Furry and Bright

Hello, everyone!  Today I'm sharing a card featuring a kitty who appears to be all ready for the holidays.  She has her presents wrapped and has decorated her home with ornaments.  This image is free this month over at Gecko Galz for their November Stamp Challenge.  When I saw the cute kitty, I couldn't resist colouring it!

I coloured the image with markers, rounded the corners, and inked all around the image with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide.  I layered the image onto a die-cut lacey rectangle in pink and then onto a snowflake-embossed panel in teal.  Lastly, I adhered a self-made sentiment (Microsoft Word).

I was inspired by the following challenges:

Allsorts 755 Christmas Time 1/3

As You Like It Favourite Christmas Critter and Why (Cats are my favourite animal, whether for Christmas, winter, summer, spring, or fall.  Why?  Because I have loved cats ever since I was a child, I have always had cats as pets, and they are just so cute and fun to colour!)

Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards O for Ornaments UE

CRAFT 699 Christmas Present (kitty has all of her presents wrapped) 1/2

Crazy for Cats 13 Anything Cat Goes or  Home is Where the Cat Is 1/5

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

Digi Choosday 46 AG 1/2
DL.ART November Linky AG UE 1/day

Gem of a Challenge 23 AG 1/2

Gecko Galz November Stamp Challenge 

Jan's Digi Stamps November AG 1/5

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 1/3

Pattie's Creations 212 AG 1/3

Polkadoodles 46 AG 1/2

Sheepski 80 Getting Ready for Christmas 1/3

Show us Your Pussycats 94 Furrything Goes UE

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Contemporary Christmas Colours UE
Word Art Wednesday 623-624 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 1/5

Here is a fun cat cartoon for you... enjoy!

Thank you for being here!  Wishing you a joyful day!  I will be around to visit your blogs tomorrow or over the weekend!  

Thanksgiving Smiles for those who Celebrate

Some smiles as you look forward to your Thanksgiving holiday:

Happy Thanksgiving!  Enjoy your holiday with family and friends!

Bird-themed Thinking of You

Hello, everybody!  Today I present a bird-themed Thinking of You card.  I made this a couple months ago when I was on a blog break.  My Mom likes to have a stash of Thinking of You cards on hand to send out when needed, and this was one that I made for her.

The patterned paper is from the Prima Songbird digital collection (Snap Click Supply). The eyelet circle die is from Spellbinders.  I used a bird image from a greeting card, a music embossing folder, pinpoint circle die, and a sentiment stamp from my old stash.  The sketch was inspired by one of Kendra's Card Challenges.  

I would like to join the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar November 3/3

DL.ART November Linky AG UE 1/day
Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2345 AG 1/3 C10

Penny's Paper-crafty 559 AG 2/3
Polkadoodles 45 AG 2/2

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Thinking of You 2/5
Word Art Wednesday 621-622 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 2/5

As mentioned on an earlier blog post, I would like to continue sharing cat 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.  Cat cartoons make me smile... I hope they do the same for you!

Thank you for being here - I wish you a joyful day!

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!