Kitty Glitter

When you need advice you go to someone with experience. Laura is the cat guru/kitty whisperer.

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My dilemma was that I needed a quote to go with this "purr-fectly comfortable kitty" stamp image...

DRS Designs Purr-fectly Comfortable Kitty

Ms. Kitty reminded me of Zsa Zsa Gabor's character, Lisa, from the TV series Green Acres, so I incorporated a fancy z-fold card design. 

Of course, a kitty this fabulous leaves sparkle wherever SHE goes!

The new Cupcake Inspirations challenge is all about the shimmer!

DRS Designs is our sponsor for this challenge and is offering a $20 gift code to our randomly chosen winner! Flash us your glitter for a chance to win! I'll look for you in the gallery!

Meow!

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Take a Hike!

I like to be different, but sometimes I'm different because I just didn't listen or read things all the way through! Story of my life! DRS Designs is our sponsor at Cupcake Inspirations this week and has generously allowed us to use some of their stamp and digital images. Well, I just glanced at the inspiration photo and saw the colors red, white and pink.



I leisurely scrolled through the images on the DRS Designs website (some cute stuff there by the way!) and found these that I wanted to use...

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I received my images and THEN I noticed the challenge theme, LOVE. A moment of panic, then pfffftttt...I got this!

[caption id="attachment_12317" align="alignnone" width="3600"] DRS Designs Hiker Boot Prints and Take a Hike images. Club Scrap® Love Ink Digital kit backgrounds and elements.[/caption]

I guess I need to take a new profile pic. I've lost about 20 pounds since then! Maybe I'll wait until April 1, my one year mark. I feel a blog post coming on! My best friend Sheri and I decided it was time to whip ourselves into shape. We started out walking, then hiking, biking and yoga. It's always a work in progress, but I LOVE every minute of it. I can't wait til the weather is nice enough to get out there and start hiking and biking again!

I won't bore you with all the technical details of my digital page, but I will say that Linda Sattgast at Digital Scrapper has THE best tutorials (she is Adobe’s endorsed scrapbooking expert) . Her Learn Digital Scrapbooking class taught me everything I needed to know about Photoshop Elements. I'm not a pro, but sometimes I feel like one! *No, I am not affiliated with Digital Scapper, the classes are just seriously good!*

So, I didn't stop there, I made a digital card too!

[caption id="attachment_12318" align="alignnone" width="2400"] Club Scrap® My Funny Valentine digital kit elements. DRS Designs Take a Hike sentiment and Hiker Boot Prints stamp images.[/caption]

I used Club Scrap® 's 02/18 Card Sketch for the background.



Click here to see another version of this sketch that I created using Just For Fun Rubber Stamps. If you’d like to play along with the challenges (there are some gift certificates up for grabs!). Here are the links:

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge # 439 LOVE theme! DRS Designs is generously providing a prize to their store to our randomly chosen winner!

The next challenge is in the Club Scrap Chat group page on Facebook. This is a closed group, but new members are always welcome!

Club Scrap 02/18 Card Sketch Challenge  

I'll look for your artwork in the galleries!

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Wild Thing Does the Wobble!

There's something about "googly eyes" and a wobble that really appeals to me. No, I don't have a thing for old men, but I LOVE this little wild thang!



This week's Cupcake Inspirations Challenge is sponsored by DRS Designs and they also shared some of their stamps with the Sweeties! I chose the One Line Wild Thing sentiment to go with the Goblin and he looked like he needed some googly eyes and a wobble! The Action Wobbles that I just bought were too big, so I made my own with a little wire, some tape and a little help from this tutorial by Craft Spot by Kimberly. It worked like a charm!

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The goblin is 1.5" x 1.25" and thought he would be the perfect focal point for an ATC. I haven't made any in a while and I love making mini works of art. I may have to make a Wild Thing series of cards!

[caption id="attachment_5616" align="aligncenter" width="3648"] Club Scrap® card stock and Love Inkorporated heart stamp image (Love Ink Digital images available). The heart stamp image was colored using Big Brush Markers as well as the shoes on the goblin and background "watercolor" splatters. The sentiment and goblin images were stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with Ranger Copper embossing powder. Diamond Stickles was added for sparkle. The card was framed using Versamark ink and Ranger Silver embossing powder. Gems and googly eyes from my stash.[/caption]

Hmmmm, well, you know it's handmade when you leave your fingerprint in the heat embossing!

Check out the challenge here and be sure to visit the rest of the Sweeties and leave them some love!



Do more of what makes you happy!

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