Goodbye, Dear Old Shy-Cat

Chaienne 2001-2018 

We lost our dear Shy-Cat on Friday evening.  She had been failing over a number of months to where my vet hubby had not thought she would make it through last summer.  Then I didn't know if she would make it through my Cat Lovers Hop in October.  Then she surprisingly made it to the New Year, but barely.  

The last couple of days were so heartbreaking as she had little strength even to hold her head out of her food dish.  We knew it was time to let her go and were prepared to have my hubby put her down, but she died naturally at age 16-1/2 years.  There is an emptiness without her here, even though we are comforted knowing we did all we could for her.  

Thank you for sharing my sadness with me. 

<3
Janis

Happy Birthday - Winnie & Walter

Hi, Friends......

I am here with another card to share for the Winnie & Walter December Color Combo Challenge. Love this gorgeous palette that Heather chose for us this month!! It was especially fun to work with the lavender in this inspiration board!

I'm using another part of this lovely K&Co. paper that I have long hoarded.  Often when I use a pretty piece of patterned paper for a layered background, I will cut the middle of it with another smaller die shape to use later.  The hole is hidden underneath the top layer in my finished card and I have a tag or other smaller shape for another card.  This time I layered the cut-out tag on top of the covered up hole for a coordinated look.

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Happy Cutaway die
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Happy stamp set
Versafine Ink in Majestic Blue
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set (for tag)
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set (for scalloped backgrounds)
Ribbon from stash

Thank you for stopping by to see my cards today! I hope you have a lovely weekend!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter December Color Combo Challenge
2. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - January
3. Creative Knockouts #227 - Celebrations
4. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes #29 
5. Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge #316-317 
6. Double D - 2 Birthday/Anniversary Inspiration Board (I was inspired by the happy colors and flowery prints)

Sending You Thanks - Winnie & Walter

Hi, Friends......

I am here with another card to share for the Winnie & Walter December Color Combo Challenge. Love this gorgeous palette that Heather chose for us this month!! It was especially fun to work with the lavender in this inspiration board!

I always need thank you cards to send out to my thoughtful friends and family...especially after the holidays!  I went all flowery for this card....I guess the dreary winter winter has me yearning for spring.  :)  I have been hoarding (for years!) this lovely piece of K& Co. patterned paper with its delicious foiled turquoise elements. Oh, yum!!


I enjoyed adding a few lovely butterflies to flutter subtly amongst the blossoms, a little something extra for this simple card design. These are some of the fun little elements that are in the W&W Essentials Series die sets. LOVE!!

Supplies used include:
Winnie &Walter - In a Word: Thanks Cutaway die
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set (for small sentiment banner)
Winnie & Walter - LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs stamp set (for small sentiment)
Versafine Ink in Majestic Blue
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set (for scalloped background and butterflies)
Tiny adhesive rhinestones (for butterflies)
Ribbon from stash

Hope you like my flowery card. I have one more using this same background paper that I will post soon, so see you in a few!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter December Color Combo Challenge
2. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - January
3. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #219 - New Year or TY
4. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes #29 
5. Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge #316-317
6. TIME OUT Challenge #100 - Thankful

Noel with Perfect Pearls - Winnie & Walter

I took a short nap yesterday and when I woke up there were THREE cats on the bed!  <3

Hi, Friends......

I'm here with a pretty Christmas card to share with you that I made for the Winnie & Walter December Color Combo Challenge. Love this gorgeous palette that Heather chose for us this month!! The touches of blush and lavender are just exquisite with the blues.

I went super-shimmery by adding Perfect Pearls to an embossed background.  I brayered Tombow Mono glue over the textured piece so just the "hills" were sticky.  I let it dry for a couple minutes and then brushed on the pearly powders. Next I added more powder to give a delicate tint to the "valleys" of the embossing, tapping it gently over a scrap piece of paper to catch the excess.  Lastly, I misted slightly with water for a fixative. I haven't made a background like this for a long time and it was soooooooo much fun!! :)

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Noel Cutaway die
Core'dinations - heavy duty white cardstock
DCWV cardstock scraps
Perfect Pearls Pigment Powder
Tombow Mono Multi Glue
Distress Ink - Faded Jeans
May Arts ribbon
Pretty Pink Posh - Sparkling Clear Mix sequins
Snowflakes leftover from an older Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit

Hope you enjoyed this card. I have a couple of others to share with you, too, so be sure to stop in again soon!! Thank you for taking the time to leave your sweet comments!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter December Color Combo Challenge
2. Crop Stop January Linky Party #36 - Anything Goes use a product from company CS sells (I used Inkssentials Mini Mister, Distress Ink, Tombow adhesive, and Core'dinations cardstock)
3. Creative Knockouts #227 - Celebrations
4. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes #29 
5. Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge #316-317
6. DL.ART January Linky Challenge - Anything Goes 

Happy Birthday Gift Bag in Pink

Hi, Friends.......

I am here with a sweet little Happy Birthday gift bag I made for a new challenge blog: Always Happy Birthday. If you are like I am, you make a lot of birthday cards. So I think this challenge blog is going to be a popular one! Their inaugural challenge theme this January is Birthday + Pink Card Base. Any birthday-themed craft project is eligible, so I made a gift bag using pink cardstock for the main part of the bag.

Supplies used include:
We R Memory Keepers - Gift Bag Punch Board
Thrift store birthday stamp
Versafine Ink - Smokey Gray
Ranger - TH Distress Markers
Zig - Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen for shimmer on the sentiment panel (can't see it in the photo)
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Scraps from stash
Gold sequins from stash
Ivory ribbon from stash

Hope you will join in the Always Happy Birthday challenge this month!! Thank you for stopping in today.

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this gift bag in the following challenges:
1. Always Happy Birthday January Challenge - Birthday + Pink Card Base
2. MAWTT Challenge #61 - Anything But a Card
3. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New (new challenge blog)
4. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
5. Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
6. HIMCR #333 - Freestyle
7. HeARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes (Dec 31-Jan 7)
8. Pixie's Snippets Playground Week #313 & 314 - Anything Goes, use snippets
9. DL.ART January Linky Challenge - Anything Goes  

Another Magical Fairy Card for the New Year

Hi, Friends......

Here I am with the second of the fairy cards I made for Mrs A. over at the Butterfly Challenge. Her butterflies were cocooned up for December, but they are about ready to emerge. Until then, her challenge is alive with fairies, elves, gnomes, and pixies....but this is the last day!!! Eeek....better get this blogged and linked up!!! :)

The Graphic 45 - Once Upon a Springtime is my go-to fairy collection.....so charming and enchanting!! This time I added some layered Prima flowers and did something super-scary. I gave the shimmering sheer ribbon of my bow a permanent wave by carefully warming it with my heat gun. Whew!!....I didn't scorch it. Love how it turned out!! However, I don't recommend this technique for the faint of heart or for those prone to burning themselves! :)

Products used include:
Graphic 45 - Once Upon a Springtime collection
Doodlebug - Mini Doilies
Prima - Wildflower Mix
Tonic Studios - Nuvo Crystal Drops (for some flower centers)
Brads from stash (for some flower centers)
Sheer ribbon from stash

Hope you enjoyed this second fairy card. They both were a lot of fun to make. Thank you for stopping by today. Happy New Year.

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Butterfly Challenge #91 - Fairies, elves, pixies, and/or gnomes
2. Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
3. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Jan. 2018
4. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
5. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #28
 

Starting the Year off with a Little Bit of Magic

Hi, Friends.......

Happy New Year to you! It is a chilly, icy morning here in Idaho....perfect for staying inside and crafting! :) Is that the way to start off the New Year, or what? YES! January is my favorite month of the year. Holidays are over. New fresh start to a new year and too cold outside to do anything. Crafting month!!! Yay!

The lovely Mrs A. over at the Butterfly Challenge has her butterflies temporarily cocooned up for the winter solstice....but, only temporarily.  Now that it is the New Year, they are almost ready to come back out. In the meantime, it is still fairy, elf, pixie, and gnome domain at her challenge blog....but this is the last day!  Eeeeek!  I better get my fairy cards that I made several weeks ago blogged!!! :)

Supplies used include:
Graphic 45 - Once Upon a Springtime collection
My Favorite Things Die-namics - Stitched Square STAX die set
Core'dinations Kraft paper
Ribbon, tulle, and sequins from stash
Flower from stash
Zig - Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen to add shimmer and magic to the flower and around the edges of panels

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your New Year is off to a magical start!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Butterfly Challenge #91 - Fairies, elves, pixies, and/or gnomes
2. Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
3. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Jan. 2018
4. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
5. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #27
6. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #28
7. DL.ART January Linky Challenge - Anything Goes