Pocketful of Easter Eggs

Hey everyone - I'm dreaming of spring. Flowers and green grass and delicious chocolate eggs galore...yum...provided the cats don't get the Easter baskets again and think they're toys to chase around the house.

Obviously, I need to get them catnip eggs:

Hehehehehe...I couldn't resist playing along with the latest Newton's Nook Color Challenge. If I had catnip eggs in my back pocket, that's exactly where the cats would be! Especially Jasper.

Jasper-cat and the eggs were all colored with a mix of Copics and Spectrum Noirs, then the eggs were given a healthy dose of clear Wink of Stella followed by Glossy Accents.

The pocket die is another one I picked up from Die-Namites and the grass is from Lawn Fawn. Lots of dimension on this one; the gingham panel got popped with fun foam, then foam tape for the pocket and Jasper.

I should have drawn in claws - claws would so be involved here. LOL The square dies are both from My Favorite Things. I love adding some interest with the borders like that.

Happy Crafting!

I am linking up to: Newton's Nook Color Challenge #29, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

That Darn Cat...Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

Good morning everyone! I just couldn't let a good Coffee Lover's Blog Hop pass without entering at least one card, so I'm here today with my first entry.

Now here's the thing; the theme is spring, but right now in the Northeast we just got hammered with yet another snow storm. Yeah, not very spring-like outside...and when it is spring, you get mud. So instead of flowers and butterflies, this one is more reminisce of going stir-crazy waiting for spring to come!

If you've been here before, you've heard I have cats. When Newton's Nook came out with their new Naughty Newton stamp set, one cat in particular came to mind:

I'm shocked he's not sleeping in the clean laundry...

Meet Jasper. Jasper is...well, overall a good cat. Other times, however, Jasper is a bit of a jerk. Anyone who's been to my house learned fast never to leave any beverages unattended when Jasper is around. The little furball has broken two of my coffee mugs over the years and wasted countless amounts of caffeine.

Looks just like him...I clipped out the flower pot Newton there knocked over and replaced it with the coffee mug from the Verve Holiday Treats stamp set that I won during the last hop.

I colored in Jasper with my Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut him out and added in the coffee cup. I then figured out where I wanted him on the watercolor paper and grabbed my Distress Inks and water brush to paint in that poor, wasted cup of coffee.

While it dried I used the Mama Elephant frames to die cut the deep chocolate (or is that coffee?) brown cardstock and add it to the kraft base card I created. I die cut the watercolor paper to fit on top, then stamped the little sayings in black Versafine ink. The word bubble is a set I won from My Favorite Things and the patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye. I heat embossed the 'bad kitty!' in Ranger super fine black powder and then broke out the foam tape to add it and Jasper to the card. A little Ranger black enamel for his name tag and the front was done!

And for a change, I stamped the inside, too:

I love how it turned out, and may need to frame it as a warning to others...LOL

Also linking up to:
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Virginia's View Challenge 13 - Embossing

Thanks for stopping by, and happy crafting!