2018 Cat Lovers Hop Day 6

Well I'm sorry to say it's the final day for linking up projects in the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden.  I wish I'd planned in advance and had more projects to share but that's the way it goes.  Thanks so much to Janis for the incredible amount of work that goes into the Hop and the fabulous sponsors and others offering prizes on their blogs.  Gotta say I've had a ball seeing everyone's projects but glad we have another day to comment, since there's always a flurry of activity at the end.

My final project is again real stamping.  I apologize to all my digi artist friends for not managing to color any of your gorgeous images but I'm in desperate need of new glasses and the eye strain is taking it's toll.  Those who know me know that coloring is generally my "thing" so I'm really bummed I couldn't manage any during the Hop.

This cutie is Tabby Cat from Carmen's Veranda and I've stamped him with Faded Jeans Distress Ink. The card is in monochromatic blues to enter the Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge. Not quite the same, but as close as I could get.

I tried to do an "artsy" background with a number of different mediums but they didn't work out so when hubby was on his way to Home Depot I asked him to nab me some paint swatches.  Trimmed and matted them several times,  fussy cut the image and added a die cut sentiment and there ya go.

Of course I'm also adding this to the Lost Coast/Carmen's Veranda Cats and Dogs Challenge, SUYP Furrything Goes/Meowloween Challenge,  the DL.Art October Linky Challenge, ...

Another for the 2018 Cat Lovers Blog Hop

I'm really enjoying all the the fabulous cat projects being linked up to the 2018 Cat Lovers Blog Hop at Her Peaceful Garden and crawling a bit out of my comfort zone and trying things I don't do often (enough) like real stamping.  Yesterday was my day to stamp but I'm just getting some of the projects finished and blogged today.  Here's a tag, or bookmark, using the beautiful Star Cat rubber stamp by Lost Coast Designs, a sponsor of the Hop.  I stamped on a small scrap of digital paper from another project.  The celestial background seemed purr-fect for this kitty.  I left off any sentiment because although he looks like he's on his way to kitty heaven, I'd prefer to think he's just star gazing.

I'm also entering this in the Lost Coast/Carmen's Veranda Cats and Dogs Challenge, SUYP Furrything Goes/Meowloween Challenge,  Crafty Animals #19 AG w/Animals, the DL.Art October Linky Challenge, the Outlawz Festive Friday AG...

Cat Lovers Hop 2018 Day 5 Halloween Pinwheel

It's Day 5 of the Cat Lovers Blog Hop at Her Peaceful Garden and I'm hanging in there.  And looky, looky, it's another project that involves REAL stamping from one of the sponsors of the Hop, Stampendous. WooHoo! I've made a Halloween pinwheel using a discarded piece that I found on one of our walks last year around this time.  Of course it's been laying on my table since then.  I used the kitty face stamp and die from a set by Fran from 2015, sadly no longer in the shop.  I glued a Halloween straw into the pinwheel where, I assume, the original had gone.  One of my artist made felted kitties looks pretty excited to be holding it while I tried to blow on it to take a video, but try as I might, I couldn't manage that to work so you've got to take my word for it that it spins.

Here's a closeup of the pinwheel with the stamped and cut out kitty face from the set and the bow.  I stamped with Memento, colored with Copics, added googly eyes and a little witch hat sticker from JoLee's.  The bow was stamped on patterned paper and cut using the coordinating die.

Thank you Stampendous for sponsoring the 2018 Cat lover's Blog Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!  There's still another day to hop and you can comment through Sunday to win! FAQ HERE and sign in HERE.

I'm also entering this in the  SUYP Furrything Goes/Meowloween Challenge, 2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG/w Critter (5/5), Crafty Animals #19 AG w/Animals, the DL.Art October Linky Challenge, The Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG, Simon Says Monday Halloween/Spooky, Simon Says Wednesday Halloween/Spooky,

2018 Cat Lovers Hop Day 4

It's Day 4 of the 2018 Cat Lover's Hop over at Her Peaceful Garden and I decided to go out of my comfort zone and do a bit of REAL stamping.  There are so many fabulous stamp companies sponsoring this Hop that I think it would be fitting to show them that although I mostly use digis, I've actually got a TON of rubber and clear stamps and it's about time I start using them, eh?  Practice makes PURR-fect, after all.

So here's a mini Happy Birthday gift bag using one of the Party Cat Set from Lost Coast Designs.  I'm getting a little more comfortable using real stamps since getting a Misti, but this gorgeously detailed cat stamped purrfectly first time.  YAY!  kept the color scheme sort of gender neutral and the black and white seems to suit the majority of my friends, considering our age.  LOL  The small bags (from Mike's) work well for a number of things, including gift cards.  The Happy Birthday die is from Simon Says Stamp and I punched the paw print in a Pin Point Balloon die cut from Poppystamps.

I'm also entering this in the Lost Coast/Carmen's Veranda Cats and Dogs Challenge, SUYP Furrything Goes/Meowloween Challenge, 2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG/w Critter (4/5), Crafty Animals #19 AG w/Animals, the DL.Art October Linky Challenge, The Outlawz Festive Fridays Birthday theme...

Halloween Treat Box for Day 3

Well, I'm 3 for 3 so far on the fabulous 2018 Cat Lovers Blog Hop at Her Peaceful Garden and this time I'm sharing a cute Halloween treat box I made with a gable box die from Momenta decorated with a sweet kitty die from my dear friend Fikreta Posavec, of Bad Kitty's Craft Room who is a sponsor of the Hop.  Thanks so much, Fiki!  Added some fun googly eyes to the kitty and a jeweled belly button (all sorts of places those jewels end up, eh?  LOL)  The candy clip is from Target, the Trick or Treat Bag from JoLee's and snippet of crinkle ribbon from DL.Art.  The glitter DP is ancient from my stash, but purr-fect for my project.

All the info for the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop can be found HERE.

I'm also entering this in the SUYP Furrything Goes/Meowloween Challenge, the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Sweet Treats Challenge, the Outlawz Saturday PAM Halloween/Fantasy, Simon Says Monday Halloween/Spooky, Simon Says Wednesday Halloween/Spooky,  2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG/w Critter (3/5), Crafty Animals #19 AG w/Animals, the DL.Art October Linky Challenge...

Furry Friends

It's Day two of the Cat Lover's Blog Hop, at Her Peaceful Garden and of course I'm running late again.  (Not that you have to link something daily, but I was planning on doing something for the Wednesday Sketch Challenge on the Outlawz Forum so why not make it double duty, eh?) 

So, you can find out about the hop HERE and be sure to sign in HERE to be eligible for prizes, even if you don't want to craft, because there are prizes for just commenting, too.  OOOOH!  And daily prizes for answering questions.  Thank you Janis for putting this all together.

My card features two digis from Createful Heart Design, Yarn Playing Kitty and Chloe Playing With Yarn.  I just happened to find them already printed in a stack of stuff so I colored them up quickly with Copics and tried to follow the Sketch.

How did I do?  I think it's vaguely recognizable.  The DP from the Meow stack by Echo Park did most of the work, but hey!

I'm also adding this to the DL.Art October Linky Challenge, Simon Says Wednesday Animal Antics, Crafty Animals #19 AG w/animals, SUYP October #35 Furrything Goes/Meowloween, 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #19 October AG/w critter,  and Createful Heart Designs #2 Add a Sentiment. 

2018 Cat Lovers Hop Day 1!!!

Eiyiyi, I almost missed it.  Today the Cat Lovers Hop begins at Her Peaceful Garden and I just by chance saw a post by one of the fabulous sponsors this morning.  I've had a hard time crafting and blogging (other than DT work) the past couple of weeks and trying to balance my life a bit by staying off FB and doing other things (like the cleaning I prefer to neglect) but I do feel guilty when I'm not supporting my artist friends, and commenting on all of the work, now posted EVERYWHERE, and joining in challenges, and, and, and...  So we'll see how I do here and I apologize for flaking on some of the things I really, REALLY wanted to join in on (you know who you are, sooo sorry!  xxx) but...

So, you can find out about the hop HERE and be sure to sign in HERE to be eligible for prizes, even if you don't want to craft, because there are prizes for just commenting, too.  OOOOH!  And daily prizes for answering questions.  Thank you Janis for putting this all together.

So I thought I might just Hop today for Cat Lovers because I did want to join in the Outlawz Color Challenge which ends TODAY, but I managed to follow their Tic Tac Toe board with a cute Kitty Cat die, from Simon Says Stamp, I've been dying to use, so WooHoo!  I couldn't resist having the kitties both coming and going...ahem ... and added the sentiment because it reminds me of how Jezebel always greets her brother.  No wonder he generally hisses at her when she comes near. 

Here's the board.  Fortunately you don't have to use BOTH the color AND the element, so I've chosen diagonal bottom left to top right, yellow, black, and lace.

I'm also adding this to the DL.Art October Linky Challenge, Simon Says Wednesday Animal Antics, SUYP October #35 Furrything Goes/Meowloween, 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #19 October AG/w critter and Crafty Animals #19 AG w/Animals. 

Friends Fur-ever for the Cat Lovers Hop

It's the last day and possibly the last post for the Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden.  At least for me, anyway.  I have some errands to run and we're going out tonight so...  Besides, I've got my contacts in (because I'm too vain to go out in public with glasses on) and I have all kinds of trouble coloring without my mega strength pair. 

I've had loads of fun on the Hop and decided to experiment with some REALLY OLD stuff from my stash.  Does anyone use rub-ons anymore?  I thought they were cool at one time but had no idea that they can be difficult to use when they're OLD.  This whole floral background is a rub-on by Heidi Grace circa 2009.  Ahem...  I thought it might make a fab background for a bunch of colorful kitty stickers I've had in my stash since before then even.  Not the worst ever, but it took me a half hour trying to decide what color to mat with.  Eiyiyi!  Step AWAY from the crafting table.  Sentiment is STAMPED with a clear sentiment from My Pink Stamper that I had to cut in half to fit the space.  Even with my Misti it's crooked.  (Must be those contacts)  Heart paper is Heidi Grace too.  Of course NOW I've found the Ai stamps I bought at the Scrapbook Expo in February just for this Hop.  Maybe later, or tomorrow for National Cat Day...we'll see.

I'm also adding this to the SYUP Furrything Goes challenge, the DL.Art October Linky challenge and Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #68 AG.

Another for the Cat Lovers Hop

It's the last day to link up for the Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden and I still have so many ideas!  Again I will say "So many cats, so little time!)  Well, we'll see how it goes, eh?

This adorable image is from THE EAST WIND called Super Chunky.  Isn't she the cutest kitty EVEH!?!?  I'd colored it previously with Copics and pencils (for fur detail) but it never made it onto a project.  I'd used the png version and placed it on some digital knit paper cropped in a heart in my printing program and then fussy cut.  I need a baby card and thought now was the time to pull it out.  The DP is from the old MAMBI Baby Girl stack.  The pinks don't match exactly, which was my trouble the other day, but I finally inked around the heart with a number of Distress pinks and Hickory Smoke and finally decided it would have to do.  Those metal words from Colorbok are coming in handy these days, eh?

I'm also adding this to the SUYP October Furrything Goes, 2 Crafty Critter Crazies October AG/w critter and Simon Says Wednesday AG.

Another Quickie for the Cat Lovers Hop

Last night as I was about to head downstairs I noticed some scraps on my desk that got me thinking about another quickie for the Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden.  Today is the last day to link up projects, but you can still comment and play in the daily games through tomorrow which is NATIONAL CAT DAY!  WOOHOO!   I will be so sad to see it all end.  Goliath and Jezebel, however, were quick to point out that EVERY DAY is CAT DAY so there ya go.

Anyway, here's the card.  The frame was the negative from a previous project and I'd already die cut the tree but decided not to use it on something.  I'd been sorting through my Halloween crafting goodies and forgotten about these adorable kitty stickers from Recollections.  I do use embellishment stickers occasionally, but rarely as the main deal on a card (doesn't keep me from buying them though, especially KITTIES!)  Well, the tree (from Memory Box) fit purr-fectly in the frame so I cut a moon and assembled the Halloween kitty stickers for a Meowloween party under the harvest moon.  The sparkly crow and Halloween banner sentiment are from Recollections too.  Purr-ty cute, eh?

I'm also adding this to the SUYP October Furrything Goes/Meowloween challenge, Simon Says Wednesday AG, and Lil Patch of Crafty Friend #68 AG.

Love Mew for the Cat Lovers Hop

I'm so irritated!  I spent the better part of the day looking for paper, for an image I'd colored, to no avail.  Since it's so late in the game and it's Friday night, I thought I'd switch gears and do a quickie so here ya go for today's offering for the Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden.

Card embossed with tiny heart Cuttlebug folder.  Red Heart Ribbon die cut from Die-namites.  Yin Yang cats freebie from the net cut and matted with Spellbinders Circles.  Sentiment stamped (yes, don't faint, you heard right, actually  STAMPED) after embossing no less, with the help of my Misti, from the Stampendous clear stamp and cutting die set by Fran Seiford.  YAY, ME!

I'm also adding this to the SUYP October Furrything Goes challenge, Simon Says Wednesday AG, the Outlawz Sunday CAS Cats (OF COURSE) or dogs.

Smile for the Cat Lovers Hop

Okay, then.  Here's another for the Cat Lover's Hop at Her Peaceful Garden.  At least now I've got 4 projects in 4 days, and considering the fact that any deadlines have recently sent me into a tailspin, I'm doin' good.  (Is it wine o'clock yet?)  Silly me, it's wine o'clock somewhere, eh?  

So as soon as I saw this image, called Smiley Cat from Bloobel Stamps I thought of the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland and the wheels started turning.  I remembered an embossing folder I had from Crafts Too and pictured Smiley Cat in the tree, but I didn't want him to be all embossed too, so I cut a hole in the tree after embossing from which he could peek out.  A rectangular card seemed a bit boring and since the majority of it would be white, I decided to cut the top of the tree in a circle (with Spellbinders Grands) and back it with a Scalloped Circle to add some color.  I embossed the tree again, trimmed it to fit and added the trunk and ground to a square card base and lined it up.

Here's a closeup of Smiley Cat. He's colored with Copics in the colors of the more recent Alice in Wonderland movie.  Because he's a digi, I was able to resize him to fit in the hole I'd cut purrfectly.  The sentiment is an old metal sticker from Colorbok.  I'm making this sort of a Thinking of You card so inside it will say "It makes people wonder what you're up to."  Cheers!  

I'm also entering this in the SUYP October Furrything Goes challenge, Simon Says Wednesday AG and the Outlawz Festive Fridays for the theme Thinking of You.

An ATC for the Cat Lovers Hop

I'm gonna stop numbering my Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden posts because, as you can see, I already missed Day 3.  Not that you HAVE to post every day.  You can post as much or as little as you want...or even not at all, since you can win prizes just by commenting on the daily posts.

I may try to catch up today, but my mojo took a dive, not for lack of inspiration, but the impossibility of making a decision as to what I want to make.  Too many cats...too little time?  Meah, maybe.

I did just manage a cute ATC from one of the sponsors of the Hop Knitty Kitty.  I even had trouble making a decision on which Knitty Kitty I wanted to use.  I finally decided on Lucky Neko #59, because I had cool Asian inspired trim stickers and tiny sentiment.  Colored with Copics, cut with a Spellbinders Gothic Arch and added a gem. Yay, me!

I'm also adding this to the SUYP #23 Furrything Goes, Simon Says Wednesday AG, and Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #68 AG.

Cat Lovers Hop Day 2

Welcome my contribution to Day 2 of the Cat Lover's Hop.  Have you checked out this fabulous Hop that Janis from Her Peaceful Garden has put together?  This is the 3rd year and it just keeps getting bigger and better.  If you love cats, you gotta go see.  Great games, prizes and inspiration.  Link up as many projects as you like and get the deets HERE and check out the daily games, too.  This year you'll have all week to participate in them, as well.  WooHoo!

This project was inspired by the Outlawz Tuesday Color challenge photo and greatly influenced by the Cat Lovers Hop.  (Gee, ya think?)
  

I thought this was a tough challenge until I found holographic paper in my stash and finally my "Peace" die from Sizzix resurfaced from???  Perfect for a sparkly Christmas card, but WAIT!  Peace became "Peaceful" in honor of Her Peaceful Garden with the addition of a few letters from my QuiKutz Alphabet and loads of kitties from my Inspiration Obsession Die joined the scene.  Wishing all cat owners a Peaceful Christmas.  (Is that even possible with all of those fun decorations to play with?)  These kitties look pretty mellow.  Added some sparkly snowflakes from JoLee's and called it done.  PURRFECT!

I'm also adding this to the SUYP October Furrything Goes/optional Meowloween challenge and 2 Crafty Critter Crazies October AG w/critter.

Cat Lovers Blog Hop Day 1

YAY!  I'm so excited it's the start of the Cat Lovers Blog Hop at Her Peaceful Garden.  You know I love me some kitties and I hope you do, too.  There's gobs of inspiration and fabulous sponsors.  All the info is on the main Hop Post HERE, and you can join in a little or a lot.

I hope to join in A LOT, not only by commenting, but also by crafting, but we'll see how it goes, eh?  I've had some mojo trouble since my old computer went kaput and I lost all of my digis (still trying to retrieve them) so I didn't manage to work ahead at all.  YIKES!

My first project just happens to be for Meowloween using the adorable new digi #1876 Jacko Head Kitty by Sandra Caldwell that happens to be on sale for only $1.50 as part of her FB Challenge.  He's colored with Copics and I used the Outlawz Wednesday Sketch.  Papers are from Graphic 45 and Authentique (alpha stickers, too).  Bats from my stash.

I'm also adding this to the October SUYP #23 Furrything Goes + Meowloween Challenge.

Another Quickie Post for the Last Day of the Cat Lover's Hop

WooHoo!  I did another card for the final day of the Cat Lover's Hop at Her Peaceful Garden.  My eyeballs are going buggie from the last few days of intense coloring (not just for the Hop) but I saw a link on Fiki's Blog for a freebie called Happy Fall Cat from Gerda Steiner Designs in Celebration of National (World?) Cat Day (I've read both, but finally looked it up, and today is NATIONAL CAT DAY.  WORLD CAT DAY is August 8th but certainly cats are such awesome creatures that they deserve more than ONE DAY.  In fact, once a month sounds good to me.)  So there ya go!  The digi was so cute, I just had to color it up immediately, using the png version on a Fall background from the Gecko Galz Fall into Nature Collage sheet.  I love using collage and digi papers with my digital stamps.  I've colored Happy Fall Cat with Copics with a little fur detail from Prismacolor pencils and used a rub-on from MAMBI for the sentiment.

Thanks to Janis at Her Peaceful Garden for organizing this fabulous Hop and to all the wonderful sponsors and participants.  It has truly been amazing.  And please don't forget to comment on my first project post of the day HERE for a chance to win my namesake Donna Kitty digi stamp by Sandra Caldwell. 

I'm also entering this (just under the wire) in the Gecko Galz October Fall into Autumn Customer challenge, and the Gerda Steiner Share your Designs Challenge.

Last Day of the Cat Lover's Blog Hop!

Again, Happy World Cat Day and thanks for stopping by.  As it's the final day of the Cat Lover's Hop at Her Peaceful Garden I thought I'd start out with a special project and little giveaway.  This amazingly stylish cat is named the Donna Kitty by Sandra Caldwell and she drew it just for ME!  We were talking one day and Sandra asked me what I collected.  (besides cats.  LOL)  "You know, like I'm a huge handbag fan, so what do you love?"  Well, first off, SHOES!  (heeled booties, especially) then bags, statement necklaces, earrings...What can I say?  Next thing I know, here's the Donna Kitty. OMG!!!! She even has my HAIR!  Of course I colored her ginger with my Copics and added glitter DP and some shopping goodies fussy cut from a piece from the All about Girls Mat Stack by DCWV.  The sentiment "The only thing that separates us from the animals..." is computer generated and inside it reads..."is the ability to accessorize."  Definitely words to live by, don'tcha think?  

I can't thank Sandra enough for drawing this adorable digi for me, so if you'd like to win her, just tell me the name of your favorite accessory in your comments. Be sure to include your email addy as that is where Sandra will send the digi.  If it's no included, no worries, I won't be offended, but I'll assume you're not interested in the drawing.  I will draw the name and post the winner on Meowloween.  Then do stop by Sandra's Etsy shop (babycakesdnd) and check out all of the adorable cat themed digis HERE and HERE she's drawn for every occasion.

Thanks so much to Janis and everyone involved with the Cat Lover's Blog Hop. I sure have had a ball.  I hope to be back with more kitty projects before the end of the Hop today, but I'm not sure how that will fly with Hubby.  Goliath and Jezzie are all for it, however, and you know CAT'S RULE!

I'm also entering this in the DL.Art October Linky Challenge and Simon Says Stamp ATG.  

Happy World Cat Day

Yeah, this is a non project post but I'll be back with at least one new project for the final day of the Cat Lover's Blog Hop at Her Peaceful Garden and it'll involve a little giveaway of my own.  WooHoo!

Grumpy Cat is not a "mew"sed 

but Goliath and Jezebel have already reminded me that extra treats are in their future.  Purrhaps I should put them to work.

When Goliath gives me that face, I RUN!  It's a great day to celebrate CATS!

Thanks to Janis at Her Peaceful Garden for putting this all together and to all of the fabulous sponsors of the Cat Lover's Blog Hop.  You can still join in the fun, but HURRY!

Cat Lover's Blog Hop Day 5

Didn't think I was gonna make it today for the Cat Lover's Blog Hop at Her Peaceful Garden, but I managed a cute quickie using the hilarious George the Cat (only $1.50!) from Bloobel stamps and the sketch from the Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge.  Digi paper from AMBillustrations and sentiment computer generated. (No birds were harmed during the making of this card.  LOL)

Sorry for the short post but  yesterday was a major crafting and blogging day that didn't involve cats.  Would love it if you'd check out my 2 previous posts and see what I'm up to when I'm not coloring cats.

What the heck are we all gonna do when this hop is over?  Thanks so much Lisa and sponsors and cat loving friends.  Hope we can stay in touch.