The Paper Players #529: A CAS Challenge from LeAnne

 Hi Friends! I'm playing along over at The Paper Players where LeAnne has a CAS Challenge for us featuring felines:

Now, I'm not a cat person.  Not because I don't want to be but that is one allergy that I never outgrew.  Needless to say, I have a ton of dog stamps but only 2 stamps featuring cats!  I chose the one stamp that wouldn't start me sneezing:

My kitty coffee cup came from Catherine Pooler and the sentiment from My Favorite Things.  I used a coffee bean embossing folder on the top 2/3 of the card and stenciled little rays of sunshine around the cup. I used Stampin' Up Blends to color the hypoallergenic cat :) 

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you're having a good week!

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #089

 Hi Friends!  This week's board might be just the ticket to starting your Christmas cards:

I used the left row down: Gold, Deer, and Wood.

The card base is old cardstock from The Paper Zone when they closed up shop.  It has gold and rose gold flecks in it which I absolutely love.  I added gold splatters to the front of the card.  The gold foil stripes are washi tape.  I die cut an oval from Ellen Hutson's woodgrain cardstock and layered the Elegant Deer die cut (Sizzix) on the oval that I cut from Tim Holtz gold metallic cardstock.  I sprinkled some Pretty Pink Posh gold confetti around the antlers and finished with a MFT sentiment (Bitty Holiday Wishes) that I heat embossed with Wow Rose Gold embossing powder.  It was fun to break out the Christmas stash for this card! 

We hope you'll join in the fun this week and play along! Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Annie 

Seize the Birthday #197: Rainbow Colors

 Hello friends!  I'm playing along today over at Seize the Birthday where it's always a birthday theme but you can go with a topping for a little extra!

I wasn't sure I was going to add the topping today when I started but I couldn't resist the party hats!

This card is for a friend that I volunteer with for an old dog rescue organization.  My friends know that if there's a dog stamp set, I have to have it!  This stamp set is called Peeking Pets from Catherine Pooler.  I colored them with my Zig Clean Color brushes and put them behind a scrap of brick wall that I stenciled for another card. The grass is also a scrap die cut with Lawn Fawn's Grass Border.  The sentiment is from a MFT stamp set called Canine Companions.  It's hard to tell in the picture but the white cardstock layer was embossed with a wood paneling embossing folder.  AND, the finishing touch was adding rainbow colored party hats to the pups!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

The Card Concept #138c

 Hi Friends! I made a couple of cards this weekend to play along with a few challenges.  The first card is for The Card Concept with an adorable inspiration photo:

I'm all about my puppies and I was completely inspired by the pup and his/her sunglasses!  I came up with the following card in a Clean and Layered style:

I fell in love with Tim Holtz's Crazy Dogs when they first came out and use that stamp set and dies often when I need a pup.  This pup is watercolored with Zig Clean Brush Markers and looks a lot like my mini Schnauzer, Sydney.  The background was stenciled with Distress Ink and MFT's Brick wall stencil.  I added some grass with Lawn Fawn's Grassy Border die and Honey Bee DSP.  The sentiment is from MFT's Canine Companions stamp set.  Sydney's cool sunglasses were die cut with a glasses die from Impression Obsession and coated with Glossy Accents.  A few enamel hearts from Illustrated Faith finished off my card.

Thanks for stopping by ~ have a great week!

Woof,

Annie

Shopping Our Stash #425: Black and White

Hi Friends!  I'm playing along over at Shopping Our Stash where they are looking for Black and White cards...one of my favorites!  

This card was pretty quick to put together.  I die cut a stitched black frame from Lawn Fawn and layered on a Neenah Solar White card base.  I used Stampin' Up's Party Panda stamp set to start the party.  I added a MFT die cut DSP balloon and popped it up over the smaller one from the stamp.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Hello Cupcake stamp set.  I finished it off with some Stampin' Up black stars.  

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

Shopping our Stash #421: Stuck on You!

Shopping Our Stash has a fun challenge this time around that had me digging into my sticker bin!  The challenge is "Stuck on You" and asks us to use stickers on a project.  

I did not realize how many stickers I actually was hoarding...eek!  I found these darling stickers (the puppy & hearts) from Doodlebug Designs called Puppy Love and had to make a puppy card.

I made the card base from MFT's Summer Splash cardstock.  After stamping some puppy paws, I layered a DSP scrap from DCWV 'The Pets Stack.'  The sentiment is from MFT's 'Make My Tail Wag' and layered on a couple of SU label die cuts.  I added a bit of SU Bermuda Bay bakers twine to finish the card.  I hope I'm the person my puppies think I am!

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #485: LeAnne's Theme Challenge

Hi Friends!  This morning I made a card for one of my favorite challenges.  This card is for LeAnne's Theme Challenge over at The Paper Players:

One of my favorite critters at the zoo are the giraffes:

I stenciled the white card base with MFT's Small Cloud stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink before I added the Sylvan Frame from PoppyStamps die cut from Jelly Bean Green cardstock.  I then stamped the happy little giraffes from MFT's 'Giraffing Me Crazy' stamp set, simply colored them with Copics, and die cut.  I really had no plan for this card but I knew I wanted to use them all.  So...I cut off their legs and in some cases their bodies (ouch) and tucked them in behind the frame's foliage.  I added the white heat embossed sentiment and plan on sending this to my grandson whom I haven't seen in quite a while. Not sure what to do with the giraffe legs 😕

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you and yours are all well.

Hugs,
Annie