Valentine's Kitty

Hi everyone!! We are bracing for the winter storm here in Georgia. I'm really not expecting that we will get anything at all, but we will see. North Carolina and Tennessee are getting it! I wish we would get it here! I want snow!! I went into work this morning and got some stuff done that I needed to be there to do. Then I headed home with the rest of my work. I didn't want to get in the mess of the Atlanta panic once it hits. And the kids get out two hours early, so that won't help the traffic. Now I am home, nice and warm. I have all my work to get to, but I wanted to have a bit of lunch first before I got started again.  So, here I sit eating and blogging.

I wanted to share my second Valentine's card that is in that set of five that I have made. Here it is:







This little 3 x 3 is the second in my set of five Valentine's cards that I put on Etsy. This one is using Love You Kitten from Gerda Steiner. I thought this little kitten was perfect for a Valentine's card. I decided to make him a calico :)  I colored him with my Copic markers. I've done a bit of layering on him. I've added some clear Wink of Stella on his little red heart that he is holding. I used card stock and a bit of patterned paper for this card. The two circles are die cuts and I've also added some stitching and pearls. The little heart is from Drawn With Character. it was a set of hearts and I have used those hearts on several different cards. For the sentiment I've used my Silhouette Cameo to cut it out and then I used that as a stencil. I used black ink and added a little bit of white opaque marker to fill in the holey spots in the letters. I cut a couple more die cuts for the inside and that was it. Oh! I used a bit of Chalk Marker, red, to color in some of the small hearts around the black circle under the kitten.

Copic Markers Used:

• Black: C3, C5, C7, C9
• Orange: YR12, YR15, YR14
• Paw Pads and Ears: R20, R22
• Heart: R20, R22, R24, R29, R59

Challenges:

• Challenge #295: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Craft Your Passion Challenges
• Challenge #176: Pile It On (2/3) @ Eureka Stamps
• I is for I Love You (2) @ Fun Cuts
• Stitching (Real or Faux) (1) @ Make My Monday Weekly Challenge Blog
• Valentine (2/3) @ Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog
• Challenge #61: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Inky Chicks
• Retarte #68: Anything Goes (2) @ Stamp Art Papel Retarte
• Challenge #69: Anything Goes (2) @ Inspiration Destination
• Love Is In The Air (2) @ Mod Squad Challenge Blog
• Challenge #261: Cats and/or Children (1/3) @ Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog
• Challenge #12: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Crafty Girls Creations
• Challenge #12: Anything Goes (2) @ A Bit More Time To Craft
• Challenge #41: Use Die Cuts (1/3) @ CCC Digi Creations
• Challenge #41: Stitching (Real or Faux) (1/3) @ Dies R Us Challenge Blog
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Simply Paper Craft Challenges
• January Challenge #18: Love (1/3) @ Cute As A Button Challenge Blog
• Let's Color Linky Party 2 w/Optional Pink (1) @ My Creative Moments
• Challenge #173: Feelin' Fussy (1/3) @ My Sheri Crafts
• Week #2: K - Kraft/Black (1/2) @ The Pencil Case
• January Showcase #6: Anything Goes (4) @ 2 Creative Chicks
• January: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Crafting By Designs
• January: Anything Goes w/Patterned Paper (4) @ Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges
• January: Progressive Challenge (Love You Kitty) (1) @ Gerda Steiner Designs Challenge
• January: Lovey Dovey (1/3) @ Great Impressions
• January Challenge #1: Anything Goes (1) @ Leinzlove Tear Bears Challenge Blog
• January Challenge #28: Anything Goes (2) @ Not Just Cards Challenge Blog
• January Challenge #5: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Our Crafty Corner
• Challenge #270: Anything Goes (2) @ Stamps & Fun = Creativity
• January Challenge #95: Krafty Cuties (1/3) @ The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog
• Week #3: Stitching (1/2) @ Digi Choosday
• January Challenge #2: Furrything Goes (1) @ Show Us Your Pussies - Cats Only Challenge
• Challenge #218: Anything Goes (2/5) @ Word Art Wednesday
• Challenge #147: Anything Goes (2/5) @ AUD Sentiments Challenge Blog
• Challenge #240: Die Cuts (1) @ Hanna And Friends Challenge Blog
• January: Anything Goes w/a Die(s) (1/3) @ Stamping Sensations
• Challenge #50: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Art By Miran Challenge Blog
• Challenge #56: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Creative Craft Cottage
• Challenge #101: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog
• Challenge #88: Love Is In The Air (1) @ Cut It Up! Challenge Blog
• January Challenge #109: Layer It Up (1/3) @ Let's Craft and Create
• Challenge #58: Anything Goes (1/4) @ Scrapping4Fun Challenges
• Challenge #26: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
• January: Hearts (1) @ Bunny Zoes Crafts

Priceless Friendship Dragon*

Good morning everyone and a very happy Saturday! Hubby woke me up this morning with Breakfast! How SWEET is he!!! I thought he was kidding at first LOL! So, I got up and had a nice breakfast and then watched the V8 Supercars Qualifying at Mt. Panorama, Bathurst. Then we watched the MotoGP Practices that we had left. I'll have to take a nap today so I can try to stay up and watch Bathurst tonight. A full weekend of racing and crafting! It just doesn't get much better than that!!  And on top of that we have a beautiful rain! It couldn't be more perfect! :D  I hope you all have a WONDERFUL weekend!!

Here is a card from me today:







For this card I've used Dragon Friend from Tiddly Inks. I've printed it on kraft and colored it with my Prismacolor Pencils. I've added a bit of blue Wink of Stella on his belly and wings. I've also added some purple Wink Of Stella on some of the Stars on the card. I've added a Magnolia Doohickey die .. the stars on the side. I took those negatives, the stars, and added them around the card. I did a bit of stitching. I wanted to use a different stitch on it.. I like how the stitching turned out. The edge of the image was colored with ChalkOla Chalk Markers. I love how these markers are going on.. very smooth and even lines. Love it! The three tags are cut with a sizzlit die and I added the three brads to those. I also used the negative cut from the Magnolia Doohickey die on the inside with a bit of purple Wink of Stella. The sentiment stamps are Unity.

Challenges:

• Challenge #141: Anything Goes w/Twist of Black (3/3) @ Artistic Inspirations.
• Challenge #190: Get Krafty @ Ooh La La Creations Challenge.
• Anything Goes (2/3) @ Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes (2/5) @ Papertake Weekly Challenges.
• October 6th-12th: Anything Goes (2/2) @ Through The Craft Room Door.
• Challenge #167: Let's Get Krafty @ Tiddly Inks Challenges.
• Challenge #34: Tag It (1/3) @ CCC Digi Creations*
• Challenge #54: Anything Goes @ Inspiration Destination.
• Challenge #248: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog.
• October: Sketch (1/1) @ The Outlawz Sketch Challenge.
• Challenge #204: Anything Goes (1/5) @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #5: Anything Goes @ A Bit More Time To Craft.
• Add A Sentiment (2/3) @ Art At Stampz By Star.
• DTBST #302: Spots and Dots (1/1) @ Sassy Studio Designs.
• Challenge #95: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #163: Use A Die Cut (2/2) @ Wags 'n Whiskers.
• Challenge #101: Anything Goes w/Twist of Something Beginning with 'S' (stamp, stitching, stars, sizzlit) @ Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #8: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Crafting With Friends.
• Challenge #19: Anything Goes @ Paperbabe Stamps.
• Week #41: Use A Die Cut (1/2) @ Polkadoodles.
• Challenge #15: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Simply Paper Craft Challenges.
• Challenge #155: Spots and/or Stripes @ A Gem Of A Challenge.
• October Showcase #3: Anything Goes @ 2 Creative Chicks.
• October: Anything Goes w/Patterned Paper @ Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.
• October: Anything Goes w/Twist of Digital Stamp Only (3/3) @ Scrapbook Blessings Club.
• October Challenge #25: Anything Goes @ Not Just Cards Challenge Blog.