Owl-oha!!

It's Pink Cat Release day!!  Melissa has come up with some of the COOLEST hula images for release today

And some great free sentiments to go with them!!  I'm amazed at Melissa's talent, coming up with new designs week after week...you GO girl!! :)

I was originally going to use Lily, until I saw the "Owl-oha" sentiment - is that not the cutest??  I printed my owl out twice, and then colored him in - and colored certain elements from the 2nd copy, cut them out and layered them onto my original image for added depth.

On the grass skirt, I only popped up the bottom edge, the flower 'belt' is glued directly on top of the original image.  I had a lot of fun with this one, hope you like it!!

Head on over to the rest of the Pink Cat Team's blogs, and then to Melissa's so you can SHOP for these super adorable images.

• Emily Leiphart
• Inge Groot
• Jane Matsumoto
• Kerry Donovan-Casey
• Lauren Meader
• MacKenzie Bruckler
• Maria Bell
• Mariska van der Veer
• Marley van der Heijden
• Piali Biswas
• Rachel Schneider
• Tori Hemmingway

Thanks for stopping by!!

Pink Cat Release today!!

Good Morning!!

It's Thursday, so we ALL know, it's time for another Pink Cat Digi release! Yippeee :).  Melissa MUST have known I would need a baby card, as she's come up with some PERFECT images for them!!

I chose to use the lion, to make my neighbor a card to congratulate them on the birth of their son.  I also used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch for a little inspiration... Here's the sketch:

Here's what I did with it:

I reconfigured the sentiment on my computer, and printed it out, then punched it out, and 'sponged' some Aqua Mist ink around the edges.  I faux stitched all of the patterned paper pieces (my machine is NOT happy with me right now, lol)

I adore these baby images, and I'm sure you do too, but if I haven't been able to convince you, you should go check out what the rest of the team has come up with...their links are in my right hand side bar :).

Thanks for stopping by today!!



 
Supplies:
Stamps: Pink Cat digi images, lion baby, Cutie pie sentiment
Ink: Aqua Mist (PTI)
Paper: Whisper White (SU!), Aqua Mist, patterned paper (both PTI)
Accessories: paper piercer, copics

It's Pink Cat Thursday!!!

Good morning!!

It's Thursday, so that means it's another Pink Cat release!  Melissa has got some great images again this week -- see for yourself!

I told you so --  I chose to use the adorable image with the flower hugging the other two flowers.  I got this awesome digital scrapbooking kit the other day, and it totally inspired my color palette for my card.

Make sure you stop by the rest of the SUPER talented design team's blogs (they're over in my right hand side bar) and check out what they've made -- and then go to Melissa's and get these cuties for yourself!!

Have a super day!!

 
Supplies:
Stamps: Hugging flower digi image (Pink Cat Studio)
Ink: None
Paper: Pure Poppy (PTI), digital papers from the "The Bee's Knees" kit by Liffy Weienbach
Accessories: Button (sentiment mounted on button), pure poppy ribbon

MTSC65 with Pink Cat!

Good Morning -- well, at least I hope it is.  It's Monday -- which I have to admit, I'm not a big fan, lol.  That means back to work for me.

It was a beautiful weekend here in the NE, my older daughter signed up to be a Daisy Scout, we had family over for dinner, and an impromptu round of Rock Band -- LOL - THAT was funny...and today, we just enjoyed the fresh air, and the sunshine :).

Now that I've re-capped the weekend, the REAL reason I'm here - is Melissa is doing her release EARLY this week -- she had a few more Easter digis that she wanted to share with you, and give you a good amount of time to get something made with them!  Here they are:

When I got to work, I needed a little inspiration, and I went for a quick look at my friends' blogs...My friend Pam played along with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch 65, and I thought it would be a fun sketch to use for one of my cards.  Here's the sketch:

And here's what I did with it:

I thought it was cool that the three pieces of DP in the back kind of mimic the image of the bunnies, don't you think?  All of those cute little bunnies are flocked -- they were just BEGGING for it...really, they were.  It's hard to see in this photo, but that middle bunny is literally HOPPING off of the card.  I used a 'pig tail' spring from Piggy Tales...here's a closer look:

I do have another cutie to share with you today as well -- a cutie patootie, in fact ;).

Lily and the chicks decorating an Easter egg!  I bought that sentiment YEARS ago, and have never used it until now.  It was stamped in fresh snow ink, and then embossed with white ep -- it really stands out on that dark CS.  Lily's outfit on this one is also flocked...I don't know why, I guess all bunnies have to be fuzzy...a sickness maybe??  I dunno.

The rest of the team has made some scrumptious goodies for you to look at as well -- Their links are in my sidebar over there -------->

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a WONDERFUL day!!
 
Supplies:
Hoppy Birthday:
Stamps: PCS digital images - hopping bunnies, hoppy birthday sentiment, Tin Type BB (PTI)
Ink: Versamark, Bermuda Bay
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White (SU!), Dark Chocolate (PTI), Bloom and Grow DSP
Accessories: flocking - white and tan, piggy tail, label punch (SU!)

Lily & Chicks:
Stamps: PCS digital images - Lily & Chicks painting egg, cutie patootie sentiment (Amuse)
Ink: Fresh Snow
Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Vintage Violet (retired) - all SU!, Lemon Tart (PTI)
Accessories: flocking - white,  apron lace border punch, bermuda bay swiss dot grosgrain

♪♫ I Like to Ride My Bicycle ♪♫

Do you remember that song by Queen?  I've probably just TOTALLY dated myself, lol.  Alright, I think it was a little ahead of my time, but older siblings and all... lol.

Anyway -- how was everyone's St. Patrick's Day??  Mine was pretty quiet.  I *did* have a green apple martini after my girls went to bed to celebrate though :).  I'm IRISH for goodness sake, I couldn't let the WHOLE day pass by without celebrating just a teeny bit, right? ;)

Sorry -- moving on.  TODAY is Thursday.  Thursday is Pink Cat Studio release day!! 

Melissa has some fun images today, to get you all revved up to GET OUTSIDE and enjoy some of that FRESH air!!  Take a look:

I'm in NY, and it has been BEAUTIFUL here this week!!!  LOVING the weather.  Loving it, PERFECT for bike riding.  I'm fairly lucky too, as where we live, we have a beautiful bike trail nearby, I'm hoping to get us all out there maybe Saturday morning...we'll see tho - lol.

A friend of mine is an avid cyclist.  She started out small, but now she is an incredible cyclist, and I'm so proud of her.  She had a TERRIBLE wreck a few years back -- broken eye socket, cheek bones, elbows, oh my goodness...she was a MESS.  I remember going to see her the day after the accident, and she said..."don't I look like the planet of the apes??"  Her face was all swollen, and bruised.  It truly is amazing what the human body can endure....She made a FULL recovery, and couldn't WAIT to get back on the bike.  This card will be for her.  I know that cycling makes her happy :).

The sentiment says: "A Bicycle ride is a flight from sadness - James E. Starrs"  This is Gen - she is most happy when she is on her bike -- or with me and my girls -- ha ha ha ha ha ha....seriously though...I thought this was so fitting.

Head on over to Pink Cat Studio, and get your cycling digis - and don't forget to stop by the rest of the team's blogs as well -- you'll find their links in my sidebar over there -------> :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I'll be back tomorrow with a fun little story and a card too!!  Just in time for FRIDAY!!!
 
Supplies:
Stamps: Biking Lily - Pink Cat Studio
Ink: None
Paper: Raspberry Fizz (PTI), Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray, Whisper White (SU!)
Accessories: copics, crystal effects, pink rhinestones, SU! Border punch, Raspberry Fizz grosgrain ribbon, basic gray chiffon ribbon

Hippity - Hoppity - PINK CAT'S on it's way!!!

Can it really be Thursday already??  I guess it MUST be, because today is Pink Cat Release day!!  YIPPEEE!

Melissa has some terrific images to share this week, some are Easter/Spring, and some are for those last Winter hold-outs ;).  For those of you that don't know, Melissa lives in Canada, not far from the venue of the 2010 Winter Olympics!  SO exciting, right?  I think maybe she got some inspiration from the Winter games, what about you??  I saw when Shaun White won the gold for the Men's halfpipe in Snowboarding - and it was incredible...I'm SO not a sporty person, but I could feel the energy -- WAY cool.

Alright -- I know I know, there I go again...so here's a peek at what's available for purchase today:

I chose to go with Spring.  Just because in the last week or so, I've decided I'm ready.  I do try to appreciate all seasons for what they offer, no matter how extreme, but yes, I'm ready for Spring.  My first card has Lily the Sunshine fairy sprinkling some happy dust on those cute flowers....don't you just love it???  I kept it simple so the focus could be on that adorable image!

My next card is Lily Bunny on an Easter Egg.  I could not believe it took me near 20 minutes to find a 'Happy Easter' stamp.  I guess I know what I need to be on the lookout for ;).  This image was just BEGGING to be flocked, so that's exactly what I did.  Her bunny ears and feet are flocked, and I added some white liquid pearls to the Easter egg, as well as the scallop on the pink layer with the sentiment.

That's about all I've got left in me for today -- but check back tomorrow, I'll have another post with some NEW things from My Time Made Easy!  In the meantime -- head over to the rest of the DT's blogs, I'm sure the've cooked up something wonderful!!  (links are over there ----->) Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by!!

New RUBBBAH from Pink Cat Studios!

That's right, you heard me.  Melissa is releasing new images today over at Pink Cat Studio.  For the 'Rubbah luvah's' LOOK at all these great images available for purchase today!

You may have seen some of these released as digis already, but the "Lily-bugs" are new.  I've got a card to share using Lily Bee:

I just LOVE her hairdo -- so cute, and her 'costume' is super flirty and fun.  Add in the adorable sentiment, and you're ready to go! 

Vicki Garrett is bidding farewell to the Pink Cat team, and I'd like to take a sec to say I'm sorry to see her go...TONS of talent, and a GREAT personality -- thanks for the inspiration Vicki, you've given me more than you'll ever know! :)  Best wishes on your future endeavors!!!

Be sure to check out what the rest of the team was up to -- AMAZING is all I can say!

• Alicia Weiman
• Emily Leiphart
• Inge Groot
• Kerry Donovan-Casey
• Kristen Catalano
• Lauren Meader
• Mackenzie Bruckler
• Maria Bell
• Mariska van der Veer
• Suzanne Dean
• Tori Hemmingway

   

  Until next time!

   

 
Supplies:
Stamps: Lily Bee, sentiment (Pink Cat Studio)
Paper: Lemon Tart, Pretty Pastels patterned paper, Select White (all Papertrey Ink)
Accessories: Summer Sunrise swiss dot ribbon, prima flower, nestabilities labels 4 dies, copics

Pink Cat ain't be talkin' Blarney...

Top O' the Mornin' to ya ;).

With Valentine's day only a few days away -- that means St. Patrick's day isn't too far behind.  I LOVE that Melissa made some adorable St. Patrick's day (or any day) images for us to use.  I've got 2 samples to share this week.

This first one is of Betty sliding down a rainbow to a pot of gold.  A-DORABLE if you ask me.  I just stamped a simple 'Happy St. Patrick's Day' sentiment at the bottom, and heat embossed it with gold EP.  Finished it off with a little gold ribbon.

The next one, well, it looks fairly simple, but there was a lot of time spent on this one -- you see, I made my very first sheet of digital paper!  I looked all over for a paper that I liked, and could NOT find anything -- so I fiddled around in PSE, I took a sheet of paper I already had - messed with the color, the texture, added some shamrocks, and the text -- It says "Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter. Lullabies, dreams and love ever after. Poems and songs with pipes and drums. A thousand welcomes when anyone comes... That's the Irish for you!" It just repeats down the page.  Suited my purposes.  Not too shabby for my first time out...at least I don't think so!

Anyway -- I also spent quite a bit of time on Betty -- cutting out all of those gold coins.  That was a bit tedious, but in the long run, I'm happy I did it --I'm thrilled with how this turned out. The pot is also dimensional - you can see it a little better in this photo.

Head on over to the rest of the DT's blogs to see what they've come up with this week, I'm sure it's nothing short of spectacular!

• Alicia Weiman
• Emily Leiphart
• Inge Groot
• Kerry Donovan-Casey
• Kristen Catalano
• Lauren Meader
• Mackenzie Bruckler
• Maria Bell
• Mariska van der Veer
• Suzanne Dean
• Tori Hemmingway
• Vicki Garrett

Supplies:

Stamps: Pink Cat Studio Digital Images - sentiments from Waltzingmouse Stamps

Ink: Versamark, Brilliance Chocolate

Paper: Brushed Gold, Green Galore, Whisper White, Fallen Leaf (Couture Cardstock), digi paper (by me!)

Owl Always Love You...

It's almost the weekend!  YAY :)

Since it's Thursday - it's time for another Pink Cat Studio release!!

Melissa always has such adorable images, and this week is no exception. :)

Take a look for yourself:

Cute, right???  you know I'm right...

Those owls are just too adorable, they stood out to me as whooooo I needed to use - lol.  I don't know about you - but as a kid, my Mom would get me a box of conversation hearts for Valentine's day...I love those things!!  Even to this day, I love them....I do, however, like the SweetTart version even better!  I decided I would make my own box of conversation hearts!

I used the Cutesy Cover Template from My Time Made Easy.  Now, to line up my image on my project to make sure it landed just where I wanted it -- I opened the template in Photoshop Elements, and then placed my image right where I wanted it.  Then I deleted the layer that had the template on it - and clicked print.  I then printed the template on a piece of printer paper, laid it over my cs, taped them down to my mat, and cut it out.  Worked like a charm!

I trimmed the box in some digital paper from a kit called Apple Blossom, by Kristin Cronin Barrow and Meghan Mullens.  Then finished it off with some bright (and is it BRIGHT) pink polka dot ribbon I got at Michael's eons ago.

Before you go, be sure to check out what the rest of the team did with these FAB images:

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  Alicia Weiman
• 
  
  Emily Leiphart
• 
  
  Inge Groot
• 
  
  Kerry Donovan-Casey
• 
  
  Kristen Catalano
• 
  
  Lauren Meader
• 
  
  Mackenzie Bruckler
• 
  
  Maria Bell
• 
  
  Mariska van der Veer
• 
  
  Suzanne Dean
• 
  
  Tori Hemmingway
• 
  
  Vicki Garrett 

   

  and tell me, what's YOUR favorite Valentine's day treat???

  
  

  Thanks for stopping by today -- wishing you all a GREAT day!!

 
Supplies:

Stamps: Owl couple Digital Image (Pink Cat Studio)

Ink: None! 

Paper: Whisper White CS, digital paper (Apple Blossom - K. Cronin-Barrow)

Accessories: Pink polka dot ribbon (Michaels)

Somebuggy Loves You...

Hey everyone :).

Happy Thursday -  this week, for the Pink Cat Release, I thought I'd play along with the ladies over at the Color Throwdown.  I've been wanting to play along forEVER - and finally today, I've done it :).

Melissa has some really CUTE images this week -- take a peek:

My first card features that cutie pie lady bug, and uses the colors for this week's Throwdown.  The BG on my base layer is actually a digi background image that is already available over at PCS.  I just changed the color of it, and printed it on my CS.  The sentiment was also printed right on my base layer -- I laid them out on my screen, and printed it all out together -- easy peasy.

I've added some dimension to the lady bug, popping up her wings, the flower she is holding, and her antanne. 

I added some Ripe Avocado twill and filled in the sentiment with liquid pearls to finish it off...

Up next are the robots!

You can tell these two are in love, can't you??  lol.  Instead of "You Complete Me" I made the sentiment "You Compute Me"  I thought it was fairly clever...even for me - ha ha.

This is a large card - it measures 5.5x5.5.  The patterned paper is from Scenic Route, it complemented the robots nicely - and it provided my color scheme.  Finishing touches on this one are some buttons in the lower right corner.

Please be sure to check out the rest of the DT's blogs - their links are in m right hand side bar ------>

I'll be back on Saturday with the latest JUGS challenge!  Be sure to come back by then!!

Until then...

 
Supplies:
Somebuggy Card:
Stamps: Digital Images from Pink Cat Studio
Ink: none - GASP! lol
Paper: Rasperry Fizz, Old Olive, So Saffron, Whisper White
Accessories: Circles nestabilities, dimensionals, Ripe Avocado twill ribbon, liquid pearls


Robot Card:
Stamps: Digital Images from Pink Cat Studio
Ink: none
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White, Scenic Route Patterned Paper
Accessories: Buttons

Lily in a pile of hearts...

Hey there!

It's Thursday -- which means it's Pink Cat Studio Day!!! 

Melissa has some more super adorable Valentine's images releasing today -- be sure to go check them out here!

I thought this image of Lily in the pile of hearts was SO cute -- and wouldn't you know it??  I had some cute hearts confetti, PERFECT for a shaker card with this image!

I got to work, coloring my image, adding some glitter here and there with some stickles.

When I went to my 'adhesive drawer' I found that I had no more foam mounting tape - ACK!!! but -- it just so happens that I HATE to waste stuff, so I save the sheets of dimensionals even if they're all used up, I will sometimes cut apart the border to use a small piece of it for little things on my cards...the rectangle was perfect to go around Lily...so I doubled  them up, added my confetti, and my frame, and the shaker was ready.

I kept with the colors that I used in my image, Green Galore for my base, and chocolate chip for the mat layer.  I stamped the sentiment (from Michael's $1 bin a few years ago) in fresh snow ink.  To jazz it up just a little more, I added some hot pink bling, matching the raspberry frame, down the center of my ribbon.

So I see that Valentine's Day is on a Sunday this year...anyone making special plans???  Hubby and I don't really go out much anymore -- we'll probably fix a nice dinner, and maybe watch a movie with the girls...

I'll be back Saturday with another Just Us Girls Challenge!!  Stay tuned....

Pink Cat Studio - Paper Piecing!

Good Morning!!!

The birthday party was quite the adventure, but all of the kids had a great time - and Shannon LOVED getting to play with some friends she hasn't seen in a while...so the day was DEFINITELY a success!

I'm popping in to tell you about a NEW product available over at Pink Cat Studio!  Melissa has been hard at work perfecting paper piecing files!  These fun projects are great for card making, scrapbooking and any kind of 3D crafting. The project files are formatted for those who like to cut and paper piece by hand and for those who have an electronic cutter.

 

Check out these fun new projects here: http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Digital/PaperPiecing/NewPaperPiecingProjects.htm

 

SUPER cute images are available RIGHT NOW so be sure to go check them out!!

 

Melissa is also having a fun contest and the winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to the PCS rubber or digi store! To enter the contest you will download a free Paper Piecing Project and then make a fun craft with it, anything you like. So not only will you get to try a Paper Piecing Project for free, you could also win some  PCS goodies.

Visit the PCS blog today to find out about how to enter the contest and get your free Paper Piecing Project.

How cool is THAT???  I know I could EASILY spend $50 in Melissa's store, so why not give it a shot??  I'd love to see what you come up with too!

Have a great day everyone!

Pink Cat Release TODAY!!!

Hey all -- I had hoped to have another project ready for the release today, but unfortunately, my little one is sick -- so I was hanging out with her this evening, and didn't get an opportunity to finish my project up.  If she's feeling a little better later on, I'll try to finish it up and get it posted.

In the meantime though -

Melissa has a bunch of new digi images releasing today - as well as some rubber, so head on over to the store, and FILL UP THAT CART!  lol.

Be sure to stop by the rest of the DT's blogs as I know many of them have got lots to share with you today!!

• Alicia Weiman
• Emily Leiphart
• Inge Groot
• Kerry Donovan-Casey
• Kristen Catalano
• Lauren Meader
• MacKenzie Bruckler
• Maria Bell
• Mariska van der Veer
• Suzanne J. Dean
• Tori Hemmingway
• Vicki Garrett

Thanks for stopping by, and happy shopping!

Pink Cat is BACK - and with a contest too!

It's been a while since Melissa over at Pink Cat Studio has had a release.  She gave us lucky girls some time off for the holidays!  In that time, she was cooking up some SUPER cute lovey dovey images for us to all drool over.

She's coming out with new images tomorrow, and some coordinating sentiments/additions!  Now, don't you fret, a good number of them will be available in rubber as well...such as the one I am about to share...

I gave a brief little peek of this card last week, on my daughter's birthday, as it is the card I made for her this year. 

Aren't those pixies just SO cute???  Since Melissa included this cute birthday sentiment, I figured I'd put it to good use.

I usually try to incorporate the age of my girls on their cards...I'm not sure why, but I always have for as long as I've made them cards, so I'm trying to stick with tradition I guess :).

For this card, I found a fun bold font on my computer, and typed the 6, and placed my cupcake and pixies image over it slightly.  Then printed and colored it, and turned it into what you see here.

That fun paper down the left side of the card is from My Minds Eye, the Bloom and Grow Collection...I've had it since May, and have FINALLY started using it on some projects.

My cardstock colors are Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf and Bermuda Bay (Stampin' Up!)  I've been using Bermuda Bay a lot lately, in fact, you'll see another project with it tomorrow - lol.  I used a border punch (apron lace) on a strip of CS for that 'ribbon' and glitzed it up with some bright pink jewels...

Here's a pic of it with the birthday girl - she was proud to show it off:

NOW -- I hope you've stayed with me, as here comes the contest part!

Pink Cat Studio is introducing some new Pixie characters this Thursday and we are having a contest to celebrate!
The Pixies have picked out their own pixie names and you have to guess which names they picked. Visit the Pink Cat Studio blog to read the contest details and enter the contest.

So - be sure to head over to Melissa's blog to find out how to enter!!!

You'll also want to check out what the rest of the PCS team has been up to...take a look at these girls:

• Alicia Weiman
• Emily Leiphart
• Inge Groot
• Kerry Donovan-Casey
• Kristen Catalano
• Lauren Meader
• MacKenzie Bruckler
• Maria Bell
• Mariska van der Veer
• Suzanne J. Dean
• Tori Hemmingway
• Tracey Cuccia
• Vicki Garrett

Thanks for stopping by today -- I'll be back tomorrow - stay tuned!!