Remembrance Day Poppies - Thinking of You

Hello, everyone!  Today I am sharing a poppy-themed thinking-of-you card.  I was inspired by Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge 189, whose theme is Poppies and Panels, as well as Simon Says Stamp Wednesday's Thinking of You challenge.  We just celebrated Canada's Remembrance Day yesterday, so these challenge themes were timely and much appreciated. 

I fussy-cut the poppy, label, and poppy-patterned panel from a collage sheet printable from the Facebook group called Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC (thank you for remembering Canada, Paulette!).  

The butterfly is a die, which I cut twice so I could paper-piece the body.  I made the thinking-of-you sentiment in Microsoft Word and layered it onto a white scrap.  After adhering everything onto the poppy paper, I layered the panel onto black cardstock and then on a white card base.  

Here's the inside of my card, where I added a leftover scrap of the poppy-patterned paper and a punched butterfly, leaving plenty of room to write a message.

I also found inspiration in the following 8 challenges, for a total of 10:
Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards R for Remembrance Day UE (Canada celebrates Remembrance Day on November 11)
Crafts Galore Encore November 3/3
Crafty Calendar November 2/3
DL.ART November Linky AG UE 1/day
Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2344 AG 2/3 C10
Penny's Paper-crafty 559 AG 1/3
Polkadoodles 45 AG 1/2
Word Art Wednesday 621-622 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 1/5

As mentioned on an earlier blog post, I would like to continue sharing cat memes/cartoons in memory of my dear friend Janis Woolbright from Her Peaceful Garden,who passed away in January.  Janis loved sharing cat cartoons and memes, so I have decided to continue her tradition.  I hope it makes you smile! 

Thank you for looking at my card!  I will be around to visit your blogs soon; sorry for the delay!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Fa la la la Latte

Here I am again!  Sorry for the blog blast, but I want to share all four of my cards before the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop ends - today is the last day!  Here is my final card:  

Products used:

Digital image:  Last Minute Manda Christmas Coffee and Cookies
Stamps:  STAMPlorations Caffeinated Christmas (sentiment), Your Next Stamp Warm Christmas Wishes (holly)

Ink: Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide (for inking around the circle), Versafine Onyx Black (for sentiment)

Die:  Neat and Tangled FaLaLa Cover Plate, Nellie's Multiframe Circles

Other: Vellum

I coloured the snowman cup and holly images with markers, added accents with a white paint marker, and fussy-cut.  I stamped the sentiment on a circle and inked the edges.  I adhered the image, sentiment, and holly to a vellum circle and then to the die-cut cover plate. 

I was inspired by the following 10 challenges (see badges below):

Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards F for Falala and Fussy-cut UE

Caffeinated Christmas CCCC23 Christmas/Holiday themed card with at least one Holly element; card can be Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa (see holly on sentiment circle)

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Coffee, Tea, Cocoa &/or Hot Apple Cider project

Crafts Galore Encore November 2/3

Crafty Calendar November 1/3

Die-Cut Divas November It's All About the Holidays (must use die) 3/4

DL.ART November Linky AG UE 1/day

Double Trouble 152 Deja Brew Coffee, Tea, and/or Cocoa, with optional twists to use a pun and link up at 2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop (I did all the things) 4/4

Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2344 AG 1/3 C10

Passion for Markers 715 Favourite Stamp or Digi (cute Christmas characters) UE

Here's a cat / coffee meme, just for fun!  I hope it makes you smile!

Thank you for being here!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Gingerbread Man and Peppermint Latte

Yes, it's me again!  Today I am sharing all of the coffee/cocoa cards I made this week as it's the last day of the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  Here is my third card:

Products used:

Digital image:  Last Minute Manda Sweet Ginger Christmas Drinks 

Stamp:  Holly (Your Next Stamp Waddles Holiday Food Truck)

Sentiment:  Self-made in Microsoft Word

Embossing folder: Nellie's Choice Christmas Oval Holly Frame 

Other: Snowflake punch

I coloured the gingerbread and holly images with markers, added accents with a white paint marker, and fussy-cut.  I embossed a white panel with the holly frame and created a sentiment strip in Microsoft Word.  I finished the card with a few punched snowflakes. 

I was inspired by the following 8 challenges (see all badges below):

Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards G for Gingerbread UE

Caffeinated Christmas CCCC23 Christmas/Holiday themed card with at least one Holly element; card can be Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa (holly embossing folder and stamped holly by his feet)

Christmas Kickstart 80 It's Christmas, Jim, but not as we know it (I chose non-traditional colour combo) 3/3 C8

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Coffee, Tea, Cocoa &/or Hot Apple Cider project

Digi Choosday Wk 44 AG 1/2

Double Trouble 152 Deja Brew Coffee, Tea, and/or Cocoa, with optional twists to use a pun and link up at 2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop (I did all the things) 3/4

Passion for Markers 715 Favourite Stamp or Digi (cute Christmas characters) UE

We Love Stamping November Christmas Characters or Anything Goes 3/3

Here's a cat / coffee meme, just for fun!  I hope it makes you smile!

Thank you for being here!  Wishing you a pleasant day!

You're Snow Much Fun

Hello, it's me again, back with another card!  I've been inspired by a number of awesome challenges this week, as well as the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  Today is the last day so I'm linking up all of my cards this afternoon!  Here is my second card:

Products used:

Digital image:  Digi Doodles Studios Cocoa Charlie Freeze

Sentiment stamp:  Cardz TV Snow Day

Ink: Versamark for stamped sentiment, Distress Oxides for background (can't remember which colours as I made this background panel a while ago)

Die: Nellie's Choice Deer in Forest (I used a craft knife to remove the deer), dotted circle (can't remember the brand; all my circles are on magnets)

Other: Snowflake punches, Ranger White embossing powder, glitter paper

I coloured the image with markers, added accents with a white paint marker, and fussy-cut.  Do you see the little fox peeking out from behind?  So cute!   For the scene die, I used a craft knife to remove the deer.  I heat-embossed the sentiment in white and finished the card with several punched snowflakes. 

I was inspired by the following 8 challenges (see all badges below):

Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards I for Ice and Ink UE

Caffeinated Christmas CCCC23 Christmas/Holiday themed card with at least one Holly element; card can be Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa (holly on his hat) 

Carlin's Kaartparadijs 64 I for Ice and Ink 1/3

Christmas Kickstart 80 It's Christmas, Jim, but not as we know it (I chose non-traditional colour combo) 2/3 C8

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Coffee, Tea, Cocoa &/or Hot Apple Cider project

Die-Cut Divas November It's All About the Holidays (must use die) 2/4

Double Trouble 152 Deja Brew Coffee, Tea, and/or Cocoa, with optional twists to use a pun and link up at 2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop (I did all the things) 2/4

We Love Stamping November Christmas Characters or Anything Goes 2/3

Here's a cat / coffee cartoon, just for fun!  I hope it makes you smile!

Thank you for being here!  Wishing you a joy-filled day!

From Meow to You

Hello, everybody!  I was inspired by a number of challenges this week so I made four cards, all with a coffee or cocoa theme!  The Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop has been going on all week, and today is the last day, so I will be sharing all four of my cards today!   Here is the first one:

Products used:

Stamps:  AALL & Create Light it Up (kitty), Newton's Nook A Kitten Christmas (sentiment and holly)

Ink:  Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide

Die:  Memory Box Curved Happy Holidays

Embossing folder:  Darice Snowflake Background

Other:  Snowflake punch

This cute kitty is a stamp I don't own, but the stamped image was sent to me by a sweet friend (thank you so much - you know who you are!).  I coloured the cat and holly images with markers, added accents with a white paint marker, and fussy-cut.  I embossed a teal panel with snowflakes, adhered the curvy greeting die-cut, and stamped the sentiment directly on the die-cut.  I finished the card with a few punched snowflakes. 

I was inspired by the following 8 challenges (see all badges below):

Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards H for Happy Holidays and Holly UE

Caffeinated Christmas CCCC23 Christmas/Holiday themed card with at least one Holly element; card can be Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa (see holly by stamped sentiment)

Christmas Kickstart 80 It's Christmas, Jim, but not as we know it (I chose non-traditional colour combo) 1/3 C8

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Coffee, Tea, Cocoa &/or Hot Apple Cider project

Die-Cut Divas November It's All About the Holidays (must use die) 1/4

Double Trouble 152 Deja Brew Coffee, Tea, and/or Cocoa, with optional twists to use a pun and link up at 2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop (I did all the things) 1/4

Passion for Markers 715 Favourite Stamp or Digi (cute Christmas characters) UE

We Love Stamping November Christmas Characters or Anything Goes 1/3

Here's a cat / coffee meme, just for fun!  I hope it makes you smile!

Thank you for being here!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Butterfly Joy-Fold Card

Hello and Happy November!  We had 3 inches of snow a couple days ago but it's all gone now, Yay!  I'm not ready for winter yet!

Today I present my first Joy-Fold Card!  I was inspired by Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge 188, and I chose all of the options:  Monochromatic, Joy-Fold Card, and Lace Edging (real or faux), plus Butterflies.  The colour options are shown below, and I chose Lilacs.

In doing this challenge, the hardest part was choosing monochromatic patterned papers. It turns out that I have very few so I spent a long time searching through my patterned papers and ended up in my old Dollarama stash, where I finally found some suitable papers that coordinated.  

The unbranded sentiment stamp I chose for the front was of poor quality and did not take the ink well, very disappointing, but I do like these words.  The butterfly and flower center are punched shapes.  

Here's how the card looks when open:

The large butterfly is a Gina Marie Designs die, and my faux lace is Die-Versions Whispers Lacey Dots border die.  I added three more punched butterflies with flower centers.  I would normally add gems to the middle of my butterflies but I thought they would indent the paper when closed so I opted for the flower centers.  The inside is left blank so I can write my message later.  I like how my card turned out, and now I know how to make a Joy-Fold Card, thanks to Mrs. A!

Here's Mrs. A's Butterfly Wheel for Challenge 188; I chose Lilacs:

I would like to join the following challenges:
Butterfly Challenge 188 Monochromatic, Joy-Fold Card, Lace Edging, Butterflies 1/3

CRAFT 696 AG 1/2

Crafts Galore Encore November 1/3
Creative Fingers 265 AG 1/3
DL.ART November Linky AG UE 1/day
Penny's Paper-Crafty 558 AG 1/3
Polkadoodles 43 AG 1/2
Word Art Wednesday 619-620 AG wk2 1/5
Gem of a  Challenge 22 AG 1/3

I started sharing cat memes/cartoons last month for the cat lovers challenge in memory of Janis Woolbright from Her Peaceful Garden so I thought I would continue.  Enjoy!

Thank you for being here, and for your kind words in the comments.  They brighten my day!  I will visit your blog sometime over the weekend.  Peaceful wishes to all!