A Crazy Cat Christmas!

I'm on a roll today, in terms of card making. I had one creativity meltdown this afternoon, where what I wanted to do just wasn't working--but I recovered.  I'm sure I'm not the only one who has those blocks...it's tough. 



I used a Prairie Fairy image found here.  I believe his name is Roocat.  Isn't he just too cute?!  I love the expression on his face.

I colored him with these copics:  E30, E33, R83, YG93, YG97, R27, C3, B26 and B12.  I smeared stickles on the paper that I embossed with the star cuttlebug folder.  I also used stickles on the tree ornaments. The stars were cut out using the spellbinders star die and the cuttlebug star die from glitter paper.  I used liquid applique on the cat's hat and furry slippers.  The patterned paper is from a 6x6 pad of Bo Bunny Christmas paper.

You might want to pop over to see the Prairie Fairy here--she's got blog candy. She's also moved back to her old blog.  It's amazing candy. 
I'm entering him into these challenges:

Fairy Fun Friday Star Challenge
Stampin with the Dragon Challenge 16
Simon Says Stamp
Shirley 2 Girls
Stampin' B's
Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club
Friday Sketchers #132

Now for something a little different.

It's a summer card today.  It's very cold here in Brandon.....-31C this morning and the forecast says tons of snow this week, up to 30cm!  I'm so not looking forward to that.

I thought that a little summer would be nice, so here it is:



I used a Mo Manning image called End of Summer.  It's such a nice image, don't you think?  I used some Prima paper for this card...the colors just really caught my attention.  I added some bling to the girl's shirt with stickles, and some rhinestones to teh scalloped circle I cut out with my spellbinders die.  I colored her up with copics Y11, Y15, E000, E02, E00, E33, E35, R81, R83, R85, YG0, YG05, YG97, and YG93.

I hope you like her.

Mo Manning's Dream Team DT Call
The ABC Challenge  J is for...
Cute Card Thursday Floral Frenzy
Alphabet Challenge G
Some Odd Girl
Flutter By Wednesday

White on White

This one is all about texture.  Since it is white on white, with only color on the image, texture is an absolute necessity.




I used various cuttlebug folders to create the texture.  I used my spellbinders die to cut out the image and I popped it up with pop dots.  I colored the image with copics.  The stamp is from Sugar Nellie and is called Party Frills.  She can be found here.

Hope you like her.  I'm entering her in these challenges:

Sugar Nellie Competition Round One
One Stitch at a Time
Moving Along with the Times
Craft Your Days Away

There's Candy!

The Prairie Fairy has moved back to her old blog.  Check it out, along with the candy.  Also--new images were released today. Wowee!

Creative Cowgirls Sunday Challenge

Happy Sunday morning to everyone. It's a winter wonderland here in Manitoba--we've had tons of snow, so everywhere you look has a Christmas feel. We've got our lights up--I really love lights in the holidays.

Today is the new challenge for the Creative Cowgirls Challenge blog.

Here is the card I made for this week's challenge:



This image is from Tellen's Place, who is our sponsor for this week. You can buy Tellen's images here.

I colored her up with my copics, and I used some copper metal to create the butterflies. I used my martha Stewart punch for those. I used a corner punch in the corners and a spellbinders die for the image and background.


Now for this challenge, Tellen is offering the winner a $10 gift certificate and an image of choice for each of the Top 3.  Isn't that fabulous!    The theme is Anything Goes--so get creating!

Red and Green

Here's another Sugar Nellie image called Little Bear. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it and knew how appropriate it would be for Christmas cards in Manitoba.

I stamped him with momento ink and colored it with my copics. I used some Martha Stewart chunky glitter on the snow at the bottom. I used my cuttlebug snowflake folder for the background and cut out the image with my oval spellbinders. I free hand cut out the red background for the image.

I used flowers and leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts. I colored the pearls red and green with my copic markers as well. I used an EK punch on the inside bottom panel.

I hope you like it.

It's an easel card and here's another couple of views of it:





I'm entering this card in these challenges:

Play Date Cafe
Stamp Something
Paper Romance
Ink Impressions
Elephantastic Challenges

So Sassy

I had my scoring board out and decided to try my hand at a plain and simple card, using scoring lines.



I scored the card every 1/4 of an inch, leaving a strip at the bottom for the sentiment. I added some rhinestones for bling--gotta have bling! My image is from Sugar Nellie and she is called Party Frills. She is a Simply Sassy stamp. I colored her with my copics, cut her out and popped her up on the card. You can get all those Simply Sassy stamps and more at Funky Kits.

Now, you need to check out Sugar Nellie stamps. Apart from having some wonderful stamps, they are also a Scottish company. So close to my heart as that's where my Mom and grandparents are from. I spent a lot of time in Scotland. It's a beautiful country and I'm happy to have found some Scottish stamps. Just wait til you see my Hamish in a kilt!

I'm entering her in the following challenges:

Sugar Nellie Competition Round One
Craft Your Days Away
I Did It Creations
A Crafty Little Place Challenge #66