Perk Up! Card and Suncatcher

It’s time for the 2020 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

As I’ve been overwhelmed with family health issues, I haven’t done much crafting this year, but I did make one fun project that I’ve saved for this hop:

This sweet faux stained-glass suncatcher is hidden inside this card:

Nice, bold fall colors!

Ever since I got the A Jillian Vance Grandpa’s Glass: Cup of Love die and stamp, I’ve wanted to make a stained glass suncatcher. I learned a few things while making it….

I used StazOn to stamp on the plastic. I could have re-stamped it, but it was enough for what I needed. JudiKins cleaner does a good job of removing the ink and the stain left behind will not affect the stamp.

Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ebony Black, Gloss served as the ‘lead’ outline.

I was excited to try Nuvo Jewel Drops, but was disappointed to find that that only the Strawberry (more orange), Orange Marmalade (more yellow) kept any color… Lemoncello, Periwinkle, Rosewater and SeaBreeze dried practically clear, so I switched to more opaque Nuvo Crystal Drops for the cup (Navy Blue and Midnight Blue with Apple Green mixed with Woodland Green for the green tea look)

I solved the problem using Copic Markers to color the clear areas. Better! But there was one problem I hadn’t foreseen…

! S – D – R – A – W – K – C – A – B

Oops! Solution….

Just cut off the bottom!

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Faux stained glass suncatcher. Details on my 11/9/2020 blog post. (Link in profile.) . #fallwinter2020clh #suncatcher #ajillianvancedesign #tonicstudios #nuvocrystaldrops #fauxstainedglass #coffeelover #tealover #diysuncatcher #papercrafts #papercrafting #cardmaking #handmadecards

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I hear it’s still hanging in the green-tea-loving recipient’s window, so the colors must be ok and the Nuvo Drops haven’t melted off the plastic after several weeks. So, despite a few set-backs, I’m pleased with the end result.

Have fun with the rest of the Coffee Lovers Hop!

~D.Ann

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Jumping into the Waves – Just Be Happy cards

Hello and welcome! I intend to make a splash with today’s fun cards that I’ve been sneak peeking on Instagram!

When I first saw the stamp of this girl jumping (by Visible Image), I knew I wanted to have her jumping into the wave (by The Ton). If I were younger, I’d join the jumping photo craze and get a picture of me jumping into a wave at the beach!! This, however, is as close as I’m going to get! Lol!

First, I started by trying out different color combinations for the wave with the inks I had on hand. Which combo do you like best? (Comments from Instagram peeps who have been watching the progress mostly favor the Hero Arts combo. For me, it’s Simon Says Stamp.)

The one done with Distress Oxide Ink gets some additional water effects by spritzing:

Next was to add the clouds. Then I cut out the clouds and wave out of acetate and use blending brushes to add the sky and sunrise/sunset. with so much blending to do, I chose to try comparing my different blending brushes. I tried the new-to-me Tim Holtz brushes. They worked good, but I didn’t get the evenness I’d’ve liked. Perhaps I just need more practice.

I’ve always wondered if plain xl paint brushes would work. The answer is: Yes, but not as well as blending brushes!!

So I finished off with my standby Clarity brushes. Love ’em!! Don’t know if the Ken Oliver brushes work as well… they look the same. And I have yet to see the new ones there’s so much buzz about… (Life Changing Brushes by Picket Fence Studios… Ya’ll can send me some if you want!)

Next, I added the jumping girl. I though black would be too stark, so chose dark blues/aquas. To give her a dripping wet look, I then embossed her with clear embossing powder.

Because she’s in the water, people have said she’s a mermaid… almost looks like it, but when you look at the stamp, I’m pretty sure it’s a shoe, not a tail.

The inside of each card got her stamped in Versamark ink:

That left the sentiment. I love the carefree typography of the Just Be Happy sentiment — it goes great with this joyous jump!

Card 1 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Simon Says Stamp: Audrey Blue; Scuba; High Dive
• Other inks: Simon Says Stamp: Blue Jay, Cloudy Sky, Duckling, Hot Mama, Orange Slush Rosie Cheeks, Sunkist, Teeny Bikini
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Card 2 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Papertrey Ink dye inks: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal
• Papertrey Ink dye inks: Lovely Lady, Lilac Grace, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Broken China
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Card 3 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Hero Arts: Summer Sky, Aquatic, Pool
• Hero Arts: Fiesta Red, Fiesta Yellow, MMH Rusty Orange, Passion Flower, Soft Pool and Simon Says Stamp Rosie Cheeks
  • Note I don’t know if I switched the inks in the picture or switched my Post-it notes in the cards, but these MAY be the inks for card #5. My senior moments seem to have rapidly expanded into senior days, weeks, months and years! Hahaha!
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Card 4 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide: Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks: Broken China, Carved Pumpkin, Faded Jeans, Milled Lavender, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Tumbled Glass, Victorian Velvet, Worn Lipstick
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Card 5 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Lawn Fawn Merman, Mermaid, Peacock
• Lawn Fawn: Bubble Gum, Carrot, Forget-me-not, Fresh Lavender, Lemonade, Sunflower & Tsukineko Memento Angel Pink dye ink
  • Note: I don’t know if I switched the inks in the picture or switched my Post-it notes in the cards, but these MAY be the inks for card #3. Yep, nearly constant senior moments… now I’m just waiting for the occasional junior moment to pop up. Lol
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Which one is your favorite?

I’m entering this card in the following fun challenge… click on it for more information on how you can play along:

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Typography – Card #1 using SSS inks (Card #5 will be entered from IG  (sorry, it didn’t let me choose one of the additional pics on that post.))

Thanks so much for stopping by and for all of your encouraging comments. I really enjoy reading them!

~D.Ann

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Serene Papertrey Ink Beach Scene Any Occasion Card

Good morning all! If you’re somewhere that’s cold you could use a vacation and if you can’t actually get away, I have a card you’ll want to stare at and imagine yourself there as you crank up the heat.

I had a goal this year of doing more of the Papertrey Ink challenges and finally got my act together to join the Laurie’s Fabulous Favorites Challenge today. She asked that we use one of our favorite Papertrey Ink sets. Tough decision as there are so many! However, living in Florida, I really love the Text and Texture: Ocean set paired with the Fence Line: Summer set for making realistic beach scenes like this one:

I have tried to paint the ocean myself, but just can’t capture it, so I love stamps that help me, like this one does!  This scene reminds me of beaches on both coasts of Florida! The Brilliance inks give a realistic twinkle to the sand and a metallic shine to the ‘rusty’ fence wire.

Supplies used:

• Papertrey Ink Text and Texture: Ocean and Fence Line: Summer stamp sets
• Spellbinders Labels 25 and Majestic Labels 25 dies
• Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shores cardstock
• Recollections cream cardstock 110#
• Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist and Hawaiian Shores dye ink
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress ink: Antique Linen, Old Paper, Tumbled Glass
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink: Vintage Photo
• Tsukineko Brilliance pigment ink: Lightening Black & Pearlescent Beige
• Tsukineko Memento dye inks: Desert Sand, Tuxedo Black
• Prima Planner Glue Pen
• Simply Defined permanenet adhesive runner

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and perhaps it transported you briefly to a peaceful warm spot! See you soon!

~D.Ann

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My Monthly Hero Paraguayan Dancer Card

¡Hola! Hello! Mba’éichapa! (–that’s “hello” in Guarani – one of the two national languages of Paraguay.) Welcome to a post with an international flavor today! I chose to turn the darling dancing mouse in the My Monthly Hero April 2018 set into a traditional Paraguayan folk dancer doing the famous bottle dance:

When I lived in Paraguay, doing a missionary type work, I would often see women balancing amazing loads on their heads as they walk through the streets… laundry, a basket full of delicious chipas (a cheese bread made with cassava/manioc flour, shaped like a bagel) and more. These well-balanced women really know how to use their heads! In the bottle dance a girl or woman will start by balancing a bottle on her head while dancing. More and more will be added by her partners, one at a time, reaching up to 10 or more! After each, she continues to dance. Impressive!! Here is part of a page from my scrapbook, using a postcard picture:

I just drew a couple of these bottles on cardstock, fussy cut them and covered them with Texture Gems for my little mouse dancer. The texture gems added a little sparkle as centers to the flowers in the frame and sentiment, too.

  

I love that the leaves on flowers in the frame with this kit can be lifted up… just a little, or into a daffodil shape. I gave my mouse and bottles a little depth by cutting them out in black cardstock and having it peek out just a bit.

Materials Used:

• Hero Arts My Monthly Hero April 2018 (MH 0418C) stamps and dies (note: bottles were hand drawn)
• Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Fiesta Red ink
• Copic Markers: C1,3; Gr05;R20, 22, 24, 29; Y08
• Faber Castell Texture Gems: Silver
• Core’dinations cardstock: White, Red, Black
• Tsukineko Memento dye ink: Tuxedo Black
• Simply Defined “Stay Put” glue

I’m entering this card in the following fun challenges… click on any of them for more information on how you can play along:

• A Blog Named Hero : Crafter’s Choice

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Add Some Red

Thanks for traveling with me today!

~D.Ann

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Relax! Tropical Sunset Card Using Gina K Stamps and Distress Inks

A sunny hello to you poor Northern peeps who have been freezing in the latest round of storms! We had visitors from Indiana who got sick and didn’t get to enjoy the beach as much as they’d hoped, so I made them a card so they could take the beach home and enjoy it with their heat cranked up!

I chose the sentiment Relax! That’s what sunrise and/or sunset at the beach does for me! I hope they find this pretty scene relaxing, too! Just a quick note on some of the details… The background was blended distress inks (including Barn Door for the current Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Add Some Red). I was worried they might get it wet, so I sprayed over it with Krylon’s Triple Thick Clear Glaze. It worked pretty good… there’s only a spot or two that reacted with the moisture before it sealed. I love the glossy photo finish it gives as I tried to catch above! The black ink was MFT Extreme Black, which went stood out nicely stamped over the Distress Inks.

The dolphin — I wish I’d’ve done him separately, cut him out and added him, as I ended up with a lot of ‘sunspots’ from the black powder adhering to the already embossed sun despite using an anti-static doo-dad and the dolphin started to melt into the sun. Learning experience. It’s still cool and can be ‘perfect’ next time! I do love the ‘wet’ look of the embossed dolphin!

The water — I figured it was best to emboss the sun and it’s reflection on the water first so I could just blend over it and wipe off. It worked, but don’t use a paper towel or baby wipe that’s too wet, or the water will react with your Distress Inks, too. Voice of experience! The waves around their feet are drwan in with a Pigma Micron pen. I think I’ll start off my note to them on the inside: ‘This card has a porpoise!’ Lol! Supplies:

• Gina K. Designs Framescapes Tropical Skies stamp set
• Core’dinations white cardstock
• DCWV peach card
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink: Antique Linen
• Tsukineko Versamark ink
• JoAnn Craft Essentials clear embossing powder
• Inkadinkado black embossing powder
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks: Broken China, Stormy Sky, Victorian Velvet, Barn Door (Red) and Spiced Marmalade
• MFT Extreme Black ink
• Sakura Pigma Micron black 05 pen
• Krylon Triple Thick Clear Glaze
• Scotch adhesive tape runner

I am playing along with the following challenges – click on any one for more information on how you can join the fun!

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Add Some Red
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Thanks for joining me! I hope YOU have a RELAXING day, too!

~D.Ann

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Neat & Tangled USPS Gift Wrap Ensemble

Good evening! I’m about tuckered out, but I want to get this post out, for the Neat & Tangled Throwdown challenge that is about to close, so here we go…

I really wanted to do something nice for my USPS postal carrier this year as she always trudges up to my apartment when there are packages rather than just leave them down at the mailboxes. She even asked about them one day as she saw they were art related and her teenage daughter is getting into arts & crafts. I know thy’re going to have a party when they get this as they LOVE chocolates!

I have been wanting to use the Neat & Tangled Truck die (thanks Miriam!!) but life has been so hectic, this was my first chance to pull it out. It’s darling and easy to put together the main truck. All the optional add-ons – especially those blinker lights – are a bit tiny for my big mits, tho. : ) I also wanted to wrap up a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates extra elegantly. I’ve never used a die cut to wrap something before, but I thought the Neat & Tangled Doily Envelope die would make a gorgeous way to wrap it up… I was right! Check out the gift ensemble:

The card is a shaker. I framed it up with the edges of the Doily Envelope Die to tie the ensemble all together.

The envelope is lined with the same embossed wrapping paper as I used to wrap the chocolates. The truck opens up and holds tiny presents… in this case, a single Ferrero Rocher Chocolate! (hmm… now that I look at it, I think I’ll add some tissue paper in there to cushion it.)

It was a fun set to make I know she’s going to get a kick out of it! I can’t wait to make more of those adorable trucks – probably in UPS brown next time!!

Supplies:

• Neat & Tangled Truck and Doily Envelope dies & Sweet Treats sentiments stamps
• DCWV glitter card and chalkboard stack (black and gray sheets)
• Core’dinations cardstock: white & black
• Brother Sister Design Studio Embossed Foil Gift Wrap (wrapped chocolates and envelope liner)
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tombow Dual Brush Pens 565 &845
• Sakura Gelly Roll pen – White 10
• Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents (windows & headlights)
• Blank Slate by Traditions open heart confetti (shaker)
• Laura’s Loft Red Hot Love sequins (shaker)
• Queen & Co Diamonds toppings (shaker)
• Sookwang Scor-Tape
• Simply Defined “Stay Put” adhesive and Simply Dimensional Foam Adhesive Sheets
• Misc. glitter cardstock in red and orange; acetate; printed usps logo
• Ferrero Rocher chocolates – both for the recipient and the crafter!! : )

I am playing along with the following challenges – click on any one for more information on how you can join the fun!

• Neat & Tangled Throwdown – Gift Wrap Ensemble Challenge
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Party Time (Chocolates – need I say more?!! LOL!)
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday December 2018 Try Something New (new dies, using die for giftwrap & 3d truck)
• CropStop December Linky Party #46 Anything Goes (Core’dinations, Ranger, Sookwang, Tombow, Tsukineko)

Ok, I’m off for a very late supper. Y’all have a lovely weekend!

~D.Ann

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Decoupaged Napkin Cards

Why, hello there! I’m glad you’ve stopped back by! Today I have some fun cards to share with you. Seeing one of Janis’s projects over at HerPeacefulGarden reminded me that I had done some decoupage cards with napkins a few years ago that I never got around to posting. We’d gone to my cousin’s husband’s family’s house and she showed us all how to apply those pretty napkins like you get at Tuesday Morning to heavy cardstock or tagboard with some lightly watered down glue spread thinly over it. You pull the napkin apart, select the part you want to see, and carefully lay it down, pressing with a brayer, rolling pin or something else, to keep bubbles from forming. Once dry, apply it to a card base and you’re done! Here are the two I made that day:

SO pretty and SO easy! Now I always watch for clearance napkins for cardmaking, but I have a hard time covering them up as they are so pretty. : )

She had a neat sentiment for the insides:

  

“This is more than a card. It’s  HUG with a fold in the middle.’ I love it!

Later, at home I took a set of tea napkins I had and decoupaged them, but when dry, I die cut the napkin base and layered it on a card:

That was a couple of years ago (so don’t feel too bad, Janis!) and it still looks just a if I’d made it yesterday! You can see the inside has just a little bit of chalk around the edge to make it special, too. It’s a lovely any occasion card in cool winter colors.

Materials used (blue tea cup card):

• PPD Paula Scoletta Teacups Morocco Napkins
• Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles
• Coredinations 110# white cardstock and 65# blue cardstock
• Colorbok Metallic Paper: Shiny Gold
• Sookwang Scor-Tape
• Tombow Xtreme adhesive runner
• Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue
• Pebbles, Inc. Pearlescent Chalks Jewel Tones

I am playing along with the following hops and challenges. Be sure to click on them for more information on how you can play along and enter for prizes:

• 2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: B is for ? Blue (and Bird, berries, and Butterflies)
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Wrap it Up Cardstock wrapped in paper napkins
• CropStop December Linky Party #46 Anything Goes (Aleene’s, Core’dinations, Pebbles, Spellbinders & Sookwang)

Thanks for stopping by and for leaving your comments!

~D.Ann

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Hello Pumpkin Spice Season Zen Cup and Shaker Card

Hello crafty peeps and Hello Pumpkin Spice Season! Ahhh…. PSL (Pumpkin Spice Lattes)… my favorite treat of the year! So much so, that I got a great Black Friday deal on a coffee maker and a bunch of decaf pumpkin spice pods so I can have it year round without having to pay mega BUCK$ at that place that ends in ‘BUCKS’ (in just 6 cups I will have recuperated my investment). But we’re not here to talk economics. The Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop continues…

I received a Happy Harvest Fall Kit from Queen & Company (THANKS!). It includes the stamps, dies, and pre-cut adhesive foam and clear shaker covers, fall papers and cook shaker beads and gems:

I did a little bit of surgery to the stamps with a scissors to get the sentiment I wanted, added the fabulous Zen cup from Stamplorations and a card base and, violá:

To get the dimension on the pumpkins, I added some score lines and then hit them with a bit of darker ink on my finger (too lazy to go get a dauber. lol!). The unused inner piece of adhesive foam was perfect to cut up and use for popping up the sentiment. (I’m thinking I should have popped up the cup, too. 20/20 hindsight!) I ran yellow and orange markers along the edges of the foam that would show so they weren’t stark white.

There is something satisfying about hearing a shaker… It must take us back to our childhood and the comforting sound of a rattle

Supplies used:

• Queen & Company Happy Harvest Fall Kit (stamps, dies, foam, clear plastic, papers and beads)
• Stamplorations Zen Coffee Cup Layering Dies – CUTplorations
• DCWV card base
• Tsukineko Memento Potter’s Clay dye ink
• Core’dinations orange cardstock
• Tombow Xtreme adhesive runner
• Simply Defined ‘Stay Put’ adhesive glue
• Misc yellow and orange pens

I am playing along with the following hops and challenges. Be sure to click on them for more information on how you can play along and enter for prizes:

• 2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: B is for ? Beads
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Wrap it Up Beads wrapped in a pumpkin shaker

Thank you so much for stopping by and for your encouraging comments! I read and appreciate them all!! Happy hopping!

~D.Ann

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2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Life is BeauTEAful card

Hello and welcome! Time has flown by. I can’t believe it’s already time for the 2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Here is my first card, using fall colors:

The inside and envelope coordinate, too:

Oh, and FYI that sentiment is done by some precision cutting of two different stamps. : )

Materials used:

• Hero Arts Tea Party Fancy Die
• Hero Arts To Seize or Not to Seize & Kit-tea stamp sets
• Spellbinders Floral Ovals dies
• Your Next Stamp Coffee & Tea Border die
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge & Barn Door
• Tsukineko Memento dye ink: Tuxedo Black
• Core’dinations cardstock: white & black
• Scotch tape runner
• Sookwang Scor-tape double sided adhesive
• Simply Defined ‘Stay Put’ adhesive glue

I am playing along with the following hops and challenges. Be sure to click on them for more information on how you can play along and enter for prizes:

• 2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
• CropStop November Linky Party #45 Anything Goes (Core’dinations, Ranger, Scotch, Scor-Tape & Tsukineko)

Hopefully, I’ll see you back real soon with a couple of other caffeinated cards I’ve made, if I can get them typed up. : )

~D.Ann

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T-I-double g-Rrr… Wobble Tigger Easel Card! Hoo-hoo!

Welcome to my final post for the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop! Yes, your inboxes will finally get a break from this cat card blitz. >^.^< Wohoo! We’ve surpassed our previous record and have over 200 entries in the hop already this year and there’s still half a day to go!!

This card sums up my feelings about the Cat Lovers Hop pretty well!

For a change, I’m going to start with the back of the card:

Knowing me, I’ll probably write a few funny lines back here like, “I wonder where I put the car keys?” or “I wonder where I left my glasses?” : )

When you open it up, it becomes a stand-up card easel-y (I just HAD to put the pun in!) using that pretty easel base by Anna Griffin, :

To get the leaves filled out with some depth and texture, I die cut the ornate frame and then embossed it into some green cardstock, too. I fussy cut along the outside, cutting straight across the top where the easel die would be attached. Then I affixed the die-cut piece over it and colored it up with chalks.

To hold the card in place, I put some felt cobblestones on the path. Tah-dah!

I was going to color Tigger, but thought it might be easier to just cut out the parts I would need in the corresponding colors and emboss the background for his stripes. It involved a little bit of fussy cutting but looks grrreat (oops! wrong tiger!).

Here he is bobbing around in all his glory on that tail that’s made out of springs… Bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!:

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Bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!! Tigger easel card. My final card of the #catlovershop2018 Details on my 2nd blog post of 10/27/18. (Link in profile.) #characterworld #winniethepooh #disneywinniethepooh #tigger #tiger #tiggerlover #annagriffininc #annagriffin #papercrafts #papercrafting #cardmaking #handmadecards #easelcard #wobble #wobblecard #catlovershop2018 #catlovers

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Supplies:

• Character World: Disney, Winnie the Pooh: Tigger die
• Anna Griffin Ornate Frames & Easy Easel dies
• Mama Elephant Hooray die
• Technique Tuesday DIY Say It Hugs
• Recollections 100# cream cardstock,
• Core’dinations 65# black, green, pink, orange & yellow cardstock
• Spellbinders Platinum Pack 3 poster board – gold
• Simon Says Stamp Action Wobble mini spring
• Anna Griffin Pretty Prose vellum sticker quotes
• Pebbles, Inc. Pearlescent Chalks Jewel Tones
• Creatology embossed felt – cobblestone copper canyon
• Aleene’s Original Tacky glue

I’m playing along with the following challenges – click on any one of them for more information on how you can join the fun:

• 2018 Cat Lovers Hop
• CropStop Linky Party #44 Anything Goes Aleene’s, Core’dinations, Pebbles, Ranger,Spectrum Noir, Tonic Studios and Tsukineko

Well, that brings the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop to a close – for me, anyway…. this cat’s tuckered out! Don’t forget to get your comments in for all of the giveaways before 11:59pm Sunday, October 27, 2018. For those of you counting the Spellbinders dies used, this completes my projects (Hint: there were non used on this card. lol!) I had someone ask if it was dies or sets, so I’ll clarify: It’s the number of different SETS. You can tell them apart by their names! Please be sure to look at my actual blog posts and not your email versions as I had to update a couple. Sorry.

TTFN (for those who don’t know, that’s Ta-Ta For Now from Tigger (and me))

~D.Ann

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