Friday, October 25, 2019

2019 Cat Lovers Hop - Day 5

Hello, everyone!  How can it be Day 5 already?!  I'm talking about the 2019 Cat Lovers Hop, hosted by the lovely Janis at Her Peaceful Garden. Time flies when you're having fun!  Have you had a chance to check out the hop yet?  There's only one more day left!  Festivities end tomorrow, so I hope you'll check it out before it's too late!


Although the hop has been loads of fun, today I read the sad news about the recent passing of Newton of Newton's Nook fame, as well as his snuggle-buddy Hobbes, who crossed the rainbow bridge in August.  My heartfelt sympathies go out to Jen and Jeff of Newton's Nook on their loss of these two amazing kitties that I've grown to love over the years.  


In honour of Newton and Hobbes, I've inked up my Newton's Nook Sweater Weather again.  I coloured the sweater kitty and mittens with my markers and fussy-cut.  The purple sky was made awhile ago and I believe it was with watercolour and Distress Ink sprays.  I white-heat-embossed all the snowflakes in the stamp set, as well as two from another set, Newton's Nook Fox Hollow.  I made a little winter scene using Memory Box Warm Wishes Border. This die contains the dot over the "i" (tittle) but I couldn't find it and thought it looked fine without it.  I finished off the card by adding a few purple sequins.

I would also like to support the following challenges: A Perfect Time to Craft AG UE; A2Z Scrapbooking Holidays 2/5; Cardz TV 101 AG 1/3; Lost Coast Designs Pets and Stamping UE; Newton's Nook Inky Paws 109 Holiday Mix-up - Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas 3/3; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 3/3; Polkadoodles 43 AG 1/2; Show Us Your Pussycats Furrything Goes UE; The House That Stamps Built Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ O2319; The Outlawz Festive Friday Christmas 2/4; Word Art Wednesday 410-411 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 4/5



Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day - and Happy Hopping!


32 comments:

DonnaMundinger said...

Loving your purple on this, Kitty! What a purr-ecious tribute to Newton and Hobbes. As sweet as can be! Love that border die, too. xxD

Fikreta said...

oh that is so adorable card with cute Newton image!
hugs

Arianna Barbara said...

What a wonderful background!!! Your colouring is really amazing! Love all the details!!!

Bunny said...

A lovely card. The colors are great and I love the little mittens.

So sorry to hear about Newton. I know they'll miss that cat something terrible. [Bunny]`

Suzanne H said...

He is a cute kitty and looks lovely in his purple. I love that memory box die. Good luck in the hop!

NanaConnie said...

It's fantastic, Kitty, and I love the lavender/periwinkle combo! Makes it all cold and icy and purrfect for bundling up in a sweater.

Heather said...

Another adorable card! Love that die cut sentiment paired with this sweet image! Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.

Becca Yahrling said...

Gorgeous purple sky and a stunning card design.

Indy's Designs said...

What a wonderful holiday card! The colors are so pretty! So glad you shared this sweet card with us at Inky Paws!
Hugs,
Debbie

Andrea W said...

The purple sky is awesome and I love how you colored the image. I'm so sad about Newton and just months after Hobbes. Even though I've never met them Newton reminded me of our ginger kitty we lost in 2013 and I still miss him everyday. Our fur babies definitely don't live as long as we want them to. I'm glad you made a card to honour Newton and Hobbes.

ike said...

That is such a lovely card. Beautiful colour choice and a great layout.
I was so sad to hear of Newton too. :-(
Also visiting from the Cats Lovers' Hop.
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Tink said...

Beautiful colors, Great card!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

I was very sad too hearing of Newton and Hobbes! :( It's always so sad when a fury friend goes away!!!! Your tribute for them is so sweet!
Love so much that Newton's Nook image, it's one of my favourite (but I haven't yet) and your design is fabulous with that incredible purple sky!!! The hill with the inners sentiment look amazing, as well the mittens and the snowflakes!!
Another beauty from you, dear friend!! Thanks for sharing!!

Barbara Godden said...

Adorable scene, super sweet kitty and love the background and the colours. Fab card.

Leslie said...

What a sweet scene! I love the background!
Hugs,
Leslie
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Nelly said...

Beautifully done! ...thanks for sharing with https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/ this week, good luck Nelly DT X

Donna said...

Such a nice tribute. Darling card, sweet image and coloring, nice scene and of course I like your stunning purple background! Have a nice weekend. Hugs, Donna

Laurie said...

Sweet! Love the non-tradition purple and white color scheme for Christmas and love the kitty stamp. Thanks for joining the Lost Coast Design Challenge!

Vivian Foo said...

Love the background done.

Janis said...

Beautiful tribute to Newton and Hobbes. They will be remembered and continue to bring joy through the thousands of cards made with the stamp sets they inspired!

Your card is so gorgeous, Kitty! Love the pretty monochrome look. I esp love the purple winter sky and sweet Newton all bundled up. I can NEVER find the dots for my die cut 'I's either!!! But it's all good and looks fab without it. Glad I'm not the only one that loses them, though. I imagine they are in the same black hole that is filled with missing socks. Ha.

Thank you so much for playing along in the #2019CatLoversHop!!
<3 J

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Beverly S. said...

Your card is so pretty. Love the colors and of course the Newton's Nook stamps. I was sad also to hear of their sweet cats passing. Having had one of mine pass away in May, I can sympathise with their loss.

Esther Asbury said...

You're on a roll with kitty cards --- love this sweet card all done up in purple! So happy you linked up to the Anything Goes challenge on THTSB!

Lisa Lynn said...

I just knew that you would have a whole bunch of beautiful kitty cards. Another gorgeous sweater kitty.

Carole J said...

It is so sad to lose both kitties in a short space of time. The same thing happened to mine a long time ago - I think the one left behind just pined and gave up. Just heart breaking!
Your card is absolutely gorgeous! I love the inky sky and the embossed snowflakes. The hill die is fabulous and of course your beautifully coloured Newton is so delightful! Such gorgeousness - I love it all! xx

KT Fit Kitty said...

Making my way through the link-ups at the hop! I want to comment on all of them, even my own haha!

mandysea said...

Pretty purples with white! Adore kitty’s little hat and poncho!! Serene little card!!

Susan Renshaw said...

How cute! Love the purple!

Sue D said...

Sweet winter scene and great tribute to Newton and Hobbes.

Judy V said...

Adorably cute card! Thanks for joining us for Week 43 at Polkadoodles Craft Challenge!

Arlene said...

This kitty looks great in purple too. Very cute. So glad you joined us at A2Z Scrapbooking.

Karen L K said...

This is a nice one too! Such a great background, cute kitty and nice with the white hill. Thanks for joining in over at a2z Scrapbooking.

ionabunny said...

Nice colours. Fun cat. Thanks for joining the fun at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge. Hugz