The KitCats Are Hittin' The Beach, Cheeky Style!

Welcome to another KitCat Sunday! After a loooong winter, our hostess Jeanette decided that we Kittens deserved to go on a spring break! Yay for us! (You can click any image for a close-up view.)

I was thrilled when I saw The Greeting Farm's Cheeky Beach bomshell (already on my uber-long TGF wish list!) among a wonderful assortment of beach-inspired papers, brads, rhinestones, tags, and trims!

I featured the fun Airbrushed Waves and Sketchy Beach Icons papers, and mimicked the sparkling water with blue rhinestones, all by Paper Studio.

My Cheeky Beach babe is colored with Copics and perched with her seashells on a "hammock" of webbed ribbon by Creative Impressions. (I must get some of that stuff!)

I colored & fussy cut a flower from one of the other images, and chose "Dreamy" from the fun fabric tags set by EK Success.

Jeanette, thanks for such a beachy-licious kit!


Be sure to visit the other KitCats at the beach to see what they've done with their spring break beach kits:
* Jeanette * Kelly * Michelle * Lorie *

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

KitCats - Like Peas in a Pod!

Welcome to this month's KitCat Sunday!

This month we're each our own Hostess using our own supplies AND this *adorable* Five Peas in a Pod digi that Kitten Kelly commissioned last year from Tracy at Sugar Creek Hollow to create just for us! You can get your hands on your own digi here.  Don't worry, blog friends - we're not digi sharing. The commissioned digi that Kelly paid for included the right for her to provide each of us Kittens a copy to use.

So, tell me - how can you not smile or giggle when you see those five expressive faces!?! I've been known to use umpteen Copics on an image, but this one only took four. Yep, only four! (well, okay, five if you count the dots for the cheeks.)

I chose to use green all the way, and the Origins collection by BasicGrey was  perfect!  Because the patterns are all so beautiful, I chose to use just a few details to finish the card: a few punched leaf branches from SU's two-step bird punch and some soft green rhinestones from Kaiser.

So there you have it! I just love this image and love Kelly for having it created for us. We Kittens are just like peas in a pod!

Be sure to check out what the other Kittens created:
* Kelly * Michelle * Lorie * Jeanette *

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, Happy Stamping!

A Perfectly Poisonous KitCat Monday!

I know - it's supposed to be KitCat SUNday, but yours truly had no camera. Lighting was terrible yesterday anyway. When yours truly got a camera today, the batteries were toast. Batteries now charged, but at this hour, the lighting is worse than terrible. Enough whining already.

The extraordinary Michelle was our hostess, and she sent us an equally extraordinary kit featuring some sassy and fun images from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! I finally decided on Perfect Poison which I colored with Copics. Love her expression! I also added a little bling to her dress with some pink rhinestones from the kit.

I think SU's Chocolate Chip, Blush Blossom, and Certainly Celery are perfect complements the yummy Jack and Jill papers from Prima that Michelle chose for us.

Of course, she also included one wonderful embellie after another, but then I saw IT: the amazing tulle flower from Prima! And then I saw THEM: the fantastic jeweled pins! The green/yellow is from Jillibean Soup and the pink/irridescent is from KatzWorld. And look at the gorgeous striped ribbon!

So there you have my KitCat creation for this month! Be sure to check out the gorgeous creations by the other Kittens: Michelle, Jeanette, Lorie, and Kelly.
Before I go, I must give a big congrats to the Green Bay Packers for winning Super Bowl XLV! (Our Kitten Michelle is a huge fan!) Of course I was disappointed that my beloved Steelers couldn't pull it out in the end ... I was really hoping to go to another victory parade this week. But it was a great game nonetheless!

Thanks for stopping by to visit. Have a great day!

Oh Baby! It's KitCat Sunday!

It's the first KitCat for 2011!!!

The lovely Lorie was our January hostess with the mostest! Lorie just became a grandma to sweet little Maxwell, so she sent us a baby-inspired kit overflowing with sparkly papers from My Mind's Eye & Penny Lane, organza ribbons and flat-back pearls in shades of blue & pink, Martha Stewart glitter & a Quickie Glue pen, AND the adorable Winter Baby in Teacup stamp & a vinyl brag booklet from Peachy Keen Stamps (which, by the way, is offering a 10% discount throughout January!) Oh Baby!

(click image to enlarge)

For the cover insert, I masked the snowflake portion of the image and covered the snowflake on her cap with a Prima flower, because I want this to be a "seasonless" gift for a dear friend who has a beautiful granddaughter named Cailyn. She's already 2, but I think that Grandma Gwen might enjoy keeping some of her favorite pics of Cailyn in this to tuck into her purse! I layered some of the gorgeous DP and used some of the pearls, glitter, and organza ribbon. I'll be making a card to go with this using the unmasked image and more of the papers & embellies, so watch for that in the next couple days.

Be sure to check out the other KitCat Kittens for their baby-inspired creations!
*Lorie*
*Kelly*
*Michelle*
*Jeanette*

Wishing you a 2011 filled with laughter, joy, lots of crafting, and many blessings!

It's A KitCat Christmas!

It’s another KitCat Sunday and the Kittens are celebrating a heart-felt, homemade Christmas!

Kitten Kelly was our hostess, and she challenged us to create an ornament & gift tin for someone who may not otherwise receive a gift this year. Talk about your warm fuzzies! I think it's a fantastic challenge, and I hope we will inspire YOU to do the same!

Naturally, Kelly’s kit was *bursting* with supplies, including a CD tin and wooden ornament shape along with beautiful papers, ribbons, flowers, glitter glue, bling, and more!

I was immediately drawn to the I Believe! papers from My Mind’s Eye and the glittery red cardstock from DCWV. Even though an image wasn’t a requirement, I just couldn’t resist coloring up the darling image from SU's Greeting Card Kids. I just love the old-school look of these images!

For the tin, I created a paper patchwork, tied the ribbon to hide the seams, and created a cute little winter bouquet with the flowers, cord, snowflake, & glitter brad. The rhinestone star gives a nod to the ornament shape inside.

For the ornament, I sponged the edges with SU Rose Red then painted them with the glitter glue. Then I added a frame cut from the glittery CS and a background from the DP, and made another winter bouquet. I also covered the back with a different DP and added the silver cord hanger.

I had so much fun and such a great feeling in my heart when I was making these, because I knew exactly who would receive them: an elderly widow who calls our office every now and then for advice about this and that. I’m going to send it anonymously and write on the card that a Christmas angel is thinking of her. I hope it warms her heart as much as it does mine!

Sending a warm hug and a big thank-you to Kelly for reminding us to count our blessings, no matter what we may be experiencing, because there are always others who are less fortunate that we.

Be sure to visit the other KitCats to see their wonderful heart-felt, handmade Christmas creations!
Michelle * Lorie * Kelly * Jeanette

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Whimsical KitCats!

It's the first Sunday of the month, and that means its time for the KitCats creations! Yours truly was the hostess, and for no particular reason, I was in the mood for something with a magical, whimsical, or fantasy theme.

Each kitten received a different assortment of the luscious papers in K&Co.'s Que Sera Sera collection, as well as a 2011 planner and an overabundance of embellies from my stash that had gone unloved for so long. (I hope my "kitchen sink" of embellies didn't overwhelm them - sorry, kittens!) My challenge was for them to surprise even me by offering them a choice to alter the planner or create a card (or both!) using any type of whimsical, magical, or fantasy image they had.

So here you have my altered planner! I "painted" the plain cardboard cover with distress ink, then sponged over that with several SU inks to coordinate with the DP panels. I wanted the planner to stay closed, so I attached a strip of DP long enough to wrap around, then added Velcro to the ends.

The real challenge was coloring and fussy cutting the tiny Summer Fairy image and getting all of the embellies to stay stuck to the image panel! Below are a couple close-ups of the embellies I chose.


While I created this to give as a gift, I really love the way it turned out, so I may need to keep it for myself. Shhhh . . . it will be our little secret!

I'm excited to see what the other kittens chose to create with my kit and what embellies they used, since I only used a fraction of what I included. Click on each kitten to see their whimsical, magical creations:
Jeanette * Kelly * Lorie * Michelle

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Image: The Greeting Farm Summer Fairy digi
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Spun Sugar); SU dye inks (Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie)
Copics: BV00,E000,E31,E42,R20,$22,R85,RV000,RV00,V01,V12,V15,V17,YR12
Designer Papers: K&Co. Que Sera Sera Collection
Embellishments: Victoria Lynn pearl pick, Plaid faceted teardrop, Blue Moon Beads 'joy' charm, Darice silver cord, Kreinik silver blending filament, SU scallop punch

The KitCats Are Back!

The KitCats are back for another season! Yippee!




Jeanette was our hostess for September, and she must have felt that we kittens needed to brush up on our ABCs after our summer break, because sent all of us back to school with a super-cute school-themed kit!

She included great Bo Bunny papers, Martha Stewart ribbon, some cute embellies, and Betty and Spencer Bookworms from Stamping Bella. I decided to feature Betty because, well, she could be me in fourth grade with those ponytails and those glasses... only I was chubbier. And *gulp* ... I used a whopping 24 Copic colors on her! Someone stop me, please.

Jeanette also included pages torn from old dictionaries. They give such a nostalgic, old-school (pun intended!) feel to the card. And I love how the three colors on the MS ombre ribbon fade into each other. So pretty!

I had great fun creating this card, and I'll definitely be showcasing Spencer soon. Very soon. ;-)

Be sure to visit the other KitCats to see what they did with Jeanette's kit:
Jeanette
Kelly
Lorie
Michelle

It's my turn to hostess for October. Hmm, wonder what I have up my sleeve?

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Well I'll Be . . . It's A KitCat Card!

Long time, no blog! I'll spare you my mundane explanation of why I haven't been in blogville for so long, but it's really quite a lot of nothing exciting. What is exciting to me is finally posting the latest KitCat card, hosted by none other than Kitten Catherine!

She sent us all some uber-cute images from The Greeting Farm Roll Call set (I used Maria) along with some whimsical patterned paper from My Mind's Eye, an assortment of ribbons, and a vintage-style rhinestone button ... that I'm saving for later. Hope you don't mind, Cat!

As much as I try, sometimes I can't get away from pink, so I just went with it and created yet another girly-girl card that features a scallop-punched edge and a big flower I made by stacking altered and glittered chipboard flowers. I found the cute birdie brad in my stash (thanks Kels!) and think it's a great complement to the birds in the patterned paper.

Be sure to stop by to visit the other KC Kittens to see their creations: Kelly , Jeanette , Lorie , Michelle , and Catherine. The Kittens will be on hiatus enjoying the rest of the summer, but watch for their return this fall!

And I'm in the process of updating the look of my blog, just because I'm tired of it, so please be patient. Who know's what you'll see before I end up with something I like. And hopefully, I won't destroy the whole thing in the process. LOL!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

DETAILS:
Image: The Greeting Farm: Maria from "Roll Call"
Cardstock: SU, PTI
Ink: Memento black, SU Craft White
Copics: 0,B21,E00,E000,E47,E57,G24,R20,R22,YG03,YR00
Other: chipboard flowers, ribbon, silver flat-backs, birdie brad, Fiskars punch

Shiver Me Timbers! It's Me Kit-Cat Caaaaaard!

Ahoy mateys! Long time no blog - almost a month! Yet my blog is still here, patiently waiting for me to be back in my crafty groove again . . .

I was feeling quite overwhelmed in the crafty department. I did it to myself with grandiose ideas of making all sorts of things for all sorts of people - crocheted market bags, earrings, necklaces, afghans, card purses. Plus I made a promise to myself that I would participate in every challenge issued by my stamping sisters' DTs each week. REALLY? But each project I didn't complete and each challenge that flew by just sapped more and more of my mojo to the point where I just didn't want to do anything. So I decided to disconnect myself from the crafty world for a bit - you know, follow the whole absence makes the heart grow fonder idea. Personally, I think that's bunk in the love & romance category, but it did work for my crafty mojo! And what better way to get back in the groove than with a Kit-Cat card!

It seemed all the Kittens were feeling a little overwhelmed this month, so we meeew-tually agreed to push back the posting until May 16, and some of us made that posting date, and the rest of us, well, uh . . . Here's my card!

Michelle was our May hostess and she sent all the kittens a kit full of yummy papers, wonderful embellies, and an assortment of adorable images from High Hopes! I decided to feature On Guard Oberto who is, well, guarding the awesome treasure map image that I distressed by misting with water, crinkling, then sponging with Tim Holtz inks. I love how the edges look singed!

Next, it was time for embellies. AAARGH!! Where is me bag of embellies??? After days of searching and realizing that they could be misplaced *anywhere* because I have been moving and shuffling things in my craft room (again!), I decided to move forward and use some things from my stash. So I used some brown eyelets and threaded them with twine, then colored up the anchor and lantern images and added them for a little interest. I will find those embellies!

All in all, I like the way it turned out. This was a totally fun card to make, and I'll be sending it to my nephew for his birthday. If you haven't already, be sure to visit the other Kittens to see their creations for May: Michelle, Lorie, Catherine, Jeanette, and Kelly.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a stamptastic day!

DETAILS
Images: High Hopes "On Guard Oberto" "Treasure Map" "Lantern" "Anchor"
Cardstock: Stampin Up!, Martha Stewart
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey "Ambrosia"
Copics: C2,C4,C7,W3,E000,Eoo,E47,E57,R22,R29,Y11,Y21,Y26,YR18,YR23
Embellies: Eyelets, twine, button

Happy Easter! Kit Cat Sunday

Happy Easter! I hope you all have had a joyous Sunday reflecting on the many blessings God gives us every day! And right on schedule, it also happens to be a Kit Cat Sunday!

The warm-hearted Lorie was our hostess this month, and she sent the most wonderful kit filled with springtime colors and embellishments and super sweet Easter Basket Bunny from Peachy Keen Stamps. And she didn't just send the images, but the stamp as well! Doesn't he just have the cutest face?

My layout was based on this week's FFF sketch over at The Greeting Farm. (I know - a PK image with a TGF sketch? I'm sure some purists are shuddering. LOL!) Those who know Lorie know she loves her bling, and she didn't disappoint by including some *fabulous* green glittery cardstock! Oooo, I would love to have a pair of strappy summer sandals just like it!

She also sent iridescent rhinestones, which will see some love very soon, but for some reason the buttons called out to me, so I tied them with the ribbon and the embroidery floss in the kit. A quick Nestie tag with a computer generated sentiment, and there ya have it!

Be sure to stop over at the other Kittens' blogs - Catherine, Lorie, Jeanette, Kelly, & Michelle - to see their super-sweet creations with Lorie's kit!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a stamptacular day!

DETAILS
Image: Peachy Keen Stamps "Easter Basket Bunny"
Cardstock: Stampin Up (pretty in pink); Craft n Craftin' (green glitter)
Paper: Imaginesce "Baby Powder Collection"
Copics: 0,B21,E31,G40,R20,RV000,V12,Y11
Embellies: Buttons Galore buttons, embroidery floss, Nestabilities

KitCat Today - Blog Candy Tomorrow!

(My Ever-Growing Spring-A-Licious Blog Candy post is ready, but I can't get it to stay at the top of my blog - GRRRR! So I'll have to post it tomorrow.)


I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this month's KitCat kit from the purrrrrfectly sweet Kelly! She was so excited for us to get our kits, and when I opened mine, I completely understood. It literally took my breath away!

Rather than a card, I decided to alter a little 6x6 binder to keep all for myself! Sure, we have the requisite general address & phone directory of relatives, neighbors, doctors, trash collectors, and the like. But this one is special, it's my little "Sistahs Keepah" and will hold all of my Stampin & IRL Sistahs information right at my fingertips. I covered it with the gold tissue paper that Kelly used to wrap our kits (which I though was "special" paper too and thought I ruined LOL!) and I think it turned out to be a great complement to the papers, IMHO anyway!

It was a real joy to color this beautiful goldfish pond image, from the Kodomo Zigen Collection. I had never heard of these, but upon visiting the website, I was presented with the most amazing Japanese stamp art images I'd ever seen. I don't know how Kelly decided on just one! I did attempt to watercolor the pond on another image, but with disastrous results. (Lorie, how about a lesson?)

Kelly also included several sheets of absolutely breathtaking Yuzen Washi papers from Japan, and she explains the laborious process of making them on her KitCat post. Their beauty is evident when you see them, but it's when you touch them that you fully appreciate their uniqueness. I honestly had a hard time making the first cut!

Also included was a big box of gorgeous Bella Fleur Primas to coordinate with our papers as well as this adorable little Japanese "good luck" charm.

Kels also sent along a piece of Mizuhiki paper cord, but I'm saving that for another project to use with another one of the papers.

I'm really pleased with my special little "Sistahs Keepah" and I sure hope Kelly feels that I did her special, from-the-heart kit justice. I say that because when reading her "term paper" explaining the kits, you could feel the joy that she felt in sharing these amazing elements with us. Needless to say, I will be very selective (dare I say selfish?) with my remaining papers!

Each Kitten received a different kit, so be sure to visit them to see what gorgeous elements were in their kits and how they worked their creative magic with them! I'm headed there right now!
Kelly
Jeanette
Catherine
Lorie
Michelle

Thanks for visiting and be sure to stop back tomorrow for the Ever-Growing Spring-A-Licious Blog Candy post! Have a stamptastic day!

Cruisin' On a Snowy Afternoon! A KitCat Challenge

FINALLY – It’s my January KitCat Challenge Card! I *never dreamed* I would be this late in posting, especially since I was the hostess! Those reasons later; on to the card!

I was *really* tired of winter, so it was a no-brainer to feature Bella cruising in her Vette! I threw in some summery papers and fun Bella-like embellies for the rest of the kits, and only asked that the Kittens choose a card fold that they either hadn’t yet tried or that was their favorite.

I chose to make an Easel Fold card and I love this fold!! I know I’ll use it for a picture frame card, a calendar card, all sorts of fun cards!

And just wait until you see the GORGEOUS creations by Michelle, Catherine, Lorie, Kelly, and Jeanette!

Okay, there are 2 reasons I’m late in posting:

REASON #1. Little did I know that Mother Nature was about to slam us with one of the worst storms the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic states had ever seen: Snowmageddon 2010!
Here’s our patio area around 6 PM Friday:

And 12 hours later around 6 AM Saturday, with 20 *more* inches of snow than they had predicted for us.

Not only did we get close to 40 inches of snow between the 5th and the 10th, we also lost power for almost 36 hours. Not fun, especially since we have well water. So laundry and dishes and general housecleaning piled up for almost 2 days. Fortunately, The Man has a 4WD & The Girl has an AWD, we have 2 gas fireplaces, and snow is nature’s freezer, so we could make runs for coffee and food, we were warm, and we didn’t lose any food except the containers of leftovers that no one was going to eat anyway.
Here’s our fridge, from left to right: Meats, Deli, Dairy! LOL!!!


REASON #2. I strongly disliked my original card, so because of one of my personality traits, I totally redid my card. (I know; I probably need an intervention.) But I’m so glad that I did, because I really like this one!

Be sure to hop along at the Love Me Do Bella Blog Hop tomorrow, February 13, starting at 10 AM Eastern at the StampingBella Blog! I'm so excited to be playing along as one of the Blog Hop Stops! My first one!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll visit again soon!

KitCat Too Much Snow!

Happy New Year everyone! Really? Have we just moved into a brand-new year already? I guess what they say is true - the older you get, the faster the time goes by. (Who are 'they' anyway and what gives 'them' so much credibility? LOL)

I don't know about where you live, but 2010 here in Western PA has started off frigid and blustery and snowy and is just not letting up with school delays due to wind chills and snow every day as far out as they're predicting! This is the kind of weather that makes me just want to stay home and snuggle because it, combined with the shortened days, tends to sap my energy for all things non-essential. It's definitely not my favorite kind of weather, but it's oh-so-perfect for this month's KitCat card! (Yes, I know, I'm a day late in posting - remember my reference to non-essential energy sapping?)

Jeanette was December's hostess and could not have chosen a better image than this adorable snowman, called Too Much Snow from Plum Purdy. He was so much fun to color, and I have to tell you - his resemblance of yours truly after she ate her way through the days between Thanksgiving and New Years is just remarkable!

Jeanette also included some die-cut snowflakes that I dazzled up with glitter, the wonderful flocked snowflake ribbon, the sparkly, bluesy, wintry DPs, and some clear glittery buttons (that I didn't use on this card but will on another featuring Mr. Snowman in the future.) As if all of that wasn't enough, she even included a small bag of snow (for Kelly's sake so she could have some snow in Florida) that she made by rubbing two foam balls together -- genius!! I used my snow on the scalloped Nestie and, using a glue pen, made some of it "fall" around Mr. Snowman. The effect in real life is just fabulous!

Jeanette, thanks for such a wonderful, wintry, sparkly kit! Of course, the other Kittens have once again made beautiful wintry cards with their kits, so be sure to hop over to their blogs to check them out!
Catherine
Jeanette
Kelly
Lorie
Michelle
Every one of the kits so far has been amazing, and this month, it's my turn to put together something for the kittens to create. Yay!

I'm also entering this card for the Sweet & Sassy Stamping Around Challenge. There's plenty of time to enter, so ink up your favorite snowman stamp to play!

OH, in case you're wondering what happened to my sketch cards for TGF's 12 Days of Sketches, well . . . I made it through Sketch 9 before running out of time. But I am going to post each of them here, and I *will* create cards using all 12 sketches! Being entered to win the entire January release would have been great, but it's more important for me to follow through what I started by finishing this set of sketches.

And there you have one of my biggest resolutions - stay the course! Don't get distracted by sparkly things or some unfinished project on my craft desk!! And lose 20 pounds. And get organized. And somehow become independently wealthy so I can just stay home and stamp.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you'll come back to check out my TGF sketches cards. Wishing you all countless blessings and reasons to smile in the new year!

DETAILS
Image: Plum Purdy “Too Much Snow”
Ink: Memento
Cardstock: Papertrey, SU
Patterned Paper: Masterpiece Studios
Copics: 0,B21,B95,C1,C2,C4,E21,E31,E35,R22,R29,Y23,YR18
Accessories: Glitter, Nestabilities, dimensionals, MS snowflake punch

KitCat Club & Create4Fun Challenge

Hidey Ho Neighbors! It's the first Sunday of the month and that means it's time for another KitCat card!


The marvelous Michelle was our hostess and she asked each of us to pick a holiday for our kit. Of course, I chose Christmas and was *so* excited when I opened my kit and found some *sa-weet* Sugar Nellie Manga Girls and all sorts of goodies: DPs and snowflakes and trim, oh my!


The Manga Girl was so much fun to color up with Copics, and this week's Create4Fun Challenge #44 layout was *perfect* to feature the die-cut snowflakes Michelle included. I dressed 'em up with some white gel pen dots, and it's hard to see, but they're at 3 different heights of dimensionals too. The holly berry DP and embossed snowflake panel (that I sponged with Ruby Red) are really festive, and, *ooooo* isn't this crocheted trim just yummy?

Be sure to visit the other Kittens to see what they've created with their kits!
Catherine, Jeanette, Kelly, Lorie, Michelle

Michelle, thanks for such a great kit---I *loved* making this card! And I have even more DP and a different Manga girl left, so I think another Christmas card will be in the works this week.

Pssssst . . . . Before you go, I have to share a secret: this card almost did not come to be, for I misplaced my images and was in a panic for 3 days until I found them. {rolling eyes at self} Organization is good, as long as you can remember where you put things!

Thanks for visiting and Happy Creating!
Susan

DETAILS
Stamps: Sugar Nellie Manga Girls; other sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Old Olive, Ruby Red
Papers: PTI, SU, Basic Grey
Crocheted Trim: Pink Paislee
Copics: C4, E00, E000, E31, E35, G40, G99, R20, R29, RV000, Y11
Accessories: Sakura pen, DMC floss, buttons, dimensionals

October KitCat Club!

*WHEW* It's been a long day and I was worried that I wasn't going to get this posted! And I only have one photo because my camera is not cooperating. grrrrrr . . . . .

The beautiful Lorie was October's KitCat Club hostess, and she sent us the most frightfully fun altering project -- a wooden picture frame! Along with the frame, she sent cute Peachy Keen images, double-sided DPs, ribbon, glittery buttons, and even a nail file & a glue stick!

I ended up sponging the DPs with Ranger Tea Dye to distress them a bit, and after attaching them to the frame, I sanded the edges and sponged the bare wood with the same distress ink.

Mr. Star looked so frightened! In fact, he's so frightened that he is about to fall on Mr. Candy Corn! LOL!! I was thinking about what would make me freak out like that, and there's pretty much only one thing - a spider! YUK!!! I found the web and spider buttons in my stash and attached them with Crystal Effects. I used the ribbon to make a "flower" to highlight the sentiment, and added some of my own green buttons to the glittery ones.

Lorie thanks so much for challenging us with this project! It was so much fun to make!!

Be sure to check out the *amazing* creations by the other KitKat gals:
Catherine

Jeanette

Kelly

Lorie

Michelle

Oooo, I can't wait to find out what November's KitCat project will be! Until then,

Happy Creating!
Susan

The KitCat Club!

A few weeks ago, the always cheerful Kelly invited me and several other stamping sisters to play along in a monthly kit club. Her mojo was in need of a little motivation, and she was inspired by the same idea that some of the other stamping sisters were doing (*wink, wink*).

We each take turns hosting by putting together a kit of images and DP, then sending them on to the other players. All images in each kit must be the same, but we can send different DP to each or keep it all the same. We'll add our own other embellies as we wish, and on the 6th of the following month, we'll all post to our blogs to see how we made the kits our own. The kits can be for cards, altereds, or anything the hostess feels like creating that month.

In addition to Kelly, I'm so excited to be playing along with my stamping sisters Catherine, Jeanette, Lorie, and Michelle. Talk about a group of mojo motivators! {HUGS}

Of course, it was fitting that Kelly was the inaugural hostess for August! She chose this fun Stampavie Leere Aldrich image because to her, it represented our friendship with each other and how much fun we have in our group.

She sent different DP to each of us, and I received some yummy DP from Cosmo Cricket. She also included some Prima flowers and brads (although my brads got a little smooshed in their journey with the USPS. Sorry Kelly!).

I layered her flowers with some of mine, accenting them with blue dewdrop centers and pretty copper cording.

I "chromed" the tabletop and chairs with a silver Sakura pen, and I added dabs of Crystal Effects to the DP for a little dimension.

Finally, I decided to use a piece of the DP to snaz up the inside for writing a sentiment. I *love, love, love* how Carolyn always finishes the insides of her cards, although hers are WAY more than some pretty DP and photo corners! LOL

The finished card is a 5-1/2 x 5-1/2 square, and I find I'm making more and more square cards as I go along.

This was great fun and I can't wait to see what the other KitCats created! Swing on over to their blogs for a look:

Catherine
Jeanette
Kelly
Lorie
Michelle

Hmmm, I wonder what September's hostess will have in store for us? Check back on the 6th of October to find out!

Happy Creating!

Susan