Cards for Hug a Heart Card Drive #4

Hello, everyone! Today I'm sharing more heart-themed cards for the Hug a Heart Card Drive!  If you missed the Hug a Heart Card Drive Blog Hop, you have until February 8 to comment and win - see my post here.

Christina Hor is collecting handmade cards with a heart theme (non-Valentine’s Day) to distribute to children who are Heart Center patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The card drive runs from January 16 to February 14 and corresponds with Heart Month in February. I hope you will consider sharing your talents and make some cards to brighten a child's day! There are prizes too, so please check out all the details here. The deadline to receive your cards is February 14 so you still have time!

I have a whole bunch of cards to share, so this is a photo-heavy post!  Although most of the cards I made for the card drive were gender-neutral, I did make some that lean more towards the girly side and others that boys might enjoy.

For the girly cards, Hello Kitty® is the star! I've always loved Hello Kitty®, and I actually have a small HK collection - I just can't resist her! So I broke into my Hello Kitty® stash to make these cards! See product list below each card.

• Image: Hello Kitty® Valentine (Sanrio, Distributed by Paper Magic Group)
• Clear stamp: Sentiment (Your Next Stamp Woodland Cuties)
• Die: Gina Marie Designs Bow
• Embossing folder:  Cuttlebug Cross Your Heart
• Other:  Heart punch (unmarked)

The two cards below feature lenticular images so there's a fun element as you tilt the card in different directions!  Each lenticular image has three different views as you tilt it.

• Image: Hello Kitty® Lenticular Valentines (Sanrio, distributed by Paper Magic Group)
• Clear stamp: Sentiments (Your Next Stamp)
• Die: Gina Marie Designs Bow, NCraft Postage Stamp
• Embossing folder: Cuttlebug Cross Your Heart
• Other: Heart punch (unmarked)

Here's a close-up of the lenticular image as it changes:

Here all three cards together:

For the boys, I went with a Star Wars® theme, yet still incorporating the heart theme for the Hug a Heart Card Drive!  I made five of this style, again using fun lenticular images!

• Image: Star Wars® Lenticular Valentines (starwars.com, distributed by Paper Magic Group)
• Clear stamp: Sentiment (Your Next Stamp)
• Die: Gina Marie Designs Stitched Heart, NCraft Postage Stamp
• Embossing folder: Cuttlebug Cross Your Heart

I'm linking up to Darnell's NBUS Challenge #10 as I've used some NBUS here.  The Postage Stamp die was purchased last summer and this is its first use.  The oldest NBUS items are the lenticular Valentines. They were purchased in a post-Valentine's Day sale several years ago (75% off, I'm thinking) and this is the first time they've seen the light of day.

I would also like to support the following four challenges:
Crafty Catz AG w Twist of Male Cards 1/3
Creative Corner Perfectly Pink 1/3
DL.ART February Linky AG UE 1/d
SUYP Cats Only FG UE

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

Party Cats

Hello, everybody!  I'm back again today to share a kitty card! This cute image was drawn by my talented friend Fiki from Bad Kitty's Craftroom!

I decided to colour the kitties to look like two of Fiki's cats!  This is the first time I've coloured a Siamese and I am pleased with how it turned out!  I added some Clear Wink of Stella to the hats and Glossy Accents to the balloons and eyes. I've been seeing a lot of pompoms in the crafting world lately so I added a couple small ones to the eyelash trim for some added cuteness.  Here are the products used to make this card:

• Digital image:  Party Cats by Fiki
• Colouring medium:  Prismacolor pencils
• Dies:  Die-Versions Express Edges - Celebrate; Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched Nested Circle; Memory Box Effera Butterfly (pink), Unmarked Butterfly (gold)
• Patterned paper:  DCWV
• Other:  Eyelash trim, pompoms, sequins from my stash; Glossy Accents; Clear Wink of Stella

It's NBUS time again!  I've had the Celebrate border die in my stash for a couple years now and I have never used it before. I wanted to join Darnell's NBUS Challenge #10! I die-cut the border three times and layered them for a shadow effect. 

I would also like to support the following four challenges:
Allsorts Let's Celebrate 1/3
Bad Kitty's Craftroom Party Cats
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper February UE
Simon Says Stamp Monday Pets Corner 2/5

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

Cards for Hug a Heart Card Drive #3

Hi, everyone! Did you have a chance to join the Hug a Heart Card Drive Blog Hop yesterday? If not, you can see my post here. You have until February 8 to hop along! Today I'm sharing more heart-themed cards for the cause! 

Christina Hor is collecting handmade cards with a heart theme (non-Valentine’s Day) to distribute to children who are Heart Center patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The card drive runs from January 16 to February 14 and corresponds with Heart Month in February. I hope you will consider sharing your talents and make some cards to brighten a child's day! There are prizes too, so please check out all the details here. The deadline to receive your cards is February 14 so you still have time!

I have three cards to share!  I used clip art images and fussy-cut so I could pop them up on foam tape. See product list below each card.

• Clip art:  Beccy's Place freebie (thank you!)
• Clear stamp:  Lawn Fawn Chit Chat
• Dies: MFT Die-namics Heart Border, Lawn Fawn Chit Chat
• Embossing folder: Cuttlebug Cross my Heart

• Clip art: Free Pretty Things for You freebie (thank you)
• Clear stamp:  Sentiment (Your Next Stamp Woodland Cuties) 
• Stamping technique:  Inspired by Jennifer McGuire Sentiment Backdrops
• Ink: Memento Bahama Blue

• Clip art: Free Pretty Things for You freebie (thank you)
• Clear stamp:  Sentiment (Your Next Stamp Woodland Cuties) 
• Background:  Mein Lila Park freebie colouring page (thank you)
• Other:  Washi tape from my Dollarama stash

Here all three cards together:

I would like to support the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create AG w Optional Totally Technical (Sentiment Backdrops Technique mentioned above) 6/8; A Gem of a Challenge Hearts or Flowers; Beccy's Place February UE; Crafting by Designs February AG 2/3; Crafty Creations AG 2/2; Creatalicious AG Add Some Hearts UE; Cute Card Thursday Be My Valentine UE; Dies R Us Hearts 2/3; DL.ART February Linky AG UE 1/d; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Paper Creator's Crafts Love is in the Air 1/3; Penny's Paper Crafty AG 2/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday The Color of Love 2/5; Tuesday Throwdown Love Notes 2/3; Word Art Wednesday AG 2/5; Your Scrapbook Place AG 2/3

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

Hug a Heart Card Drive BLOG HOP

Hello, everyone!  Today I am participating in the Hug a Heart Card Drive Blog Hop! February is Heart Month in the U.S. and Canada so our theme is hearts! I hope you will join the hop and will be inspired to make some cards to help this worthwhile cause. Christina Hor is collecting handmade cards with a heart theme (non-Valentine’s Day) to distribute to children who are Heart Center patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Information about the Hug a Heart Card Drive can be found at Christina Hor Designs.

The card drive itself has already started - on January 16 - and we are now halfway through. But there is still plenty of time to get involved and send in some cards by February 14! Please consider sharing your talents and make some cards to brighten a child's day!



Everyone likes prizes, so you will be excited to know that there are prizes to be won for sending in your cards, as well as a prize for hopping along in today's blog hop!  Keep reading!

I have three cards to share, and each one is detailed below.  I used clip art (precoloured images) because I made a lot of cards for this cause!

Card 1 - Kitty

• Clip art: Diddybag
• Clear stamp: Your Next Stamp Summer Blossom Fluffy Kitten
• Die: Docrafts Xcut Vintage Notes Filigree Heart

Card 2 - Dog

• Clip art:  Pink Gem Designs Henry in Love
• Rubber stamp:  Kolette Hall Thoughts of You
• Die: Spellbinders Shapeabilities Scalloped Borders Two  
• Patterned paper: Kim and Co.
• Other: Heart punch (unmarked)

Card 3 - Bear

• Clip art:  Little Scraps of Heaven With Love Bear 
• Clear stamp:  Hero Arts Everyday Sentiments
• Die: Lawn Fawn Speech Bubble Border
• Embossing folder:  Cuttlebug Cross Your Heart
• Other: Heart punch (unmarked)

Giveaway

• To celebrate the hop Christina Hor Designs will be giving one random hopper a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp.
• To be eligible to win, you must leave a comment on all blogs by Wednesday, February 8 (11:59 p.m. EST).
• Winner will be announced at Christina Hor Designs on Friday, February 10 (8 a.m. EST).

Blog Hop

My blog is the LAST stop of the hop, so please follow this order:

Christina Hor (Host)

Donna Ellis

Lori Kobular

Sue Drees

Becky Partan

Edwina Brown

Sybrina K.

KT Fit Kitty (You are here)

One more look at my cards:



I would like to support the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create AG w Optional Totally Technical 5/8; A Gem of a Challenge Hearts or Flowers; CAS on Sunday Hearts 1E; Crafting by Designs February AG 1/3; Crafty Creations AG 1/2; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper February UE; Creatalicious AG Add Some Hearts UE; Creative Inspirations Cute Critters UE; Die Cut Diva's Use Pink or Red 1/4; Dies R Us Hearts 1/3; DL.ART February Linky AG UE 1/d; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Jo's Scrap Shack AG 3/3; Penny's Paper Crafty AG 1/3; Simon Says Stamp Monday Pets Corner 1/5; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday The Color of Love 1/5; SUYP Cats Only FG UE; The Paper Girls Patterned Paper 2/3; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG 1/2; Tuesday Throwdown Love Notes 1/3; Word Art Wednesday AG 1/5; Your Scrapbook Place AG 1/3

Thank you for looking and Happy Hopping! Wishing you a joyful day!

Cards for Hug a Heart Card Drive #2

Hello, everyone!  I'm still playing catch-up with my blog visiting so I'll be around to see you soon! Today I am sharing some more cards I made for the Hug a Heart Card Drive.

Christina Hor is collecting handmade cards with a heart theme (non-Valentine’s Day) to distribute to children who are Heart Center patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The card drive runs from January 16 to February 14 and corresponds with Heart Month in February. I hope you will consider sharing your talents and make some cards to brighten a child's day! There are prizes too, so please check out all the details here.

I used cute clip-art images and fussy-cut so I could pop them up on foam tape.  The images were freebies from Miss Kate Cuttables at one point (thank you).

• Clip art:  Miss Kate Cuttables Cute Valentine Monkey 
• Clear stamp:  Sentiment (Lawn Fawn Chit Chat)
• Die: Memory Box Twirled Heart Border

• Clip art:  Miss Kate Cuttables Bee Holding Heart
• Digital sentiment:  Blue Moon Creations
• Die: Flower Heart (unmarked)
• Embossing folder: Cuttlebug Cross My Heart
• Other: Heart punch (unmarked)

I would like to support the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create AG w Optional Totally Technical 4/8; CRAFT Love/Valentines/Anniversary 2/5; Creative Inspirations Cute Critters UE; Digi Designs All About Love 2/3; DL.ART January Linky AG UE 1/d; DL.ART Thankful Thursday AG 3/3; Jo's Scrap Shack AG 2/3; Miss Kate Cuttable Galleria AG 1E; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 5/5; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG 1/2; Word Art Wednesday AG 4/5

I'll be sharing more cards I made for the Hug a Heart Card Drive in the days ahead so stay tuned! On February 1, there will be a blog hop in support of the card drive so I hope you'll hop with us then! Thank you for looking at my cards! Wishing you a joyful day!

Foxy Love

Hello, everybody!  If I haven't been around to visit your blog yet, I will get there soon! Thank you for your patience!

I have been on a heart-themed kick lately, and here's another one!  I was inspired by Newton's Nook's heart challenge, and I just made it in the nick of time last night!  All stamps and dies used are from Newton's Nook, and some of these have been inked up for the first time! They are Black Friday purchases - there were some great sales!

I did some gold heat-embossing on the hot-pink cardstock, and stamped the foxes and tiny hearts in red on light pink cardstock. The background was created with distress inks using the watercolour smooshing technique. I used minimal water because this was not watercolour cardstock.

Here are the products used:

• Clear stamps:  Newton's Nook Serene Silhouettes (foxes); Newton's Nook Darling Duos (patterned hearts); Newton's Nook Sweetheart Tails (heart border, small solid heart, and xoxo); Newton's Nook Frozen Friends (tiny heart)
• Dies:  Newton's Nook Darling Hearts Dies (hearts and love word)
• Patterned paper:  MME Love Me
• Ink:  Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink (smooshed background); Your Next Stamp Holly Berry Red, Versamark embossing ink
• Embossing powder:  Zing Glitter Gold
• Other:  Sparkly gold washi tape and tiny heart confetti from my stash

I would like to support the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create AG w Optional Totally Technical (my technique is watercolour smooshing) 3/8; Cardz TV AG Designer Challenge #1 3/3; CRAFT Love/Valentines/Anniversary 1/5; Crafty Calendar Something New 3/3 (NN Serene Silhouette stamps, Darling Duos stamps, Darling Hearts dies all new and never used); Creative Inspirations Cute Critters UE; Crop Stop #24 AG (distress inks from Crop Stop here) 1/5; Digi Designs All About Love 1/3; DL.ART January Linky AG UE 1/d; DL.ART Thankful Thursday AG 2/3; Glitter N Sparkle Four-Legged Friends 3/3; Hiding in My Craftroom Any Holiday 1/3; Jo's Scrap Shack AG 1/3; Kitty Bee AG Optional Something New (NN Serene Silhouette stamps, Darling Duos stamps, Darling Hearts dies all new and never used) 1/2; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 3/3; Love to Scrap AG 2/5; Mod Squad Show Your Love 3/3; One Crazy Stamper Live, Love, Laugh 2/5; Paper Creator's Crafts AG 3/3; Penny's Paper Crafty AG 3/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 4/5; Stamped Blessings heARTful stamping Stamp Something Cute 2/2; SugarPea Designs Mix it Up #27 AG UE; Sweet Stampin' Spots and Dots 1/3; The House That Stamps Built Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ J2517 3/3; Tuesday Throwdown AG 3/3; Word Art Wednesday AG 3/5; Your Scrapbook Place AG 3/3

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

Hedgies in Love

Hello, everybody!  Today I am sharing a hedgie love card!  I received this image for free since I joined last month's challenge at Gerda Steiner Designs.

Here are the products used:

• Digital image:  Gerda Steiner Designs Hedgehog Smooches
• Colouring medium:  Prismacolor pencils
• Dies:  Gina Marie Designs Dot Studs Heart, MFT Die-namics Heart Border Staggered 
• Patterned paper:  MME
• Other: Foiled cardstock and heart confetti from my Dollarama stash

I used some of my NBUS so I am joining Darnell's NBUS Challenge #9. The dot studs heart dies were new in late 2016, and this is the first time I've used them.

I would like to support these five challenges:

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper January UE
2. Darnell djkardcreations - NBUS Challenge #9 C5 3/3 (new die - dot studs heart)
3. Gerda Steiner Designs Hedgehog Smooches
4. Mod Squad Show Your Love 2/3
5. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 3/5

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