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!!

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.

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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!!!

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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.

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Butterfly Friends

Good morning all! I hope you guys are having a happy Wednesday! This card is 365 Cards Challenge number 96.

This challenge starts with an ad from which you take your inspiration. This was the ad. Now I want a coke too. :-) I loved the butterflies. Here is my result!

(This picture was taken at Lithia Park while on vacation in Ashland, Oregon this summer. It makes for amazing shots!!)

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Flowers and Buttons

I am getting back to my challenges!! Very excited, though I know I may have a few gaps here coming up. My husband and I are both on the job search, plus getting ready for a family vacation, so life is busy!!

The challenge for today is Number 119 - Feeling Punchy. The challenge was to use a die cute and decorate it using jewels, buttons etc. I chose this cute flower I made on my Cricut.

Then I set about finding the right button for the center.

I finally decided on this yellow button.

I put it with some paper I found by sei from a series called ally's wonderland called morning glory. I finished it off with a stamp by stampendous and heres what I got!

Cat Corner

A typical morning at our house!

Still more catch-up

Still catching up on cards I missed before, though I'm almost done with the ones that came before I started the challenge. Then it's just to the ones that I've missed out on after getting sick. :)

This first one is from Day 11- Repurposed paper

The challenge was to take paper from one holiday and use it for something else. I took some old halloween paper, and turned it into this!

I'm very much in a spring mood lately. :)

This next one is also springy. It is for Day 12- Keep it simple.

The challenge is to use patterned paper, one sentiment, and one embellishment. I added a ribbon, it was really needed. Here is the result!

This card is actually tiny. It was fun to work with a different size for once. Both of these used flowers by Colorbok. The sticker on #2 is also by colorbok. The stamp on #1 is from Stampendous.

That's it for now. Stay tuned for more catch-up cards!

Have a great day and keep crafting!

ABCDEFGHI..MNO?

The challenge is MNO today. I swear I didn't skip a challenge. It was Pam at 365 I swear! I really liked this challenge though. Here is the link! http://bit.ly/e9RUA5 M - Markers N- Numbers O- Orange Yesterdays shopping trip was very fruitful. I hit both Joanns and Michaels and speant... well, more than I should of. But I got a lot of paper and stickers and cards for future projects, including stuff for the projects that I missed. I made a couple last night, but I'm saving the posts for the weekend, hoping I'll have more time to type then. I also started on my card for today last night. Turns out they post it at midnight, and since I was up, I got a head start. I finished the rest this afternoon though. Here it is! More Butterflies as promised. :) The green paper is scraps that I had in stock. The sticker border is by and the stamp is by Inkadinkado. (That name cracks me up.) I colored in the stamp in the middle, with my markers. It took much longer than I expected, and it's so rewarding when it comes out this nice. The letters I cut out with my cricut which, thankfully, is working again! Yay!!!

Cat Corner "Must...Get...Mouse..." -Felix

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Day 21-Laugh

Today's Card challenge was an abc challenge. The instructions were to use the three elements starting with the first three letters of the alphabet: A-Alphabet stickers or stamps B-Blue C-Circles Here is the link http://365cards.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-21-abcs-of-crafting-abc.html I had never seen a challenge like this. It was so goofy. I managed to get all three elements into the card. I may try to make a live and a love card as well. They would be a great combo set! Have a great day and keep crafting!

Day 19- Crush Crush Crush

This weekend was jam packed! And really nice. Unfortunetly though, I fell behind on my card challenges. So I'll be posting the weekends challenges today. I'm still splitting them into seperate posts, just because it's easier to post to the 365 site that way. Here is the link for the challenge:

http://365cards.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-19-imagine-this-crush.html

The idea was to create something that wasn't a love card, but a card about a crush. I went for a spring-feeling card that simply said you and me, instead of suggesting love. I was really happy with the result. I have had this paper by sei cut out for a while, and was unsure what to do with it. The sticker by me and my big ideas (another gift from hubby) was the perfect finishing touch.

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Day 17 - Holy Shamrocks!

Sorry this post is going up today. I finished the card yesterday afternoon, and had planned on finishing this post last night, but I had a little to much, um, fun during our St. Patty's Day celebrations and wasn't in any kind of shape to write.

So yesterday I made a trip to Joanns with hubby in tow. I was surprised that I couldn't find any St. Patricks Day paper. I shouldn't have been, craft stores generally are a holiday ahead of the other stores. (which makes sense since most crafts take time.) After quite a bit of searching, I found a great pad of 8x8 paper called English Moss by Colorbok. There were some really fun papers in there. Then I found one set of St. Patty's Day Embellishments by JoAnn Craft Essentials left hiding in the corner. I am really happy with the out come.

I had some paper left over, so I made two more cards as well.

Cat Corner

Kitty's haven't been posing for pictures lately, so I'm bringing back an oldie but a goody. :)

"Ugh, too much irish catnip. Not a good night." -Stilts

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Day 16 - Felix Warhol

Todays challenge took a little more thought then normal. The challenge was to take a piece of abstract art, and use it to make your card. The challenger (Kim from 365) made a beautiful butterfly card based on a Warhol painting. I decided to use another Warhol painting, taking my inspiration from this famous piece.

I took what is currently one of my favorite pictures of Felix:

and cropped it down to this.

The I edited on my handy dandy phone, changing the color and turning it into a comic drawing. Then I cut out the pictures and put them on a card I also made myself. This is the first card I have made using the computer, and I have to say it was a lot of fun. I may be doing more like these in the future. :)

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Day 15 - Inspire

I had fun with this challenge. I admit, normally I wouldn't put these colors together. The stickers were a gift from my husband for valentines day. I'm excited to use them!

Have a great day, and keep crafting!

Tweet Tweet!!

Spring is a wonderful time of year. Sun is shining, bees are buzzzing, and the birds are singing. Felix particularly likes the birds. He sits in the window and stares at them while making that clicking sound that uses during the hunt. :) In honor of spring I made some fantastic bird cards, and it was a perfect opportunity to make some birthday cards for friends whose birthdays fall in February and March. I started with these papers from the Birdwatching series by Recollections.

Wings Leaves

Flock

Birds of a Feather I cut apart the paper and merged them into these cards! These first two are presents for friends. This "Dance" card is for my dear friend Karene who is a fantastic dancer in her own right. We celebrated her birthday with a day in Santa Cruz, and a couple days later with a turtle cake!!

This card was for my friend Joanna's birthday back in February. We had a fantastic lunch all together to celebrate.

The rest of these are for sale on kitkatcards.etsy.com.

Laughing Blue Bird

Singing Green Bird

Dark Blue Bird Birthday Card

Kissing Birds Love Card

Free Bird Any Occasion Card

Chirping Bird Birthday Card

Talking Bird Birthday Card

Birthday Blue Bird

Orange Bird Birthday Card

Leafy Hello Card

Leafy Blue Bird Birthday Card

Blue Birds Laugh

Dancing Love Birds

Birthday Birds

I had a blast making these cards. This was the first time I had in a long time to sit and make a bunch of cards. It was really nice, and taking the pictures was so much fun.

Cat Corner

"Bird! Bird!" -Oscar and Felix "Is that another cat?"-Stilts

Have a great day and keep crafting!