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Hi, everybody! This is my second post today!  I made another kitty coffee card! I'm joining the Winter Blog Hop at The Cat's Pajamas!

Here are the products used:

• Stamps: Cat (The Cat's Pajamas - This Could be Vodka), sentiment (unknown)
• Dies: Cup (The Cat's Pajamas - Cups Duo Dies), Curious Cat (Poppystamps), Stitched Scalloped Border (Lawn Fawn), Stitched Rectangle (Gina Marie Designs), Bow (Paper Smooches)
• Colouring medium: Prismacolor pencils
• Patterned paper: Doodlebug Polar Pals
• Other: Glitter cardstock (Colorbok), tiny flower punch (Dollarama)

I was inspired by Sketch Saturday #436 - we were asked to choose our favourite sketch from the archives and I chose #249 shown below.

9th Mar 2013 #249

I would also like to support the following challenges: Blessings Ink Amusing Challenges AG 2/2; Crafting by Designs AG 2/3; Crafty Awesomeness AG 2/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper November UE; Cuttlebug Mania Tic Tac Toe (animal, die-cuts, sentiment) 2/3; Dragonfly Journeys Coffee Therapy UE; HIMCR Freestyle 3/3; If You Give a Crafter a Cookie Coffee/Tea 2/5; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Just Keep on Creating November Linky AG UE; MFP Stamp Shop AG 3/3; Not Just Cards October AG UE; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 2/3; Pile It On Scraps UE; Poppystamps Plaid is Rad 1/3; SUYP Cats Only Furry-thing Goes UE; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 2/5

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

Coffee Right Meow

Hi, everyone! Today I'm joining the Newton's Nook - Inky Paws Challenge #37 - Cozy Plaids! I made a lot of purple cards last month in support of domestic violence awareness. I just read on my friend Holley's blog that purple is also the colour for epilepsy awareness, and November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month.  With that in mind, I made a purple card in support of Holley.  I do love purple and plan to make more!

Here are the products used:

• Stamps: Newton's Nook - Newton Loves Coffee
• Dies: Newton's Nook - Newton Unwinds Die Set (Meow), Paper Smooches Bows, Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched Nested Circles
• Colouring medium:  Prismacolor pencils
• Patterned paper: Doodlebug Polar Pals
• Other: Glitter cardstock (Colorbok), corner rounder (WRMK), sequins from my stash

I was inspired by sketch #376 at Tuesday Morning Sketches:



I would also like to support the following challenges: Blessings Ink Amusing Challenges AG 1/2; Crafting by Designs AG 1/3; Crafty Awesomeness AG 1/3; Crafty Friends AG 3/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper November UE; Cuttlebug Mania Tic Tac Toe (animal, die-cuts, sentiment) 1/3; DL.ART November Linky AG UE 1/day; Dragonfly Journeys Coffee Therapy UE; HIMCR Freestyle 2/3; If You Give a Crafter a Cookie Coffee/Tea 1/5; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Just Keep on Creating November Linky AG UE; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 3/3; MFP Stamp Shop AG 2/3; Not Just Cards October AG UE; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 1/3; Pile It On Scraps UE; SUYP Cats Only Furry-thing Goes UE; The Outlawz Monday Greeting AG 1E; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 1/5

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

Completed Pocket Letter - Halloween

Hello, everyone!  For those who enjoy Halloween, I hope you're having a spooky day! Today I'm sharing my completed pocket letter!  I love how it turned out! To find out more about pocket letters, see here.

Thank you for looking! Wishing you a joyful day!

Black Cat Shaker Tag

Hello, everybody!  I have another kitty project to share with you! The Cat Lovers Hop has ended (sad face), but I still love cats! Yesterday at the Hop we celebrated World Cat Day. I have just discovered that World Cat Day was August 8 and that yesterday was actually National Cat Day so guess what - I'm celebrating again! If you've been following me for a while, then you know I celebrate my love of cats here every day! So Happy Cat Day! Here are both logos:

Yesterday the fabulous and talented hostess of the Cat Lovers Hop, Janis at Her Peaceful Garden, asked us to share some of our favourite cat memes. I ran out of time yesterday but I'm happy to share them today!

Now for my crafty cat project!  I have made a black cat shaker tag! I've had this Whiskers the Cat die from Elizabeth Crafts for ages, and this is the first time I've used it! I found it a bit complicated - there are a lot of pieces! But once I figured it out, I was so happy with it! I added a purple die-cut witch hat (Top Dog Dies) and I inked around the edges with Purple Violet Distress Ink.

To create the shaker frame, I used two sizes of Gina Marie Designs Stitched Hexagons. To make it into a tag, I adhered a small hexagon at the top using Taylored Expressions Hexagon Stacklets. I then added a black eyelet and some black eyelash ribbon. I included lots of sequins inside the shaker and embellished the front with a spiderweb charm and some dark purple bats from my stash. The patterned paper on the back of the shaker is from DCWV Halloween Night 12x12.

I would also like to join the following challenges: Cardz TV Designer Challenge AG 3/3; Clique Kits AG 3/3; Connie Can Crop What the Hex 1/3; Craft Your Passion Always AG 2/3; Crafty Catz AG Optional Die-cuts and Punch (used both) 1/3; Crafty Friends AG 2/3; Crafty Gals Corner AG 2/2; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October UE; Crafty Ribbons Animal Magic 1/5; Creative Inspirations Halloween/Fall UE; Creative Moments AG Optional Spooktacular 1/3; Cupcake Inspirations Chartreuse, White, Grape (see graphic below) 1/3; Cuttlebug Mania Spooky 1/3; Deep Ocean Halloween UE; Die Cuttin Divas Halloween 1/3; DL.ART October Linky AG UE 1/day; Fab n Funky Celebrate Halloween UE; Glitter N Sparkle Halloween 1/3; HIMCR Freestyle 1/3; Inky Chicks Too Cute to Spook; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Just Keep on Creating October AG UE; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 2/3; Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday 1E; MFP Stamp Shop AG 1/3; Mod Squad Halloween Fun 2/3; Not Just Cards October AG UE; Paperbabe Spooky 2/3; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 2/3; Pile It On Scraps UE; PINspirational Inspiration Photo (I was inspired by the black cat) 1/5; Pixie's Snippet Playground Week 253 (all cardstock and patterned paper on this tag are snippets!) 1E; SUYP Cats Only Meowloween UE; The Cat's Pajamas Tags UE; The Outlawz Saturday PAM AG 1E; Through the Craftroom Door AG 2/2

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

More Halloween ATCs

Hello, everyone! Happy World Cat Day! It's also the final day of the Cat Lovers Hop! So sad to see it end! Janis at Her Peaceful Garden has hosted such a fun week of cat inspiration, games, and prizes! Thank you, Janis! There is still time to join - it's open to anyone!

I spent some time yesterday making some more ATCs for my Halloween-themed pocket letter. I made four of them so I still haven't finished. I'll share my completed pocket letter here on my blog, but it will most likely be after the hop. For those who aren't familiar with ATC's, they measure 2.5" x 3.5".

ATC #1

Dies: Memory Box Pinpoint Rectangles, Frantic Stamper Scaredy Cats
Patterned paper: DCWV Halloween Night 12x12
Other: Bats from my Dollarama stash

Challenges:
Cardz TV Designer Challenge AG 1/3
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October UE

ATC #2

Die: Spellbinders Kitty Play
Patterned paper: DCWV Halloween Night 12x12
Other: Bat from my Dollarama stash

Challenges:
Cardz TV Designer Challenge AG 2/3
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October UE

ATC #3

Die: Spellbinders Kitty Play

Patterned paper: DCWV Halloween Night 12x12

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October UE
Paperbabe Spooky 1/3

SUYP Cats Only Meowloween UE

ATC #4

Die: Frantic Stamper Scaredy Cats
Stamp: Inkadinkado
Patterned paper: DCWV Halloween Night 12x12
Other: Sparkly black washi tape and pumpkin from my Dollarama stash

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October UE
Kitty Bee Aloha Friday Halloween 2/2
Mod Squad Halloween Fun 1/3

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

Garden Trellis Kitty and 3 ATCs

Hello, everyone! I'm happy to be supporting two important hops today! One celebrates my love of kitties, and the other is an awareness hop for domestic violence. Both subjects are very close to my heart. I'm referring to the Cat Lovers Hop and The Hop to Stop. My projects today all feature purple, which is the colour for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I shared my connection to domestic violence here. Not an easy subject for anyone, but we are shedding some light on it with this hop.

Tomorrow will be the final day of the Cat Lovers Hop (sad face). I hate to see it end - I've really enjoyed making all my kitty cards!  Thank you to Janis at Her Peaceful Garden for hosting this fun and inspirational event!  There are still two more days left for The Hop to Stop.  Becca at The Damsel of Distressed would love to see your purple cards - you still have time - please come and support this important cause!

Garden Trellis Kitty Card
I made a garden scene with an adorable kitty that I won from Christina Hor Designs last month (thank you, Christina!). The image is called Mademoiselle Kitty and I did some quick colouring with markers. I wanted her to look like my Snowie! I then fussy-cut so I could pop her up with foam tape.

My card began with an inky sky background using Milled Lavender Distress Ink and a homemade cloud mask (I die-cut Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud Borders from acetate and it worked perfectly!).  The grass is Lawn Fawn Grassy Border and the trellis is an unmarked die from China. I added a whole bunch of tiny purple flowers (Impression Obsession), each with a purple gem in the center.  I also added a Cheery Lynn butterfly in dark purple, also with a center gem.  The stamped birds are from Newton's Nook, and the sentiment is from Clearly Besotted, both stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Challenges
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 4/5
Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk1 3/5

ATC #1

I made some more ATCs! Yes, I'm working on another pocket letter! To find out more about pocket letters, see here. I haven't finished my Halloween pocket letter yet, but I'll be working on it today and will be back to share what I make!

Die: Frantic Stamper Cute Kitten

Stamps: Sentiments (Newton's Nook and unmarked), Cup (unmarked - gift from Hetty - thank you!)
Patterned paper:  Forever in Time

Challenges
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 5/5
Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk1 4/5



ATC #2

Die: Spellbinders Kitty Play
Stamps: Sentiments (Newton's Nook and unmarked), Cup (unmarked)
Patterned paper: Forever in Time
Misc: Washi tape from my stash

Challenges
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October UE
Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk1 5/5


ATC #3

Dies: Simon Says Stamp Coffee Cup, Your Next Stamp Coffee Fancy Coffee, Impression Obsession Cat

Stamp: Sentiment (Paper Smooches)
Patterned paper: Forever in Time
Misc: Washi tape from my stash

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October UE
Simon Says Stamp Work-it Wednesday Simon product (die) 2/3

Please become informed about domestic violence, its impacts, and available resources. For more information on domestic violence in Canada, see here. If you are a woman experiencing abuse in Canada, there is someone you can reach out to any time of day or night; see here.

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

Three Kitty Cards

Hi, everybody! Today is Day 4 of the Cat Lovers Hop! Thank you to Janis at Her Peaceful Garden for hosting this fun event! I've been enjoying the hop and seeing everyone's kitty cards and projects! There's only one more day left so I hope you can join the fun before it's over!  I have three cards to share today!

Card #1

First up is a Halloween card.  It measures 4" x 6" so it's a bit larger than my usual A2 card size. The gorgeous image was included in this month's free collage sheet from Gecko Galz as part of their monthly newsletter. You can sign up for their newsletter here (see left-hand sidebar). I printed the image on photo paper and mounted it on a journal card that I cut from DCWV Halloween Night 12x12 paper pad. I heat-embossed the Newton's Nook sentiment in white on a black scrap. I added a die-cut cat and bat (Frantic Stamper) and a charm from my stash.

Challenges

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October UE

Gecko Galz Customer Challenge Fall into Autumn

The Paper Girls Halloween 3/3

Card #2

My second card was made awhile ago but I haven't posted it on my blog until now. I found this kitty picture in a magazine and I thought it looked so much like our Snowie that I had to cut it out and make a card! The background is stamped with Stampin' Up French Script in SU Going Gray ink. I added a rose and some floral corners from my stash.

Challenges

Clique Kits AG 2/3

Just Keep on Creating October AG UE
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 2/5

Card #3

My final card features Stampendous Fluffles Gift, an older wood-mounted stamp that is now out of production. I coloured the image with watercolour markers. The background is stamped repeatedly with a Kelly Panacci gift stamp and Penny Black sentiment. I added a copper charm tied with orange twine.

Challenges
Pixie's Snippet Playground All cardstock from my snippets box 1E
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 3/5
Word Art Wednesday AG uplifting Sentiment wk1 2/5

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