I am taking a quick break from commenting on all the fabulous Cat Hop projects to post my October Rudolph Days card. I used a cutapart and background paper from an old Echo Park Winter Wishes collection.
When I was laying out my card, things were a bit too crowded on my regular A2 card size, so I leveled up to a 5x7 and that was perfect. I had room for the doily without covering up all the pretty polka-dotted background. I used letter stickers from the collection for the JOY sentiment. Yay!!
Supplies used include: Echo Park Winter Wishes collection Memory Box - Lindeman Snowflake die (retired) Doily, ribbon, foam snowflakes and sequins from stash
Thank you for stopping by today. Remember you can still Sign-In and Comment on linked projects to win prizes on the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop through Wednesday, Nov. 3rd! So please join us if you have not already.
I can't believe it is already Day 6. Where has the week gone???? TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO LINK UP PROJECTS!!!All projects must be linked up by 11:55 pm Pacific tonight, October 30th.
Despair not, though, because you can still COMMENT (on projects and the Daily Games) through next Wednesday!!! Comments close at 11:59 pm Pacific, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021.
Yes, you get an 4 extra days to catch up on your
commenting...especially helpful for those last-second projects that get linked
up near midnight tonight!!
Next Wednesday's post will be a Wrap-Up Post
and will have a link-up for you to enter if you have heroically managed
to comment on every single project!!(You
marathon commenters must have a much faster internet connection than
mine is here in Idaho. I am still trying to catch up!!)
First on our list for today is returning sponsor, Heffy Doodle!
PRIZE: Lesley over at Heffy Doodleis generously donating her adorable Mewniverse stamp set PLUS Dies to a lucky Cat Hopper!
BONUS:Heffy Doodlehas a special Cat Lovers Blog Post scheduled for today. Be sure to hop over there and say hello and thank you!!
Please take time to visit Heffy Doodle at these social media spots: Blog, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and YouTube. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
I am so excited to introduce a new sponsor to our Cat Hop family: Blank Page Muse!! They offer high quality red rubber stamps (pressed to order right here in the USA), clear stamps, and stencils....from vintage to grunge and many themes in between!
BONUS: The fabulous team over at Blank Page Muse are playing along with us today and have a special Cat Hop Blog Post for us to enjoy. Hop on over there and see what they are sharing!
Please take time to visit Blank Page Muse at these social media spots: Blog, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
Our next returning sponsor today is Stamp On It. They handle an assortment of
products for all your stamping needs from a variety of great companies,
including QKR Stampede, Eureka, and Biblical Impressions....plus
others!
PRIZE:Stamp On Itis offering3 digital images of the winner’s choice to a lucky Hopper!!
Please take time to visit Stamp On It at these social media spots:QKR Stampede Blog, Eureka Stamps Blog, Store, and Facebook. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
Please take time to visit Sunny Studio Stamps at these social media spots: Blog, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
Say Hello to another one of our fabulous returning sponsors, Waffle Flower.
PRIZE:Waffle Flower Crafts has a $15 Gift Code to their online store to one lucky winner!!
BONUS: Helpful Hopper Karen Ladd is kindly joining us again as a Guest Designer today. Thank you so much, Karen!! She has made a lovely card using some Waffle Flower stamps. Love this sweet and cozy scene with the curled up kitty! You can find out more about her card over at her blog post HERE. Be sure to thank her for guest designing for us this week.
Please take time to visitWaffle Flower Craftsat these social media spots: Blog, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
BONUS: Sadly, Denise is in the process of phasing out The Project Bin....just as we are getting acquainted! The only good news about this is that her whole store is deeply discounted....and I mean DEEPLY DISCOUNTED! Holey Moley....I am not an impulse buyer, but when I saw her prices I immediately ordered 4 wonderful sets.....including the adorable one she is offering as a prize!
(I mentioned that I hoped she was keeping a Feline Good stamp/die set in reserve for the prize winner because when our Hoppers see this set at this incredible price the rest are going to sell out!! She assured me she had one in reserve! ❤ NOTE: If you purchase this one, let me know and I will take your name out of the running for that prize in our Hop and leave it for someone else.)
I know you are going to want to go browse around her shop. Her stocks are getting low and selling out so don't wait too long!! (Also, if you have trouble with checking out at her store, be sure to contact her HERE or on FB. There was a glitch when I ordered which she was able to handle easily.)
Please take time to visitThe Project Binat these social media spots: Blog and Facebook. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
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DAILY GAME TIME!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Daily Game is generously sponsored each day byIke's Art!!! Ike
is another returning sponsor who has been kindly offering her digital
art for the Cat Lovers Hops for 7 years in a row. 🖤
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PRIZE: Ike's Art
not only is sponsoring our Daily Games by offering 6 of her wonderful
Cat digital images, but Ike is also offering an additional prize ofthe entire Kitten Kristmas set to a lucky winner!!
Please take time to visit Ike at these social media spots: Blog, Store(Note:
Currently Ike's store is in transition and she is transferring images
to the blog I linked for her "store". Email her if you see an image you
wish to purchase.)Facebook Group. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
Each day of the Hop, I will feature one of Ike's wonderful digital images as the prize for that day's Daily Game. I will include a sample from me or one of my Helpful Hopper Guest Designers.
NOTE: Even if you do not use digital images, please play in the Daily Games so we can all get to know you better!! If you DO WANT to be in the drawing for the digital prize, leave your comment and LINK UP your name below.
Today we are again honored to have Helpful HopperAlex (Pink Crafty Mama) as our Guest Designer using today's digital prize: the Ike's Art - Peeking Kitty image. Take a look
at Alex's super-fun card. I love her masterful coloring on that fabulous cat!! Hop over to her
blog post HERE to find out more about her card and tell her thank you for Guest Designing! Haven't we appreciated each of the Guest Designers this week? I sure have!
I bet you are interested in how you can win this sweet digital image from Ike's Art! Well, read on..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not all of you use digis and have indicated that to me when you SIGNED IN.
I hope you will still participate in the Daily Games. You do NOT have
to participate in the digi giveaway to answer the Daily Game question
that lets us all get to know each other better. If you DO want to be in
the digi prize drawing, be sure to link up your name each day that you
participate!
DAY 6 GAME: Tell Us Some Random Cat Trivia That We Might Not Know (This is another great topic from Helpful Hopper, Christi, who is a veritable cat fact encyclopedia!!! Here's what Christi says about this topic: My friends know that I know A LOT about cats; I’ve read a
ton of books on them, mostly trying to figure out their behavior.My brain is full of random cat knowledge, so
I want to know...Do you know any random cat facts?)
I'll go first.....
As I have mentioned...at our house, we really like Siamese cats (and especially Siamese X) and we have learned quite a bit about them....of course it helps that my hubby is a veterinarian! ❤
One interesting thing about Siamese is that their eyes tend to be "wired" differently than most cats. Instead of the nerves of the eyes crossing over to the opposite side of the brain, Siamese are prone to having less of that crossing. Their eyes have more connections wired to the same side of the brain. The result: they have crossed-eyes...to compensate.
Crossed eyes used to be seen quite frequently in Siamese. A lot of that tendency has been bred out now, but there is still a higher percentage of the "same-sidedness" in Siamese than in other breeds.
This is how to play the Daily Game to be eligible for the prize drawing: 1. Make sure you have SIGNED IN HERE to be eligible for prizes. 2. Leave a comment with your Kitty Trivia. I am really looking forward to reading these! 3. After you finish your comment: if you want to be in the drawing for the prize, fill out your (own) name in the link up below. This doesn't have any thumbnails so no photo needed! You don't even need a blog!!! This is for everyone!!!
NOTE: The Daily Game link ups will be open the entire duration of the Hop, including the extra days for comments. Entries need to be in by 11:59 pm Pacific, Wednesday Nov. 3, 2021 to be eligible for the daily prize.
So you have more than just today to comment and link up. I realize that
not everyone has access to a printer or likes to use digis, so I am
still keeping the link up gadget to make sure the digi prizes go to
winners who can use them. But I am hoping EVERYONE will participate in
answering the questions whether they are putting their name in for the
prize or not.
Okay, now it is your turn to amaze your friends and confound your enemies with your cat trivia.......and get those last projects finished and posted because TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO LINK UP PROJECTS!!! But you will still have through next Wednesday, Nov. 3rd, 11:59 pm Pacific to finish up your commenting.
REMEMBER: Link your cat-themed projects over on the Main Hop Page. (Please use #2021CatLoversHop
on social media!!)
Thank you sooooooooooo much for being a
part of the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop. Your excitement and participation
has been such a joy! Now get that last project linked up and finish leaving your comments and next Wednesday, Nov. 3 will be the Wrap-Up Post. I will
see you then!!
🖤
Janis
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Hey, look.....I am actually getting a chance to share a project with you during Hop Week!! I am going to link this up in our 2021 Cat Lovers Hop Linky so you will come and see it, but nooooo I will NOT be in the drawings for the prizes. (I can just imagine it....."Well, looks like Hop Honcho won a big prize again this year!!" LOL!! That would be bad!)
Last year in October 2020, right before Hop, my little grandson Miles was born. He and his mommy live with us. What an adorable little "schedule destroyer" when I was trying to get ready for the Hop!! Well, this month he turned a year old and is now a "destroyer of everything"!! Ha. He is so cute, but his name should be Mister-Into-Everything!! ❤❤❤
For his first birthday I made a space-themed quilt for him. It's only a simple pieced-and-tied style quilt, but it was lovingly made by me...Grandma! Awwww... I have the corner folded back so you can see the planets on the flannel fabric of the reverse. LOVE!!
Naturally, I had to make a space-themed card to go with it. I used one of my old watercolored, sprayed, and splattered backgrounds that looked like a galaxy and put an adorable Newton astro-cat image on it. I added a couple of Dollar Store planet stickers in coordinating colors. I think it turned out so cute!!
Supplies used include Newton's Nook Designs - Cosmic Newton stamp set Spectrum Noir alcohol markers Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Various inks and sprays on Mixed Media paper for background Dollar Store stickers
Here's a shot of Miles enjoying his new quilt. Aawwwwwww! ❤❤❤
Thank you for stopping by to see my projects! I hope you will join us for the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop. The linkup for new projects closes 11:55 pm Pacific Sat. Oct. 30! But you still have through Wed. Nov. 3rd to comment and win prizes. Be sure to Sign-In HERE...REQUIRED to be eligible for the prizes. Sign-In is open through Wed. Nov. 3rd also. See you there!!
I totally understand the puzzlement of this little kitten. I have been experiencing the rapid disappearance of my just-typed text for these blog posts...along with stubbornly persistent font types, colors, sizes, and other formatting strangeness-es. No matter what I do to cancel out formatting I still end up with some of my post in different colors, etc!! Ha. I should have WARNING: TECH ILLITERATE on my blog!! Thanks for your patience as you wade through these lengthy mix and match posts!!! ❤
It
is Day 5......and have you looked at how many people have sign-in to be a part of the Hop this year????? As I write this, there are close to 90 total Hoppers and lots and lots of first-timers!! I am thrilled.
We are on track to have a ton of
entries for our Hop!! THANK YOU for your fabulous participation and
excitement. You totally are the inspiration that is keeping me going
this week!! (I am sooooooo glad the Hop Honcho decided to give us extra days for commenting!!! lol... I NEED THEM whether any of the rest of you do or not. Hahahaha!!)
Keep in mind that tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 30th) is the LAST DAY to post projects, but you will still have through 11:59 pm Pacific on Wednesday Nov. 3rd to finish leaving comments.
I am always so impressed when reading
the generous comments left on each other's projects. The friendly
nature of our hop really shines through!!! Thank you for that. You make
me so proud of our participants. 🖤
GOOD NEWS: The linky for entering the Day 2 Daily Game digi prize giveaway is NOW FIXED....and I didn't even lose the previous entries!! :) So if you didn't have a chance to enter or you were having trouble, please try it again now. Let me know if there are further problems! Thanks.
Okay......Let's get right on to the festivities for today!
PRIZE:This year, they are generously providing their Whiskers stamp set PLUS Silhouettes - Cats diesto a lucky winner.
Please take time to visit Taylored Expressions at these social media spots: Blog, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
We'll be seeing our dear friend, Fiki, ofBad Kitty's Craft Room throughout the week with her lovely cat projects.
PRIZE: Fiki has a $25 Gift Certificate to JessicaLynnOriginal for a lucky winner!
Please take time to visit Fiki at these social media spots: Blog, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
Please take time to visit Gerda Steiner Designs at these social media spots:Blog, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Commentwith a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
The next returning sponsor is a natural for the Cat Lovers Hop! Give some purrs and tails up for The Cat's Pajamas!!!
PRIZE: The Cat's Pajamasis providing a $15 Gift Certificate to their online store to a lucky winner.
BONUS: In honor of our Hop, Alma the lovely owner of The Cat's Pajamasis generously offering a FREE DOWNLOAD of one of her favorite digital sets: New Nice!! Visit her special Cat Lovers Hop Blog Post for all the details!! MEE-WOW!!! Thank you so much, Alma!! ❤
Please take time to visit The Cat's Pajamas at these social media spots:Blog, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
Now let's give a warm welcome to returning sponsor: The Crafter's Workshop. They carry a fabulous selection of mixed media supplies for all sorts of fun crafting adventures.
PRIZE:The Crafter's Workshop has generously donated prizes for TWO winners!! Each winner will receive one Flying Cat stencil and one Wild Prints stencils(both in the 6"x6" size). How fun is that???
Please take time to visit The Crafter's Workshop at these social media spots: Blog, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and YouTube. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
Let's give a warm welcome to new sponsor: Evelin T Designs. Evelin's adorable critters, including kitties, are familiar to many of us through her design work for other companies. It's an honor to feature her today in her own company!
PRIZE:Evelin T Designs is kindly offering a $10 Gift Certificate to her online store!!
Please take time to visit Evelin T Designs at these social media spots: Blog, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
I am so excited about this next new sponsor: Viva Las VegaStamps. I have long admired their quirky and unique stamps. I encourage you to go browse at their webstore...you will be impressed by their immense inventory of images.
They have tons and tons of cat stamps and it was impossible for me to select a prize to request.....so I know you will LOVE what they have for us today.
PRIZE:The amazing folks at Viva Las VegaStampsare donating a fabulous Assortment of Unmounted Cat Stamps to one lucky Hopper!!!
BONUS: I am honored to introduce my good friend, Karen Ladd, as a Guest Designer for today. She is the ideal choice for helping out for this company feature because she has a sizeable personal collection of VLVStamps. How nice that she was glad to help out!
Karen is truly a partner with me in this Hop....as she is my sounding board for ideas and sponsors. She encourages me all year long with her cheerful input and continually urges me to enlist help with the various parts of this Hop, by offering her own assistance. I cannot begin to tell you what an important behind-the-scenes person she is for our Hop! Thanks, Karen, for being there for me!! ❤
Take a look at what Helpful Hopper Karen is sharing with us to showcase some of the wonderful Viva Las VegaStampsproducts! I just love this "When I am Old Cat" poem and her dressed-up kitty! I think if you click on this photo, it will enlarge so you can read the poem. You can also find out more on her blog post about this card HERE. Thank you so much, Karen!!
Please take time to visit Viva Las VegaStamps at these social media spots: Blog, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and YouTube. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
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DAILY GAME TIME!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Daily Game is generously sponsored each day byIke's Art!!! Ike
is another returning sponsor who has been kindly offering her digital
art for the Cat Lovers Hops for 7 years in a row. 🖤
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PRIZE: Ike's Art
not only is sponsoring our Daily Games by offering 6 of her wonderful
Cat digital images, but Ike is also offering an additional prize ofthe entire Kitten Kristmas set to a lucky winner!!
Please take time to visit Ike at these social media spots: Blog, Store(Note:
Currently Ike's store is in transition and she is transferring images
to the blog I linked for her "store". Email her if you see an image you
wish to purchase.)Facebook Group. Don't forget to Like, Follow, Share, and Comment with a big "THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden!"
Each day of the Hop, I will feature one of Ike's wonderful digital images as the prize for that day's Daily Game. I will include a sample from me or one of my Helpful Hopper Guest Designers.
NOTE: Even if you do not use digital images, please play in the Daily Games so we can all get to know you better!! If you DO WANT to be in the drawing for the digital prize, leave your comment and LINK UP your name below.
Today we are again honored to have Helpful HopperAlex (Pink Crafty Mama) as our Guest Designer using today's digital prize: the Ike's Art - Cushion Kitty image. Take a look
at Alex's fabulous card. I love the watercolor look!! Hop over to her
blog post HERE to find out more about her card and tell her thank you for Guest Designing!
I bet you are interested in how you can win this sweet digital image from Ike's Art! Well, read on..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not all of you use digis and have indicated that to me when you SIGNED IN. I hope you will still participate in the Daily Games. You do NOT have to participate in the digi giveaway to answer the Daily Game question that lets us all get to know each other better. If you DO want to be in the digi prize drawing, be sure to link up your name each day that you participate!
Note: I doubt this really happened, but it is hilarious!!! :)
DAY 5 GAME: In a Room Full of "Identical" Cats, How Would You Identify Yours?
Isn't this a great topic that our Helpful Hopper, Christi, came up with? We all know there is not really any such thing as two completely identical cats, so tell us what makes your kitty unique.
I'll go first.......
We have 3 solid black short-haired kitties (plus Mistopheles, our 2021 Hop Badge Kitty who is long-haired and solid black). They are mostly easy to tell apart by size and because they have completely different body language. Othello is humongous...over 20 lb...so we would rarely confuse him with the smaller black lady cats: Jetta and Andromeda.
Jetta is 18 and her coat is well-flecked with white. She is hard of hearing and also doesn't see well, so she is easily startled and often stares wide-eyed at us as if she is trying to figure out who we are and if she should run under the bed.
Andromeda is half Jetta's age but looks quite similar except with fewer white flecks in her coat. She is an outside kitty who sneaks inside occasionally and sometimes escapes our notice because we think she is Jetta. It is not uncommon to hear somebody say..."Andromeda? How long have you been inside???" lol... She can't resist coming out of hiding and rubbing against our legs and then we discover her!
This is how to play the Daily Game to be eligible for the prize drawing: 1. Make sure you have SIGNED IN HERE to be eligible for prizes. 2. Leave a comment with your Unique Kitty Characteristics entry. I am really looking forward to reading these! 3. After you finish your comment: if you want to be in the drawing for the prize, fill out your (own) name in the link up below. This doesn't have any thumbnails so no photo needed! You don't even need a blog!!! This is for everyone!!!
NOTE: The Daily Game link ups will be open the entire duration of the Hop, including the extra days for comments. Entries need to be in by 11:59 pm Pacific, Wednesday Nov. 3, 2021 to be eligible for the daily prize.
So you have more than just today to comment and link up. I realize that
not everyone has access to a printer or likes to use digis, so I am
still keeping the link up gadget to make sure the digi prizes go to
winners who can use them. But I am hoping EVERYONE will participate in
answering the questions whether they are putting their name in for the
prize or not.
Okay, now it is your turn!!
REMEMBER: Link your cat-themed projects over on the Main Hop Page. (Please use #2021CatLoversHop
on social media!!) This link-up below is just to enter the drawing for
the Daily Game after you have commented with your Kitty entry for today.
Thanks!!!
Wow...only one more Cat Hop Day after today!!! I can't believe how this week has flown by. I am soooooooo behind on commenting, but I WILL visit each of you! If you don't have your 5 entries for the week linked up yet, be sure to do that because tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 30) is the LAST day to link them up!!
🖤 Janis
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