ATC - Fun Coffee Theme

Hello, everybody!  Today I'm sharing a humorous coffee-themed ATC, or Artist Trading Card, measuring 3.5" x 2.5".  I used some fun stamps from The Cat's Pajamas.  They are having a Coffee/Tea challenge and I was inspired to join in!

• Stamps:  Cat (The Cat's Pajamas - Big Cups), sentiment, heart (The Cat's Pajamas - This Could be Vodka), bingo card (The Cat's Pajamas - Build-a-Bingo), speech bubble (Lawn Fawn Chit Chat - I masked the words)
• Colouring medium:  Assorted markers, Posca white paint pen
• Dies:  MFT Stitched Flower Dies, Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip
• Patterned paper:  Doodlebug Cream and Sugar
• Other:  Washi tape, gem flowers (from my stash)

I also found inspiration here:  ATC ARound the World Fairytales and Such 1/3; Cardz TV 41 AG 1/3; Crafting Circle Crafty Awesomeness March 3/3; Crafty Gals Corner AG 2/2; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper March UE; DL.ART March Linky AG 1/d; DL.ART Thankful Thursday Flowers 1/3; Happy Little Stampers March ATC Sparkle (see sparkly washi tape) UE; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Incy Wincy No More than 3 Colours (pink, yellow, green) 1/5; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Jo's Scrap Shack FFC227 AG 1/3; Love to Scrap AG 3/5; Pammie's Inky Pinkies AG 2/3; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 2/3; Show Us Your Pussies Cats Only Furrything Goes UE; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 2/5; Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook; Stamped Blessings HeARTful Stamping AG plus Stamp 1/2; The House that Stamps Built Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2818; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday TT032918 AG 1/2; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 2/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Peace Bear

Hello, everyone! I'm back again today with another holiday card.  The more I make now, the less stress there will be in December!  I aim for two a month, and this is my second one.

The bear, festive greenery, and peace word are from a JudyKaren die-cut pack. The poinsettia image is a digital freebie from Far Far Hill that I fussy-cut. I added Xmas Red Stickles to the holly berries and along the base of the polar bear, and Platinum Stickles on the poinsettia.  The embossing folder is Die'sire Embossalicious Let it Snow, and the patterned paper is from Carta Bella Snow Fun (won in a candy from Chriss - thank you!).

I was inspired by the following challenges: ABC Christmas E for Emboss and G for Glitter UE; Cardz TV 40 AG 3/3; Christmas Crafts All Year Long Flowers (poinsettia) 2/5; Crafty Gals Corner AG 1/2; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Optional Inspired by Christmas Carol UE; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper March UE; Creative Fingers AG 3/3; DL.ART March Linky AG 1/d; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Jo's Scrap Shack FFC226 AG 3/3; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 3/3; Pammie's Inky Pinkies AG 1/3; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 1/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 1/5; Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook; The Outlawz Festive Fridays Christmas 1/3; The House that Stamps Built Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2818; The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up Beary Sweet Christmas FT 2/3; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 1/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Silent Night Bear

Hi, everybody!  Today I'm sharing a vintage-style holiday card.  I don't make this style very often, but it's fun to try different styles now and then.

I used a torn music page adhered to a kraft panel as my background. Before doing so, I sponged Distress Ink around the torn edges. I stamped the various trees, holly leaves, and berries repeatedly over the panel.  I also stamped some tiny snowflakes in white but they are barely visible.  I added a strip of torn washi tape along the bottom and a remnant of same vertically at the top left corner.  The vintage teddy bear is from a die-cut pack, and I finished off the card with a few vintage poinsettia stickers.

• Stamps:  Trees, snowflakes, thin stripe (Paperbabe Stamps Bottle Brush Tree Set), holly, berries (Paperbabe Stamps Reindeer Fusions)
• Ink:  Ranger Archival Library Geen, Memento Bamboo Leaves and Cottage Ivy, Ancient Page Cardinal, Avery Elle Pure White, Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink
• Other:  K and Company Vintage Die-cut Pack, music sheet, washi tape, and vintage stickers from my stash

I found inspiration here:

1. Christmas Crafts All Year Long Flowers (poinsettias) 1/5 
2. Crafter's Castle AG 1/3 C10 (one of my favourite techniques is stamping with colour ink) 
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Optional Inspired by Christmas Carol ("Silent Night") UE 
4. Jingle Belles Spirit of Christmas Past/Vintage UE 
5. Paperbabe Stamps 69 Picture Inspirations (inspired by the green) UE 
6. Rudolph Day March 1E C10 
7. Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook
8. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 2/5 
9. The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up Beary Sweet Christmas FT 1/3

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

My Favourite Earthling 2

Hi, everybody!  Today I'm sharing another outer space card! I had a leftover piece of the galaxy background I made with alcohol inks (see yesterday's post). This is another card that will be going to a card drive for hospitalized children. I'm trying to work ahead so I'll have enough cards by the time the card drives roll around.

• Digital image: Imagine That Digistamp - To the Moon and Back (precoloured)
• Clear stamp: Sentiment (Gerda Steiner Alien Invasion)
• Ink: StazOn Jet Black (sentiment on vellum), Ranger alcohol inks (Pitch Black, Pool, Stonewashed, Wild Plum, Silver Mixative)
• Dies:  Memory Box Twirled Heart Border, speech bubble (unknown)
• Other: DecoArt Crafter's Acrylic White (splattered on background)

Here's a photo of the two outer space cards together:

I would like to support the following challenges: Cardz TV 40 AG 2/3; Crafty Creations AG 2/2; Creatalicious AG Optional Birthday UE; Creative Fingers AG 2/3; DL.ART March Linky AG 1/d; Get Creative Fantasy 2/3; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Imagine That...Digis by Kris Creative Playground Year-round Link-up SIR UE; Jo's Scrap Shack FFC226 AG 2/3; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 2/3; Pammie's Inky Pinkies AG 2/3; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 2/3; Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook; Three Amigos Blog Hop 12 Out of this World UE; Through the Craftroom Door AG 2/2; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 2/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

My Favourite Earthling

Hello, everyone!  Today I'm sharing an outer space card!  I made a galaxy background with alcohol inks and I love how it turned out!

You might remember that I like to make cards for hospitalized children, and there are a couple card drives that I support.  Since I never seem to have enough cards by the time the drives roll around, I've decided to make a couple each month.

• Digital image:  Imagine That Digistamp - To the Moon and Back (precoloured)
• Clear stamp:  Sentiment (Gerda Steiner Alien Invasion)
• Ink:  StazOn Jet Black (sentiment on vellum), Ranger alcohol inks (Pitch Black, Pool, Stonewashed, Wild Plum, Silver Mixative), Distress Ink Hickory Smoke (sponged on planet)
• Dies:  Nellie's Multiframe Ovals (planet), speech bubble (unknown), hearts (offcuts from Memory Box Twirled Heart Border)
• Other:  Memory Box Butterfly Flutter (to create dots on planet), DecoArt Crafter's Acrylic White (splattered on background)

I would like to support the following challenges: Cardz TV 40 AG 1/3; Crafty Creations AG 1/2; Creatalicious AG Optional Birthday UE; Creative Fingers AG 1/3; DL.ART March Linky AG 1/d; Get Creative Fantasy 1/3; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Imagine That...Digis by Kris Creative Playground Year-round Link-up SIR UE; Jo's Scrap Shack FFC226 AG 1/3; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 1/3; Pammie's Inky Pinkies AG 1/3; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 1/3; Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook; Three Amigos Blog Hop 12 Out of this World UE; Through the Craftroom Door AG 1/2; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 1/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Sending You Sunshine

Hi, everyone!  Today I'm sharing a spring-themed encouragement card.

• Digital stamp:   Bugaboo Digi Stamps - Rainy Day Bear Rain Rain
• Clear stamp:  Sentiment (free with magazine)
• Colouring medium:  Prismacolor pencils
• Dies:  My Creative Time Scalloped Stitched Ovals, Paper Smooches Clouds, MFT Die-namics Sunny Skies
• Patterned paper:  Sweet Dreams 6x6 Paper Pack
• Other:  Ranger white embossing powder

I would like to support the following challenges: Allsorts Fairytale or Nursery Rhyme ("Rain, Rain Go Away") 1/3; Bugaboo Catch the Bug Nature's Wonders/All Creatures Big and Small 1/3; Cardz TV 38 AG 1/3; Crafting Circle - Bugaboo Crafty Challenge 1/3; Crafting Circle Crafty Awesomeness March 2/3; Crafty Catz AG Optional Layer it Up 1/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper March UE; Cut it Up Digitally Yours 1E; DL.ART March Linky AG 1/d; Fabrika Fantasy Spring 1/3; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Hiding in My Craft Room Super Scraps Saturday (all die-cuts and sentiment strip from scraps) 1/3; Joy Clair Anything Goes UE; Love to Scrap AG 2/5; Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook; Simon Says Stamp Monday Whatever the Weather 1/5; Sketch Saturday Sketch 504 1/3; STAMPlorations All About Spring or Faith UE; The Outlawz Festive Friday Use a Die-cut 2/3; 2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG Animals 5/5; Word Art Wednesday 324-325 AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk1 5/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Mixed Media Kitty 3

Hello, everyone!  Here's my third and final mixed media card!  Definitely not my usual style, but I like to challenge myself to try new things! (You can find the other two cards here and here.)

My cards are being sent to Mister Harley, a beautiful cat belonging to Jenn Shurkus Creative Chick, on the occasion of his upcoming 10th Birthday.  Happy Birthday, Mister Harley!  For every card that Mister Harley receives, Jenn will donate $1 to her local SPCA.  How could I resist making a card for a kitty, and helping out a charity in the process?!  Since I have 3 cats, I have made 3 cards, one from each of my kitties!  This card is from Snowie!

• Stamps:  Cat (Lost Coast Designs - Party Hat Cats), sentiment (C. C. Designs Meoples Meowy), background (Heidi Swapp Chevron)
• Ink:  Stamping (Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, Stampin' Up Going Grey), Distress Oxides (Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers), Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke)
• Dies:  Wonky stitched tag and chevron strip
• Other:  Metallic Silver Acrylic Paint (Dollarama), embossing folder (Darice Pawprint Background), Ranger white embossing powder, tiny heart punch, Glossy Accents, sparkly flowers from my stash

Here's how I made my card:

• Using a leftover scrap of Distress Oxide ink-smooshed background, I stamped the kitty, fussy-cut, and applied Glossy Accents over the glass.
• I stamped the chevron background in grey on pale blue cardstock, die-cut into a tag shape, sponged around the edges with Distress Ink, and then adhered the stamped kitty with foam tape.  I heat-embossed the sentiment in white, fussy-cut, and adhered to the tag.
• For the background, I applied silver acrylic paint in a vertical strip on navy cardstock and when dry, embossed with pawprint background.  
• Lastly I adhered the tag with foam tape, adhered the chevron strips, mounted on a white card base and then embellished with some sparkly flowers and a punched heart on kitty's hat.

I would like to support the following challenges: Archi-scraps Chevrons and the Colour Blue; Card Mania Embossing 3/3; Crafty Calendar Add a Tag or Make One 2/3; Craft Stamper Take it Make It March 3/3; Crafting by Designs March AG 3/3; Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday All Creatures Great and Small 3/3; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge Optional Twist Home UE; Jo's Scrap Shack FFC224 AG 3/3; Lost Coast Designs AG UE; Penny Black and More Feature a Creature 3/3; Show Us Your Pussies Cats Only Furrything Goes UE; Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook; The Outlawz Festive Friday Favourite Animal (cat); 2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG Animals 4/5; Word Art Wednesday 324-325 AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk1 4/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Mixed Media Kitty 2

Hello, everyone!  As promised, I'm back with my second mixed media card! This is way out of my comfort zone, but lots of fun!  I have one more mixed media card to share after this one.  (You can find the other two cards here and here.)

My cards are being sent to Mister Harley, a beautiful cat belonging to Jenn Shurkus Creative Chick, on the occasion of his upcoming 10th Birthday.  Happy Birthday, Mister Harley!  For every card that Mister Harley receives, Jenn will donate $1 to her local SPCA.  How could I resist making a card for a kitty, and helping out a charity in the process?!  Since I have 3 cats, I have made 3 cards, one from each of my kitties!  This card is from Kiwi!

• Stamps:  Cat (Lost Coast Designs - Party Hat Cats), sentiments (Simon Says Stamp Happy Meowday and Avery Elle More Furry Friends), text background (Stampin' Up French Script)
• Ink:  Stamping (Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark), Distress Oxides (Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers), Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke)
• Dies:  Joy's DIY Stitched Oval
• Other:  Chevron stencil, embossing paste (I used Aleene's Glitter Snow), Ranger white embossing powder, blue butterfly sequins (my stash)

Here's how I made my card:

• Starting with the background, I creatied a Distress Oxide ink-smooshed panel, applied embossing paste through a chevron stencil, stamped the text background, and sponged Distress Ink around the edges.
• I mopped up the remaining Distress Oxide ink with a watercolour scrap,  stamped the kitty, die-cut into an oval shape, applied Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle to the hat, and sponged Distress Ink around the edges.
• Next I heat-embossed the sentiments in white on a black scrap and hand-cut into sentiment banners.
• Lastly I adhered all the elements to the background, mounted on black cardstock, and embellished with some butterfly sequins.

I would like to support the following challenges: Archi-scraps Chevrons and the Colour Blue; Card Mania Embossing 2/3; Cardz TV 37 AG 3/3; Craft Stamper Take it Make It March 2/3; Crafting by Designs March AG 2/3; Cupcake Inspirations Pets 3/3; Die Cut Diva's Monochrome 2/4; Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday All Creatures Great and Small 2/3; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge Optional Twist Home UE; Jo's Scrap Shack FFC224 AG 2/3; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 3/3; Lost Coast Designs AG UE; Penny Black and More Feature a Creature 2/3; Show Us Your Pussies Cats Only Furrything Goes UE; Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook; Stamped Blessings heARTful Stamping AG plus Stamp 2/2; The Artistic Stamper Stencils or Masks (stencilled chevrons) 2/3; The Corrosive March AG 3/3; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Mixed Mediums 2/2; 2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG Animals 3/5; Word Art Wednesday 324-325 AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk1 3/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Mixed Media Kitty 1

Hello, everyone!  Today I'm sharing something different... I've tried mixed media!  I am way out of my comfort zone, but I had a lot of fun!  I made three mixed media kitty cards so I'll share each one separately. (You can find the other two cards here and here.)

This card is being sent to Mister Harley, a beautiful cat belonging to Jenn Shurkus Creative Chick, on the occasion of his upcoming 10th Birthday.  Happy Birthday, Mister Harley!  For every card that Mister Harley receives, Jenn will donate $1 to her local SPCA.  How could I resist making a card for a kitty, and helping out a charity in the process?!  Since I have 3 cats, I have made 3 cards, one from each of my kitties!  This card is from Honeydew!

• Stamps:  Cat (Lost Coast Designs - Party Hat Cats), sentiment (Newton's Nook - Newton's Birthday Bash), text (Magenta - Cat Quote)
• Ink:  Stamping (Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark), Distress Oxides (Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Broken China, Faded Jeans), Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke)
• Dies:  MFT Die-namics Stitched Traditional Tag Stax, wonky stitched circle, chevron strip
• Other:  Stencil (Darice), acrylic paint (Deco Art Peacock Blue), embossing paste (I used Snow Tex), Ranger white embossing powder, sequins, ribbon, flowers (my stash)

Here's how I made my card:

• I started with the focal point by making a Distress Oxide ink-smooshed background, stamped the kitty, die-cut into a tag shape, sponged Distress Ink around the edges, applied Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle to the hat, and stapled a piece of ribbon. 
• For the card background, I applied acrylic paint, stamped a cat definition repeatedly, sponged Distress Ink around the edges, added some die-cut chevron strips, and applied embossing paste through a pawprint stencil.  
• Next I heat-embossed the sentiment in white on a black scrap, die-cut into a circle, and added a ribbon flower.  
• Lastly I adhered all the elements to the background and embellished with some black sequins and flower sequins.

I would like to support the following challenges: Archi-scraps Chevrons and the Colour Blue; Card Mania Embossing 2/3; Cardz TV 37 AG 2/3; Craft Stamper Take it Make It March 1/3; Crafting by Designs March AG 1/3; Crafty Calendar Add a Tag or Make One 1/3; Crafty Creations AG 2/2; Crafty Gals Corner AG 2/2; Cupcake Inspirations Pets 2/3; Die Cut Diva's Monochrome 1/4; DL.ART March Linky AG 1/d; Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday All Creatures Great and Small 1/3; Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies UE; Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge Optional Twist Home UE; Jo's Scrap Shack FFC224 AG 1/3; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 2/3; Lost Coast Designs AG UE; Penny Black and More Feature a Creature 1/3; Show Us Your Pussies Cats Only Furrything Goes UE; Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook; Stamped Blessings heARTful Stamping AG plus Stamp 1/2; The Artistic Stamper Stencils or Masks (stencilled pawprints) 1/3; The Corrosive March AG 2/3; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Mixed Mediums 1/2; 2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG Animals 2/5; Word Art Wednesday 324-325 AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk1 2/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Bookshelf Kitty

Hello, everyone!  Before I get started, I would like to welcome my newest follower -
Le Ghirlande - thank you for joining me!

Today I'm sharing a card I made with Gerda Steiner's Cat in Bookshelf. I received this image for free because I participated in last month's challenge. This is a progressive challenge, so if you play along this month, you will receive a new, free image for April. Yay!  It is fun and exciting to receive a new cute image every month, and I always look forward to it! Thank you, Gerda! Here's a link to Gerda's March challenge!

• Digital image:  Gerda Steiner's Cat in Bookshelf
• Clear stamp:  Sentiment (Simon Says Stamp Playful Kittens)
• Patterned paper:  In Bloom 6x6 paper pack

I coloured the kitty to look like our Snowie!  The heart buttons and love word were left-overs from my heart-themed cards/ATCs last month so I'll be joining the Snippet Playground!

I would like to support the following challenges: Cardz TV 37 AG 1/3; Crafting Circle Crafty Awesomeness March 1/3; Crafty Creations AG 1/2; Crafty Gals Corner AG 1/2; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper March UE; Cupcake Inspirations Pets 1/3; Cute Card Thursday Anything Goes UE; DL.ART March Linky AG 1/d; Jo's Scrap Shack AG 1/3; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 1/3; Love to Scrap AG 1/5; Pixie's Snippet Playground Week 321 1E; Show Us Your Pussies Cats Only Furrything Goes UE; Simon Says Stamp Happy National Craft Month UE and on Facebook; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 1/5; The Corrosive March AG 1/3; 2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG Animals 1/5; Word Art Wednesday 324-325 AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk1 1/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!