ATC

  Good morning, I'm here with an ATC for you using Blank Page Muse stamps.

                                                                         Stamps Used:

                                                                       Those days set

                                                                      chicken wire

* Stamp and emboss the chicken wire stamp with white ink and embossing power.

* Then stamp cat and color with copic markers. Cut out.

* Add saying over the chicken wire.

* A fast and quick ATC. 

Flasher kitty

      Good morning, I'm here with a fun card for you today using VLVS. 

Stamps Used:

20157 the moon

18919 spiked fence

14261 cat flasher

Day 22 of the 31 days of Halloween

 I'm here with a Cat Halloween card for you using Lost Coast stamps .   

                                  

Hop over to the Lost Coast blog to see how I made it.

Day 26 of the 31 days of Halloween

 I'm here today with a cat tag for you with Lost Coast Design stamps.

Stamps used:

ATC set 6

More cats

Gnome witch on broom

I started out making the tag background. I used purple distress oxide and the smooching technique. When that was dry, I then stamped parts of the Italian postmark from the in ATC set 6 the same ink all over the background. I then took a stencil and black ink and stenciled all over the background. 

Next, I took a cat from More cats set and stamped and colored with copic markers. I then took Gnome witch on broom and just stamped the hat from that. Colored it in with copic markers. Cut both out. 

Add a saying so the cat had something to stand on and glued the cat and hat to the tag. 

Lastly add a spider to hat.

You still have time to join the Halloween fun here.

Day 18 of 31 days of Halloween

 Good morning and Hello, I'm here with a wall hanging.

Stamps Used:

Pumpkin

Halloween saying

Small ATC cats

So, this is a upcycle project. I started out with a piece of cardboard from a box. I then painted it off white and I did do some stenciling in it with the same color, but it is hard to see it the photo. I set that aside to dry and started on the next thing.

Next, I stamped the Pumpkin and colored it with copic markers. I cut it out and cut off the stem. I didn't need it because the cat was sitting on top.

Then I stamped a cat from the Small ATC cats and colored and cut it out.

When the cardboard wall hanging was dry, I took the Halloween saying and stamped it randomly all over the sides of the wall-hanging.

I then glued the pumpkin and the cat into the middle and punched to holes on top and added a string and you have yourself a upcycle wall-hanging.

Come join the Halloween fun here

Critters Challenge

 Hello it's the 15th of the month so that means a new challenge over at Lost Coast blog. Critters challenge. 

  I made a mini slimline card for the start of this. My first one. 

Neon kitty

 Hello I have a neon kitty for you. 

Stamp used: Cheshire cat

What I did for this cat is take some Neon inks in Halloween colors and put them on the paper in strips.

Next I stamped Cheshire cat onto the card. Cut out and add it to a card base. Then stamp Cheshire cat again on white card and fussy cut out the nails, teeth and eyes. Glue them to the front to make it pop. 

You can enter the Furry friends challenge here

The sale is still going on so go check it out.

 

Last but not lest you can also enter the Halloween challenge here.

Day 18 of 31 days of Halloween

 Day 18 of the 31 days of Halloween challenge.

Stamp used:

More cats

This card was really simple to make a but together. I think the longest or "hardest" part was picking out the Halloween bits to go on the card and where they go.

I started out with a black card base and layered a orange plaid pattern paper on it. Next I made a tag from Kraft cardstock and stamped More cats the sitting pretty cat onto it. 

Lastly I dumped out my Halloween bits and started finding the right pieces to make my card. Once I had it the way I wanted I started gluing it all down. 

 

Right now we have 2 challenges going on. Furry friends here.

The 31 days of Halloween here.

The sale is still going on.

A birthday card for you. Since it was my birthday yesterday I made a birthday card. I'm over at the lost coast blog today with this card.

Stamps Used:

Large peekaboo kitty

Hat from party Mona

Do I smell cake

So I was watching a video the other day and they did something called rip and flip. What you do is take a  piece of pattern paper and cut them to the size you want for the front of the card. I made mine a little smaller then the card front so you can see the card base. Make sure that you have the piece of pattern paper larger then what you a re going to attach them to.  Now you are going to rip it and flip it. Flip the piece of pattern paper so you get the 2 sides on the front of the card base. 

You can see it better here in the close up. Next I colored and cut out  Large peekaboo kitty. After that  I cut out the hat from the birthday Mona and added to the Large peekaboo kitty. 

Stamp the  Do I smell cake on a white scrap. I added some pink bakers twine and some pink sequence. Added the saying to the top and placed it all on a shimmer card base. 

Come join the new challenge here. 

The sale is still going strong. Cone get some stamps for 25% off.

Cat tag

Hello I'm over at Lost Coast Blog with this tag.

 Come see how I made this and enter you own .

Day 25 of the 31 days of Halloween

I have a magickal cat here for you. It is hanging on to a witches broom. I used Distress Oxide to make the background and Hanging Branch Cat by Katzelkraft that Lost Coast carries.

Come on over to the Lost Coast Blog to see how I made this card. You can also enter to win some rubber stamp money from our 2 Challenges going on. 

I'm going to enter my card in these challenges

SSS: Halloween/Spooky

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes 

House That Stamps Built  - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon   #469 - Distressing

That's Crafty! Challenge ,C20, Spooky

Stampotique Designers' Challenge   #310 Spooky Halloween 

The Crafty Addicts  #53 - Anything Goes/Optional Spooky

Day 21 of 31 days of Halloween

Day 21 of the 31 days of Halloween. It's getting so close.  The kitty is going to a masquerade ball so he needed a top hat and a mustache.

Stamp Used: Cheshire Cat 

 Come over to the Lost Coast Blog to see how I made this fun card.

You can still enter the 31 days of Halloween Challenge here.

You can also enter the Dogs and Cats Challenge here.
                                                        You can enter both if you want. I hope you do because you have a chance to win some rubber stamp money.

   I'm going to enter this in SSS: animal antics

Go Out

A new challenge over at the Portal blog. More that 2 legs is the challenge.

 

I started off making this postcard with a technique. It is from Wendy Vecchi. She calls them Archival ink backgrounds. Here is a link to watch her video on it. 

This is how I did it. Take Archival ink smoosh it on a craft mat. I took 3 colors. A gray, tan(brown) and a teal . Next you spray 91% isopropyl alcohol on them. Then you take you paper and put it in the ink. The great thing is the paper does not warp.

 

 Please if you do this PLEASE do it in a ventilated area.

 

The alcohol dries fast. So the next step I did was pick out a stencil and used some of the gray ink and added it to my background. Then I had a scrap of pattern paper on the table and I added that to the postcard in the corner.

Then I stamped the Happy Cat stamp on tissue paper.  I did that because at the time I didn't have a clue where I was going with this postcard.

Anyway I glued the stamped image on to the postcard with matte gel.  As that was drying I went through my word stickers and found this saying. I cut and added it to the postcard and I outlined it with black marker.

Then I was looking at it and I felt it still needed something so I grabbed my  mini crown stamp and stamped it on top of the cats head because you all know it is always better with a crown.

Then last I took the teal ink and I stamped  Corner Swirl around the postcard.

Come join the fun with this challenge. I would love to see what you all come up with.

Please link up your artwork here.

Don't forget we also have a Facebook group where you can also share you love of Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda stamps.

 

Do I smell Cake

Cathy here to interrupt your normally scheduled Christmas/Winter post to  sneak this in....

 

Over at Lost Coast Designs they have some cat and dog stamps by KatzelKraft. They are so cute. I just had to pop over here and show you what I made..

The saying is from Carmen's Veranda. I had the saying and it just felt like the two go together.

Please take a look when you are shopping for your Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda stamps at the new additions of KatzelKraft . You will be happy you did.

 

Now back to your regular scheduled program........  

Stencil mid-week showing

We are mid week of August and we have a mid week post for stencil background over at the portal. Here are 2 cards I did for this .

Please come by the Portal to see the other projects the other DT have done for this challenge. Guess what you can join in this fun challenge too. You have 10 days to enter your art. Come play along and grab an stencil and a stamp and have fun.

Googly Eye Kitty tag

Hello I'm here to walk you through how I had my Googly Eye Kitty tag.

I started out with distress (#8) tag. Really you can use any tag you have. Then I took the distress oxide inks and did the smooching technique on the craft mat. Ink, (spray with water to active the oxide) smooch, dry then repeat. Do this till you are happy with the colors.
Next I stamped out the Happy Cat from Lost Coast on Copic friendly paper. Color and cut out. I edged cat with black marker to cover up the white edges.
At this time I still didn't know where I was going with this whole tag. Then I got some googly eyes and the flamingo drink stirrers and I know what I was going to do. I had a new saying from Carman's Veranda and I stamped it out and cut it to the way I wanted it.

Then I outlined the words that I used with a fine line marker.

Kitty Enive number 2

Here is another Kitty envie I did with some leftover paints. Didn't want to waist them. The happy cat is peeking out the corner. You can find her at Lost Coast Stamp designs.

My New Collar

Can you tell I just love this cat stamp. Another card with it. She got a new collar and is very happy to show it off. Go over to the Lost Coast Portal to see all the other great  cat artwork that they have posted there.

Crazy Cat Eyes

Here is a fun tag I made for the Here Kitty, Kitty event over at Lost Coast.

Kitty Envie

Over at the Lost Coast Portal tomorrow starts Here Kitty, Kitty Event. Well I had this stuff on my table and I made a envie . Let's say it's to get you excited about the Event that starts tomorrow. I used extra paint I had on my craft mat from another project and a stencil for the white circles. The cat is from Lost Coast new release cat stamps.

* Also don't forget about the challenge going on there this month. Real or Faux stitching.  *