Day 4 - Sketchy Sunday

My first Sketch in sooooooooo long!!!! I am ridiculously excited. I think these are easily my favorite challenges. Here was the sketch for this challenge, Day 4 - Super Sketchy Sunday.

And here is the card I created for my sisters birthday!

She is a costumer by trade, so the patterned paper was very fitting. :)

Have a great day, and keep crafting!!!

Graduations

This week was filled with celebrations!! I had several cards to make, so rather than trying to fill each challenge, I was looking for challenges that fit my needs. A little backwards, I know. But it worked well. This card became so much more interesting then I originally planned.

Here is the challenge. These three items had to be Included in the card: a sticker, ink, and at least 1 piece of patterned paper.
Here is my card that I made for my cousins graduation!

I used ink on the outside of the card and the green strip. The Tassel quote is a sticker, and the patterned paper (by Recollections) is all over the back. This was a really fun one to make. :)

Have a great day, and keep crafting!!

A Circle is Round

"A circle is round, it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend!!!"

I'm having flashbacks to my Girl Scout days. :) This challenge, Circle Up, was to use a minimum of 10 circles. It took me a while to get 10 on there. At first they were all too big. Then I made the four small circles in the corners which solved all the problems. This one was for my mom this mother's day.

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Pink Pink Pink

Pink is not my favorite color. In fact it's one I rarely use unless I can pair it with black. So when I read this challenge, Pretty in Pink, I really had to think. It was to use three shades of pink!

I ended up making this for my Mother in Law for Mother's Day.

I really loved how it turned out, and I got FOUR shades of pink in. So pumped!

Have a great day and keep crafting!

Happy Easter!

Wedding Shower

Today I am heading to a wedding shower for a family friend. I'm definitely looking forward to shower games and food (though at the moment I am thoroughly enjoying my coffee.)  I went to check out my favorite idea blog while making this card, and low and behold, the very first post for a new year of 365 Card Challenges is themed New Beginnings. So my new beginning is for a wedding shower. :)

The brides theme is very vintage, so I enjoyed this combo of old, new and aged styles. The "Love" font in the middle is from my new cricut cartridge. I'm super excited to be using that as well.

Just so you all know, Stilts has been here with his paws on my hands, helping me type this. I love my Techno-Kitty!!!

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

I'm Baaaaaaaaaack!!

A new house, an entire craft room, and a ton of projects to share with you. I'm so glad to be blogging again. The garage is almost unpacked, and the house is not only functional, but for the most part it's presentable when people come over. Small miracle there. :) Starting today, I'm finally getting back to making cards, which I haven't for a while now. There have been so many projects around the house that they took over. I'm starting off with a wedding shower card that I will probably be posting tomorrow. Til then!!!!
Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Cute Halloween Kids Craft

I found this picture on Pintrest which is my newest obsession. This is such a cute craft idea!!

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We're Moving!!

So Cathy and her cats are finally moving into a new home! Oh, and the rest of the family as well. It has been quite the adventure getting in, but we are so happy. The last few days were nuts with birthday parties, October gatherings, and now all the moving stuff. Tonight we took the kitties over for a trial run. We thought it would be good for the boys to have a chance to check out the place before we actually moved in. So we trecked over with some dinner for the people and the kitties, their litter box, and a couple boxes and speant the evening hanging at the new house. Stilts speant a few minutes wandering the first room we got to, then parked in a corner of the kitchen and refused to move. Felix got a far as the litter box, and that was it.

Eventually we pulled him out of litter box, because Stilts had to, well, use it. Felix curled up in the corner of the living room, at first against me. when I left the room he meowed sounding totally panicked, but refusing to move. It was really sad. Virginia curled up with him and he calmed down, but he wasn't himself until we got back to our apartment. Crazy kitty.

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

365 Challenge - Color Scheme

Todays post is from my 365 challenge. It is Challenge #36: Color Scheme. Here are the colors that were given.

And here is my creation.

It's called Perfect Memories and can be found in my etsy shop.

Haave a great day and keep crafting!!

Good Times!!

Another throw back to cards from the beginning. The card and all the flowers were designed on my favorite tool, my handy dandy cricut!! Very fun.

Have a great day and keep crafting!!

Blue Bird Anniversary Card

Time for a couple of my older cards!! This is one that I created right about the same time that Kitkat Cards came into being.

I don't have the maker of the bird and flower die cuts, I'm afraid I made this before I started keeping track The letters were made by my handy-dandy Cricut! This one is available for sale here on etsy.

That's it for now!! Have a great day and keep crafting!

Steampunk Wedding Treasury

Check out my newest Treasury, Steampunk Wedding!

Krafty Dads

365 Challenge: #59 - Feeling Krafty

Simple challenge this time, to use kraft paper, which I am already a huge fan of. Here is my result!!

For: Fathers Day card for my Uncle.

Materials: Paper by Jillian soup, Stickers by kraft kuts, blank card by Recollections.

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Strawberries- All Natural

365 Challenge: #51 - Card Recipe

This challenge was so much fun to do. I really love doing a challenge like this. Here are the ingrediants for the card.

4x4 card Twine 3 Buttons Stamped image (rubber or digi) 1 piece of patterned paper Sentiment

And here is my result!

For: A birthday card for my grandmother (Kind of a theme today.)

Materials: Paper- chilled strawberry soup.by jillibean soup, Ribbon by martha stewert, Stickers by Kraft kuts, Stamp byinkadinkado, Buttons by k&co

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

365 Challenge - Sketches!

365 Challenge: #55 Super Sketchy Sunday Here is the sketch I based this card on! And here is the result!! For: This was a Father's Day card for my Grandfather. It went over rather well. :)

Materials: Paper is green stripe by recollections, green sticker and one blank card by Recollections.

Have a great day, and keep crafting!!

Someday My Prince Will Come

As a little girl, I loved the idea behind fairy princess, and princes, wizards and warriors, and devoured every fairy tale I could get my hands on. So when I discovered this paper I bought it immediatly without knowing what I was going to do with it. The opportunity finally came up when my niece Alex turned 5.

Materials:Paper is my prince from the fairy tale series by recollections, ally's wonderland by sei, letters are cut out by my handy dandy Cricut. (Provocraft)

I love doing kids cards, they are so much fun, and this one really took me back to my own childhood. So much fun! And now for a section I haven't done for a while...

Cat Corner

Yes, Stilts and Felix are as helpful as always!! After I set up my new craft table, they realized they now had easier access to me as I work.

"Can I help?" - Stilts

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Fancy Folds

365 Challenge: #45 - Fancy Triangle Tri-Fold Card

This Challenge was to fold the paper in a Tri-Fold, something I have never done before. Here is the example they gave.

It was fun to try, but probably not a technique I will continue to use. IT takes a lot of time.

For: My grandfather's ("Papa") birthday!

Materials: Paper is green argyle by recollections , Green and white cardstock, Black sticker letters

And here is my final result!!!

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Yummy Cupcakes

365 Challenge: #53, Ad Inspired

Here is the picture used to inspire this card.

For: My Cousins birthday!! It went with a fun present of things to help her out in her new dorm room.

Materials: Paper by Recollections -"Light Pink Dots"; Stickers -"Sweet" by DCVW

Have a great day, and keep crafting!!

Birthday Coffee!!

This card is one I made for my aunt for her birthday back in May. It is inspired by the 365 Challenge #58 - Subliminal Messaging

Materials: The paper is by jillibean called "pinch salt garlic" and the stickers are by Lifes Little Occasions. I also used a blank card by Reflections as a base.

Have a great day, and keep crafting!!!