You're One Crazy Cat - Guest Designer for Crazy For Cats

Back awhile ago I was invited as Guest Designer for Crazy for Cats Challenge "Anything Goes" with the choice of March through June challenges ... how time flies.  Missed submitting the last three months so my card is for the June Challenge "Anything Goes Cat".  

Looked through my stash for cat/kitten scrapping supplies and found this cute Halloween stamp set.  Back a month ago my daughter invited me to their cabin for a scrapping retreat and we set aside one day to do gel press backgrounds and this was the perfect background for a Halloween card.  Decided a mini-slimline card would be perfect for the image.  Gel print background was backed with a black and white magical design paper and adhered to card base.   

Stamped cat on white cardstock, colored with Copic brush pens, fussy cut and  adhered to background with thin foam tape.  Stamped the witch's hat on the same background pattern and fussy-cut to be placed on cat's head with regular foam tape for more dimension.  Sentiments were stamped with black on top and bottom corners and a few cute bats were stamped on the upper right-hand corner. 

On the inside of the card added a border along the right, stamped cat peeking behind the border and added the witch hat and bat in the corner.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges  

Critter Crazy Challenges "Anything Goes - Critters"  

Most Magical Time of the Year "Halloween" 

Retro Rubber Challenges #207 "Anything Goes"  Must use stamp more than a year old - CTMH Stamp 2016

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge "June Anything Halloween" 

CTMH products Unless Specified Other 

Paper and/or Techniques 

     CTMH Black & White Mix-In Paperpack 

     Gel Print Background using Stencil 

Cardstock 

     Daisy White 

Stamp 

     S1608 "Perfect Halloween" (Aug 2016 retired) 

Inks 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Pens (alcohol base) 

     C1, C3, C5, C7 and G05 

     Gelly Roll 08 "White" 

Other 

     3D Thin and Regular Foam Tape 

 

Happy Holidays - Double Trouble Challenge #128

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge #128 "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing".  Twisted Sister's optional twist to use "stenciling" somewhere in your project was perfect for my CTMH Cherish floral stamp, stencil and die set. I still need a few more Christmas cards and decided on red and green traditional colors would be used for my brush stenciling. 

Floral was stamped, three stencils were used for the different colors and cut with the thin die.  The green fern was colored with a dark green Copic brush pen, added white dots in the center of the flowers, glitter pen on the flowers and Novo drops to the berries.  

Had problem matching up reds so decided to use a black and white snowflake patterned paper (which has been in my stash before the Pandemic), and adhere it to Candy Apple cardstock and then to card base. Used thin foam tape on the floral and adhered to the snowflake background to add dimension. That paper looks so rich against the pop of the red floral. Sentiment was also on the Color Sheet, cut sentiment, added a very thin layer of Candy Apple cardstock and adhered direct to background.  

Also submitted to the Following Challenges: 

Crafting Happiness #137 "Christmas" 

Use Your Stuff #473 "Anything Goes Christmas" 

Heart to Heart "A Few of My Favorite Things" - Stenciling  

     last hurrah as we go full circle! Anything Goes 

Most Magical Time of the "Florals" - Christmas (Ends 12/30)

The Crafter's Cafe #292 "Anything Goes" (Ends 1/2/2023) 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Color Sheet from Local Scrapbook Store 

          Snowflake Background and Sentiment  

Cardstock

     Candy Apple and White Daisy 

Stamp 

     Z8049 Cherish Floral Stamp

     Stencils for Floral Ink Sponging

Die 

     Z8049 Thin Cuts "Cherish" 

Inks 

     Candy Apple, Evergreen, Juniper, Almond Inks

     Copic Sketch Pen for Fern Marine Green YG99 

Other 

     Zig "Wink of Stella" Clear 

     Nuvo Crystal Dots "Red Autumn" 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Trick or Treat - Double Trouble #124 - SomeThing, AnyThing, Everything

Here is my design team card for Double Trouble "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing" using Twisted Sister's optional twist to include a wild life critter(s).  When I saw the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #497 it cried out to use this sketch for my last Halloween card... this was so fun sketch to work with all the variations of the sketch.  

In place of the banners on the upper left-hand upper border I chose to put a couple of candies peeking out from behind the two patterned paper rectangles.  The eyes of the bat were replacement for the two embellishments in the upper right-hand corner and another candy at the left-hand corner as the embellishment.  

A sentiment was stamped several times with pumpkin treat baskets bordered in black and then adhered with 3D thin foam for dimension and a place to stand the Witch Owl. Owl was stamped, colored and adhered to the background orange and black rainbow circle with 3D thin foam tape also for dimension.  All candies were fussy-cut with candies placed as embellishments, under the arm of the owl, her broomstick and adhered with foam tape. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beyond The Blue #72 "Halloween or Use Colors: Purple, Green, Orange"

Cupcake Inspirations #556 "Anything Goes" 

Crafting Happiness #135 Oct "Halloween" 

Cut It Up #263   "Halloween"  

Dare2B Artsy "Favorite Color" - Orange/Black (Halloween colors) 

Most Magical Time of the Year #1 Halloween 

My Time to Craft #493 "Theme of Wings"

Dragonfly Dreams October "Halloween/Autumn" 

Make My Monday #186 "Spooky Halloween Colors" 

Stamping Sensations "Autumn"  

Sweet Stampin' Challenge "Halloween or Halloween Colours"

Use Your Stuff #470 "Halloween or Black/Orange"

 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Got Candy 

Cardstock 

     Tangerine, Black and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     #CC10190 Frightful Friends  "Sentiment/Pumpkin TorT Bag and 

        Stamped Owl and cut with Brother ScanNCut

Dies 

     Memory Box 99876 "Whimsy Bat" 

     Paper Smooches FBD-14-124-2T "Rainbow" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Pens (Alcohol base) 

         BG0000, B0000, C5, E42, E43, YR07

         Copic Multi-liner .03 "Black"  

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Here Comes Christmas - Color Dare #520 - TicTacToe

This is my Design Team project for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #520 "TicTacToe" (Column 3: Scarlet, Pine, Toffee) and using CTMH paperpack Christmas Story.  Well here it is again going into November and I have only put a dent in my Christmas cards; so here's one less that I need to make. However, I love this stamp set and may do a couple more.   

Heart2Heart has a challenge "Create a Cool Background"... not sure if this means inked background as the requirement; but I used patterned paper for my "Cool"  Winter background.   

 

Stamped two sets of Santa's rail cars, sign and gift images on white cardstock, die cut images, colored first set with Copic markers, cut and colored parts of the second set to adhere with thin foam tape to the first set for dimension. Phew, a lot of fussy-cutting.  

For my background... used a dotted patterned paper for a light snow fall and a patterned paper for snow with a die cut stitched track for Santa's train with car filled with gifts.  Sentiment added at bottom corner of screen.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Christmas Card Throwdown "TicTacToe" (Right Dia:

   Favourite Colour, Pattern Paper and Die Cut) 

Heart2Heart "Create a Cool Background" Using Patterned Paper 

Most Magical Time of the Year "Christmas or Halloween"

Winter Wonderland "Let It Snow" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Christmas Story 

Cardstock 

     Pine and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     C1960 Holiday Express 

Dies 

     Pretty Pink Posh #DC0-2T "Borders" 

     CTMH Thin Cuts Z3682 "Fancy Borders"

Inks/Pens 

     Evergreen Ink 

     Mememto "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens (alcohol-base) 

         (E43) Toffee, (R56) Scarlet, (G29) Pine  

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Boo - Double Trouble Challenge #123 "Let's Get Around To It" with AHSC #496

This is a Halloween card for our Double Trouble Challenge #123 "Lets Get Around To It"... simply need at least one circle on your project to meet the DTC requirements.  To earn extra chances for for our random draw prize use our partner's sketch Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #496.  

This was quite a sketch to work with and took some thought on what I was going to use to create a spooky cute Halloween card... I think I managed it with changing the sketch to a landscape and using miscellaneous pieces from my stash. The background paper is very old not really a Halloween patterned paper; but the purple and pattern just made it a Holiday night time sky for the cute ghost and bat sticker images that come out at night and swirl around the sky. The circle gave it movement and the panels in the center brought in some color. Spiders were used in the corners for my embellishment, and a Boo sticker added for my sentiment. Happy Halloween.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beyond the Blue #72 "Happy Halloween" 

Crafting Happiness #135 "Halloween" 

Cupcake Inspirations #555 "Halloween Fun" 

Daring Cardmakers "Super Scary Season" 

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge October "Anything Halloween" 

Most Magical Time of the Year #1 Halloween 

My Time to Craft #493 "Theme of Wings"

LeighSBDesigns Challenge #10 "Too Cute to Spook" 

Dragonfly Dreams October "Halloween/Autumn" 

Mirtillamente Challenge #14 "Halloween" - I was one of the Top Picks

AHSC #496 - CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Laughing Lola "Background" 

     Scaredy Cat  

     Spooktacular Stickers "Ghost and Bat"  

Cardstock 

     Pansy and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Sentiment - Sticker "Boo" 

Dies

     IO Dies 523-W "Scribble Circles"   

Other 

    Loose Sequins CC8205 "Got Candy"  

    3D Thin Foam Tape