Cat Lovers' Hop

The deadline for the annual Cards for Little Hearts Winter Theme and Holiday Card Drive is rapidly approaching.  I am furiously making cards to send.  I thought I'd share this one in the

 2019 Cat Lovers Hop.

 The image is a digi and the words are a cricut cut.

 

Additional Challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge #238 - For a Child + a sentiment

Challenge Up Your Life Challenge #116 -  Frames

Artsystamper Challenge #2 - Patterned Paper

 

Layered Birthday Card

All the new dies everyone is using blow my mind. 

I see a card I like using a new die 

and spend hours trying to find it online.

Here's a card I recently made using a few of the dies in my stash.

 The layered dies are Spellbinders Card Creator A2 Devine Eloquence S5-218.  

The balloon dies are from My Favorite Things.

Patterned papers were a freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine.  

 I covered plain pink and aqua cs scraps with clear glitter film before cutting the balloons.

Challenges:

Scrapy Land Challenge #124 - AG using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells (Spellbinders) 

Southern Girls Challenge - AG 

Dream Valley Challenge #212 - Add a sentiment 

A Gem of a Challenge Week 20 - AG 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #243 - Sparkle 

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart October Blog Hop

Welcome to the October

Close to My Heart Joyful Stars Blog Hop.

Have some fun hopping between the blogs of this group of talented Close to My Heart consultants, and me, where we share creative projects using CTMH products.

I've made two cards using my favorite paper pack from the new catalog, Every Little Thing.

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Marie Flayer's blog.

Your next stop is Krista Hershberger's blog.

The hop is circular.

If you are just starting here,

simply continue hopping until you find your way back,

making the full circle.

Meanwhile, I'm going to enter the following challenges:
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday October Challenge -  Stamp It
Little Red Wagon Challenge #518 - Cut It Out (flower is fussy cut; frame is a cricut cut)
Arty Divas Challenge #6 - ATG
Challenge Up Your Life # 116 - Frames
Crafty Catz Challenge #477 - Anything Goes with Option of ribbon, bow or flower
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of October 8th - AG

Close to My Heart Card Classes

Normally, on Tuesday afternoons I am at Joyce Houck's with my crafting buddies making CTMH cards.  We didn't have class today.

But I thought I'd share the cards we made at our last two classes, since I haven't had time to get them posted until now.

 

Double Trouble Challenge #40

The theme for the new Double Trouble Challenge is Halloween/Fall with masking.

I've taken an digi image from Patti's Creations called 

Princess Pumpkin Coach,

colored it with pencils and masked it so I could create a frame around the image.

My daughter-in-law's birthday is on Halloween and she has always loved Cinderella.

Challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge #40 - Halloween/Fall Masking; something you'd find in a pumpkin patch; link with Kat Scrapiness  

Patti's Creations Challenge #163 - Autumn/Halloween

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Autumn Colors 

Kat Scrapiness October Challenge - Halloween/Fall cards 

Artsy Stamper Challenge 1 - Autumn Colors 

Crafting Happiness Challenge #17 - Pumpkins

DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge # 248- Fall 

Send a Smile 4 Kids October Challenge

There is a new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

The October theme is  Celebration Cards 4 Kids

or Anything Goes 4 Kids .

 

This card will go to a SAS4K volunteer who will send it on to a children's hospital for patient use.  

If you are interested in making and donating cards to SAS4K, you can find all the information you need right here.

Challenges: 
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #242 - Add a Critter 
2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #41 - AG with a Critter 
The Paper Shelter Challenge #400 - Let's Celebrate!
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #602 - Anything Goes 
House Mouse & Friends Challenge #301 - AG; option - outdoor fun

Double Trouble Challenge #39

The last week of a 5 week month is a

Free For All at Double Trouble Challenge.

 I decided to use the the current sketch at Mojo Monday, substituting a tag for the circle in the sketch, 

and featuring tons of pink on a girly birthday card.

Stamps are from CTMH

Here are the challenges I am entering:

Double Trouble Challenge #39 - Something, Everything, Anything + pink +  Crafter's Cafe entry

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #228 - Pink + a Tag 

Cards 4 Galz Challenge #106 - Pretty Bows 

Craft Rocket Challenges #64 - Pink 

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #361 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Think Pink 

Crafty Hazelnut's October Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes 

Creations in Pink Challenge # 14- Anything Goes in Mainly Pink 

Unicorn Challenge #48 - Pretty in Pink 

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge # 524 -