Monday, October 21, 2019

Have a Purrfect Day... Meow

Hello, everybody!  Before I get started, I would like to welcome my newest follower - Valerie Snaith - thank you for joining me!

I have been so inspired by the 2019 Cat Lovers Hop already and it's only the first day! Woohoo! Thank you to Janis at Her Peaceful Garden, who hosts this fun hop and makes us appreciate our kitties just a little more than we already do!


After seeing all of the kitty inspiration over at the Hop, I ended up making three more cards today!  Here is the first one, and I will post the other two shortly.


There is a 3 Colors challenge at Mod Squad Challenge Blog, and it was actually quite a challenge for me!  I normally use a lot of colours on my cards, but their challenge is to use only three colours:  black, brown, and cream.  The rules are tough - you must also include a tag on your card, and there can be no white, not even for the card base!

I stamped the kitties in black on cream cardstock and then mounted it on black cardstock and then a brown card base.  (Sorry I do not know the source of this stamp as I received it in friend mail.)  I stamped a  sentiment at the top left (Your Next Stamp - Summer Blossom Fluffy Kitten).  At the bottom right, I added a tiny die-cut tag (A  Jillian Vance Designs - DieLuxe Tiny Tags Die) with a "meow" stamp (The Greeting Farm - Purrfect Cats).  Lastly I tied some brown twine (American Crafts) on the tag.

To make sure I didn't stray from the three colours, I stuck to using the black, brown, and cream paper from the Recollections Coffee and Cream cardstock pack:


I would also like to support the following challenges:
A Perfect Time to Craft AG UE
Crafter's Castle 22 AG Optional Fall 1/3 C10
Pammie's Inky Pinkies AG 1/3 C10
Show Us Your Pussycats Furrything Goes UE
Word Art Wednesday 408-409 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 2/5

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

39 comments:

Fikreta said...

so lovely card!
hugs

Susan Renshaw said...

Thanks for all the details... it's a great design. Love the image!

Gail said...

You card turned out great with the 3 colors - lots of kitties and super cute thanks for linking up to Mod Squad!

Suzanne H said...

Good thing you had that paper stack so you wouldn't stray from the theme. I love all those kitties in a group.

Beverly S. said...

Nicely done!!!! I love your beautiful image. Also, I'll give you a thumbs up of using only black, white and brown (for the Mod Squad Challenge). I'm also jealous you got to make three cards today for the hop. I had big plans to stay in my craft room and create cat cards today too but alas I have not even been in there today! Sigh.

(AJ) ArtJypsy said...

You may have troubles with only 3 colors, but you have done a prrrr-fect job with this 3 colours only card. Love the sentiment and the simplicity.

Monika Skinner said...

Love all the different cats in your card.

DonnaMundinger said...

Wow! What a fabulous stamp and great work for that challenging challenge. Fabulous! xxD

Becca Yahrling said...

That color challenge is tough, isn't it? lol I've been debating over entering that challenge. You did a great job - love all those kitties!!

Lisa Lynn said...

Purrfect card. You always follow the rules.

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Ah, you did it again!!!! :D How productive you has been!! Such great inspirations!!! This one is brilliant, so simple but effective way to use the three colours! Wonderful stamp with that big group of cats!! :D Love the sentiment and the tiny tag!!

ike said...

What a gorgeous kitty stamp - that looks like my house at feeding time LoL
Lovely to see you at the 2019 Cat Hop.
Hugz
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Tink said...

Love your card!

Lori Kobular said...

Love that group of kitties! They looks so happy together! The colors look amazing together!

Barbara Godden said...

Such an adorable kitty card, Thats quite a grouping. Fabulous job with the colour challenge. P.S. nice to see you again.

jenny Ginger Ninja Crafts said...

A fabulous gang of cats waiting for their tuna! I hope it's coming soon or there will be trouble hehe!
Jenny x
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Jane Willis said...

What a lovely pack (flock? herd?) of kitties and a stunning card.

Surekha Galagoda said...

Hi
Love all the cats and how you played around with colors. The card is totally fab. blessings

Arianna Barbara said...
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Arianna Barbara said...

Beautiful card! Love this furry gang!!! <3

Janis said...

I am sooooo in love with that fabulous cat stamp, Kitty. I am in anguish that you don't know who made it!! lol...

Hey, wait...while I was in the middle of typing this comment, I googled "Group of cats stamp image" and the first result in the images was THIS stamp!!! Here's the info: Cherry Pie R509 Cling Rubber Stamp (https://cherrypie.zibbet.com/group-of-cats-cling-rubber-stamp-for-acrylic-block-by-cherry-pie-r509) You're welcome! :)

Okay...back to my comment about your card....
I really love the neutral color scheme. Great idea using that paper pack to keep you on track!! The sweet little tag is a cute addition.

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

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Karenladd said...

I saw your trio of beautiful cards on the Cat Lovers Hop and came over for a closer look. This image is so much fun, and looks really classy and elegant in neutral tones. I really like that tiny tag with the MEOW sentiment to finish off this card perfectly

Carole J said...

Such a delightful card, Kitty! The cat stamp is gorgeous and looks fabulous with the neutral colour scheme. (What a tough challenge ... and then to not use white!) The tiny Meow tag is super sweet! xx

Verna Angerhofer said...

Fantastic design and I love all those kitties. And, that tag is perfect. That was one of the things I almost forgot. LOL

The Craft Princess said...

I love the simplicity of the uncolored images!!! Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Crafter's Castle this month....good luck :)
Hugs... Janie
DT
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Mrs A. said...

This is gorgeous kitty. I love that stamp. Hugs Mrs A.

KT Fit Kitty said...

It's a hop, so I'm not sure if I need to comment on my own cards. Oh well, I will anyway! I love how this one turned out!

Vivian Foo said...

Love this image great card.

Chandhini said...

Love the bunch of adorable cats.

NanaConnie said...

Those fur babies are all so precious, Kitty! I love your card design.

Sharon said...

You used the 3-color scheme very well. Now one of these days I'll have to try the 3-color rule rather than using nearly every color in the pencil box.

Leslie said...

I absolutely LOVE your kitty card! Beautiful design! This is my first year participating in the Cat Lovers Hop - we have eight fur babies (Poopie, Molly, Jack, Walter, Tigger, Milo, Dusty and Mocha Latte) that we love to the moon and back! I'm so happy to see you here also and have the chance to visit your blog!
Hugs,
Leslie
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valscraftings said...

Fabulous card...loving all those kitties!

Val DT LeighSBDesigns x

Pam Tiedtke, or Pammie Lou said...

Ah, cat lover that I am, this card is so sweet! Thanks for sharing it with us over at PIP Challenges!
Hugs

Crafting With Jack said...

Great card, lovely design.

Dotty Jo said...

Love this image in b&w - looks great, Jo x

SHartl said...

Wow do I love this image! It looks so great in black and white and makes an elegant card.

Denise Bryant said...

Darling card! Love all those kitties!

mandysea said...

Aha! I spy a clowder of kitties!! Fab card!!