Inky Paws Challenge - Week 3!

Hi friends!

It's Week 3 of the Inky Paws Challenge

at Newton's Nook Designs!

This month, the challenge is a gorgeous inspiration photo

with 4 colors to inspire you:

Magenta, Turquoise, Purple, and Bright Yellow!

I had so much fun this week creating

a fun scene with these playful kitties!

 

I used Newton's Nook Designs:

* Spring Heights stamps & dies 

* Cloud Stencil

* Sea Border die set (I turned it into grass!)

 

To ink up your cards, 

head over to the Inky Paws Challenge blog here!

You can find the supplies I used for this card here in the shop :)

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Entered to:  SSSWChallenge - Quite Quirky :)

Pammie's Inky Challenge - AG

Stamping Sensations: Nature

Merry CATmas!

 Merry Catmas!

Because there is just something EXTRA about orange cats! 

Having seen this exact scene myself, I can appreciate the humor!

I came around the hallway corner just as my daughter's cat

was nearly at the top of the tree]

and it was falling - like LITERAL Tiiiiiiiim-berrrrr!

I was able to catch the tree before it smashed to the tile,

cat jumped and ran and we only lost a few ornaments!

WOW .. did we ever learn cats and Christmas trees 

are NOT like cookies and milk :)

Today's card is sharing Whimsy Stamps Cat Do Christmas Two

clear stamp set!

This adorable clear stamp set has 3 fun kitties doing cat antic things

along with 4 sentiments.

You can find this card on my Instagram here

as part of my Wednesday card group with a theme of 

Christmas in July.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

You are all so very PURR-fect!

Hello friends!

Thank you so much to my wonderful blogging friends

 and my new blogger friends, too!

I {heart!} you!

Your support and friendship makes the crafting community a beautiful place!

A few have asked how to follow! 
← Right over there!

Again, many MANY thanks!

You. are. PURRfect!

 

How is your coloring for The Daily Marker coming along?

We're up to day 18!

February, being a short month, leads us up to 28 days 

so we're about 2/3 into coloring wonderment ♥

This is the card I made for today's coloring 

using the CAS challenge on Splitcoaststampers - use 1/3 of your space.

If you look at the A2 size card front, take 2/3 away 

and that's your creative space :)

What a fun technique!

I'll definitely be using this again!

 The sentiment to match is from The Project Bin ~

I chose one that was small, long and skinny to match the line of the paper decor. 

And that's it -   clean and simple but cute and sweet! ♥

And with 1/3 of the paper

and 2/3 of the way into the challenge,

it sounds like we are in math class! 

LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

May your day be PURR-fect in every way!

Remember to color a little, 

color a lot .... 

make a card or just some creative time

 ~ just color and have fun!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

CCEE1743 ~ All about Cats!

Hi friends!

This is Frances' last week as hostess for the CCEE Stampers this month.

  Tomorrow is Black Cat Day (10/27) and Sunday is Cat Day (10/29)

  She challenged us this week to include a cat on our cards -- black or not :)

 

 Fun fact!  

Cats are the most popular pets in the US ~ 

There are 88 million pet cats (and only 74 million pet dogs)...

I was so sure dogs were #1  ~ surprise!

A group of cats is called a clowder. 

And while black cats are thought of as bad luck in the US,

they are considered to be good luck in the United Kingdom and Australia ♥

Meow!

 I was so excited to ink up a cat stamp that I've had for awhile

that I skipped right over all of my Halloween cat stamps!

I used the Penny Black coloring guide to color these two kitties,

and used my blender pen to 'wipe off' some of the color

 for a faux watercolor look. 

The card was a little busy (and big!) with the image and sentiment

so I gave it a simple gingham background and wooden dots.

Please be sure to stop in over at the CCEE Stampers blog

and see the wonderful cat cards!

And if you link up a card to a gallery for this theme, 

use the keyword  CCEE1743.

We hope you can play along!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly
 
I'm entering my card into the 2017 Cat Lover's Hop!
You can find the details here!

Hang in there!

Hi everyone!

At the start of this new year, 

and as part of my year of Simplicity,

I made a commitment to ink up my SU! stamps that haven't seen ink :)

Like this one!

I absolutely adored this "Hang in there" stamp set,

sadly I bought it and it sat on a shelf :(

Until now .... and it was such fun to create!

I made this card for a special friend,

sent with a lot of love and prayers wrapped in it's making.

I can't wait to ink up the rest of the stamps in this set, too!

My son has been a bit under the weather today

so I'll close for the night ~

wishing you a happy day!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

                   Card entered into:  Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Inkspirational: Anything Goes
Sisterhood of crafters  - Anything Goes
Stamping for the Weekend:  Anything Goes

 Card deets:  PTI cardstock, Crate Paper dsp,
SU! "Hang in there" stamp set; kaiser pearls;
Cuttlebug, nesties, colored with prismacolor markers;
scallop die from MFT, gingham ribbon from Joanns;
ttrimmer, 3d dots