Pink & Main Grandma’s Lace | D.Ann's Crafting Whims

Hello all! I’ve found another old post in my ‘drafts’ folder and have finally gotten it polished off for you… These were some sweet gift sets I made up last year when I found some ADORABLE Bear’s Paw succulents and put them in some cute cactus shot glasses from Dollar Tree and paired them with some stuffed bears and a handmade card to make some sweet and encouraging gift sets for some beary pawsome friends. First up a set for a special couple needing encouragement:

Awww! That sweet Pink & Main bouquet on the front of the card is colored with some fabulous shimmery Shuttle Art Gel Pens and a hand-drawn edge.

The inside has some cute Pink & Main stamps to match the gift, too…

I’m just head-over-paws in love with those darling bear’s paw succulents (Cotyledon tomentosa)! Aren’t they just TOO cute?!!

Of course, this post was done in March last year (I TOLD you I was backlogged!). Today I stopped by mom and dad’s and saw how much they have grown in such a short time:

This set went to a single friend, so there’s just one bear inside…

Supplies used:

Pink & Main stamp sets: Fur Ever, Grandma’s Lace, Mini Faces Set 1, and Thinking of You Always
Shuttle Art Gel Pens

And, I had this darling interlocking ‘hugs’ card for another friend:

Supplies used:

Concord & 9th Hugs Card die
Concord & 9th Cuddles & Hugs stamp set
Essentials by Ellen All Inside stamp & die and Bear Hugs die
DCWV The Butterfly Garden stack cardstock
Hero Arts ombre ink pads: ombre dolphin ; pink to red;
Tsukineko Memento Rich Coocoa dye ink
Copic Markers C1 E 13, 33, 71; R20

I hope you enjoyed these Pawsitively darling little treats!

~D.Ann

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pps: UPDATE: Dad finished his radiation treatments Friday. YAY!! Doc said it’ll probably take a couple of weeks for the side effects to resolve. She’ll see him in 5 weeks and then order tests – likely a PET scan – to be done at 8-10 weeks. Meanwhile he’s to exercise, eat well, exercise and stay healthy so his body can clear out all the irradiated cells. We’re looking forward t a good report!

Hope you’re all staying healthy and sane in these crazy times.😉

Meow! (That’s ‘Hello’ in Cat.) Welcome regular peeps and visitors! It’s finally here…The much anticipated second annual Cat Lovers Hop! Meow! (That’s ‘Yay!’ in Cat)

You can read all the details about the hop HERE. There are lots of terrific prizes to be had for participants worldwide, so come join the fun!! And, a special heads-up… at the end of this post you might even find a little blog candy!

For this year’s hop, I thought it would be fun to briefly interview some famous cats – those of Internet fame and from within our crafting circle, too. I actually had some of these famous felines reply to my interview request, so I hope you will enjoy the added kitty fun! I specifically kept them brief so as not to detain you too long… and, well, you know how cat’s attention spans are! >^.^<

Today’s interview is with Sam, the famous cat with natural ‘eyebrows’… He looks permanently purrplexed to me! : )

You can check out his website here: http://www.samhaseyebrows.nyc/ – he even has a store you can visit. Perhaps you’re already one of Sam’s 211k Instagram followers, so I asked Sam a few questions that purrrtain to our craft interests:

What crafts have you tried your paws at or would like to try?
- I tried finger painting once- it started on posters and ended all over the wood floors.
What is your favorite thing to do with paper?
- Crumple it up and chase it!
Do people often send you cards or hand-made crafts? Can you tell us some of your favorites?
- No, but a lot of fans post their art on Instagram for me to see! My favorite one is a painting on a tree that was done by a group of kids in China.

Thanks so much, Sam, for taking a few minutes from your busy schedule to chat briefly with us and for dressing up so handsomely for this interview! Have a furrociously fun day!

Now you can go take off that uncomfortable tie and take a nap! p.s. Bow ties are cool – just sayin’! : )

In honor of Sam’s visit to the blog today, I included a likeness of him on my first card for the hop. Sam, you are, indeed, the cat’s meow!:

Unfortunately, I found that sweet stamp at a garage sale and it has no identifying markings on it. Sorry! Pink & Main also has a challenge going on right now with the theme of fall – Gotta love those beautiful fall colors in the Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs papers and the copper embossing and dots! (Thanks, G45 for sponsoring the Cat Lovers Hop!) I thought the two doilies on that die looked a bit like a rug, don’t you?

I’ve also started doing a little bit of decoration on the inside of my cards.

Supplies used:

Pink & Main Nested & Scalloped Hexagon dies
Pink & Main Grandma’s Lace stamp set
Misc. Cat stamp (I’ve been told it’s from All Night Media)
Justrite Vintage Labels 7 die
Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs papers and ephemera
Core’dinations cream paper
Tsukineko Versamark ink
Hampton Art Copper embossing powder
Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
Tonic Studios Copper Penny Nuvo Crystal Drops
Copic marker R20, YR21
Sakura Pigma Micron 005 black pen
Sanford Uniball Gel Impact pen – gold
Tombow Xtreme adhesive

I’m entering this card in the following hops and challenges – you can click on any one of them for more information in case you’d care to join the fun:

Cat Lovers Hop
Pink & Main Challenge #14: Fall
Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday September 2016: use the colors RED, ORANGE (copper), YELLOW, and/or BROWN
Crop Stop Linky Party #21 Anything Goes (Crop Stop carries: Graphic 45, Core’dinations, Tombow adhesives, Versamark and Pigma Micron pens)

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For those of you intrepid readers who are still with me, how ’bout some blog candy?!!

I have this Doreamon sticky note set. (Doreamon is a blue robotic cat from 22nd century a Japanese manja series. Yes, I had to look it up as I have no idea where I got it from.) There are also some Simply Stamps foam cat stamps (unused) made by Plaid. They are large, so I put a ruler in the pic for you to see the size (ruler not included!). For those of you with allergy concerns, this is a pet-free/smoke free home. Pet free is not by choice, let me tell you!!

Akkk! What’s with these lines? Where did they come from?!! How do I get rid of them?!!! They’re taunting me like a ball of string that’s been flattened out into lines. lol!

Well, it’s time for me to say Meow! (That’s ‘Goodbye‘ in Cat…. the CAT dictionary is pretty thin. lol.) Thanks so much for stopping by today! I look forward to seeing you at least once a day this week… sometimes twice (that’s the advantage of having a year to prepare!). There will be more interviews, so please come back soon!

~D.Ann

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pps… a quick look at the Cat Stash