Cat Lovers Final Day!

This will definitely be my final Cat Lovers Hop post. So sad because I have so many more stamps that need to come out to play. LOLThis stamp of this frazzles looking kitty is from the now closed OnyxXpressions  the die is Nestabilities Art Deco Astoria Decorative Accent Etched Dies

This adorable baby is from Viva LasVega Stamps . Sorry, I won't be looking for the exact page on it as, anyone who has ever been to the website knows, it is huge. The oval is from X-cut and is the middle one in the set.

This is an old Garfield stamp from Stamps Happen which I see is also out of business. I don't know if anyone bought any of these old companies or not. Anyone who has a cat should be used to this view, particularly when you are online ;p That's  it! 

The end! 

Happy World Cat Day!

WoW! It is going to take some work getting through the last day posts! I was caught up when I went to bed last night. Annnnnd yet, I too made a batch of cards last night to upload today. I think I will just split them in two. This batch of waterbrush styled beauties is from Art NekoThese 2 are in a frame die by X-Cutand it covers a half sheet of 8.50x11 paper. It is big. I got the rectangle set too. They must make huge cards in the UK. 

The die for this one is from Nestabilities Art Deco Astoria Decorative Accent Etched Dies

Shapeabilities Art Deco Tags Etched Dies

Nestabilities Art Deco Astoria Decorative Element Etched Dies  Aren't these kitties just adorable? They come in several sizes too.

These lovely layers I did by hand with Mini Perfect Layers. I got both sizes of rulers and the Perfect Squares and  the Perfect Craft Ruler. I do a lot of hand cutting and it also makes me crazy when stuff isn't cut straight. I have had a few slip ups with them. It happens but all in all with a little practice these are wonderful tools to have on hand. 

Ok, off to the next batch...

Kitty Bow for Halloween

I thought I would add this big bow that I made yesterday. I used my Bow It All V.2  I always have to watch the videos to remember how to do that locking c knot.  They really do have wonderful videos. I made several bows and will probably make a handful before I put it away and forget how to do it again. Thanks for taking a peek.

Another kitty post

Cat Lovers Blog Hop

This is the kitty stamp from Motivet Rubber Stamps Digital. It is the same one that is in the book I posted earlier. The flowers are from Stampendous Rubber Stamps.  I hope you are enjoying the hop.

The Domino Shrine

On this piece I used  the Domino Shrine by

Lost Coast Designs. I added a lot of Halloween stickers and used some old walnut stained paper from my stash as my background. I added some washi tape o the edge of the card and a piece from G45 to embellish the top. Challenge #29 Scary or Weird.

Sugar Skull Banner

Another Sugar Skull design I played with was to make a banner. The background is Damask Bats by Stampendous. I would like to enter this one also into Lost Coast Designs Challenge #29 Scary or Weird.

Sweet Sugar Skull

I decided to do more for Lost Coast Designs Challenge #29 Scary or Weird October challenge. I used colored pencils to color in this Sugar Skull and added some glitter gel pens on it too. 

Happy Haunting!

I picked up this sweet kitty and pumpkin yesterday at a market on a farm. It was the only thing I purchased. I couldn't leave without it once I saw it. LOL

Since we are on black cat and pumpkins and I have been trying to keep up with the 31 Days Of Halloween blog hop, I decided to check out the Lost Coast Designs challenge #29 for October Scary or Weird. This is one of my favorite background stamps. It is the large Perspective background. I added scardy cat die cut and some ghostie punches and a cut out of vintage pumpkins. 

Lost my marbles!

I should have posted this weeks ago but I just never got around to it. I decided to do a watercolor of marbles for my sister because she had me frame a picture of marbles for her many years ago and I wanted to make something that would be special just to her. I did a lot of practice on small pieces of  watercolor paper and looked up different kinds of marbles on a marble collectors site.

This bit was done on a bit of I believe 100% cotton because the colors just seemed to sink in and not spread. The reason I don't know what kind it is for certain is because I sometimes grab stuff at yard sales or estate sales, but it is very different from the paper I usually get from the craft store.

Here I made a whole variety of marbles. I used a small circle stencil to draw in the shapes. I actually had so much fun making marbles I think I used several sheets of paper just for marbles. I cut a bunch into card size and then drew the circles as I went. 

I just got a nice calendar from Allie Cat Allies and decided to try my hand at water coloring a cat. I used tracing paper to get the shape done and then transferred it to my water color paper. The first one I did is the one without the yellow halo. It turned out much better than the cockeyed kitty I did before on my own. LOL  I do like the eye shine I did though. It is just unfortunate I didn't get the eyes straight. Practice, practice, practice. Still, I rather like my deformed kitty ;P

A few weeks ago I got one of those wonderful clear stampers and some real live stamping polish. Wow! What a difference. I was able to double stamp that feather. Actually, that was not planned, I just didn't like the color I stamped it in the first time and decided to test out how well I could line up the stamp. It worked great and the stamping polish I got made a huge difference in the pick up. I had ordered a set of 6 from the Born Pretty Store. The wavy pattern is a light blue although it doesn't show up well in the pictures. I had such a great time with this that I ordered the other 2 sets of stamping colors this month. It takes almost the whole month to get them because the store is in Hongkong. 2 to 3 weeks is not unusual. I have ordered from Ali Express before and that is about the amount of time it takes. I got cracks in my thumb nails this week so I cut them all back. I don't like to have some long and some short nails so they will all grow out together. 

Finally, I also got another adorable set of stamps from Stampendous recently.Whisper Friends Christmas Perfectly Clear Stamps Set. I used my new hot air balloon die from X=Cut to make my ornament. I used a couple of metal snowflakes on the card. I also used some gold stickers to make the chains and top of the ornament.