* Cat Lovers Hop: Cats on a Branch

Hello

Welcome to the Cat Lovers Hop 2022.

A big hello to all my furry, feline-loving friends!

The Cat Lovers Hop, for those that don't know, is a fantastic annual event, hosted by the lovely Janis over on her blog, Her Peaceful Garden. 

This is its eighth year and an awful lot of work goes into its planning and preparation. The community of cat loving crafters is one of the best I have come across and I look forward to this event all year long.

If you like cats pop over and have a look at the fun games and awesome prizes that Janis has organised for the next few days. 

You'll find the link up and all the beautiful projects here. 

If you enter, make sure you sign up here to be eligible for prizes.

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Inkylicious Stamps, a small family company in the north of England, is one of the many sponsors of the 2022 Cat Lovers Hop., and I am delighted to be guest designing for Janis at the Hop with this card:

For my card I used  3 sets of Inkylicious stamps:

The Cats on a Branch were stamped and heat embossed with clear powder and the background was coloured with Brusho pigments by sprinkling the powders onto card and lightly spritzing with water.

The moon mask was held in place and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink was blended around it, leaving the moon itself a paler colour.  The moon stamp was stamped using Antique Linen Oxide Ink. Chalk pastel pencils added some highlight to the moon and a silver sparkle gel pen adds a little shimmer around the edge of the moon.

The Bare Branches were added around the edges of the background and the edges were inked in black archival ink.

The sentiment is a sticker.

Cats on a Branch (Large)                  Bare Branches

   

Moonscape stamp and stencil

Many thanks to Inkylicious for sponsoring the Cat Lovers Hop.

Deby has made a special stamp set featuring the Cats on a Branch, but with Christmas hats and a sleigh (Christmas Cats on a Branch) as a prize for our hoppers and she is also generously giving away 3 mini packs of products. 

Thank you, Deby!

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Lost Coast #154 Cats &/or Dogs 31/10

* SUYP Challenge #82 AG Cats 31/10

* Just Add Ink Choose Two (Day/Silhouette) 02/11 WINNER

* Creative Fingers #241 AG 04/11 TOP 3

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #192 AG 05/11 TOP 5

* Crazy for Cats Challenges #1 AG Cats 25/11 2/5 WINNER

* Cat Lovers Hop: Winter Toby Cat

Hello

Welcome to the Cat Lovers Hop 2022.

A big hello to all my furry, feline-loving friends!

The Cat Lovers Hop, for those that don't know, is a fantastic annual event, hosted by the lovely Janis over on her blog, Her Peaceful Garden. 

This is its eighth year and an awful lot of work goes into its planning and preparation. The community of cat loving crafters is one of the best I have come across and I look forward to this event all year long.

If you like cats pop over and have a look at the fun games and awesome prizes that Janis has organised for the next few days. 

You'll find the link up and all the beautiful projects here. 

If you enter, make sure you sign up here to be eligible for prizes.

***

Inkylicious Stamps, a small family company in the north of England, is one of the many sponsors of the 2022 Cat Lovers Hop.

I used  2 sets of Inkylicious stamps to create this card: 

I used my favourite cat stamp, Toby Cat to make this winter card:

I stamped Toby Cat and made a mask to cover him up whilst I inked the background. I used a torn piece of paper to create the snowbank for Toby Cat to sit upon and I used Elements inks in Saharah and Della Blue to add colour to the background. I spattered a few water droplets over the inking to create a faux bleach effect. The snowbank has some shading with Graphite ink and some Icicle Stickles.

Next I used the circle mask to lightly pencil in the shape that I would follow with the foliage stamps. I used the Tumbling Vines stamps with Shady Lane and Pinecone Versafine ink to create the foliage arch. I added some small red dots with a ball tool and acrylic paint to represent holly berries. White spatters were applied and some Lime Stickles for sparkle.

Toby Cat                             Tumbling Vines

      

 Circle Stencil and Mask  

Many thanks to Inkylicious for sponsoring the Cat Lovers Hop.

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo 

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Lost Coast #154 Cats &/or Dogs 31/10

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2243 AG 30/10

* SUYP Challenge #82 AG Cats 31/10 TOP PICK

* Winter Wonderland Let it Snow 03/11

* Word Art Wednesday #567/568 AG 08/11

* Worldwide Open DT Challenge #10 AG 3/3 11/11

* Crazy for Cats Challenges #1 AG Cats 25/11 2/5  

* Cat Lovers Hop: Victorian Cat Humour

 

Hello

If you are looking for my 

Gecko Galz Blog Hop post

 and free digital collage sheet

 it is HERE - have fun!

Welcome to the Cat Lovers Hop 2022.

Another big hello to all my furry, feline-loving friends!

The Cat Lovers Hop, for those that don't know, is a fantastic annual event, hosted by the lovely Janis over on her blog, Her Peaceful Garden. 

This is its eighth year and an awful lot of work goes into its planning and preparation. The community of cat loving crafters is one of the best I have come across and I look forward to this event all year long.

If you like cats pop over and have a look at the fun games and awesome prizes that Janis has organised for the next few days. 

You'll find the link up and all the beautiful projects here. 

If you enter, make sure you sign up here to be eligible for prizes.

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I have made a separate post just for the Cat Lover's Hop, using my mixed media  Gecko Galz Blog Hop projects. My free collage sheet in the Blog Hop is a kitty cat one, so please follow the link at the top of this page to collect it.

I made 4 snarky, dressed Victorian cat panels which will most likely go into a journal:

I fussy cut the cat images and inked around the cut edges. 

I made Oxide blended backgrounds and added a burst mica sprays and some white paint splatters. I stamped in tone on tone inks and in black around the edges of each background using AALL & Create background stamps. The sentiments are Tim Holtz Snarky stickers.

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo 

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2243 AG 30/10 Honourable Mention

* SUYP Challenge #82 AG Cats 31/10

* Worldwide Open DT Challenge #10 AG 2/3 11/11

* Crazy for Cats Challenges #1 AG Cats 25/11 2/5  

* Pennys Challenges #533 AG 08/11

* TTCRD AG 08/11

* Cat Lovers Hop: Trick or Treat

Hello

Welcome to the Cat Lovers Hop 2022.

Another big hello to all my furry, feline-loving friends!

The Cat Lovers Hop, for those that don't know, is a fantastic annual event, hosted by the lovely Janis over on her blog, Her Peaceful Garden. 

This is its eighth year and an awful lot of work goes into its planning and preparation. The community of cat loving crafters is one of the best I have come across and I look forward to this event all year long.

If you like cats pop over and have a look at the fun games and awesome prizes that Janis has organised for the next few days. 

You'll find the link up and all the beautiful projects here.

If you enter, make sure you sign up here to be eligible for prizes.

*** 

Today I have a Halloween scaredy cat to share:

I love these Snarky Halloween Cats from Tim Holtz at Stampers Anonymous.

I made the background by smooshing white card into Distress Oxide puddles (Crackling Campfire and Ripe Persimmon). Then I added some black Brusho pigments and spritzed with water. I stamped the images onto the background and also onto white card. I fussy cut the pumpkin and cat and coloured with Copics. The cobwebs were stamped straight onto the card and when dry were outlined with a silver glitter pen. The shadow at the base of the card was made with Inktense watercolour pencils. I added a good smattering of white acrylic ink splatters. The sentiment was stamped and cut into strips then added with a doodled border.

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Just to let all the kitty crafters know:  

I, with the help of 8 fabulous DT members, run a challenge blog called Crafts Galore Encore. We would love it if you would shared your projects there to be in with a chance of winning the 2 digi stamp prize from our October sponsor,  All Dressed Up - she has some really cute kitty digi stamps. 

Do come and say hello!

Thank you to those who have already visited and left a project :)

Also, I was shopping at the Polkadoodles store recently and ran across these absolute bargains: 

3 kitty digi stamps for just 10p each. 

There may be more ...

Here are the links if you want to buy them:

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/happy-purr-day-cat-kitty-too-cute-craft-digi-download/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/purr-fect-kitty-cat-wishes-too-cute-craft-digi-download/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/cats-out-of-the-bag-too-cute-craft-digi-download/

         

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Crafty Animals #66 AG Animals 28/10

* Cupcake Inspirations #136 28/10 Sweet Pick

* Unicorn Challenge #81 Spooky &/or Cute 29/10

* SUYP Challenge #82 AG Cats 31/10

Most Magical Time of the Year #1 31/10

* TIOT Challenges Halloween Time 31/10 TOP 5

* Handstamped Sentiments #400 31/10 Artists Pick

 
* Crafting Happiness Oct Halloween 31.10

* Lost Coast #154 Cats &/or Dogs 31/10

* We Love Stamping Oct Autumn Colours 02/11

* Sweet Stampin Colours of Halloween 04/11 Top 3

* Dragonfly Dreams Halloween/Autumn 05/11

*Crazy for Cats Challenges #1 AG Cats 25/11 2/5 

* Cat Lovers Hop: Mooch

 

Hello

Welcome to the Cat Lovers Hop 2022.

A big hello to all my furry, feline-loving friends!

The Cat Lovers Hop, for those that don't know, is a fantastic annual event, hosted by the lovely Janis over on her blog, Her Peaceful Garden. 

This is its eighth year and an awful lot of work goes into its planning and preparation. The community of cat loving crafters is one of the best I have come across and I look forward to this event all year long.

If you like cats pop over and have a look at the fun games and awesome prizes that Janis has organised for the next few days. 

You'll find the link up and all the beautiful projects here. 

If you enter, make sure you sign up here to be eligible for prizes.

My first card is a winter card that I'll probably send it as a Christmas card - I am way behind on making them, as usual!

It features the lovely Mooch, a silhouette cat, from Lavinia Stamps:

Lavinia Stamps is a company founded by Tracy Dutton, the artist behind the beautiful stamps. It has grown massively in the last few years and now has an international following and fan base. Tracy owns a magical shop in Ruthin, North Wales and I'm hoping to visit this weekend for her Hallaganza Open Days :)

I have been watching quite a few Lavinia You Tube tutorials on how to create wreaths from small stamps and this is my version.

I used a circle stencil to create the centre, using torn paper and ink to create snow mounds for Mooch to sit upon. The wreath was stamped using foliage stamps (Pound Stamps) and Versamark inks - some second generation stamping was included to produce depth. I blended some light green ink around the foliage and coloured the holly berries with a red Posca pen. I stamped the Fairy Charms to give Mooch something to gaze at. The rest of the card was inked in Della Blue Elements ink and the very edges in black. I added some water droplets to bleach out some colour and splattered all over (apart from Mooch) with white acrylic.

Some Icicle Stickles was added to the snow drifts and some Lime Green Stickles to the wreath.

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Critter Crazy Challenge #67 25/10

* Crafty Animals #66 AG Animals 28/10 TOP PICK

* SUYP Challenge #82 AG Cats 31/10

* Most Magical Time of the Year #1 31/10 Top Pick

* Lost Coast #154 Cats &/or Dogs 31/10

* Winter Wonderland Challenge Let it Snow 04/11

* Crazy for Cats Challenges #1 AG Cats 25/11

Cat Lovers Hop Day 5

  Hello

If you are looking for my 

Gecko Galz Blog Hop post

 and free digital collage sheet

 it is HERE - have fun!

Please let me give a warm welcome to my new followers:

Leanne Seed, Linda Adams, Suzanne Harkinson, Julia Kiefer, 

The Haunted Librarian, Heather B and Nan Murphy.

Thank you, ladies  - I feel honoured :)

Welcome to Day 5 of the Cat Lovers Hop 2021.

Another big hello to all my furry, feline-loving friends!

The Cat Lovers Hop is an annual event hosted by the lovely Janis over on her blog at Her Peaceful Garden.

If you like cats pop over and have a look at the fun games and awesome prizes that Janis has organised for the next two days. 

Today I used my favourite cat stamp,  Toby Cat from Inkylicious for this CAS card and I coupled him with a HobbyArt stamp FMDA101. 

I love Toby cat's quizzical look and he reminds me very much of a tuxedo kitty we had called Indiana. Indiana Jones (yes ... that's our surname) really did live up to his name - he was quite the adventurer. My hubby has written several short stories depicting some of Indie's antics and adventures, and, of course, he anthropomorphised this legendary, funny kitty. who will live in our hearts forever.💗💗💗

I let the images do the work here and matted and layered on black and turquoise card for a pop of colour. I added some torn washi tape (AALL & Create #24 Power Words) to ground them.

Cat Lovers Hop 2021

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Cardz4Guyz #282 Animal 01/11

The Male Room #155 Black & White 03/11

* Creative Moments #225 AG 05/11

* Pennys Challenges #508 AG 09/11

* Art Impressions Feline Crazy 10/11