Black cat Christmas card

I have a friend who has 3 black cats...talk about a fright night. So I made her a Christmas card with just one using the My Favorite Things new stamp set. The snowflakes have black bling and there are 3 of them.

Patterned Paper:  Echo Park

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  My Favorite Things - Peace, Love & Paws
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
Punch:  EK Success
Bling:  Recollection
Spellbinder:  Circle
Die:  QuicKutz
Prisma Pencils

Challenges

CCAYR - At least 2 things that start with "S" (scarf, snowflakes)
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 495 Christmas

My Favorite Things - MFTWSC508

CHNC - Ch. 509 Anything Christmas with optional for someone special (grand pup Gus)
Word Art Wednesday Ch. 458 - 459 Anything Goes

Some angels have fur

Well three days in a row with cat cards. Now I don't know why, but like I said before I have my family and friends that are going through a streak of losing their furry ones. Hence another sympathy card was needed after I just made a batch last week. My cousin just lost her 21 year old cat.  For my card, I embossed the white and black and for the photo I couldn't get the black dry embossing to show up. The stamps are from Newton's Nook.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  Newton's Nook - Furr-ever Friends (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Versafine

Embossing Folders:  Sizzix

Divine Twine

Ribbon:  Offray

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch 538

Show us Your Pussycats - Ch. 55 Furrything Goes

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

Artsystamper Digitals - Ch. 17 Black, white and 1 other color

Do-Al(1) Kreatives - Ch. 42 Black, white and 1 other color

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Hug your Cat Day

Today at Catch the Bug it's Humor Me Wednesday and June 4th is Hug Your Cat Day so I made this card using Stella Calendar May with my own computer generated font. I added some Glossy Accents to Stella's glasses. I put some bright buttons and a couple of flowers on the card which are my favorite embellishments.

Patterned Paper:  American Craft

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Stella Calendar May

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Buttons:  Stash

Divine Twine

Hemptique

Flowers:  Recollections

Glossy Accents

Challenges

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 472 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned  - June

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 39 

Inkspirational - Ch. 214 Funny Sentiments

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 152 Flowers and sentiment
Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 55 Furrything Goes

Pet Sympathy Cards

We are struggling with the lockdown and challenge of not knowing what to expect and stress of change. However, it also affects our critters. I am amazed at home many pet sympathies I had to make. To I made a group of 4 similar CAS designs since I need so many. I have had two lose cats and 2 lose dogs.  One that lost a dog also had their cat get seriously injured.  So then that's just another stress losing a pet during this difficult time. I lost a cat a few months ago and I know my other cat is still struggling with the lose of her sister. So we can just love our critters and I know that they are trying to help us cope.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Spellbinders:  Dog D-lite, Cat D-lite, Heart

Die:  Paper Rose

Embossing Folder:  Darice

DivineTwine

Challenges

Simon Says Monday - It's a Dog's Life

Simon Says Wednesday - Animal Fun

AAA CAS Game - Ch. 165 Up to one third with repeating image

Happy Little Stamper - May Die Cuts

Crafty Animals - Ch. 38

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 38

Unicorn Challenge - Ch. 54 Use dies

Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 54 Furrything Goes

Pets make life sweeter

Well today I had to go pick up Jazzy who was cremated from the vet office.  It is so sad. I made this card for my vet and her staff. It is using a stamp set from My Favorite Things BB New Best Friend. And I thought it was purrfect for my Siamese.

Patterned Paper: Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  BB New Best Friend

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Buttons:  Stash

Hemp:  May Arts

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Challenges
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC480
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 430 - 431 Anything Goes
Crafty Animals - Ch. 36
PINspirational - Ch. 258 (buttons - see photo above)
Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 52 Furrything Goes
little red wagon - Ch. 540 etc. etc. etc (buttons)

Hugs

I have this adorable cat stamp from Art Impressions (I couldn't find it so I think it's retired) and wanted to make it for my nephew for Valentines. It has a wobbler action piece. He knows that I just love to HUG him so he will have fun with this card.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection

Cardstock:  Recollection

Stamp:  Art Impressions - Has Hugs Set

Sentiment:  Clearly Besotted - Love Notes

VersaMark

Embossing Powder - Ranger

Wobbler

Challenges

Art Impressions - Ch. 273 Hugs & Kisses

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Ch. 143 Cute and CAS

Show us your Pussy Cats - Ch. 50 Furrything Goes

Lets Craft and Create - Ch. 155 Anything Goes and optional Love is in the Air

Your Next Stamp - Ch. 130 Shades of Blue

Ava Tree Swing with Animals

For the new Saturday Challenge the theme is to Create a Scene with stamps or dies.  So I used four Bugaboo images and put them on a Bendi Card.  I have not done this layout before, but it was fun.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamps:  Bugaboo - Ava Swing; Deer; Owl (retired); Squirrel (retired)

Dies:  My Forite Things - clouds

Spellbinder:  Tree; Small Circle

Flowers:  Recollection

Challenges

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 288 Die Cuts/ Punches

little red wagon - 487 Lions & Lambs (and other animals)

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 572 Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Flora & Fauna

Crafty Animals - Ch. 24

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 24

Not Just Cards - February

Creative Craft Challenge - Ch. 116 Spring Fever

Purr-sonally speaking

It's time for a New Release at Catch the Bug and this one is called skelekinz heart peeker.   The sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I added Glossy accents to the eye of the Skelekinz and cat which is hard to show up since it is black.  This is such a fun image.

Patterned Paper:  free download for iphone wallpaper

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Stelekinz Heart Peeker

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Purr-sonally speaking you're the best

Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinder:  Nestabilities Label 44

Ribbon:  Michael's

Glossy Accents

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Challenges

Sweet Stampin' - Valentines
Polkadoodle - Wk 6 Anything Goes
QKR - Ch. 334 Anything Goes
Paper Shelter - Ch. 369 For the One you Love
CHNC Patterned - February
Brown Sugar - Ch. 287 Love / St. Valentine's Day

Highest of high fives to you

Well it's that week for the Cat Lovers Blog Hop!!!  Here is my first card, using an image from Ike and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  This is a wonderful blog hop and if you are a cat lover it is a must!!!

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - A Purrfect Day

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Ike's - Ike- High 4

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Highest of High Fives

Dies:  My Favorite Things - Wonky Rectangles

Flowers:  Prima

Brad:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Cat Lovers Hop - 2017

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 304- 305 Anything Goes

The Paper Players - Ch. 367 Sketch

Show us your Pussies Cats - Ch. 23 

Autumn Newton

I used the new Freshly Made Sketches to put together this Autumn Newton stamped image that I colored some time ago.  I embossed the white background and kept it CAS.  I colored this to look like my two Siamese that like to help me out every now and then.

Snookie looking at my Sketch layouts

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Autumn Afternoon

Cardstock: Bazzil; Paper Studio

Stamp:  Newton's Nook - Autumn Newton

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Bling:  Recollections

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Dies:  Sugar Pea

Ribbon:  Michael's

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches - Ch. 309

Inky Paws - Ch. 57 Fall

Alphabet Challenge - P for pumpkins

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 101 Autumn Colors

Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 97 Autumn Colors

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 365 CAS

Show Us Your Pussies Cats - Ch. 23

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 7

I Love Mew

Here is a cat card that I made for the MFT Camp Create Day 4 Monochromatic Magic.  I used the stamp set I Knead You and the Pawprints background stamp.  I wet embossed the sentiment.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  MFT - I Knead You

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  Stampendous

Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Twine:  Natural Fibers

Ink:  Distress:  Black Soot; Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Wild Honey

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges

MFT - Camp Create Day 4 Monochromatic Magic

MFT - MFTWSC 346

Cardz for Galz - Ch. 54 Cats or Kittens

Show Us Your Pussie Cats - Ch. 21

RRR - Ch. 170 Anything Goes with Ribbon

Newton's Gondola

I have a interactive card that I made using the Newton Dreams of Italy stamp set from Newton's Nook.  I made the water of watercolor paper and put on Distress Oxide Inks.  It is raised on foam tape so the image can slide.  I turned the sketch sideways.

Patterned Paper: Paper Studio

Watercolor Paper:  Artist's Loft

Cardstock: Recollection

Stamp Set:  Newton's Nook - Newton Dreams of Italy (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Distress Oxide Inks - Broken China & Faded Jeans

Foam Tape

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Challenges

Inky Paws - Ch. 52 Sketch

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 355 Interactive Card

Alphabet Challenge - K for kinetics

Show Us Your Pussie Cats - Ch. 21

Incy Wincy - No Words

Newton's dumped flower pot

I usually have a lot of chaos going on, but I don't know if it's the full moon or if some of the stress has gotten to me; however, I had problems following this sketch.  If you are a regular follower of mine you know that I like doing sketch challenges and for some reason.....I didn't do this one exactly as outlined.  I realized it but I still put it together since I liked the background paper that I made by using some splashes of Tattered Angels and Glimmer Mist sprays.  I guess I was more worried about the color challenge for Inky Paws than the sketch.
I also had to do my cat as a Siamese since I have three - actually they have me.  One of them needed a hair cut due to some matts that she had.  With some of the remodeling in my office she found a new bin that I got for some envelopes to hide in.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Newton's Nook - Naughty Newton

Ink:  Distress - Black Soot

Embossing Folders:  Cuttlebug & We Are Memory Keepers

Pearls:  Paper Studio

Flower:  Recollections

Sprays:  Glimmer Mist & Tattored Angels

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Challenges

Inky Paws - Ch. 44 Color Challenge

Mojo Monday - Sketch 492

Show us Your Pussies - Ch. 17 Furrything Goes

RRR - Ch. 161 Flowers

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 234 Spring not Easter

A Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 191 Furry Friends

Catch the Bug - Raining Cats and Dogs

Crafty Friends - Ch. 55 Animals or birds

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 188 Outdoor Fun

Dream Valley - Ch 153 Our 4 legged friends

Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 15 Anything Goes

No peeking

I finally pulled out my Newton's Nook stamps and inked them up.  I have 3 Siamese cats and I am trying to get them in for their routine visits with the vet yesterday and today.  I left the carrier out since I took the one girl, Snookie for a hair cut and today the two girls were to go.  I could only catch Jasmine and Snookie was too smart for me and hid.  Maybe I can get her tomorrow.  Casio my male cat loves to lie on top of my new couch so now he is leaving an indent on the cushion.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment: Newton's Nook - Newton's Curious Christmas

Ink:  Distress Black Soot

Divine Twine

Spellbinders:  Star Circle

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Flowers:  Petaloo

Challenges

Inky Paws - Ch. 38 color challenge

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Sketch 79

CHNC Extra - December

Show us your Pussies - Ch. 13

Sweet Stampin' - Animals

Di's Design Challenge - December Traditional Christmas Colors

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 455 Stars/Sparkles