AYSI264 Meow

Hey there, stampers!  Hope you all had a lovely holiday!  Now it's time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's a fun one:

 

After our kitty Pumpkin passed away, we did not get another pet! But I do love seeing pictures of other peoples' pets! I enjoy them vicariously through stamping as well!  So it will be fun to see what everyone comes up with for this cute challenge!

I have several cat images but I really loved this vintage one from Rare Image stamps (sadly, I don't think they're in business any longer)!  I stamped my trio of kitties in Stazon ink on Shimmery White cardstock and watercolored them in:

I used the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday:

as well as the challenge from Shopping Our Stash, which is a Triple Threat:  use three of something!  I used three kittens as well as three different patterned papers!  (Ooops, I forgot those three little elements down at the bottom!  Oh well!)  All my papers are from Authentique's Meadow collection:

The ribbon is SU's Blushing Bride Frayed Grosgrain ribbon, and both sentiments are from the Nine Lives (ret) set:

I have a cat-loving friend who gave me some flowers after my surgery, so I think I'll send this to her!  Now, how about you?  Can you come up with something to honor your pet...or maybe a pet you wish you had?  Check out what the DT came up with--you may be surprised--and then share yours with us too at the AYSI blog!

Now, here's one of my grand-dogs....Eden must have had a cold nose, LOL!

Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nine Lives (ret), Pets (Rare Image Rubber Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shimmery White, Meadow DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Stazon Black, Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Craft White, Crushed Curry, Bumblebee, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Blushing Bride Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Stitched Framelits, Tailor Made Tag Dies

Happy Tails and Nine Lives Mirror Stamping

Happy Monday, peeps!  Last week was my club week, and my girls learned how to do mirror stamping along with a punch!  I finally found the video tutorial by my friend Cindy Brumbaugh; you can see how she does it HERE.  (She actually shares the whole process for the card she made, so if you just want to see how she does the mirror stamping/punching part, it's around 9 minutes into the video!)  So I wanted to use the dogs from Happy Tails for our card, and this is what we made:

I have to say that this is one of my favorite cards ever!  Everyone nailed the technique beautifully, and it was so much fun to make!  Here's a closeup:

The front panel was embossed with the Subtle embossing folder, and the heart diecut is from the Be Mine Framelits.  We used Call Me Clover for our accent colors for the dog house, collars and DSP, and we even stamped some dog prints on the inside for fun:

I couldn't let the kitties from Nine Lives be left out, so as a sample, I also created this card, using some Twinkle Twinkle and Woodgrain DSPs:

Be sure to check out Cindy's video, she explains everything so well, I know you'll want to try this technique too!  Thanks for popping in today!

On Saturday, our church had an "Everybody Birthday Party".  We decorated twelve tables, one for each month, and everyone had to sit at the table of their birthday month!  We had two big cakes, ice cream and toppings, we sang happy birthday, and played birthday bingo! Cassidy sat at the August table with our friend Dale.  Dale has been to our house many times and is a special friend of ours; he has suffered a couple of strokes lately and it is a real struggle for him to get out to church, but last night John brought him over from the nursing home so he could celebrate with us.  He and Cassidy ate their cake and ice cream together:

Cassidy's table had a tablecloth on it that looked like an ocean, along with lots of beachy things:

You can see my vintage lunch pails in the background for September's table too!  And my friend Sara, whose birthday is next week, decorated the March table:

Lots of cake and ice cream (and that's my friend Sara in her signature green!):

It was fun getting to know people that we might not normally interact with on a Sunday morning!  (Ooh, and there's me behind Wayne, passing out cake, LOL!)

Thanks for indulging me a little today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

SIP189 Gingham Kittens

Hey, peeps, just a quick post today...feeling a little icky, just going to lay low today!  The Stamp Ink Paper challenge this week is gingham, plaid or stripes:

There will probably be a gazillion of entries using SU's Gingham Gala DSP and I will jump on that bandwagon too...I love it!  And now that SU has gotten the Organdy Ribbon back in stock (YAY), I had to use some of it too!  So here we go:

This was a pretty easy card to make as I had some of the elements already cut and laying on my desk; I used the Cat Punch to punch out my gingham kittens, then added a larger gingham background.  I stamped a sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings on a piece of Whisper White, diecut with a Rectangle Stitched die and added some of the sweet little ribbon!  

  

My kitties looked a little plain (I guess I could have stamped on them, duh, but I liked that they looked like little stuffed animals!) so I gave them each a little bow in matching colors!

That's it! I will leave the inside plain until I decide what occasion it will be for!  Thanks for popping in today!  

No kitties, but sweet Eden wishing she could go outside and chase some, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

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PP423 True Kitty Love

Happy Sunday, peeps!  It's back to challenges for the new year for the Paper Players....and we said goodbye to Sandy (sniff sniff) but hello to some new guest designers!  You'll have to pop by to see who they are if you haven't seen already!

Ann is our hostess for our first challenge of January, and here's her theme:

This was a great chance to highlight a new set from the Occasions catalog, Nine Lives!  This set matches the cat punch I already had and it's a fun two-step photopolymer set, so I used it to make a sympathy card for a neighbor who just lost her beloved Fezzywig!! (Love that name!).  So here we go:

I used the sketch from the Global Design Project:

and several images and sentiments from the set with some papers from the Animal Expedition DSP line:

The kitty was stamped with Memento Black and Gray Granite, and I added some shading with a Smoky Slate blend.  The yarn and mouse were stamped in black as well and colored with blends too.  On the inside, I took a sentiment from the other pet set in the new catalog, called Happy Tails, and embellished it with some mats for the inside:

This theme is open wide for any kind of critter! I can't wait to see what everyone creates!  You can check out what the DT created here:

·        Ann

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Anne Marie

·        Sandy

·        Su

·        Wanda

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Tails, Nine Lives
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red, Animal Expedition DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Lovely Lipstick, Gray Granite
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Rectangle Framelits, SU Blends in Smoky Slate and Real Red