Fairy Kitty

Two, yes count them, TWO different stamp groups I'm in have fairies as swap themes this month. I was rather lacking on fairy stamps and ideas until Fiki shared the fairy kitty card she made. I never thought about a kitty as a fairy before!

Since the image Fiki used was a digital one I knew I could have it in time to join those swaps. Here's my first fairy kitty card. Stay tuned for the second one; you'll have to wait a bit since it doesn't exist yet.

The Fine Print: Fairy Kitty digital stamp by A Day for Daisies, eyelet square die by Spellbinders, other stuff from my stash.

Juggling Tiger

Remember that lovely and fun Cat Lovers Hop from the other week? I took a lot of things away from that hop--some great cat card ideas, some new friends, and even some new product.

This little darling came from Gerda Steiner Designs. He is just too cute! Don't you just want to go play with him?

The Fine Print: Digi stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs, die by Spellbinders, designer paper and seam binding from my stash. 

Hey, By Golly!

Here are some more Holly Jolly Christmas challenge cards. I'm really enjoying all these challenges to inspire and motivate me to get my holiday cards done early. I'm already up to seven made.

This cutie card is from a progressive digital image challenge. If you play along one month you get the next month's image for free.  That's always interested me because you have no idea what the next month will bring so that's a fun mystery to look forward to. So I finally jumped in and bought the first image from From the Heart Stamps to play along.

This image is called Cozy Kittens are aren't they just so sweet?! To keep with the holiday theme I used the included holiday greeting but you could make a nice winter card with them as well.

This next card was inspired by the Merry Monday challenge to use plaid. I used designer paper for that card but in the process ran across this roll of plaid washi tape. I was too lazy to dig out another stamp set but that's okay because these grumpy critters are so much fun!

I'm submitting these cards to the ABC Christmas challenge and the weekly Christmas Card Challenge from Sparkle Creations.  A is for Anything Goes for both challenges so you have the choice of grumpy or cute to fit every mood.

The Fine Print: Cozy Kitten and greeting digital image from From the Heart (nifty place, check them out), fancy oval die by Spellbinders, designer paper by Basic Gray, flowers from Prima.  Holiday Grumpling cat and dashing greeting by Taylored Expressions, warm wishes greeting and snowy day background by A Muse Studio, plaid washi tape from my stash. Stay warm my friends!