2022 Cat Lovers Hop (Day 1) ***GIVEAWAY CLOSED***

Hello, everyone!  Before I get started, I would like to welcome my newest follower - Pam Tiedtke - thank you for joining me!  

Woot, woot!  Today is a beautiful, rainy fall day, and it's also the first day of the 2022 Cat Lovers Hop!  Yay!  I absolutely love cats, and I look forward to this hop all year long!  This is the 8th year for the hop, and I haven't missed one yet!  The hops have been elegantly organized each year by Janis at Her Peaceful Garden, and she always makes them fun, with daily games, featured sponsors, and plenty of cat-themed inspiration!  

Surprise!  I have a special Cat Lovers' Giveaway at the bottom of this blog post, so after you look at my project, please scroll way down for the details!

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DAY 1 Post - 2022 Cat Lovers Hop

For my Cat Lovers Hop - Day 1 project, I made a cat-themed notebook set, including a bookmark and 2023 calendar, featuring cute retro/vintage-style cat images that I adore!  I hope you do too!  

A lot of the digitals I used for this set are from Free Pretty Things for You, and many of them are freebies.  Keren has lots of beautiful digital paper collections as well as graphics, so I hope you'll go check out her web site!  This post is not sponsored; I just love her digitals, especially the vintage ones, and wanted to give her a shout-out.  I think you'll especially enjoy her adorable set of 8 Free Vintage Kitty Graphics because they are all CATS, and as I mentioned... they are freebies!

First, my handmade notebook:

The notebook measures 2.75" x 5.5" so it's the purr-fect size to throw in your purse!  For the cover, I printed the pink paper from Free Pretty Things for You - 4 Vintage Kitty Digital Paper Backgrounds, to which I added a digital sentiment from Scribbles Designs - Caturday at the bottom right.  

I made a pocket inside both the front and back covers with pawprint paper from Free Pretty Things for You - Free Paw Print Digital Paper, a cute kitty face from Free Pretty Things for You - 8 Free Vintage Kitty Graphics, and a "Hello Beautiful" graphic from Little Hot Tamale on Etsy.  The pink polkadot paper is from Free Pretty Things for You - 14 Free Cherry Navy and Pink Digital Papers.  For the notepaper, I used lined paper from my stash and cut it to size.  Each lined page is stamped in pink with a different little kitty.  The kitten showing on the first lined page is an old wood-mounted stamp from Stampendous called Kitten. By the way, Stampendous is one of the generous sponsors of the Cat Lovers Hop!

Next are the bookmark and calendar:

For the bookmark, I printed a digital from Rosenart on Etsy, punched a hole and added a white eyelet using my Crop-a-Dile, and then tied with crinkle ribbon from DL.ART's Valentine Bundle.  I stamped a sentiment and pawprints from Newton's Nook Smitten Kittens to make it even cuter!  By the way, Newton's Nook is one of the generous sponsors of the Cat Lovers Hop again this year - for the 8th year in a row!  

For the calendar, I downloaded a free digital online calendar for 2023 (just search on Google).  I digitally added the kitties from Free Pretty Things for You - Twin Vintage Kitty Images, and a digital sentiment from Scribbles Designs - Purrfect Day.  I printed, trimmed, and rounded the corners.

I also made a little gift card and envelope for the recipient:

The digitals are a printable from Free Pretty Things for You - 20 Free Vintage Valentine Images.  For the little envelope, I  fussy-cut, scored, and folded into an envelope, inked the edges with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink, and stamped a sentiment from Newton's Nook Smitten Kittens.  I also stamped a tiny cat postage stamp, which is an old wood-mount stamp from Aladine Atelier.  A punched heart finishes the flap.  For the little card, I stamped a sentiment from Newton's Nook Smitten Kittens in grey.

I would also like to join the following 7 challenges, for a total of 8:

A Place to Start AG 3/8
Classic Design AG UE

Crazy for Cats AG Cats 1/5

DL.ART October Linky AG UE
4-Season Pets UE
Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2243 AG 1/3
Show Us Your Pussycats 82 Furrything Goes UE

Thank you for looking at my projects!  Please check out my giveaway below!

*** Cat Lovers' Giveaway ***

(CLOSED)

Giveaway consists of:

• My handmade notebook with bookmark and calendar, shown above and described in this blog post
• Clear stamp set from Forever In Time called You Are Purrfect, shown above
• Metal cat die (unknown brand), shown above
• Package of black cat sticky notes, shown above
• Package of pawprint sticky  notes, shown above
• Package of 2 cat-themed pillow boxes, shown above
• Pink sequin mix (my own mix), as shown above
• 7 cat buttons, shown above
• 10 cat / pawprint charms, shown above
• 12 cat stickers, shown above

How to enter:

1.  Please leave a comment below and include the words, "Enter me."

2.  Please comment on all five (5) of my Cat Lovers Hop blog posts.

3.  You must be a follower of my blog under Google Friend Connect; see top left-hand corner and click Follow.  If the button says Unfollow, then you are already a follower and no action is required.  Please do not follow only for the giveaway and then unfollow later; that's not cool.

4.  Earn an extra entry if you share my giveaway on your blog, including a photo of the giveaway and a link to my blog.  Come back and leave a second comment with a link to where you shared it (maxiumum one extra entry).

5.  Giveaway is open worldwide.  Sorry, I cannot guarantee tracking or delivery due to the high cost.  However, I will send the winner a photo of the package when I mail it, so you'll know it's on its way.

6.  Giveaway closes Wednesday, November 2, at 10 p.m. AST.

7.  A random winner will be chosen and announced on or before Friday, November 4, and will have two weeks to contact me.  

Best wishes to everyone, and happy hopping!