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!