Fishing for a Valentine

      I'm going a little crazy this month with Penny Black stamps but a neighbor was clearing out  her craft room and doing an early "spring" cleaning, and she decided that her stamping days were over.  Consequently, I was the happy recipient of a load of stamps, many of which had cute Penny Black critters suitable for Valentine cards.  Can you believe this one had never been used?  How could anyone resist?  I guess  in a way that makes it not only 'new to me' but actually new.  :-D

     The image was colored with a combo of water color paints and ProMarkers, then cut with a stitched and scalloped die from Memory Box.  The sentiment was fussy cut.  I found a crap of that sparkly, mesh ribbon in my stash, wrapped it around a red card blank, and added both the image and the sentiment.  A really simple and fast card.

I chose colors from My Favorite Things and 

used all of them in coloring the image.

     Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T.

Crafty Catz

Outlawz Thurs

Pammie's IP

Penny Black Sat

Penny's P-C

Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Weds

Word Art Weds

     That's it for today!  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Flowers for a Valentine

       I had so much fun making this DT card for the January Challenge at Conie Fong.  Our theme is Anything Goes using a Conie Fong image.  The image I chose is called "Feeling Fabulous" and I colored her in pinks and reds for a Valentine card, although she's no made as as Valentine image.  Isn't she an adorable little ragamuffin?

     She's colored with water colors and ProMarkers, a combination I love.   I used a Tonic Studios die to cut the image and the pink mat, which I embossed with my Linen die.  The corners of the image were punched with a Fiskars die and it was layered onto a scrap of black CS.   Following the sketch at Sketch Saturday, I began putting the card together, adding little die cut bits (Memory Box) to the upper and lower corner of the framed image.  

Sketch Saturday

     Challenges:

Ally's Angels

Creations in Pink

Die Cut Divas

Lil Patch of ...

Pammie's IP

Papercraft

Polkadoodles

Taylormadecards ...

There's a Stamp ...

     Happy Crafting.  Come play with us this month.  NanaConnie

Cowboy Owl

     This card is doing double duty so you're going to see it today as my DT card for the FarmQuest challenge, where our theme for this challenge is Cowboy Boots, Spurs, or Hats.  Then, it'll serve as my  DT card tomorrow for QKR Stampede.  The image is from QKR and it's called "Cowboy digital stamp" and over there we always have an Anything Goes theme.

     I colored the image using my watercolor paints, and added highlights with gel pens.  The image and the frame were both cut with Cuts stitched dies.  The background paper is actually vellum and it just worked so well with my colors in the image.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  I love this crazy owl all dressed in his cowboy garb.  lol

     Challenges:

Crafty Calendar

Crafty Catz

Creative Fingers

Digi Choosday

Gem of a Challenge

LeAnn's World

Pammie's IP ...

Pattie's Creations

Simon Says Stamp

Starz Stamps

     Be sure to visit both of the challenges and we hope you'll come and play along with us.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Ferret Love

      As I was making Valentine cards, I had a request from my eldest granddaughter for a card done in purple which featured a ferret.  She wanted it for a friend who loves ferrets and whose favorite color is purple (mine, too!)  She wanted this image used on the card so, of  course, I complied.  A new image for me!

     I love the pencil sketch aspect (although I have no idea who drew it but will happily give credit if anyone knows) and printed it onto lavender CS.  I used a ProMarker to add a frame of red around the heart, then cut the image with a die from Memory Box.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die, and the edges were inked with another ProMarker.

     I cut another, larger rectangle with another Memory Box die and layered the two together on angles.  I put those onto a white CS background and added three flowers with gems from Petaloo.  The flowers were given to me by my granddaughter (given to her by another friend who's clearing out old crafting supplies) and although they are old, they are new to me.  Thanks, Granddaughter!  All of this made for a fun, CAS card for her friend on Valentine's Day.  My granddaughter hasn't seen it yet, but I know she'll love it.

     My favorite reason for sending cards is any holiday, whether they be world wide (like Christmas), national (like 4th of July), or personal (like birthdays.)  So having a good reason to make a Valentine card that will be sent to someone who appreciates it is a wonderful thing.  Of course, the real reason I send them is so that I have a way to get rid of all the cards I make instead of having them pile up around me, creating a serious danger of being buried under a ton of paper!  lol

     Challenges:

Art Impressions

As You Like It

C.R.A.F.T.

Creative Inspirations

Creative Knockouts

Outlawz Thursday

Pattie's Creations

Penny's P-C

Simon Says Stamp

Word Art Weds

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Roses for Love

      I don't know why I was so long in discovering Gecko Gals, both their store and their challenges, but last month was my first time playing and then I ended up winning a challenge which they had sponsored.  Needless to say, I went on a shopping spree and now have their online Etsy shop tagged as a favorite.

     One of the sets I bought (Heart and Soul) had delightful images (many of them vintage) good for Valentine greetings.  This is the first card I did with one of those images.  In keeping with one of the January themes, "Black & White w/ Pop of Color, I colored this rose image with watercolor paints and fussy cut it before layering it onto of a black CS background.  The sentiment was done in red ink and cut with an Avery Elle die.  I think it made a perfect CAS card, although the open "white" space is black instead.

     Challenges:

Ally's Angels

A Perfect Time ...

Birthstone (Garnet)

Creations in Pink

Die Cut Divas

Gecko Gals FB

Let's Craft & Create

Morgan's ArtWorld

Not2Shabby (rose)

Word Art Weds

     Look for another post tomorrow.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Kitty Love

      Here's another Valentine card and it's one which my kitties truly approve!  This is a Penny Black stamp and it has to be one of the cutest ones I own.  Of course, being a cat lover may influence that in some way.

     This image was colored with water color paints, and the sentiment was stamped so that I could fit the die at an angle and cut both image and sentiment with one die.  That die is from Spellbinders.  The red CS for the background was dry embossed with my Linen folder.  I left it without any embellishments because I wanted a very CAS card design.

     Challenges:

Crazy for Cats

Digi Choosday

Di's Digi Designs

Double Trouble

Inspiration Station

Lil Patch of ...

Pammie's IP

Penny Black Sat.

Polkadoodles

SUYP Cats

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

The Living End !

      I was going to dedicate January to making a year's worth of birthday cards for family and friends but the reality is that I've made more Valentine cards than birthday cards this past week.  I don't do a lot of Valentine cards usually, but this year I had requests from family members to make a batch for them to give away and, of course, all the ones I did for the Moms with College Kids group (see this post.)
     

     For this card (which I'm using as a birthday celebration), I used a (new to me - traded with a crafting buddy) Penny Black stamp, colored it with ProMarkers and water colors, then cut it and the frame with dies from Spellbinders.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  The lavender CS was a scrap I rescued from the basket and used for the card front.  

     Challenges:

Classic Design

Crafts Galore ...

Crafty Calendar

Creatalicious

Di's Digi Designs

Gem of a Challenge

LeAnn's World

Morgan's ArtWorld

Penny Black Sat.

Star Stampz

     That's all for today.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Hedgehog's Love Letter

      Yesterday, I promised to post the second card, with another Penny Black hedgie image, made for the moms of college kids to ship off in the "care package" boxes with a Valentine theme.   I think this little guy is even cuter than the one yesterday (which you can find by scrolling down one post.)  The hedgies are new stamps for me, and I have another 3 which I'll be sharing through the month of January.

     On this one, also water colored, I used QuicKutz dies to cut the image and the paper frame, then added a glitter paper strip from the scrap basket.  The image is mounted on dimensional dots.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die, and the edges were inked to make it stand out from the white card front.

     Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe

Creative Knockouts

Outlawz Thurs Twist

Paper Funday

Penny's Paper-Crafty

Simon Says Stamp

Word Art Weds

World Wide DT

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Love on a Fence

     I'm doing Valentine cards as well as birthday cards this month and I want to share this one with you before I forget to post it.  I'm making a total of 18 of these (and 18 of another hedgie Valentine card) because they are going to go into "care package" boxes sent by a local group of moms who have sons and daughters away at college.  

     Each month, they get together as a group and fill boxes with goodies each person has brought, then they ship the boxes off to their college kids.  There are 36 moms in our group (although I make #37 because my youngest granddaughter is away at college but my daughter is the 'mom' sending her box.)  I make different cards each month and the moms can pick one to include in their box if they choose.

     This is the first design and tomorrow I'll share the second one.  I chose images and sentiments which would work for a parent sending Valentines to a college kid.  The sweet hedgie painting the fence is a Penny Black stamp, watercolored, and distress cut using an old blade on my Fiskars paper cutter.  All the CS and papers are from the scrap basket.  The sentiment was cut with an Avery Elle die and I mounted the image on dimensional dots.

     Challenges:

Double Trouble

LeAnn's World 101

Lil Patch of ...

Penny Black Sat

There's a Stamp ...

Word Art Weds

     See you tomorrow.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Take a Peek !

      Here it is, a New Year, and I wish you health, wealth, and happiness throughout 2023!  

      At QKR Stampede, we're starting another challenge today and it will run through the 14th of the month.  We have two challenges per month and they always start on the 1st and the 15th of each month.  Our theme is always Anything Goes and we have 2 prizes each month; one for those who use a QKR Stampede (or Eureka Stamps) image and another for those using an image from another company.

     My first DT card is for a birthday, and this year I'm determined to have an entire year's worth of birthday cards completed for family and close friends before the first birthdays fall in February.  We'll see how that goes.  In any case, here's my first one using a sentiment image from QKR Stampede called "Take a Peek."

     I used ProMarkers and gel pens to color the sentiment piece then cut it with a Spellbinders rectangle die.  I think that set of rectangle dies were the very first dies I ever purchased and they certainly have cut their share of paper and card stock.  The cat was cut with a die from Poppy Stamps, and the mice were cut with a Gina Marie die.  The papers were scraps from the basket which sits on my desk, collecting left overs.

     Challenges:

     I hope you'll come and play with us in this challenge.  And, if you played with us in December, be sure to check out the new challenge post to see if  you're on of our winners or Top 5 DT favorites.  Happy Crafting.   NanaConnie

Outdoor Snow Events

      I'm not sure we need to tell anyone is the USA about outdoor snow (or just plain cold) events this month but that's the theme for our latest challenge over at FarmQuest which starts today.  Of course, it needs a country flair as the standard FarmQuest requirement, but that's pretty easy to accomplish if you're focusing on outdoor events.  :-D

     I sorted through my collection of winter-y images and found these two in my QKR Stampede collection.  The girl is called "Sledding" (which I reversed before printing) and the Dog is called "Cross Country Skiing."  I wanted to use both images so I designed a slimline card.  The images were colored with water color paints and shaded with ProMarkers, then fussy cut with scissors.  The snowflake papers are from an old DCWV stack which I've had for at least a decade and it tends to come out each winter.  The stack is getting very thin these days but I still have some really great papers in it.  The sentiment is mine and it was also fussy cut.

     Challenges:

Ally's Angels

Colour Crazy

Crafty Calendar

Creatalicious

Happy Li'l Stampers

Lil Patch of ...

Pattie's Creations

There's a Stamp ...

Word Art Weds

     Are we going to see you playing along in our challenge?  I sure hope so.  We love seeing what you've created and being inspired by it.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Musical Couple

      This cute couple came from the Progressive Challenge at LeAnn's World and I love how they are sharing their music.  This is another image I printed very large so that I could color it (vision problems), then photographed it and reduced the size with my editing software before making my card.  I'm discovering that while that process allows me to color and then make cards with the reduced images, the photographing also tends to alter the colors.  Oh, well, at least I can continue to enjoy the coloring process.  :-D

     I colored with ProMarkers, cut the image with a large QuicKutz die, and cut the corners with a Fiskars punch.  I dug through my stash of mulberry papers (which I haven't used in ages!) and used a scrap behind the image piece.  The background dp is from a stack by Recollections (which I got as a Christmas gift.)  I printed and fussy cut the sentiment.

     Challenges:

Art Piaskownica

Crafter's Cafe

Crafts Galore ...

Crafty Hazelnut's

LeAnn's World

Let's Craft & Create

Mirtillamente

Morgan's ArtWorld

Outlawz CYS

Your Scrapbook Place

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Merry Christmas to All

 Wishing all a very

Merry Christmas!

He's the reason for the season.

Meowy Christmas

     Late on Christmas Eve, the fur babies wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and they begged me for a card they could share with each of you.  They unanimously approved this one because it looked like a party!  :-D

     This was a coloring book image which was colored with gel pens and metallic sparkle inks.  I reduced it in size with my editing software after photographing it.  I trimmed the corners with a Fiskars punch, then mounted it onto a frame which was cut with an Unbranded die.  The CS for the card front was dry embossed with my Linen folder before the other pieces were attached.  The bow is satin and was hand-tied.  The sentiment was cut with an Avery Elle die.  Overall, very simple to make; took less than 15 minutes, so really perfect especially for a last minute card on demand.

     Challenges:

As You Like It

CRAFT-alnica

Crafty Gals Corner

Creative Knockouts

Outlawz Festive Fri

Paper Funday

Penny's Paper- ...

Simon Says Stamp

SUYP Cats

Word Art Weds

     Merry Christmas from the 3 fur babies and from me.  May your Christmas be warm and wonderful, regardless of the weather outside.      Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Ice Fishing

     Most of you who follow my blog regularly already know that I'm having some vision problems which affect my ability to color images and, while I'm figuring out ways to color successfully - enlarging images so that I can see them well enough to color, then photographing and reducing them with my photo editing software - I've also found that using die cuts to make the entire card is another way to continue with my love of card making.

     Today's card uses a die set from Cuts to create this fun ice fishing card.  The glitter paper (for the hole in the ice, the frozen fish, and the strip under the bears) is from Recollections, and dp for the sky came from a DCWV stack.  I used my Linen embossing folder on the blue CS.  Everything was done using scraps.  The sentiment was made with another Cuts die.

I used the Tic Tac Toe board at Outlawz Color challenge

to do blue sky, white, and snow from the right hand column.

(Sorry, I can't seem to copy and paste their board)

     Challenges:

Can You Handle ...

Christmas Kickstart

Di's Digi Designs

Dream Valley

Gem of a Challenge

Tues Morning Sketches

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Snowman Presents

      This is my last Conie Fong DT card for December and I've used one of the images from a set called Snowman Presents.  The image also comes inside a snow globe and the set has secondary images of pine branches included.  Good news, it's ON SALE right now.  Grab it quick!

     This one is colored with water color paints and was cut with a border die from Your Next Die.  The image was backed with burgundy CS and then framed with red metallic paper from DCWV.  The white glitter paper for the background is from Doodlebug.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  I added one tiny embellishment - a satin, hand-tied bow.

     Challenges:

Colorful Options

   (Rainbow of colors)

Colour Crazy

Craftlandia

Creative Moments

Di's Digi Designs

Double Trouble

   (Kaleidoscope colors)

Inspiration Station

    (The snowman obviously.  :-D)

Outlawz Festive Fri

Peace on Earth

There's a Stamp ...

Your Next Stamp

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

A Special Noel

      I have loved House Mouse stamps since I first discovered them more than a decade ago,  I know they had been around for quite a while even back then but I was slow getting to the card making game.  I especially love their Christmas images and have several which I use nearly every year.  This is one of them.

     With my recurring (and somewhat permanent) vision problems, I'm finding new ways to color images.  For this one, the stamp was a bit smaller than I needed so I stamped it, photographed it with just the uncolored stamp, then used my photo editing software to enlarge it to a size I could see easily for coloring.

     I used ProMarkers to color the image, then photographed it again in order to reduce the size to what I needed for a square card.  A time consuming, multi-step process, but it allows me to still enjoy the pleasure of coloring for my card making.

     Once the colored image was reduced, I cut it with a Gina Marie die.  I made the background for the card using dp scraps (K & Co.) and a CS scrap (DCWV) which I ran through my Linen folder.  I cut those diagonally and layered them one on the other, then added the image piece.  The metallic ribbon is wired and glittered, and I used it for both the wrap around the card front and for the hand tied bow. 

     Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations

Digi Choosday

Dream Valley

House Mouse

I Love ProMarkers

Outlawz Monday

Pammie's IP

Paper Shelter

Passion for Markers

Tuesday Morning ...

     That's it for today but hopefully I'll have another post tomorrow.  If not then, perhaps on Friday.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Bear Hugs for Christmas

      This sweet Christmas image, called Mrs. Teddy Bear, is from Jan's Digi Stamps and I think it's really precious.  Although I made it before my vision problems got really bad, I'm just now getting around to posting it.

     The image was pre-colored but I added my own highlights using ProMarkrs and gel pens. I merged the holly (also an image in the set) into her pocket and onto her hair bow, then cut the image and punched the corners with Fiskars punches.  The red chevron paper was a scrap from an old Recollections stack and the green CS was embossed using my Linen EF.   The sentiment is part of the Teddy Bear set.

     Challenges:

As You Like It

Creative Fingers

Creative Knockouts

Outlawz Thurs Twist

Paperbabe

Pattie's Creations

Winter Wonderland

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Father Christmas

      The image I used today came from Gecko Galz as the image to use for their monthly Christmas  challenge for December.  I adjusted it to print it in gray scale and then hand-colored it with ProMarkers and gel pens.  I cut the image with a Tonic Studios die.  The Merry Christmas sentiment was cut from a scrap of Recollections glitter paper using a die from Cuts.  The background was made from scraps of red and black CS.

     Challenges:

A Perfect Time ...

Carlin's Card ...

Colour Crazy

Country View

Die Cut Divas

Friendship

Kerst Christmas

LeighSBDesigns

Mirtillamente

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

When Thirst Calls

      I've been playing in the progressive challenge over at The Outlawz for more years than I can remember and this month the image they provided was one I just wasn't going to be able to use - a bottle of beer.  I could have colored it and made a card, but it wouldn't have been sent to anyone so what was the point?  I explained that to one of the Admin ladies because I didn't want to lose out on playing next month.  She went back to the artist and got the image revised just for my use.  Bless her!

     I colored with ProMarkers, then cut it with an oval die from QuicKutz.  I found a scrap of glitter paper (DCWV), cut a rectangle and a circle (Dare2BArtzy) from it, then cut a narrow strip of metallic paper and layered them all together onto the background.  I printed the sentiment and cut it with an Avery Elle die.  After adding the image piece, I tied a simple bow using satin ribbon.

I pulled colors from the challenge at My Favorite Things.

     Challenges:

Colour Crazy

Crafty Calendar

Digi Choosday

Dragonfly Dreams

Gem of a Challenge

Outlawz Festive Fri

Pammie's IP

Passion for Markers

Penny's Paper-Crafty

     That's all for today but I'm going to spend a couple of days in the craft room coloring and planning ahead.  Have yourself some wonderful creative time this weekend and Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Snow Globe Wishes

      Today I want to showcase a fantastic new set from Conie Fong, called Snow Globe Wishes.  The snow globe itself can also be found in a separate set called Snowman Snow Globe Bundle and I'll be sharing my card using that set next week sometime.

     The image is colored using watercolor paints, then cut with a Tonic Studios die.  The green dp was also cut with Tonic Studios, a die a size larger.  The red and the green dp were in my Christmas scrap pile and I have no idea what company made them.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  I did little embellishment because I wanted the eye to focus completely on that lovely image.

     Challenges:

12 Months Christmas

Carlin's Card ...

Classic Design

Crafts Galore ...

Crafty Friends

Incy Wincy

Kerst / Christmas

Mirtillamente

Morgan's ArtWorld

SheepSki Designs

     Remember, we have a challenge every month over at the Conie Fong Facebook page.  If you haven't already joined, that can be done very quickly and then you can enter using any Conie Fong image (freebies are available on the FB page) and you could be the winner of more delightful Conie Fong images!  Come play.  We'd love to see what you create.  

 

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Winter in the Country

      I'm late getting this card posted but it's my DT card for the latest challenge at FarmQuest which started today.  Our theme this time is Anything Goes as long as it has a country flair.  I thought this beautiful image of winter birds on the corral gate, from Jan's Digi Stamps, was perfect for a Christmas card.

     Merged images of the birds and the black and white grapevine wreath, with dp scraps in red and green.  The sentiment and the image are both fussy cut.  The only embellishment I added are the three little gemstones.

     Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart

Cupcake Inspirations

Digi Choosday

Inspiration Station

Outlawz Monday

Pammie's IP

Penny's Paper-Crafty

Simon Says Stamp

     I really hope we're going to see you playing along this time.  You have until December 27th to enter, and then our next challenge begins on December 28th.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Nativity in Kraft

     My sweet daughter bought me another new die this year, also from DIY Scrapbooking, and I wanted to test it right away, right out of the package.  I was siting at my craft desk and the closest paper to me was a scrap of kraft CS so I grabbed it and ran it through the Big Shot.  I really had no intention of using the cut but when I tossed it aside, it landed on some black CS and the design just popped!

     Next thing I knew, I was trimming the black CS to size, gluing down the Nativity, and coloring the star with gold paint pen.  I made a square card from kraft CS and cut the sentiment from cream colored, sparkly CS, using a die from Die-Versions.  This made a really CAS card which looks far more complex than it is.

     Not exactly traditional Christmas colors but I love the end result !

     Challenges:

AAA Cards

Creative Fingers

Dare2BArtzy

Digi Choosday

Outlawz Mon

Paperbabe

Peace on Earth

Polkadoodles

Simon Says Stamp

Winter Wonderland

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Stocking Girl

      The delightful image on this card is from the Progressive Challenge at LeAnn's World 101, but it as for the November challenge and I had it firmly in mind that the challenge ran from the 5th through the 14th of each month.  Ooops, it now starts on the 5th of each month so I'm late posting my card but I posted it anyway and now I'm sharing it with all of you.  :-D

     I colored the image with ProMarkers, then fussy cut it with scissors.  I mounted it onto a scrap of dp which came from an old stack by K & Co.  I added burgundy CS to an A2 card front, then layered on the image and added sparkly red ribbon to the edge.  I used that same ribbon to hand tie the bow.  The sentiment was cut with a die from Avery Elle.

     Challenges:

4 Season

Colour Crazy

Crafty Catz

Di's Digi Designs

Double D

Inspiration Station

Lil Patch of ...

Outlawz Festive Fri

Peace on Earth

Simon Says Stamp

Taylormade ...

There's a Stamp ...

Winter Wonderland

Your Next Stamp

     That's all for today but I'll be back tomorrow with a new card.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Final Exams

     I know it's been several days since I posted anything but I'm recuperating from some serious respiratory problems and my crafting has been very limited.  Sorry.  Hopefully, I'll get back to normal soon.  :-D

     Today I'm sharing 2 different cards, both made as encouragement for a college student facing some really difficult exams at the end of a semester.  This first one is for that horrendous period of study and anxiety leading up to the exams.

     The wise old owl seemed appropriate for a school/education theme.  I'm pretty sure this was a digital coloring book image which I reduced in size.  The image and the CS framing were each cut with dies from Spellbinders.  The Christmas candy dp was from an old DCWV stack and it just had the perfect colors to complement the image.  The sentiment is mine alone.  :-D  

Pre-exams

     I loved the CAS design and used it again on the second card.  The same Spellbinders dies were used on the second card and the background dp is also DCWV.  The flower is from Petaloo.  Obviously, this one is for that joyous period when grades are assigned and all exams were successfully passed.  :-D

Post exams

     Challenges:

Crafty Calendar

Crafty Catz

Creative Fingers

Dare2BArtzy

Dragonfly Dreams

Gem of a Challenge

Lil Patch of ...

Outlawz Festive Fri

Pammie's IP

Paperbabe

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Cat Mouse Tree

     It's the first Friday in December and a new challenge is starting over at Crazy for Cats.  We are using images from Ike's Art in honor of her memory.  This one is called Catmouse Tree.

     I colored with ProMarkers and water colors, then cut the image with a QuicKutz die.  I inked the edges of the image with a ProMarker.   The background paper is from a stack by Graphic 45.  I used a bit of metallic, glittery, ribbon to tie a double-loop bow with the help of my bow maker.  The sentiment was printed, then cut with an Avery Elle die.

     Challenges:

     I hope we're going to see you playing along with us this month.  Be sure to use a cat somewhere on your project.  We are going to be giving images from Ike's Art as the prize for this challenge.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie