A special Birthday for Maci Michael

Today I have a special card to share with you. The Crafty Catz at Graphicat Sketch Challenges are creating birthday cards for s special girl named Maci Michael. You may be familiar to her tragic story..of the loss of her father ,a veteran and hero, He died in a train accident in Midland TX while being honored in a parade. A very sad and heart wrenching story. The idea of making this little girl feel special came about on Facebook on a stamp group that many of the team was a part of...

We all want to make this birthday a very loving and heartwarming one for her as this is her first birthday without her father by flooding this girl with many birthday cards. When our Crafty Momma Cat had asked the design team to participate in this..how could we say no ! It was loud yes' all the way. Cheri has made some sentiments available for this " birthday challenge", be sure to check it out. I have used one on my card.We hope that you join the challenge and making this little girl a card :)

So to a very special girl We send big hugs and wish you a very  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MACI !  

Courtney's Card :) 

Easter Greetings

Hello all ! Hope you're having a fabulous Easter weekend. I spent time with the family having dinner last night and today we are having an Easter egg hunt and luncheon.So to squeeze one last card in, I have an Easter card to show you.And our new challenge at Graphicat Sketches this fortnight is for you to pick a previous sketch and play along...

ANYTHING GOES

You can find our previous sketches here all in one spot for ya. I have used a Magnolia stamp for my card. YES you can use stamps other than Graphicat Designs :) Although you really should check them out ! They are awesome !

So I have used sketch #9 for my card.My papers are from Graphic 45 .LOVE LOVE this collection Secret Garden . Very pretty and soft elegant feel to it. I used memory box dies for the flourish .The banner is from Spellbinders.I added some Prima and WOC flowers for embellishing.

That's about it.Well of colored with Copics.

Some close ups...

Many blessing to you and your family 

Happy Easter ! 

Hugs

High Hopes Challenge Dots and Stripes

Welcome back ! Today I went easy on the pics for ya. 

We have a new challenge at High Hopes Challenges

DOTS and STRIPES 

Lets see your dots and stripes.Maybe on your paper like I have done. I have used an oldie but still great image Gordon Groundhog  When I saw this sentiment stamp(D'arcies I believe ,can't remember for sure) I had to use this image for it.It just cracked me up. High Hopes has some great sentiments but it's nice to know their stamps coordinate with others as well. 

My papers are from Echo Park nicely named Dots and Stripes lol.I used some chipboard pieces for my embellishing. The banner triangle is actually painted with the new Tim Holtz distress paints (Mustard Seed) Love Love this stuff,I see a lot of painting in my future lol.

Now I have used the new sketch over at Graphicat Sketch Challenges.I did turn it a bit but you may notice my star brads went the wrong direction ..ooops.

I'd like to enter into the following challenges-

Penny Black & more Challenges-One for the Boys

Seriously Creative Challenges-Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges-One for the Boys 

One Stop Craft Challenge-Anything Goes 

Deep Ocean Challenges-Cute and Cuddly

Cute Card Thursday-Anything Goes

Graphicat Sketch Challenge #24

Oh my another picture heavy post lol. We have a new sketch over at Graphicat Sketch Challenges.Boy Cheri just just keeps pumping out great sketches ! This week I wanted to play with my Lili of the Valley papers and stamps.Just in that mood lol. In case you didn't know you don't need to use a Graphicat image or sentiment to play with us.We love it when you do but love it more when you play with us !!

So like I said I used a lot of Lili of the Valley products here. Although I must say pastels are not easy to do.I love them but not sure how to keep the colors toned down lol. I hope you like.....

                                       Now for challenges I would like to enter :

                                       Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenges-Flowers and Ribbon

                                       Allsorts Challenges-Easy as 1,2,3 

                                       2 Sisters Challenges-Flowers for spring

                                       Stamp with Fun -Anything Goes

Next up is Courtney's layout in her smash book.....She really wanted to play up the page with the tree.I think the picture went great with it . As you can see she snuck into my stash of flowers lol. I love how she uses the Prima/Cosmo Cricket sticker sentis in a row to make the strips across on the layout. Her papers are from Basic Grey Serenade.

I almost forgot to show you the sketch..fab eh?

Graphicat Sketch 23-Just sitting here thinking of you

It's time for a new sketch at Graphicat Sketch Challenges

Today I combined a Sugar Nellie stamp with a sentiment from Graphicat Designs stamp set called Coffee Girl. Fitting for this image eh...they all fit this image but this one was the best. My papers are from Authentique. Flowers are from WOC and the chipboard spoon and cup are from Maya road.So cute huh?? 

Now onto Courtney's project.She did a smash page of herself and sister .

She also used the same sentiment as I. The sister quotes are stickers from Bo Bunny. Not sure the papers lol.

Best Friends

Hi there ! Hope you all had a fab weekend ! I was a little behind in the craft room but I did this card up quick.I didn't get fancy.I know eh?? I mean no flowers..and embellies. I'm noticing that my days just go by so quickly. Although I shouldn't complain cause there are days that I wish would go by faster lol.

So onto my card..For this week's Graphicat Sketch Challenge, I've used this cutie from Saturated Canary .It's a fav of my daughter. She just loves her glasses. My sentiment is from Graphicat Designs. 

"Best Friends...the ones you can get mad at only for a short time because you have important stuff to tell them" My papers are from Kaisercraft. I love the tropical colors of this paper. Hence it's name Tropicana lol.

Sure hope you can join us Good luck ! !

Graphicat Sketch 21 Just Say NO

Well I sure hoped you enjoyed Graphicat Sketch Challenge last week.This fortnight's sketch I twisted a little ...well ok I turned it on its side lol.
 I used a new Anti Valentine stamp   with this Saturated Canary image. I also thought I'd give it a shot on doing backgrounds. Maybe it'll distract you from my awful hair coloring lol.

 I took the cute small cloud dies from Memory Box to create my template to sponge around.Although if there's a stencil(d'oh) that may be easier lol. The pretty spray is from Prima. I'd like to remember where I got the charm...but it was in my stash.

Here's the fab sketch...Can't wait to see what you come up with .Don't forget to check out the rest of the fab DT creations too !

Thanks for stopping by ! 

Oh Cupid...... !

Hello ! Today the Graphicat DT is showing off some new images for our ANTI Valentine's release. If you love the quirky and sarcastic ..this is perfect. We are also welcoming a few new members of the litter box as well. Please welcome Yvette,Regan and Minnie.We will be having a few guests pop in as well.My daughter is playing with us as a guest..you'll see her creations featured her. :)

So here is this fortnight's sketch..fun hey ??

Today my card features one of the new sentiments(cheeky huh? lol ) as well as a freebie image for those who participate in the challenge. Isn't she perfect for these new images ! She was sooo quick to color up as well. A few deets...New Bo Bunny paper Love letters..not your typical colors.But that's what I love.I think boredom happens with black,red and pink.lol The border die is from Memory Box and the hearts,strip are from Pink Paislee Artisian line.I color them up with copics and distress ink.And the beauts of heart cluster,that's cardstock covered with some chunky glitter..ooh my heart skipped a beat lol...LOVE me glitter !!

Guest DT Member -Courtney

Courtney is not a card maker but sure does love to smash !! She has a few books filled up already.So she took the sketch and tweaked it to a double layout in her smash book ! Cute eh??

A quote one of her friends had written so she added it to her page.

All kinds of news happening....please read

First I'd like to say,sorry my blog has been quiet. My laptop was sent away to get fixed and other than a few preposted stuff,that's all that was happening lol. So I am back in action .You will see all kinds of stuff being posted since I now have a stack of stuff to show you.
One other thing that I wanted to deal with was my Saturated Canary Blog Candy....now I found this odd,the winner never responded .So I have redrawn a winner,hopefully this person wants mah candy lol
Congrats to ...... Number # 37 Rebecca 
Please contact me at overtimect@hotmail.com  attn Saturated Blog Candy

Ok Now on to some more business .Today is a new challenge at Graphicat Sketch Challenges. It's a goodie.  But before we get to that...If you wanting to be a Graphicat Catz .Now is the time to apply.A few of our Catz have had to step away so we are looking for more Catz to join us. If you love Sketches and Sassy Sentiments meant to tickle both your creative and funny bones, then perhaps you'd like to join our team? If you think you can handle a couple of crafty projects a month , then please, add your name to the bottom of the challenge post and link with DT beside your name to be considered for the team. On the team, you will receive ALL digi's released while you are on the team as well as your choice of others you'd like to work with.So our challenge .....
                                                 

                                                   ** Pick your favorite Sketch ** 
I have used Sketch 18...now I love ALL the sketches.I don't know about you but picking a favorite??TOO hard lol. So I used this sketch cause it worked well with my image and senti. Did you know that Graphicat Designs have clear and rubber stamps...for those peeps who like them,we have some for ya.:) This set can be found here .It's a fab set comes with images and great sentiments.

OK Sorry for all that info in one shot. LOL Hope you come back :)