Camera Cat Hello Card

A big hello to you and thanks for stopping by my blog! Did you know today is National Cat Day? At my house every day is Cat Day or at least that's what my feline friends believe. We have three and they truly are spoiled kitties. They make our lives happier, so I guess they deserve to be spoiled. If you're not a cat person.... well, you just haven't met the right cat.

This Camera Cat Hello Card was created for the following challenges:

• Color Throwdown: Color
• Her Peaceful Garden: Cat Lover's Hop
• 4 Crafty Chicks: Anything Goes
• DoubleClick: Furry Friend!

Card details: All patterned paper are from the Happy Day paper stack by Pebbles and it was matted to Basic Gray cardstock by Stampin' Up!. The stamped image is by Penny Black and it was colored with Copic markers. To die cut the image a stitched circle by My Favorite Things was used and it was matted to Soft Sky cardstock by Stampin' Up! The cantaloupe colored twine is from The Twinery and the sequins are from Close to my Heart. The Hello sentiment is by TPC Studios and was stamped in Memento Black ink. That's it! Enjoy the rest of your day!

Candy Corn Ghost Card

Hello and happy Tuesday! Just in time for Halloween our theme this week at Tuesday Throwdown is Too Cute to Spook. Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is  2 Cute Ink and they provided the design team with a choice of three super cute images to create our weekly inspiration. I had a lot of fun using the Candy Corn Ghost image to create my card. Not a lot of coloring had to be done on this image, a little yellow and orange and it was done. I did go around the outline of the ghost with a light purple Prismacolor pencil to add a little more color. The patterned papers are a mix of various brands, polka dots are by American Crafts, Candy Corn by The Paper Studio and words are by DCWV. The final touch was adding four light purple pastel dots by Jolee's.

We would love for you to join us this week with our Too Cute to Spook challenge! You have until mid-day next Monday to play along. Click here for all the details. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Candy Corn Ghost Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafty Boots: Autumn/Halloween
• Paper Girls: Ready for Halloween
• AAA Cards: Halloween (all styles)
• Come and Get It: Use Orange
• Pile it On: Cute and/or Spooky

Halloween Pumpkin Kitty Card

Happy Friday! This week went by really fast and now it's time to get all my handmade Halloween cards in the mail. However, I couldn't resist making another card using this adorable image by AuroraWings. Several weeks ago NanaConnie, a teammate at Tuesday Throwdown, made this Pumpkin Kitty Card and I immediately fell in love with the image. I've colored the image with Copic markers and then used a stitched rectangle die by Lil' Inkers. For the patterned papers I dug into my forgotten stash and found these fun bright papers by Adorn It. The papers were matted with black and adhered to an orange gingham card base by Current. The Happy Halloween sentiment is from the retired Good Greetings stamp set by stampin' Up! To add a little detail, I added three pastel dot stickers by Jolee's. That's it! I'm glad you stopped by my blog and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

This Halloween Pumpkin Kitty Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards: Halloween
• Dragons Lair: Halloween
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Halloween
• QKR Stampede: Halloween
• Pattie's Creations: Fall or Halloween
• Stamping Boutique: Halloween

Fall Kitty Birthday Card

Hello! It is finally starting to feel like fall here in Oklahoma and that makes me very happy. There is still plenty of green in the landscape, but some trees are starting to get their fall color and the grass has stopped growing (that makes the hubby super happy). So, today I felt inspired to make a Fall/Autumn colored card. My cousin has a birthday in a couple of weeks and she loves cats, which gave me a good reason to use a new Newton's Nook stamp set. The stamp set is called Hello Fall and it was an exclusive set to Simon Says Stamp (currently out of stock). The image was stamped with black Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. I've kept the layout casual to play along at The Paper Players Clean and Simple Leaves challenge. I used a stitched rectangle die cut by Lil' Inkers along with Scalloped Edge die cut by Avery Elle. The sentiment is from the Wetlands stamp set by Stampin' Up! and the patterned paper is from the Into The Woods dsp by Stampin' Up! That's pretty much it! This card is also linked to the following challenges: Stamping Sensations (Colours of Autumn) and Crafty Cardmakers (Autumn Colours).

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Cute Bat Trick or Treat Card

This weekend I searched Etsy for Halloween digital stamps and found some wonderful new to me artists. There were several I would love to add to my collection but I picked this Cute Bat image by MarinaNeira (click here to view). I think he is darling dressed up like a little devil and holding a Trick or Treat bag. He's definitely too cute to spook!

To create this Cute Bat Trick or Treat Card the image was colored with Copic markers and I chose warm gray to color the bat. I used a Lil' Inkers stitched rectangle to cut out the image and for the layout I used the sketch at Sketch Saturday. The patterned papers are by DCVW from the Eek-a-Boo stack. The sentiment and little frog are both retired stamps by Stampin' Up! That's it!

This Cute Bat Trick or Treat Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch
• Cards in Envy: Trick or Treat
• The Crazy Challenge: Orange, Purple and Green
• Glitter 'N' Sparkle: Halloween (Cute or Spooky)
• DigiDesigns: Too Cute to Spook

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Sweet Baby Card

Hello and thanks for visiting my blog where I love to share my handmade cards. Today I made this Sweet Baby Card for a cousin and his wife who are expecting their first baby. They are having a girl so I'm sure at this point they are on Pink overload! So, I decided to use Purple and Green to mix things up a bit. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and I hope they love it too.

The image is called Giraffe Heart 2 by Bugaboo Digi Stamps and it was colored with Copic markers. After coloring the image I used a Lil' Inkers stitched rectangle die to cut it out. For the layout I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday. Selecting the right papers gave me a little challenge, but if you do enough digging eventually you find something that works. The purple gingham card base is from Current and it's larger measuring 5" x 7". Then a layer of Watercolor Dots by Recollections was added after it was matted to white cardstock. I found the green patterned paper from the Spring paper stack by American Crafts and the purple was found in my scrap bin. A little purple twine from The Twinery was added along with three silver puffy heart stickers from Freckled Fawn. The last detail was adding the Sweet Baby sentiment from the retired Itty Bitty Banners stamp set by Stampin' Up!

This Sweet Baby Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch
• Cards und More: Baby
• Without Words: Purple and Green (No Halloween)
• Addicted to Stamps: Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations: Anything Goes

Wishing you a wonderful and crafty day!

Scribbles Faith in You Card

There are only hours left to create a card using purple for The Hop to Stop! The hop was organized by Becca Cruger to help spread the word about Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Click here to visit her blog and for more details.

I really wanted to make one more card to support the hop and decided to use my Scribbles stamp set by The Stamps of Life. To make the images shine I heat embossed them with two different colors of purple. The lighter was embossed using Zing! Purple Metallic Finish and the darker is Stampendous! PEARLustre in Amethyst. The image panel was adhered to black cardstock and then to a larger piece of Elegant Eggplant cardstock by Stampin' Up!. A little black twine was added along with the sentiment that came with the stamp set. There weren't too many supplies used to create this Scribbles Faith in You Card. That's it!

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz: Embossing
• Allsorts: No Designer Papers
• Sweet Stamps: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and come back again soon!

Chevron Watercolor Card

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and this week the challenge is to Watercolor. Our sponsor is Freckled Fawn and they generously provided the darling silver puffy heart sticker used on my Chevron Watercolor Card.

To create the watercolored panel I used a chevron stencil by Clear Scraps along with my Aqua Painters. Using watercolor paper, I first die cut the stitched panel with Lil' Inkers Stitched Rectangles. Then I added ink colors by Stampin' Up! which include: Blushing Bride, Rose Red and Cherry Cobbler. You can't really see it in the photo but I added clear Wink of Stella to the larger rows of chevron to give it a little sparkle. The sentiment is from TPC Studios and was heat embossed with Blushing Bride emboss powder. To add a little more interest a strip of Rose Red cardstock was embossed using the Decorative Dots embossing folder and the watercolor panel was adhered using stampin' dimensionals. That's it!

We would love for you to join us this week! You have until mid-day on Monday 10/19/2015 to play along. Click here to check out the wonderful inspiration from the design team. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Chevron Watercolor Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp: Wonderful Watercolor
• Crafty Boots: Use Pink
• Ooh La La Creations: Pretty in Pink
• Where The HeART is: Anything Goes/Use Stencils

Haunt Ya Later Witch Card

Good day! Halloween is quickly approaching and I still need a few cards, so I made this Haunt Ya Later Witch Card. I've used one of my favorite layouts and patterned papers from The Spooky Time Stack by DCWV. The stamped image from the Haunt Ya Later stamp set by Stampin' Up! was colored with a mix of Copic markers and a blender pen with ink pads. For a little sparkle some clear Wink of Stella was added to the bat, witch's dress and hat band. To finish it off I added three silver sequins for detail. That's it!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!


This Haunt Ya Later Witch Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Dragonfly Journeys: Bewitched!
• The Craft Place: Halloween
• Crazy 4 Challenges: Costumed Characters
• Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

Moon Lake Watercolor Card

"The question is not what you look at, but what you see." ~Thoreau

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely day. Mine has been nice and quiet, just the way I like it. The hubby and I did a few errands this afternoon and when we came home he wanted to watch something on the television, so I played in my craft room.

This Moon Lake Watercolor Card was inspired by the color challenge at Create with Connie and Mary to use: Tip Top Taupe, Lost Lagoon and Perfect Plum. It seemed like a good day to do a little watercoloring and I really wanted to make a purple sky, I don't know why. The watercolored panel was adhered to Perfect Plum cardstock. I decided to use striped patterned paper from the Cherry on Top paper stack to play along at A Gem of A Challenge (Spots and/or Stripes). To add some texture and interest I used Tip Top Taupe lace along with some Lost Lagoon thick twine. That's it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween Flying Cat Card

Cats can fly on broomsticks, right? Well... maybe not, but the image sure makes a fun Halloween card for a cat lover. I had my hubby in mind when I made this card, so I tried not to add any girly embellishments. The layout is from this weeks sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I don't have a lot of decorative die cuts or framelits for the focal image, so I went with something more basic. The Flying Witches Cat image is from Sami Stamps and was colored using Copic markers. Both patterned papers are by DCWV from the Eek-a-Boo stack and I added some Frayed Burlap distress ink to the edges of the orange paper. The Trick or Treat sentiment by Stampin' Up! was stamped using Memento black ink. For the details three bats were die cut using a die by Sugar Pea Designs, the purple button came in a variety pack and the twine is from The Twinery. That's it!

This Halloween Flying Cat Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Make My Monday: Cats - Big or Small
• Aud Sentiments: Halloween
• Pile It On: 1, 2, 3 Recipe (1 image, 2 papers, 3 bats)
• Cardz 4 Guyz: Button It!
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday: Anything Goes w/ twist Two Patterned Papers

Wishing you a crafty day and thanks for stopping by!!!

A Witchy Haunt Ya Later Card

Are you counting down the days until Halloween? Just in cause you haven't done the math there are only 24 more days until the streets are filled with trick-or-treaters eagerly accepting candy from providing strangers. I always buy too much candy but it's hard to determine how much my hubby will consume before the big night. I've tried hiding the candy from him, but he finds it. I've also tried buying candy he doesn't usually eat, but he eats it anyway. This year I'm putting off buying candy until right before so it doesn't go missing like the years before.

This Witchy Haunt Ya Later Card was made using the sketch from The Challenge at Always Playing with Paper. Although I ended up centering the middle patterned paper instead of it being more to the left, for no reason other than my drawing of the sketch wasn't as detailed. The witch and sentiment are from the Haunt Ya Later stamp set by Stampin' Up! and the patterned papers are from the Happy Haunting dsp by Stampin' Up!. The stitched circle was made using a die by My Favorite Things and the sequins are from Close to My Heart. I colored the image with a mix of Copic markers and a Stampin' Blender marker and ink pads. I did add a little clear Wink of Stella to the Witch's dress and the band of her hat. That's it!

This Witchy Haunt Ya Later Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Challenge: Sketch
• The Paper Players: Halloween
• Get Creative: Halloween

Glad you stopped by my blog and enjoy the rest of your day!

You've Got This Card

Hello! This evening I made another card using purple for The Hop to Stop. I really admire Becca Cruger for organizing the hop to help spread awareness about Domestic Violence. Make sure to check out her blog for all the details (click here).

To create this You've Got This Card I've used the You've Got This stamp set by Stampin' Up! and colored the flower with Copic markers. After the flower was colored it was fussy-cut and adhered directly to the background. The background was stamped using Smokey Slate ink and the sentiment was added using Memento Black ink. I was inspired to add a little yellow butterfly because these delicate creatures have been flying all around my backyard flowers for the last week. To add a little sparkle I added three rhinestones to the butterfly and that's it.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Without Words: Purple and Green (No Halloween)
• Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Card for The Hop to Stop

You may have seen lots of cards featuring the color purple over the last couple of days and if you want to read more about it click here to visit Becca's blog, The Damsel of Distressed. She organized a hop to bring attention to National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Although I don't have first hand experience with domestic violence, I have a friend who lived through and eventually left a horrible situation. Hearing her experience and seeing the scares on her body really opened my eyes to the violence that lives behind closed doors. I hope you will join along and support Becca at The Hop To Stop!!!

Here is my card:

This card was made using the Tall Flower Bear image by Bugaboo Digi Stamps which was colored with Copic markers. I added a little clear Wink of Stella to the flower and then used a stitched rectangle die by Lil' Inkers. The image panel was matted to Rich Razzleberry cardstock and then adhered with dimensionals to the decorated card. The patterned paper is from the retired Painted Blooms dsp from Stampin' Up!. Using an encouragement sentiment by Verve Stamps, one day at a time, was stamped using Memento black ink directly onto the paper. A little Crushed Curry twine and that's it! 

Challenges entered:

• Catch The Bug: Anything Goes
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards: Animals
• QKR Stampede: Anything Goes