300 Followers Celebration - Candy!

CLOSED

Hello, everyone!  Before I begin, I would like to welcome two new followers - Marie Gamber and Kim Heggins - thank you for joining me!

It's time for a celebration!  I made it to 300 followers - Yay!  I remember when I was so happy to have 50 followers and now I am humbled to have over 300! A special thank you to those who leave such kind comments - I appreciate each and every one.

Before I tell you about my candy, I would like to show you my cute celebration badge made by my talented friend Lisa at Décosse's Dynamite Doodles.  It's pink and there's a kitty - so it's purrfect!  Thank you, Lisa!

Yes, I did say candy!  I have 2 giveaways, so that means 2 winners!

Giveaway #1 is this Die-Versions Beach Scene die:

Giveaway #2 is three images from Sassy Studio Designs. (This is a prize I won but I requested permission to pass it along to one of my followers for my celebration.)

How to Enter:

1. Be or become a follower of my blog with Google Friend Connect (your little photo must appear under Followers).
2. Post a photo of my 300 Followers Badge on your blog and link back to this candy post.
3. Leave a comment.
4. Add your name to Mister Linky. 

Deadline to enter is Wednesday, July 29. Candy to be awarded Thursday, July 30. Open worldwide. No candy-only blogs.

Thank you for helping me celebrate! Good luck!

Hedgie Hello (FTHS image)

Hello, everyone!  Today I'm participating in the Free Stamp of the Month challenge at From the Heart Stamps. This is a progressive challenge. Since I played along last month, I received the June digi for free. This little cutie is called Prickles Says Hello and I coloured him with Prismacolor pencils and added Glossy Accents on his glasses.

I die-cut the image using Clearly Besotted Rounded Tag and used the same die to cut some burlap to layer in behind and then tied them together with yellow ribbon. The aqua panel is embossed with Cuttlebug Charles and I added a thin snippet of brown cardstock and some polka-dot washi tape alongside.  To finish off the card, I added a number of sequins.

I would like to support these fun challenges:  Artistic Inspirations AG UE; Beccy's Place June AG UE; Brown Sugar Summer Fun 1/2; Bunny Zoe's Furry Friends UE; Craft Your Passion AG 3/3; Crafty Ribbons AG 2/5; Creative Card Crew CAS Clean and Simple 1/3; Creative Fingers AG 2/3; Creative Inspirations Your Favourite (sequins are my favourite embellishment) UE; Dies R Us Flags and/or Banners (hedgie is holding a banner) 2/3; Di's Digi Designs Summer Fun 2/3; DL.ART June Linky AG 1/day; Fan-Tastic Tuesday AG Twist of Summer 2/4; Fresh Brewed AG 235; Incy Wincy AG 3/5; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday 1E (RANDOM WINNER); Loves Rubberstamps Use a Die Cut UE; Not Just Cards AG UE; One Sweet Challenge Die Cuts and/or Punches UE; Penny's Paper-Crafty AG 3/3; Pixie's Snippet Playground (aqua and brown cardstock were snippets) 1/3; Scribble and Scrap AG 3/3; Send a Smile 4 Kids Animal Cards 4 Kids 3/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 4/5; Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE; Stamp and Create Summer Fun 1/wk 4/4; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG 2/2; Whimsy Stamps Ribbon, Lace, or Twine 1/3; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 3/5

I am also joining Kathy Racoosin's 30-Day Colouring Challenge at The Daily Marker. 

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Vintage Kitty in Stocking

Hi, everyone!  Before I share today's card, I would like to announce that I am still waiting to hear from one of my candy winners.  Ema M, please contact me by June 29!

Well I mentioned yesterday about my goal of making two Christmas cards each month so here's my second one for June. Goal achieved - yay! This one features a vintage kitty in a stocking - you know I love kitties!  I upcycled the image from a card I received last year and fussy-cut all around it so I could pop it up with foam tape.

The musical panel with the decorative scalloped edge is from Recollections.  The sentiment is an acrylic sticker (Deja Views) - I added it vertically - I really like the vintage font used. The card base is dark brown, and the layered panel is kraft but I wanted to give it a more vintage look so I stamped a vintage Christmas image (Recollections) repeatedly in Simon Says Stamp khaki. Then I inked all around the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Background panel

I added two strips of gold/red ribbon along the top and bottom edges and green ribbon and bow along the left edge.

I would like to support these fun challenges:  Artistic Inspirations AG UE; Beccy's Place June AG UE; Bunny Zoe's Furry Friends UE; Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Ribbon or Lace 1E; Come and Get It Cute Animals 2/3; CRAFT Inspired by a Book (Lesley Anne Ivory's Christmas Cats) 1/5; Craft Your Passion AG 2/3; Crafting by Designs Get Ready for Christmas 2/3; Crafty Gals Corner AG 2/2; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Merry and Bright UE; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra June AG UE;  Crafty Ribbons AG 1/5; Creative Fingers AG 1/3; Creative Inspirations Your Favourite (Kitties are my favourite - I love making cat cards) UE; Crimbo Crackers Vintage UE; Cute Card Thursday Stars and/or Stripes (stars on stocking) UE; DL.ART June Linky AG 1/day; DRS Designs Oh My Stars (on the stocking) UE; Fresh Brewed AG 2/5; Incy Wincy AG 2/5; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Mod Squad Christmas with a Twist UE; Natalie and Amy's Christmas 2/3; Not Just Cards AG UE; Open-Minded Crafting Fun Vintage 2/3; Penny's Paper-Crafty AG 2/3; Pile it On Cultural/Family Traditions (Christmas stockings) UE; Scribble and Scrap AG 2/3; Send a Smile 4 Kids Animal Cards 4 Kids 2/3 (TOP 3); Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 3/5; Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE; Sparkles Christmas Christmas Animals 1/3; Sparkles Monthly Vintage or Shabby Chic 2/3; Sweet Stampin' Christmas Stockings 1/2; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG 1/2 (Featured); The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up Home for the Holidays Vintage 2/3 (FT);Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 2/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Vintage Snowman

Hi, everyone!  Before I share my card, I would like to welcome my newest follower - bonniemarriott74 - so happy you joined me! Well, I've mentioned before that my goal is to make two Christmas cards each month so here's my first one for June.

This came together fairly quickly using bits and pieces from my stash. I used a ready-made card base but wanted to give it a more vintage look so I masked the scalloped edge and stamped a vintage Christmas image (Recollections) repeatedly in Simon Says Stamp khaki. Then I inked all around the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

The glittery vintage snowman, red-foil greeting and snowflake are from K and Company.  I added a tiny piece of lace at the bottom left corner, and some threaded sequins at the top. Here's a photo that shows more of the sparkle on the snowman.

I would like to join the following challenges:

1. Christmas Cards All Year Round Snowmen UE
2. Crafting by Designs Get Ready for Christmas 1/3
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Merry and Bright UE
4. Crimbo Crackers Vintage UE
5. Natalie and Amy's Christmas 1/3
6. Open-Minded Crafting Fun Vintage 1/3
7. Rudolph Day AG Christmas 1E C10
8. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 2/5
9. Sparkles Monthly Vintage or Shabby Chic 1/3
10. The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up Home for the Holidays Vintage 1/3 (FT)

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Nuts About You (Poppystamps)

Hi, everyone!  Today I'm sharing a masculine card that I made for Brian.  He bought me some new crafty goodies for our anniversary in April and I'm finally getting around to using them. These clear stamps are from Poppystamps called Cover Squirrel, and there are also coordinating dies. Brian loves squirrels so I know he'll love this!

I wanted to do some watercolouring so I stamped the squirrels, leaves, acorns, and tree branch in Versafine Onyx Black on watercolour paper and then heat-embossed them with Ranger Clear embossing powder. I find watercolouring easier when the images are embossed. I'm not very good at watercolouring, so I stamped all of those leaves for practice! There is no die for the leaves so I hand-cut each one and affixed to the Cheery Lynn Birch Tree (I made it into an oak tree!).

For the sky, I used Poppystamps Delicate Cloud Border to make my own cloud template and then sponged Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I use a cut-up kitchen sponge for my inking. For the hillside, I used Poppystamps Stitched Landscape and die-cut from three patterned papers (Doodlebug, Colorbok, and Momenta). The grass is Lawn Fawn Grassy Border. The squirrels are popped up with foam tape. The sentiment is from Newton's Nook Sweetheart Tails.

I would like to support these fun challenges:  7 Kids College Fund AG UE; Allsorts Use a Stamp 1/3; Artistic Inspirations AG UE; Beccy's Place June AG UE; Bunny Zoe's Furry Friends UE; Cardz 4 Guyz Use a Die or Punch 1/3; Cheery Lynn AG 1E; Come and Get It Cute Animals 1/3; Craft Your Passion AG 1/3; Crafty Gals Corner AG 1/2; Creative Fingers AG 1/3; Creative Inspirations Your Favourite (scene cards are my favourite style) UE; CropStop Linky Party #5 (used Distress Inks) 3/3; Di's Digi Designs Summer Fun 1/3; DL.ART June Linky AG 1/day; DL.ART Thankful Thursday For a Boy or Man 2/3; Fan-Tastic Tuesday AG Twist of Summer 1/4; Fresh Brewed AG 1/5; Get Creative For the Boys 1/3; HIMCR Love is in the Air 1/3; Incy Wincy AG 1/5; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday 1E; Loves Rubberstamps Use a Die Cut UE; Not Just Cards AG UE; One Crazy Stamper June AG 2/5; One Sweet Challenge Die Cuts and/or Punches UE; Paperbabe Stamps AG UE; Penny's Paper-Crafty AG 1/3; Pixie's Snippet Playground The watercolour cardstock and the grass die cuts are snippers 3/3; Poppystamps Oh Boy UE; Scribble and Scrap AG 1/3; Sentimental Sundays Manly Cards 1/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 1/3; Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE; Sparkle N Sprinkle AG w Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking UE; Stamp and Create Summer Fun 1/wk 3/4; Stamping Sensations Dies and Punches 2/3; Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Something Blue (sky) UE; Sweet Stampin' Bingo Board (Distress ink, Brown, Trees) 1/2; The Outlawz Monday Greeting Masculine 1E; The Stamping Boutique Summer Fun 2/?; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5; WOW Embossing Powder Summer with Heat Embossing or WOW Products UE; 

I am also joining Kathy Racoosin's 30-Day Colouring Challenge at The Daily Marker. 



Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

P.S. I'm still waiting to hear from one of my candy winners: !  Ema M, please contact me by June 29!

Happy Blogiversary to Me - Candy Winners!

Hello, everyone! Today is my 2-year Blogiversary! Yay! As promised, I'm here to announce the winners of my candy!  Thank you to everyone for helping me celebrate! I wish I could give you all a prize!

Check out my cool badge! Thank you to the fabulous Lisa at Décosse's Dynamite Doodles for designing the purr-fect badge for me!

Now for the candy!  Here's a list of everyone who left a comment:

1        Pamellia

2        Neli Mandel

3        jimlynn

4        Regina

5        Bad Kitty

6        Lisa

7        Ema M

8        Jacee

9        Golden Goddess Designs

10      Georgie C

11      Princess Judy Palmer

12      Angie

13      marion

14      Granmargaret

15      valerija

16      Taunya Butler

17      Judith Taylor-Wright

18      Robin

19      Rebecca/Sydney's Sentiments

20      brenda

21      Wendy L

22      ike

23      Julie Odil

24      Monika Taylor

25      Donna

26      Jerrie

27      Michele Henderson

28      AJ Bodine

29      Patry Ro
30.     cotnob
31.     Diana L.

I have six candies to give away: one from Creative Bug Digitals and a whopping five from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles! A big THANK YOU to my generous sponsors - you are awesome!  Random.org was used to choose the winners. To be eligible to win, my candy badge must have been displayed on your blog - I did check! Now on to the winners!!!!

The winner of 5 images from Creative Bug Digitals is:

16. Taunya Butler

The winner of the Flower Power Kit - full kit - from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles is:

17.  Judith Taylor-Wright

The winner of the Flower Power Kit - patterned and textured papers - from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles is:

15. valerija

The winner of the Flower Power Kit - three elements sets (brads, frames, stickers) - from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles is:

14. Granmargaret

The winner of the Flower Power Kit - word art kit - from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles is:

9. Golden Goddess Designs

For the final candy of a $10 gift voucher from Yours or Mine Paper Crafts, only those who expressed an interest in this prize were included in the draw, as follows:

1     Ema M

2     Golden Goddess Designs

3     valerija

4     Taunya Butler

5     Robin

6     Rebecca/Sydney's Sentiments

7     Monika Taylor

And the winner is:

1. Ema M

Congratulations to all the winners! Please leave a comment below and also send your email address to fitkitty1@gmail.com so I can get your prizes organized. Please respond by June 29.

To all who didn't win this time, I am planning another candy to celebrate 300 followers, so stay tuned!

Wishing you a joyful day!

Smile... It's Your Birthday (Gerda Steiner image)

Hi, everyone!  Today I'm sharing a birthday card I made for the progressive challenge at Gerda Steiner Designs.  Since I played in Gerda's challenge last month, I received this month's image for free. Actually, we received two images this time - it's a 6-week challenge - and I chose the sweet Cheese Please Bunny.  I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils and added a cute retro frame (American Girl Crafts).

I made a Distress Ink background to coordinate with the frame, using Cracked Pistachio and Picked Raspberry with the smooshing technique.  I die-cut the panel with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles, mounted it on black cardstock, and then mounted it flush with the top left corner.  I added a Dymo label maker sentiment and stamped the birthday sentiment from Newton's Nook - Newton's Birthday Bash. To finish it off I added a number of black sequins.

I am also joining Kathy Racoosin's 30-Day Colouring Challenge at The Daily Marker. 



I'll be back tomorrow with my candy winners, probably later in the evening. Good luck to everyone who entered!

I would also like to support these fun challenges:  Beccy's Place June AG UE (RANDOM WINNER); Bunny Zoe's Furry Friends UE;  CropStop Linky Party #5 (used Distress Inks) 2/3; DL.ART June Linky AG 1/day; Fan-Tastic Tuesday AG Use a Frame 2/4; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Kitty Bee Aloha Friday Birthday 1/2; Love to Scrap AG 3/3; Not Just Cards AG UE; Paperbabe Stamps AG UE; Penny's Paper-Crafty AG 1/3; Scrappy Moms Stamps Happy Birthday UE; Send a Smile 4 Kids Animal Cards 4 Kids 1/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Favourite Technique or Product (Distress Ink smooshing) 2/5; Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE; The Crafter's Cafe At the Movies (Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie) 1/3 (RANDOM WINNER); The Paper Girls Happy Birthday 3/3; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 2/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!