Monday, April 28, 2014

Maneki-neko - Lucky Cat

Hello, everybody.  Before I share my card, I would like to welcome to my newest follower, Heather Johnson - so lovely to have you here!  For the past couple weeks I have been enthralled by the Oriental Sketch Challenges over at MFP Speedy TV, and this week there's an Oriental challenge at Allsorts, so I was inspired to make another Asian-themed card.  This time I decided to use the maneki-neko also known as Lucky Cat.  I found the image at Pubzi.com and coloured it with my Prismacolor pencils.  Every time I see a Lucky Cat, I have to smile - they are so cute!


The beautiful Asian papers are from Baer Studio Design, and the Asian word-art stamp is an older wood-mount from Paper Pleasures that I stamped in black on some textured red paper I had in my stash. I used my Marvy Uchida circle punch and a Nellie's Multiframe Circle for the sentiment.  I used my Memory Box butterfly die and heat-embossed the die cut with glittery gold embossing powder (The Artful Stamper - Egyptian Gold).  The black gems are from Dollarama.

I enjoy supporting the following challenges:
4 Krafty Girls Anything Goes 3E #3
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes 3E #2
Allsorts Oriental 3E #1
A Gem of a Challenge Cute and Cuddly UE
Brown Sugar Anything Goes 2E #2
Butterfly Challenge Glamourous 3E #1
Crafting from the Heart Anything Goes 3E #1
Crafty Catz Anything Goes 3E #3
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge April Challenge UE
Crafty Little Fairies Furry Friends 3E #2
Creative Fingers Anything Goes 3E #3
Ditzie Digi Anything Goes UE
DL.ART April Linky UE 1/day
Fairy Tale Challenge Cute Only UE
Fitztown Lots of Layers
Hanna and Friends Favourite Colours (red) UE
Just B Creative Crazy April Just Because Linky Party UE 1/day
Let's Craft and Create Dies and Punches (used both) UE
Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday 1E
My Craft Creations Anything Goes UE
MFP Speedy TV Oriental Sketch Challenge (see below) 5E #1
Milk Coffee Use Those Bright Colours 3E #1
My Craft Spot Shake it On (used glittery embossing powder on butterfly) 1E
Pumpkin Spice Stamping (stamped Asian word art sentiment) UE
Scrapbook Blessings Club Anything Goes 3E #3
Scrapping 4 Fun Use a Stamp or Digi 3E #2
Scribble and Scrap Always Anything Goes 3E #2
Sentimental Sundays Clean and Simple 3E #1
Simon Says Stamp Monday Not so Mellow Yellow 5E #1
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Clean and Simple 5E #2
Simply Create Too Stack 'em up (at least 2 layers) 3E #2
Sister Act (Cards Only) Anything Goes UE
Sisterhood of Crafters Things with Wings
Stamping Sensations Dies and/or Punches (used both) 3E #2
That Craft Place Anything Goes 3E #2
Totally Gorjuss Cuddly UE
Whoopsi Daisy Hand Coloured Image UE
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes with Uplifting Sentiment 5E #2


MFP Oriental Sketch Challenge
Thank you for looking at my card!  I enjoy reading your comments.  Wishing you a joyful day!

48 comments:

cotnob said...

This is a fabulous card, I love your oriental papers and great image.
Pauline
x

Darlene said...

Cute creation KT! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood’s ‘THINGS WITH WINGS’ challenge and please come back again soon!
Darlene
one of the 'Sistahs'
The Sisterhood of Crafters
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Desire Fourie said...

Just so cute. Love the autumn colouring and butterfly.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

marion said...

very lovely and yes, very much oriental, lots of hugs and love to you and cuddles to Kiwi and Honeydew, Marion

Vickie Y said...

Your Oriental card is adorable! Love the image you used. Beautiful papers! Thanks for sharing with us at MFP Oriental Sketch Challenge.

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Fabulous card love the image thank you for joining us this week at CRAFTY CATZ
Hugs Dianne xx (DT)

Mandy said...

such a sweet card.... thank you for sharing it with us at Let's Craft and Create for our latest challenge.

Unknown said...

Your gorgeous card with maneki-neko is bound to give you good luck....lovely papers used too.xxx

Lisa said...

Oh, this is so sweet!! What an absolutely adorable kitty!! The butterfly is so pretty!! And the papers are fabulous!! Awesome card my friend!! Have a great day :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Scrapping4funChallenges said...

Lovely card, love the image and colors.
Thank you for your entry at Scrapping4funChallenges.
Rachelle DT
http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com

Bad Kitty said...

cute card. love the cat

Andrea W said...

Very cool! Your papers and colors look fantastic together and I love the lucky cat image.

Mrs A. said...

Oriental to a T. Love the backing paper and the so rich colours. Gorgeous glamorous butterfly too. Thank you for fluttering by #6. Hugs Mrs A. (butterfly challenge).

scraphappenswithrhonda said...

what a cute cat. hugs

Patti said...

You sure aced that sketch Kitty!!

Hope you have a wonderful day!!

Patti

Chrissy said...

I like lucky cats too..love the papers and oriental theme on your card..
Thanks for joining in with us at “Crafty Little Fairies..

Luv CHRISSYxx

jimlynn said...

Your lucky cat is so precious and love this beautiful card!
Lynn

Jingle said...

This is very cute! Thanks so much for playing along with us over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

susiestacey said...

Gorgeous card love the red and gold papers.
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts ' Oriental' challenge this week and good luck x Susan x

Gwen said...

Beautiful card, the butterfly is so pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at My Craft Spot. Hope to see you next week!

Gwen

http://thisandthatbygwen.blogspot.com

sue t. said...

Awwwww kitty! So cute! Thanks for playing along at Simply Create Too!!

Unknown said...

Love your card!!! Thank you for giving credit to my shop for the papers! Love your blog, too!

Dewi Lestari said...

Great card, always love oriental! Thanks for joining at Creative Fingers: Anything Goes with Milk Coffee and my candy too
Hugs
Dewi

brenda said...

This is just lovely for our Oriental themeKitty, thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts challenge this week.

B x

brenda said...

Me again Kitty, I totally missed Stamping Sensations in your list so thanks for joining in there as well.

B x

Jane said...

Really pretty card!
Thanks for joining us this week at MFP/OSC.

Mervi said...

Gorgeous oriental card, lovely design.
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m

Kate said...

So fun! The glittery butterfly is a wonderful touch with your good luck cat too!

Thanks so much for playing along with us at My Craft Spot!

Kate
Small Bits of Paper

Kaija said...

Gorgeous card!Thanks for joining us at Fitztown Challenge
Gr.Kaija DT-member

Diane Noble said...

Hi, Kitty! This is so adorable! Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at Word Art Wednesday this week. We appreciate you for sharing your inspiration with us and welcome you back for another fun week coming up!
Diane Noble (DT-WAW)

Anonymous said...

Another beauty, and it really captures the Asian feel all the way around. It's so fun to see how you take a simple sketch and turn it into a work of art, Kitty!

Hazel said...

What a sweet image. Thank you so much for joining my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April challenge with another lovely creation - hope to see you again soon x

Unknown said...

Gorgeous card. Thanks for joining in with us at Stamping Sensations this month. Maddy x

Sarah said...

Gorgeous card Kitty, I too love the cute cat. Thank you for joining us at Allsorts for our Oriental challenge this week x

Annette said...

Adorable cute little kitty.
Hugs
Annette - Netty's Cards
xx
Proud to design for :
Crafty Little Fairies,
Top Tip Tuesday,
ABC Christmas,
As You Like It,
The Stamp Basket, and
Stampfairy.

Helen said...

Gorgeous card.

Thanks for joining us at the Crafty Girls Challenge.

Helen x

Angie C. D. said...

Cute card. Love the pattern paper- so pretty. Thanks for playing with us at Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges. :D

Anonymous said...

Love the oriental themed color!! Thanks for joining us this week at Creative Fingers!

Mei
LTC DT
Anyone for Anya DT
Stampavie and More DT
Creative Fingers DT 

CraftingMum said...

Lovely card, thanks for joining us at Whoopsi Daisy. Louise x

Rose said...

adorable :) So glad you joined us on Sentimental Sundays this week.

Andrea Ockey Parr said...

Your Asian-themed card brings up so many memories when I see that little kitty! We had one in my house growing up, so it was really a joy to see how beautifully you'd incorporated that iconic image into your card. I really like the colors you chose and the bling that you added with the butterfly. Great interpretation of our "yellow theme," so thanks so much for sharing this with us here at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!

Stine said...

Lovely.
Thanks for joining us at Fairy Tale.
Hugs stine

Unknown said...

A lovely and unique card. Thanks for sharing it at Crafting from the Heart.
Cheers Nicole DT

kraftyplannergurl said...

awww such a cute Project

thank you so much for sharing with us over at Ditzie Digi Designs

Hugs Kerrie x
DDD - DT

Lynn (aka Lynnpenguin) said...

This is just lovely. The rich colours are stunning. I love gold butterfly too.

Thanks for joining us this week at Fitztown for our Lots of Layers Challenge. Good luck.

Lynn, Fitztown DT

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles said...

Very pretty Kitty. I especially like the red and gold background paper. Very elegant.

Hugs,
Lisa

Unknown said...

Super card, I love cats. Thank you for joining us at Kittybees with out animal challenge hugs Tania xx(DT)

Rita Edwards - Edwards Design said...

What a great image you chose! And I sure love your bright colors! Thank you for joining us at Milk N Coffee! Hugs, Rita DT