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Gotta' Love Gingham Challenge

My friend Maria Gurnsey does gingham like no one else I know!  She's got such a flair with gingham papers and ribbon that I just love!  I've always loved gingham... believe it or not, my childhood bedroom actually had pink gingham curtains, and the wallpaper was gingham tulips in pink, yellow, purple and green!  I kid you not!  I wish I had a picture for you to see!  But I digress...

Maria's cards with gingham just always make me smile, and most everytime I comment on one of them, I am known to use the acronym I coined, GLG! (Gotta' Love Gingham!)  So last week I emailed Maria and said "let's do a gingham challenge together!"  So today's the day we're gonna' WOW you with some gingham!  (Actually, Maria will WOW you and I'm going to follow on her coat tails!  LOL)  So here's my card...

Isn't this Kiki Kitty from Pink Cat Studio the cutest!?  I just LOVE her!  I ordered these stamps recently from Limelight Papercrafts, and as luck would have it they arrived in time for me to use them for this challenge! 

For my gingham, I used this lavender paper from Lasting Impressions, black gingham brads from Hot Off the Press, and black gingham ribbon from May Arts.

Now, hop on over to Maria's blog and see her fabulous Gotta' Love Gingham creation!  And thanks for visiting me today!  I appreciate your visits and comments!

 

 

Stamps:  Kiki Kitty (Pink Cat Studio from Limelight Papercrafts)
Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Cardstock:  Lovely Lilac, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!), black/white duplex (The Paper Cut), designer paper (Lasting Impressions)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), brads (Hot Off the Press), ribbon (May Arts).

Lily & Billy - Today's the day!

Today is the day!  You can head on over to Pink Cat Studio and pick up the new Lily & Billy Winter Fun stamp set (my favorite set by far!)  Tell 'em Tammy sent you!

Lily & Billy Skating - Pink Cat New Release

Here's one more card to show you of the stamps that will be newly released tomorrow from Pink Cat Studio!  Lily & Billy have taken their little dog for some ice skating!  Aren't they sweet?  For this card, I used some new paper I just got from My Mind's Eye, and used the sketch from Card Positioning Systems for this week!

Be sure to check out this post for a card that I made with just Lily skating by masking off the dog and Billy!

Stop by Pink Cat Studio tomorrow to purchase your own set of this new Lily & Billy stamp set!  You also have until 5:00 p.m. today to get entered in the Toboggan Run Contest for a chance to win these new stamps!

Happy stamping!  Thanks for dropping in!

 

 

Stamps:  Lily & Billy Winter Fun (Pink Cat Studio)
Cardstock:  Lagoon, Brown, Watermelon (Bazzill), white (Georgia Pacific), designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Inks:  Versamagic Jumbo Java (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  ribbon (American Crafts), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), oval punches, red brads (Stampin' Up!)

Color Throwdown #18 and another Pink Cat peek!

It's week #18 of the Color Throwdown, and we've got some exciting news!  My super sweet stamping/blogging friend Kimberly Crawford has joined our team as a designer!  I hope you'll hop over to her blog and make her feel welcome!  She picked some really fabulous colors this week and everyone on the team has created some beautiful samples!  Kim said her inspiration for these colors came from the Basic Grey paper she's been using a lot lately from the Eva line.  Well, in honor of Kim becoming a new member of our team, and also recently becoming a new member of the Stampers Dream Team, Michelle from Stampers Dream graciously donated a 6x6 pad of the Eva paper from Basic Grey to give away to one lucky player!  So, head on over to the Color Throwdown blog for some inspiration, or visit the team members' blogs...

Kimberly

Cathy

LeAnne

Broni

(Our team member Kisa is taking a little break right now from the challenges, but she still rocks out these awesome blinkies and swatches for us each week, as well as the fabulous banner on the Throwdown blog!  You rock, Kisa!  Thanks for your help!)

For my card, I used another stamp from the soon-to-be-released Lily & Billy Winter Fun stamps from Pink Cat Studio!  If you'll check out my other post, you'll see that this stamp set is actually bigger than what I've shown here.  It was easy-peasy-lemon-squeezie (ala Jennifer Buck!) to mask out the little doggie and have Lily just skating by herself!  Isn't she gorgeous in her green houndstooth coat with the fur trim?  Now, I MUST tell you that paper piecing the coat was entirely my daughter Kaylie's idea!  She vowed that she will check my blog tomorrow to make sure that I gave her the credit for the idea, so there you go my sweet girl!  We make a good team!

I think one of my most favorite things about this stamp set is how cute Lily is dressed for winter!  I just love her little fur-trimmed coat, and her hood on some of the other stamps!  You must pick up some Marvy Liquid Applique to embellish her outfits when you get this set!  It's a requirement!  LOL

I borrowed this layout from another card that I CASE'd awhile back from the super-talented Julie Koerber!

So, I hope you'll make time to join us in the Color Throwdown today!  Remember to leave a comment on the Color Throwdown blog with a direct link to your card, and if you upload to Paper Craft Planet or any other online galleries, be sure to use the keywords CTD18!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Stamps:  Lily & Billy Winter Fun (Pink Cat Studio)
Cardstock:  Old Olive, Pale Plum, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), white (Georgia Pacific), designer paper (Basic Grey)
Inks:  Versamark, Momento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), pearls (Hero Arts), ribbon (Creative Impressions), white Liquid Applique (Marvy), Iridescent Ice glitter (Stampin' Up!).

A New Release from Pink Cat Studio

Here is my first sneak peek for you of the new stamps being released from Pink Cat Studio!  Lily & Billy are having some winter fun, and I know you will love these stamps!  Here they are breezing down the hill on their toboggan, and in the coming days I'll have some other cards to show you their other winter fun activities!

Would you like to win a set of these Lily & Billy Winter Fun stamps?  Just guess how many times you think that Lily & Billy went down this hill on their toboggan?  Leave a comment on the Pink Cat blog with your guess and you could win the new stamps that are being released on November 6th!  The deadline to enter the contest is Wednesday Nov. 5th at 5 pm EST.  The winner will be the person who guesses the number correctly.  If there are several contestants with the correct answer then the winner will be randomly selected from those contestants.  The winner will be posted on the Pink Cat blog on the new release day.  Thanks for playing!

*Note-This is my first of two posts for today!  Please see this post for my sneak peek of the new holiday release from Kitchen Sink Stamps!

 

Stamps:  Lily & Billy (Pink Cat Studio)
Cardstock:  red, navy, medium blue (Bazzill), white (Georgia Pacific), designer paper (unknown)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Paris Dusk (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Snowflake embossing folder (ProvoCraft), Pinking Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8"circle punch (Stampin' Up!), white Liquid Applique (Marvy).

Pink Cat Challenge Day

The design team members for Pink Cat Studio are having a challenge day today, and the challenge is to make a Christmas card without any of the traditional colors of Christmas, like red and green.

I found this turquoise snowflake embossed paper in my stash from last year and knew it would be perfect for this, paired with silver accents!

If you have time, please play along!  Just make a Christmas card but don't use any red or green.  If you have any Pink Cat stamps, please use them but if you don't we'd still love for you to join us in this fun challenge!  Post a comment with a link to your creation on the Pink Cat blog (and stop by there to see great samples from the other team members, too!)

(Note, this is my second out of three posts for today!  Be sure to check out the Stamp Simply challenge found here, and my Halloween Treats here!)

 

 

Stamps:  Christmas Kitty(Pink Cat Studio)
Cardstock:  Taken with Teal, Brushed Silver (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), embossed paper (Love, Elsie by K & Company)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Encore Silver (Tsukineko), markers (Copic), glitter pens (Spica)
Accessories:  Pinking Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Creative Impressions)

Color Throwdown #17 - Halloweenie and Candy!

  For week #17 of the Color Throwdown, Kisa chose our colors and we're doing the colors of purple, orange, green and black!  So show us your Halloweenie-style with a card this week!  And as a special treat, everyone who participates this week will have a chance to win blog candy!  (because who doesn't love candy for Halloween?)  Be sure to leave a comment with a direct link to your card on the Color Throwdown blog to be entered!

 

For my card today, I chose to use another TAC image that I stamped from my friend Cindy a few weeks ago, and paired it with these bright papers.  I used a sketch from one of Taylor's Cupcake Challenges from a few weeks ago, and my new Pinking Circles Nestabilities to create my card!

Check out the creations of the other Color Throwdown designers for inspiration!

Kisa Peters

LeAnne Pugliese

Broni Holcombe

Cathy Indelicato

If you upload to Paper Craft Planet, or Splitcoaststampers please use the keywords CTD17 to categorize your card! 

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you'll take time to play!

 

Stamps:  pumpkins on fence (The Angel Company), sentiment (My Favorite Things), background stars (Pink Cat Studio)
Cardstock:  Parakeet (Bazzill), Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (K & Company, and Reminisce)
Inks:  Adirondack Pitch Black (Ranger), Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Nestabilities Large Pinking Circles, Double-Ended tags, Large Circles (Spellbinders), brads (Making Memories), ribbon (Creative Impressions).

Super Billy!

  I've been blog browsing as time allows lately, and discovered this sketch/supply challenge on the Limelight Papercrafts blog and decided to give it a try!  Any card created for this challenge was to be linked to the Limelight blog by Sunday evening.  Well, I'm coming in just under the wire or maybe I'm a little late but here's what I created using my Billy stamps from Pink Cat Studio.  My hubby helped me out a little this past week with the showcase at the store, and he very sweetly bought me new floor mats for my Trail Blazer yesterday for Sweetest Day, so I thought I'd make him a card!

 

The challenge was to follow the sketch above, and to make a "manly" card using hardware instead of glitter and glam, so I think I nailed the challenge!  I love these metals moulding strips from Making Memories.  I got this one in a gift exchange a long time ago, and wish I could find them somewhere because this is almost the last of it!  My zig-zag border is made with punches from my SU! photo corner punch!  So thanks to the Limelight Ladies for a fun challenge!  I will definitely be watching for more!

Thanks for stopping by!  Sometime tomorrow I'll get the measurements written down for the Hot Cocoa Treat!  The delay is because this is my 3-day weekend off and the original design is at the store.  When it's my time off, I try not to stop in at the store if I can help it so I can't get those measurements unless I just make up another one, which I will do tomorrow!

Happy stamping!

 

Stamps:  Billy Plate 1, Background Plate 4 (Pink Cat Studio)
Cardstock:  Saltillo (Bazill), Old Olive, Night of Navy, Marigold Morning (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Bo Bunny)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Ladybug, Potter's Clay, Versamark (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  metal moulding strip (Making Memories), photo corner punch, circle punches (Stampin' Up!), brads (craft supply).

Pink Cat Day!

Hello everyone!  I am back from my whirlwind weekend at the trade show and classes!  I think I need a day off to recuperate, but have too much to do for that.  I haven't had time to go through all the stuff I made and sort it out, but I'll get to it soon!  Some of the stuff made in the classes is not going to get uploaded, but I do have a few things to show you.  You know how it is when you take a class.... it's so fast-paced sometimes so things don't turn out quite the way they're supposed to!  If I could sit in my studio with it for an hour, then it would turn out better!  LOL

But I do have this quick card to share wih you today as it is Pink Cat Day, and the design team members have all made a card following this sketch!

 

Tweet is doing some shopping today!  I hope she bought me something cute!  I'm SO in the mood for a new fall sweater or something!

These two designer papers ended up next to each other in a pile of scraps one day and I was struck by how well they went together.  The flowered paper is Basic Grey, and the polka dots are from My Mind's Eye.  It's very rare that I combine designer papers from different companies, but in this case I think it worked out well.

Gotta' go!  Have a great day!

 

Stamps:  Tweet (Pink Cat Studio), sentiment from Say Charge! (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock:  Whirlpool (Bazzill), Blush Blossom (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer papers (Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Rhubarb Stalk (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Threading Water border punch (Fiskars), circle and scalloped circle punches (Marvy), Nestabilities label die (Spellbinders), brad (Creative Impressions), flowers (craft supply).

New Release from Pink Cat Studio

Today is the day!  You can pick up your own set of the Christmas Kitty stamp set from Pink Cat Studio!  While you're there, shop around and pick up a few other of Melissa's cute stamp sets!  As long as you're buying Christmas stamps, you might as well treat yourself to a little early Christmas present, right!?

Pink Cat is acting as one of Santa's helpers this Christmas, and is checking the list to see if you've been naughty or nice!  I used a combination of inks and watercolor crayons to color my image on watercolor paper, and added this tag coming out of the bag!  Pink Cat even has a little bling added to her collar for the occasion! My row of buttons across the bottom was a last minute add-on.  I don't use my buttons often enough so I thought I'd embellish with a little row of white buttons... they made me think of piles of snow!

So head on over to the Pink Cat store to pick up your set of Christmas Kitty stamps! 

Happy stamping, and have a great day!

 

Stamps:  Christmas Kitty (Pink Cat Studio)
Cardstock:  red, watercolor (Hollo's), Parakeet (Bazzill), Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scenic Route)
Inks:  Jet Black Staz-On (Tsukineko), Colorbox Scarlet pigment (Clearsnap)
Accessories:  Nestabilities tag die (Spellbinders), gems (Hero Arts), buttons (craft supply).