Cat at Sea

Hello, everyone!  Before I share my card, I would like to welcome my newest follower - Donna Mundinger - thank you for joining me!  I'm very excited to have exceeded 400 followers - thank you to all of my crafty friends! I am putting together a candy to celebrate, and I will be posting it this week - stay tuned!

Today I have another ocean-themed card to share!  This adorable image is from Craftin' Desert Divas called Cat Ship's Captain.  I've been joining the monthly challenge over at Craftin' Desert Divas Gallery facebook group, and each time I participate, I get to pick out a new digi for free!  Yay!  I chose this cutie-pie for their August watercolour challenge! I coloured him with Prismacolor pencils and then fussy-cut.

My card began with an ocean background using blue and green watercolours. When dry, I die-cut with Taylored Expressions Wave Border and then layered all the borders together to create an ocean look.  I splashed some water droplets for added texture.  To create the sky I used the watercolour smooshing technique with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I adhered the ocean to the sky and then die-cut with Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangle.

I heat-embossed a Newton's Nook sentiment in white on a black scrap and then die-cut into a banner shape with Gina Marie Designs Drop Pennant.  The sun and clouds were die-cut using Lawn Fawn Spring Showers. I stamped the sun with a smiley face from Your Next Stamp. To finish it off I added some cute puffy stickers from Dollarama - the shark is my favourite - I love the look on his face!

I would like to support these challenges (listed alphabetically): 613 Avenue Create AG 2/8; Aud Sentiments For a Child plus Sentiment 2/5; Clique Kits AG 2/3; Craft Your Passion AG 2/3; Craftin' Desert Divas Gallery Watercolour 1E; Crafting By Designs August AG 2/3; Crafting Circle AG w Coloured Image 3/3; Crafty Calendar Summer Fun 2/3;Crafty Creations At the Beach 2/2; Creatalicious AG Optional At Sea/Beach 3/3; Creative Fingers AG 2/3; Creative Inspirations Seaside, Sunshine and Summer Holidays UE; Creative Moments AG Optional Circles 2/3; Crop Stop Linky #19 (Distress Ink sold at Crop Stop here) 1/5; Deep Ocean Seaside/Beach UE; Digi Designs Animals Acting Like Humans 2/3; DL.ART August Linky AG 1/day; Dragonfly Journeys Ahoy Matey UE; Happy Little Stampers AG w Dies UE; Incy Wincy AG 3/5; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 2/3; Love to Scrap Take Two (two clouds) 1/3; Paperbabe AG 2/3; Pattie's Creations AG 2/2; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 1/3; Pile It On Make Your Own Background UE; Sasayaki Glitter Use a Die Cut 2/3; Sparkle N Sprinkle (white embossing powder used for sentiment) UE; SUYP Cats Only Furrything Goes UE; The Cat's Pajamas #320Water UE; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5 wk2

I would also like to support these two challenges (back-linking permitted):
Just Keep On Creating AG UE
Love to Scrap No Rulz 2 Challenge and Blog Hop UE

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

Underwater Scene (Knitty Kitty DT)

Hello, everyone! Before I share my card, I would like to welcome my three new followers - Akshma Aksh, Leanne, and riliska1 - thank you for joining me!

I just realized that I now have 400 followers - Yay!  I guess you know what that means!  Yes, that's right!  Candy!  I'll start putting something together but I'll wait until I have reached 401. Sometimes I lose followers (yes, it's true; sad face) so I won't celebrate until I've surpassed 400 (happy face)!  So stay tuned!

Today I'm sharing another underwater scene card! This time I have combined my love of the ocean with my love of cats!  This adorable image from Knitty Kitty Digis is called Deep Sea Diver.  I fell in love with this one the moment I saw it - it's so unusual - I don't believe I've seen another underwater cat image or stamp anywhere! Did you notice... he has a fish hook on his tail so he's trying to catch his dinner!  So cute!

I had a lot of fun colouring this image with Prismacolor pencils. I sponged Tumbled Glass Distress Ink around kitty to represent the ocean. I added clear Wink of Stella and then Glossy Accents to kitty's diving mask and also some white gel pen to the air bubbles.

To create my scene, I used a lot of die-cuts: Gina Marie Designs Stitched Circle, Seaweed, Anchor; Taylored Expressions Build a Scene Underwater; Memory Box Loopy Rings; and Lawn Fawn Stitched Landscapes. The ocean-patterned paper is from a MAMBI kit that I found at Dollarama earlier this year/last year.  As for the awesome sand-patterned paper, I searched my stash and found some leftover scraps - this paper is at least 10 years old!  The cute fish stickers and charms were also in my old stash! Lastly, the ticket sentiment is from Digital Delights Ticket Sentiments.

Deep Sea Diver

Check out the Knitty Kitty Digis shop for more adorable images! We also have a Facebook Group, and we'd love for you to join us!

I would like to support these challenges (listed alphabetically): 613 Avenue Create AG 1/8; Aud Sentiments For a Child plus Sentiment 1/5; Broken Fairy AG Use Your Stash (detailed above) 1/3; Clique Kits AG 1/3; Craft Your Passion AG 1/3; Crafting By Designs August AG 1/3; Crafting Circle AG w Coloured Image 2/3; Crafty Calendar Summer Fun 1/3; Crafty Creations At the Beach 1/2; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August UE; Creatalicious AG Optional At Sea/Beach 2/3; Creative Fingers AG 1/3; Creative Moments AG Optional Circles 1/3; Crop Stop Linky #18 (Distress Ink sold at Crop Stop here) 4/5; Cut it Up Summertime Memories (scuba diving) 1E; Deep Ocean Seaside/Beach UE; Digi Designs Animals Acting Like Humans 1/3; Digital Delights AG 1E; DL.ART August Linky AG 1/day; Happy Little Stampers AG w Dies UE; Incy Wincy AG 2/5; Inspiration Destination AG 1/3; Kitty Bee Aloha Friday All About Animals 2/2; Left of Center Hip to be Square UE; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 1/3; Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday 1E; Paperbabe AG 1/3; Pattie's Creations AG 1/2; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 1/3; Pixie's Snippet Playground (All die-cuts from snippets and sand-patterned paper is very old snippet!) 1E; Sasayaki Glitter Use a Die Cut 1/3; SUYP Cats Only Furrything Goes UE; The Cat's Pajamas #320Water UE; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5

I would also like to support these two challenges (back-linking permitted):
Just Keep On Creating AG UE
Love to Scrap No Rulz 2 Challenge and Blog Hop UE

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

Underwater Scene 3

Hi, everyone! Today I am sharing another underwater scene card using adorable sea creatures from Your Next Stamp - Sea Creatures Set One. I coloured them with Bic Mark-its and then die-cut with the coordinating dies. I have been obsessed with making underwater cards lately, and I don't think I'm ready to stop yet!

My card began with a watercolour background. I made a bunch of these at once and unfortunately I didn't record the colours used. Next I applied white ink using a dauber through Simon Says Stamp Waves stencil. I stamped the seaweed from Your Next Stamp - Sea Creatures Set Two in black along the bottom and then die-cut the panel with Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangles.

The sentiment is from Your Next Stamp - Woodland Cuties. I heat-embossed it in white on a black scrap, die-cut it with Gina Marie Designs Rounded Stitched Rectangles, and popped it up with foam tape.

I was inspired by the sketch at Your Next Stamp Challenge 44:

I adhered the cute sea creatures and then finished off the card with a number of sequins from my stash to mimic the sketch.

This is the third card I made with Your Next Stamp Sea Creatures stamps and coordinating dies. I followed the same sketch yet they are all a bit different.  Here is a photo of all three. You can find the first two here and here.

I would like to support these challenges (listed alphabetically): 613 Avenue Create AG 1/3; Blessings Ink Amusing Challenges AG 1/2; Broken Fairy AG with Embossing (I used heat-embossing for sentiment) 2/2; Card Mania Let's Party (birthday) 1/3; Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Use a Number on Your Card 1/3; CRAFT Summer 3/5; Craft Your Passion Always AG 1/3; Craftin Desert Divas Beach UE; Crafting Circle AG w Coloured Image 1/3; Crafty Friends Favourite Embellishment Sequins 2/3; Creatalicious AG Optional At Sea/Beach 1/3; Cupcake Inspirations Great Outdoors 1/3; DL.ART August Linky AG 1/day; Fashionable Stamping Under the Sea 3/3; Freshly Brewed Birthdays 1/5; Get Creative Lots of Blue 1/3; Jo's Scrap Shack AG 3/3; Incy Wincy AG 1/5;  Inspiration Destination AG UE; Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday 1E; MFP Stamp Shop AG 2/5; Simon Says Stamp Monday Celebrate (Birthday) 1/5; Sparkle N Sprinkle Used embossing powder for sentiment UE; The Artistic Stamper AG w Rubber Stamps 1/3; The Outlawz Saturday PAM AG 1E; Tuesday Throwdown Happy Birthday 1/3; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 4/5; Your Next Stamp Challenge 44 Sketch 3/3

I would also like to support these two challenges (back-linking permitted):
Just Keep On Creating AG UE
Love to Scrap No Rulz 2 Challenge and Blog Hop UE

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

Kitty Sending Warm Wishes

Hello, everyone!  Today I am sharing a kitty Christmas card using stamps from Sugar Pea Designs.

I stamped and coloured the kitty from Sugar Pea Designs - Smitten Kitten and fussy-cut so I could pop him up on foam tape. I stamped the cushion on glitter paper (DCWV) and fussy-cut, also popped up on foam tape. The sentiment is from Sugar Pea Designs - Sweet Treats Christmas. My card was inspired by the Mix It Up Challenge 6 sketch over at Sweet Pea Designs:

Here are the other products used:

• Dies: Simon Says Stamp Sending, Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Borders
• Patterned paper:  Unknown from my stash
• Glitter cardstock:  DCWV
• Accents:  Sequins from my stash

I would like to support these challenges (listed alphabetically):  Allsorts A Touch of Sparkle 1/3; Crafty Friends Favourite Embellishment Sequins 1/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper July AG; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas AG UE; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra July UE; Digistamps4Joy AG w Dies or Punches 2/3; DL.ART July Linky AG 1/day; DL.ART Thankful Thursday AG 3/3; Fab n Funky Christmas UE; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Holly Jolly Show us Some Sparkle 2/3; Jo's Scrap Shack AG 2/3; Kitty Bee Animals 1/2; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Kraftin' Kimmie Saturday Bring Your Green UE; MFP Stamp Shop AG 1/5; Mod Squad Christmas in July 2/3; PINspirational Christmas in July Inspiration Photo 3/5; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 5/5; Sweet Stampin' Christmas in July 1/3; The Daily Marker 30-day Colouring Challenge Day 25; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 3/5

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

Underwater Scene 2

Hi, everyone!  Before I share my card, I would like to welcome my newest follower - Janet McLaughlin - thank you for joining me!

Today I made another underwater scene using adorable sea creatures from Your Next Stamp - Sea Creatures Set Two. I coloured them with Bic Mark-its and then die-cut with the coordinating dies.  Check out the cool background!  Colouring pages are all the rage now and I just won this one from Digistamps4Joy (thank you, Margy!). It's called Underwater Fantasy. This will be a lot of fun to colour but in the meantime it makes a great background! I resized it to fit my card and then die-cut with Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangles.

The sentiment is from Your Next Stamp - Woodland Cuties.  I heat-embossed it in white on a black scrap, die-cut it with Memory Box Pinpoint Rectangle Layers, and popped it up with foam tape.

I was inspired by the sketch at Your Next Stamp Challenge 44:

I adhered the cute sea creatures and then finished off the card with a number of sequins from my stash to mimic the sketch.

I would like to support these challenges (listed alphabetically): A Snowflake's Promise Summer 3/3; Broken Fairy AG with Embossing (I used heat-embossing for sentiment) 1/2; Come and Get It Kids' Cards 3/3; CRAFT Summer 2/5; Craftin Desert Divas Beach UE; Crafting from the Heart AG 3/3; Digistamps4Joy AG w Dies or Punches 1/3; DL.ART July Linky AG 1/day; DL.ART Thankful Thursday AG 2/3; Fashionable Stamping Under the Sea 2/3; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Jo's Scrap Shack AG 1/3; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Robyn's Fetish At the Beach 2/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 4/5; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG 2/2; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 2/5; Your Next Stamp Challenge 44 Sketch 2/3

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

Underwater Scene

Hello, everyone!  Today I've made an underwater scene using sea creatures from Your Next Stamp!  I coloured the turtle from Sea Creatures Set One and the fish and starfish from Sea Creatures Set Two with Bic Mark-its and then cut with the coordinating dies.

My card began with an underwater background using Zig watercolour markers (Persian Green, Turquoise Green, Green, and Cobalt Blue). I enjoy making these backgrounds - it's very relaxing - and I like to make each one different.  Here are two previous variations I made:  shark card / mermaid card.  Then I die-cut the background with Avery Elle Wonky Stitches.

I was inspired by the sketch at Your Next Stamp Challenge 44:

I heat-embossed a sentiment from Your Next Stamp - Oh, Deer! in white and die-cut with the banner from Avery Elle Wonky Stitches.  I shaped the sentiment to fit the banner.  To mimic the sketch, I adhered some rings from Memory Box Loopy Rings - I think they look like bubbles! To finish off the card, I stamped some bubbles and fish (Newton's Nook) in black and added a number of clear sequins from my stash.

I would like to support these challenges (listed alphabetically): A Snowflake's Promise Summer 2/3; Aud Sentiments AG plus Sentiment 5/5; Come and Get It Kids' Cards 2/3; Connie Can Crop Colour Challenge (see below) 2/2; CRAFT Summer 2/5; Craftin Desert Divas Beach UE; Crafting from the Heart AG 2/3; DL.ART July Linky AG 1/day; DL.ART Thankful Thursday AG 1/3; Fashionable Stamping Under the Sea 1/3; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday AG; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Penny's Paper--crafty AG 3/3; Robyn's Fetish At the Beach 1/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 3/3; Simon Says Stamp Work-It Wednesday Peridot (turtle) 2/3; The Daily Marker 30-day Colouring Challenge Day 24; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG 1/2; Through the Craftroom Door AG 2/2; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5; Your Next Stamp Challenge 44 Sketch 1/3

Daisy Cat

Hello, everyone!  I'm back again today!  This time I'm sharing an embellished kitty card!  This image is a freebie from Ike at SUYP Cats Only Challenge called Daisy Cat, and it was a lot of fun to colour! For the flowers, I used Bic Mark-its, and for the kitty and sky, I coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I also added yellow Stickles to the flower centres.

Here are the other products used:

• Sentiment stamp:  Scrappy Moms Stamps - Little Critters clear stamps
• Dies:  Doily (Maya Road Vintage Doilies), leaves (Cheery Lynn Ivy Strip and Flourish Leaf Strip), birdhouse (Die-namites Birdhouse Branch), border (Cheery Lynn Sienna Double Edge Border), tag (MFT Stitched Traditional Tag Stax)
• Patterned paper: Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs
• Accents:  Flowers, cat charm, 3-D butterfly stickers - from my stash; epoxy embellishment (I made this with a flower image from my stash)

Here's my inspiration for the colouring of the kitty!  It's Snowie!  She's posing with my coloured image!

Inspiration: Snowie

I would like to support these challenges (listed alphabetically): 613 Avenue Create AG or Create Your Own Challenge (1-all, 2-sentiment, die-cut, charm, 3-solid colour paper for layering, 4-flowers, stitching, 5-square card) 3/3; A Snowflake's Promise Summer 1/3; Aud Sentiments AG plus Sentiment 4/5; Bunny Zoe's Summer Florals UE; Connie Can Crop Colour Challenge (see below) 1/2; Craft Your Passion AG 3/3; Crafting from the Heart AG 1/3; Crafty Friends Use Your Dies 3/3; Crafty Gals Corner AG 2/2; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper July AG; Digi Designs Hot, Bright Colours 1/3; DL.ART July Linky AG 1/day; Glitter N Sparkle Summer Sunshine (summer colours and summer scene with flowers) 1/3; Ike's World Sketch (see below) 1/3; Inspiration Destination AG UE; One Stitch at a Time AG w Dies UE; Paperbabe AG 3/3; Penny's Paper--crafty AG 2/3; Scribbles Designs How does Your Garden Grow 1/3; Simon Says Stamp Monday Add Some Texture 2/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 2/3; Simon Says Stamp Work-It Wednesday Peridot 1/3; SUYP Cats Only Floral Kitties UE; Sweet Stampin' Outdoors 3/3; The Daily Marker 30-day Colouring Challenge Day 23; The Outlawz Monday Greeting AG 1E; The Pencil Case AG with Yellow 1/2; Through the Craftroom Door AG 1/2; Uniko Studio Flowers; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 4/5

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