Merry Cat-mas and Happy New Year!!!

This is our sweet Jetta, age 12-1/2......one of my son's black kitties.  She and a few other cats never successfully made the move over to this house when we relocated 4 years ago from the old place (which is over a couple of pastures and through what I call "Coyote Alley").   I don't know how many times we brought our little Jet-Girl over here and she traveled back to live on her own in the old barn.  Every so often for the first two or three years we lived here, she would show up over here for a few days and then disappear back over to the old house.  She hadn't been home (here) for over a year, though the current residents at the old place told us she was still alive and kicking.  Well, on Christmas morning, who should show up but our little Jetta!  What a sweet Christmas surprise.  We were all delighted....and none more so than our son who loves all black cats.  We brought her in, fed her some canned cat food, rabies vaccinated and dewormed her, took pictures (since we never know when we might not ever see her again), and really enjoyed loving on her with that lush winter coat.  As is her usual MO, she stayed around for a couple of days and took off again.  (sigh)  Her visit was a brief, but delightful, gift.  

Hi, Friends......

Oh, my goodness......my Christmas stocking and the packages under the tree were full of crafty supplies for me this year!!  

My Christmas stocking is the same one I have been using for over 50 years.  I remember receiving it when I was a small child, but I don't remember how old I was....somewhere around 4 or 5 years.  Over the years, it has held all sorts of goodies, but none better than this year when my hubby and kids stuffed it full of delights:  chocolate and washi tape!!  I put in an order at JoAnn.com for some splurge crafty goodies and let hubby wrap the box it shipped in to put under the tree for me.  Do you spy all those Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs items????  :)  I ordered a number of things that had been on my wishlist and were half-price.  Didn't he do a great job of Christmas shopping for me?  My kids really went wild choosing washi tape, so now I can stop hoarding and start using it!  Candy + Craft Supplies = Perfect Christmas gifts.  :)

Okay, on to my card......

I made this card for the Show us Your Pussies Cats Only Challenge Blog - Krimbo Kitties theme. I am late getting in on the fun, but Ike had this free digi that she designed on the blog. It was so adorable, how could I resist????....(Even though I have only ever used a digi once or twice before, and it is all still very new to me!) This is the first of Ike's challenges at SUYP, but I hope there will be many, many more!!!

I colored the image with Spectrum Noirs and matted it with a red panel dry embossed with my Darice - Diagonal Stripe Background folder.  I used a festive scrap of Christmas paper and a bit of thrift store velveteen ribbon.....a nod to kitties who invented velvet on their ears.  :)  I added a few of the soft foam snowflakes that I am still trying to use up. (Yes, they are the ones where some don't even have the right number of sides!!  Really....can somebody please remind me in one year to donate the rest of these to my local thrift store and buy some properly constructed ones!!!  I'm soooooo serious!!!)  I mounted this all on a kraft card base.  Fun!!!  

Thank you, Ike, for this super-fun digi and exciting new challenge blog!!!  Now I have one Christmas card made for 2016.  :)  Happy New Year to everyone!!

<3

Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Show us Your Pussies Cats Only Challenge Blog - Krimbo Kitties
2. Pixie's Snippets Playground - Weeks #208/209 - Use Snippets
3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Simon Says Party (Hey...Anytime there are cats in the Christmas tree, believe me....they ARE having a party!! lol...)