Day 15 Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

 Day 15

First up is my 3rd Tic Tac Toe entry!

If you remember, Gail (one of Janis' Hopper Helpers) is having a little

BLOG TAKEOVER DAY 

 at

The Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge, 2023.

To celebrate Janis' love for card making, Gail has created a Tic Tac Toe of  some of Janis' favourite techniques and themes: 

I thought I'd move along the bottom row for this card :

Embossing, Gold, Stamp!  

I absolutely love this idea of Gail's and you can enter up to three cards 

HERE

And with Gail's Lost Coast Designs, there is a Kitty Challenge there too,

So I'll enter this card too, the details of that challenge below:

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda 

collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun! 

(enter as many cards as you like!)

Challenge #176 - CATS!

 Must use rubber or poly stamps - no digis though :) 

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There are three more Sponsors introduced today for the 

Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge 

The prizes are lucky random draw.

Alex Syberia Designs - £15.00 voucher from the store

Meghan Kennihan - a gorgeous cat themed Halloween set

Helpful Hopper Becca - Purr-fectly Perfect by Unity Stamps 

(4) stickers from Newton's Nook and a note pad.

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Lastly Game #4 - a quiz  

Becca's Quiz! 

and I can tell you it is not easy!  

There probably 'is' a place to go to to find the answers, but that place is not opening up to me! 

Got most of the questions' answers from here and there, and will definitely have to spend some more time on it.  Some answers I've found are conflicting.  Even tried the suggested site, but nope and I cant get the better of me (insert determination!) We have till the 24th!

Of course its all about cats! 

You'll have to go and see for yourself 

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A meme for Janis

xx

Days 13&14 Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

 Day 13 & 14

Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

& 

Lost Coast Portal (see further down for information!)

This little black cat stamp is bent at 90 degrees, 

and for the cat to cling to the top of the star, I needed her to bend more,  so cut through the leg section and bent her more to as far as it could go, not quite where I'd like, but risking a muscle tear, it was close enough! lol.

Stamping over mis-matched edges of paper is problematic, 

but nothing a black pen could not fix (smile)

We've also been introduced to another wonderful Challenge Blog 

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda 

collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun! 

(enter as many cards as you like!)

Challenge #176 - CATS!

 Must use rubber or poly stamps - no digis

How exciting!  So I'll be entering the above card too

You can find that wonderful challenge and information

HERE!

For Janis and since its the month of Halloween....

Janis and her veterinary husband saved and loved many cats

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Day 12 - Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

 Day 12

Today we meet some more sponsors? Well hold on tight!

Get your Cat Christmas cards in!

      Kat Scrappiness is a returning sponsor, having supported Janis' previous

   Cat Lovers Hops and was very affected like all of us with Janis' passing.

She immediately offered a prize and wanted to be very much involved in making this challenge a very special tribute. 

 Kat has offered...

$50 Vouchers for 

3 x lucky RANDOM WINNERS for her online store.

And also sponsoring and fabulously too is:

Altenew - a $20 gift certificate

Pretty Pink Posh - $30 gift card

Pink & Main - super-cute  kitty stamp set

Be sure to visit The Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge to see details of these wonderfully generous sponsors! 

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Today I've created another Halloween card for 

This challenge blog is in memory of IKE (Sue) who always sponsored digital stamps for daily games for Janis on the Cat Lovers Hop.  We miss these two special kitty ladies so much.  They offered so much in our blog crafting community. The latest challenge - its anything goes or perhaps a Halloween project! 

Crazy for Cats Challenges

                            I wanted to create a little scene here, I call it 'Witch's Cat's Revenge'

I cut out some little arms for the cat and drew on the witch's wand... and 'poooouf'' !!  
Something happened to the witch!

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A meme for Janis

Oh my goodness... this is my Minnie! She has forgotten where she came from! (insert rolling eyes! )

Remember to join in on our month of remembering Janis and Ike, show us your kitty cards!

xx

Day 11 - Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

 

Day 11 

Today I guested as one of Janis' Helpful Hoppers

  with a card made with

Jane has offered a $25 gift voucher for her Digital Images Store

for one lucky random winner who participates in the Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

I totally LOVE this stamp set called 'Oh Christmas Tree' by Jane! 

Just used coloured pencils.

I could get used to card making!! (being primarily a scrapbooker! lol)

At first I thought when joining in at the very start, 'Oh no, its all cards!' (insert frowny face)  Weeeeeell, its been such fun!  I think this is the new crafting me!  I've turned tail!  LOL! 

Be sure to hop on over to Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge to see Jo's wonderful card with the same stampset!  too

There are other wonderful sponsors too, and Day 11 has revealed even more

(Winners are picked randomly)

 

Honey Bee Stamps - $50 Gift Certificate!

Taylored Expressions - $30 e-gift card!

Waffle Flower - $25 gift certificate!

Poppystamps - $25.00 Prize

So much to win, and fun to participate! 

Find the post HERE

A meme for  Janis

xx

Day 10 Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

 

Day 10! 

Janis' Helpful Hopper, KT FIT KITTY  came to the Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge blog today to offer up some fun! 

A Cat Word Search!

I had forgotten how much fun these can be...

Settled in late last night and enjoyed finding the words

You can find the Kitty Word Search HERE

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I've created another card for Gail's TIC TAC TOE featuring Janis' favourite techniques and themes this time using the centre down column:

Ribbon- tied in a bow

Tag - with some mixed media 

Gold - the Christmas bell

Find Gail's challenge HERE

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A meme for Janis

xx

Day 9 Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

 

Day 9

 and a few things to do, show and tell including Sponsors, a new challenge site & Game #3!  

First up is another opportunity to take part in another Cat challenge!

How cool! Incidentally this challenge blog is in memory of IKE (Sue) who always sponsored digital stamps for daily games for Janis on the Cat Lovers Hop.  We miss these two special kitty ladies so much.  They offered so much in our blog crafting community. The latest challenge - its anything goes or perhaps a Halloween project! 

So two themes to pick from and all kinds of paper crafting are welcome

I thought I'd go with a little Meow-o-Ween! 

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Next:  Over at Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge, a whole range of wonderful sponsors have been listed and you could be in the lucky draw to WIN:

Inkylicious -2 Christmas Kitty stamps plus a mystery stamp

Lost Coast Designs - $10 spending spree in their store

Rubber Dance Art Stamps -10€ voucher for use in the online shop

Whimsy Stamps - $25 gift certificate

LeighSBDesigns - $5 gift certificate

The list of sponsors is growing longer with the ones that have already been announced! Be sure you pop on over to Cat Lovers Christmas hop to see  'Janis' Helpful Hoppers' who have made fantastic cards with their products, truly not to be missed!!

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Lastly :  Game #3!

Its simple really,  we have had a white adorable little pussy cat wave at us at the end of each of Jo's posts at Cat Lovers Challenge,  and now its time to name it!  

What do you think?

So three names can be offered per person... I'm feeling a 'girl' vibe! 

I liked:

Pearl

Vanilla

Ash

and there's a prize for that too! 

Head on over for the game and all of the above!

HERE

A meme for Janis 

xx

Day 8 Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge - Tic Tac Toe

 Day 8 and a little bit of Tic Tac Toe!

 To make it even more fun, Gail (one of Janis' Hopper Helpers) is having a little

BLOG TAKEOVER DAY 

 at

The Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge, 2023.

To celebrate Janis' love for card making, Gail has created a Tic Tac Toe of  some of Janis' favourite cards: 

Underneath each card is a technique or item to use.  You can go across or down, or diagonally. Though the theme is CATS and CHRISTMAS :) 

I've had a lovely time.... using the last row down....

Patterned Paper (not something I use much but its about time!)

Scraps (definitely have enough of those!)

Stamp (need to use the ones I have!)

And this is what I came up with: 

I absolutely love this idea of Gail's and you can enter up to three cards 

HERE

And a Meme for Janis 

XX

Day 7 Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

  Day 7 its all about Game #2!

Time to dish the dirt on Your Cats Naughty Christmas antics or, as we like to call them: Festive Felonies!

Minnie is our Festive Naughty One! Only having her for two years, she had seen nothing like a Christmas tree or decorations before, after her poor barn community living, so it was like a wonderland playground for her. We forget she is an adult cat because she is so small.

First, she started on my brand new cushion with little bells on it

Then she went for the decorations! (it was quite like a frenzy!)

Then moved onto the Christmas tree! I was trying to decorate it here! But had to scoot her out as those needles on the floor... weeeeell, she attempted to eat them!  Sharp stiff needles falling from the tree! Luckily we shut the double glass doors to keep her out, but she KNEW that tree was in there!  

I tried to keep the needles vacuumed up and every time  a door was opened, she was in there like a flash!  'Hey, Santa!!'

I have no doubt she would have ridden that tree to the ground if given the opportunity!  She did get some joy time, just had to be supervised! 

Yassi (being the very conservative and sensible one, tried to pat a deer statue on the head, but really, she thought it was all a yawn! 

Make sure you join in on the fun 

HERE

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Here's another card for the Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

Did you know that black cats are the least adoptable in rescues!  I sure dont understand as all the black cats I've ever owned have been extraordinary! 

Making sure little black cats get their day (heart) 

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A Meme for Janis

xx