes! Two blog posts in one day! SHOCKING!

This is my second two-fer -- I got motivated in the early hours this morning. Sometimes insomnia is a good thing... or maybe it was the coffee I had at 10:00 p.m.? Hmmm.

I used the same sketch from SplitCoast Stampers to create a second card for this week's TCP Tuesdays Challenge, "Let Them Eat Cake", hosted this week by Susan!

Since I had the set out, I used The Cats' Pajamas Smells Like Cake set to create this card too. The image was colored with Copics and accented with Spica glitter pens because I gotta have some bling on all projects to appease my inner glittery girl. I used patterned papers from Basic Grey's 6x6 Cupcake pad and then edged 'em with some distress ink. It ended up looking a bit busy, so I'm not sure I love it.

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Another Day, Another Challenge!

This is a two-fer -- such fun being efficient. I used a (flipped) sketch from SplitCoast Stampers to create a card for this week's TCP Tuesdays Challenge, "Let Them Eat Cake", hosted this week by Susan!

I used The Cats' Pajamas Smells Like Cake set to create this card. The image was colored with Copics. I used Liquid Pearls on the cupcake's frosting and Spica glitter pens to add a bit of bling to the star, the presents, and the party hats. The patterned papers are from Doodlebug!

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Bah Humbug!

Celebrating both Chanukah and Christmas with the attendant family gatherings sure took away from my crafting time. I do love the holidays, most of the preparation, the gift-buying, the wrapping, the gift-giving, and the family time, so I'm not really complaining so much as lamenting the lessening of my "me" time spent creating. I have managed to sneak in a few cards and projects here and there and will get them scanned and uploaded soon.

I got some stamps from The Cat's Pajamas and Bombshell Stamps for Chanukah and can't wait to get some time to ink up those babies! Thankfully, things should slow down soon! Yahoo!

Meanwhile, you should check out the Twelve Days of Christmas Sale at Odd Bird Planet. It's a progressive sale (storewide--including the adorable new release stamps) with another percent discount added for each of the twelve days. Plus, there are additional items on sale. Get the info at Johanna's blog!

If you're celebrating this evening, stay safe while being festive!