The Crafty Pink Palace & Kitty Kat Tales

Valentine Kitty card

2009-02-13T22:53:00.006-05:00

Here is the Valentine card I made for my husband. I saw a similar card on Splitcoaststampers and I knew I had to make him this card. We had a cat many years ago and his name was Barney. He was 2 when we adopted him but unfortunately Barney suffered from seizures and when he was 3 he passed away from a seizure. I miss our Barney very much so I kinda made this card as tribute to him.

Here is a picture of Barney, he was such a handsome guy and left this world far to early but I know he is at Rainbow road with his sisters Lily and Kitty who passed away 2 years ago today.

This is the inside of the card and I used Stampin Ups "Love you Much" stamp set and heart punch for the hearts. I wasn't going to have the hearts across the page but I had some ink on my hand and got a couple tiny smudges to I hid them with the hearts, I think it turned out ok for a mishap, don't you think?

I want to wish everyone a very Happy Valentine's day tomorrow and thank you for stopping by :0)

Love & Affection Box

2009-02-13T22:37:00.004-05:00

I bought this set of beautiful graphics last year from Nitwits and I have just now got around to making something with them. So I made this very unique shaped box and I love how it turned out. I cut out the heart and bow and used dimensionals to give it a 3D effect both on the front and the back of the box.

Now that I finally have used this set I need to use it more because there are so many pretty papers and elements to this set that the ideas for what you can use them for are endless.

Thanks for stopping by,

Graphics from Nitwits Collections

Ladybug, Ladybug!

2009-02-13T22:16:00.003-05:00

I love the colors red & black together and those colors always remind me of ladybugs, so that is what I used to make this card. I used a Martha Stewart edge border bunch for the floral edges and you know me I had to add some glittery Stickles to the ladybugs wings also.

Thanks for looking,

Graphics from Digi Web Studio

You've got Mail and a Donkey

2009-02-05T17:34:00.005-05:00

Ok I have had these cute little mailboxes from the Dollar Spot at Target for a couple weeks now, and I put off making one because I thought it would difficult and couldn't think of how I wanted to decorate it. Well I finally made one and here is my first attempt at one and I think it came out pretty good. I used Bella Rose Designer paper from Stampin Up to cover my mailbox. I really love this paper and the colors and knew my first mailbox was gonna be using this paper. I kind of kept it simple and I'm already thinking of what I want to do for the next one but that will have to wait till I get my new Designer paper I ordered from Stampin Up :0)

I love this image of this pretty girly Donkey, so I knew I had to make a card with her. It was kind of nice to make a card using colors other than red and pink. You all know I love pink but sometimes you just have to venture out and try new colors, so that is what I did. The colors are a rich plum and sage color that matches the colors in the graphic. I used my Swirls embossing folder in my Cuttlebug for the background. Yep you guessed it I added just a hint of glitter to the bow on her head and on her tail.

Graphic from Digi Web Studio

Thanks for stopping by :0)

My Stamp pad Holder

2009-02-03T15:59:00.004-05:00

Since I have started collecting Stampin Up and other Ink pads I was finding it hard to find a way to store them and also be able to grab which ones I wanted quickly. Well I remembered awhile back I had saved directions to make your own stamp pad holder using foamboard.

So my husband with some help from myself, we made one and have to say it came out better than I had expected. Foamboard isnt the easiest stuff to cut and while its not perfect it looks nice and does a great job holding my ever-growing ink pad collection.

If you want to try making one yourself check out Rebel Inker's Blog for a PDF download of directions and pictures.

Thanks for looking,

More Valentine Projects

2009-02-03T13:11:00.013-05:00

Well I have been very busy this last week making some more cute Valentine's Day things.

I have almost used up all my pink (gasp) and red cardstock, so I guess I need to re-stock after Valentine's Day huh? LOL!

I received my Stampin Up "Love you Much" bundle and I'm having a blast creating with it, you gotta love all the pretty hearts and the Candylane papers are very nice as well.

This first project is a triangle box that holds 5 Hershey Kisses and I found the directions for it here. I stamped the large heart with Versamark ink then I used Embossing powder from Stampendous called "Red Dragon" its red & gold mixed and very sparkly. The border is paper from the Love you Much set and I also used Martha Stewarts floral border punch.

I think these would make a great little treat for anyone on your Valentine gift giving list, don't you think? :0)

Next is a Spring card I made using paper and stamps from the "Love you Much" SU bundle also. This was hard to photograph as the colors are really light and delicate. The scallop and hearts are all raised with dimensionals and have glitter on them but you cant really see that in the photo. I had some self-sticking pearls so I added those to the corners and in person this card is very pretty and delicate looking. You can find directions for making this fun card at Dawn's Stampin Studio.

I just love this next card as the graphic I chose to use is so cute and whimsical! I used my Cuttlebug and the Swiss Dots embossing folder for the background and Stampin Ups photo corner punch for the corners. The graphic is raised with dimensionals and I also added glitter to the bears wings, who doesn't love glitter! LOL.....

Graphics ©Tina Ledbetter

This last project is my favorite if I had to choose. It's pink, has cute kitties and cinnamon candies some of most favorite things :0)

I love making these matchbook candy treats and thought it would be nice to put them into a cute box to give as a gift. So I searched all my templates to find a box that would work but couldn't find one. Then I remembered this website where you can create your own box the size you want, all you have to do is enter the dimensions you need.

My box I put in 3" for the Width, 2.5" for the Height and 2" as the Thickness. I saved it to my computer and I made a template. I then cut it out and marked where to score on the template so then I was able to make the box using my Score-Pal.

This box holds 7 matchbook candies and I used individual wrapped cinnamon candies, Purrfect for this Valentine's Day gift!

Graphics ©Laurie Furnell

Well I hope you all have enjoyed looking at my projects and I hopefully will add some more before Valentine's Day as long as I have some pink and red cardstock around to make more fun things with, LOL!

Thanks for visiting the Crafty Pink Palace :0)

Love is in the air!

2009-01-07T08:42:00.005-05:00

I have to say I'm really getting into and enjoying making Valentine's Day things. Perhaps it's because I get to use a lot of my favorite color, and can you all guess what that is? Pink of course and lots of it!

I have been wanting to try one of these 2-5-7-10 boxes that I have seen at Splitcoaststampers and since I got a Score-Pal for Christmas it made creating this box a snap. I did use a heart stamp and Versamark over my box before putting it together for a subtle background but its hard to see that in the pictures. If you would like to make a box yourself you can find the tutorial for it here.

Graphics by Laurie Furnell

I also made this cute Gift card holder for Valentine's Day. I created my own gift card to include in the holder which is for a romantic dinner of the recipients choice. You can find directions for making this gift card holder here.

Thanks for stopping by and I'm sure there will be lots more of Valentine goodies to come as I just ordered the "Love me Much" bundle from Stampin Up so in a couple weeks I will have those goodies to create some more fun things :0)

Graphics by Laurie Furnell

Louie Relaxing

2009-01-05T18:03:00.002-05:00

One of my christmas presents was a RCA Small Wonder video camera and I have been having fun playing with it and of course my cats are my favorite subject so far. I will take a video of my craft room soon to share also. Well here is a video of my cat Louie sitting in the recliner chillin'.

Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for stopping by :0)

Happy New Year!

2008-12-31T17:02:00.003-05:00

Well it's hard to believe another year has come and gone but I'm personally looking forward to a New Year hopefully with plenty of happy times, good health and lots of fun crafting!

So I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and lots of good things for the coming year!

Also I want to share a couple little projects I made the last couple days that I think would be great little gifts for Valentine's Day or any day for that matter :0)

The first is a cute little gift bag and you can find the video tutorial for it from Angie. Also for Christmas I received tools to learn Quilling so this bag features my first attempts at Quilling. I found this great video tutorial by Tammy to make the flowers on my bag if you want to learn also.

Next is this cute little box to hold 3 Ghiradelli Chocolates or in my case since I didn't have any of those is 6 Hershey Kisses. You can find the directions for this cute box at Mocha Memories.

Thanks for stopping by and once again Happy New Year to you & yours!

It's Louie the Santa Kitty!

2008-12-19T08:47:00.002-05:00

Just had to share this picture of my kitty Louie in a Santa hat but as you can tell he wasn't happy about it at all!

Happy Holidays from Louie!

Snowman Kisses

2008-12-19T08:36:00.003-05:00

Just wanted to share some cute little bags of Snowman Kisses I made for a few people as a little treat. Each bag holds 6 Hershey kisses and the back of the topper has To and From on it also :0)

Snowman Graphic is Copyrighted by Gina Jane

Finally a new Post!

2008-12-19T08:15:00.005-05:00

I'm sorry I haven't posted much the last month. I have been kinda in a crafting slump and sick with a nasty cold among other things. I did make some things for a Christmas swap I was in but I forgot to take pictures before mailing the package off, so have nothing to share :0(

I did however take a few pictures of some Christmas cards I made, not all of them unfortunately but at least its something to share, right? lol

The first 3 cards I used Martha Stewarts Lattice Border Edge punch for the sides, the graphics are raised with pop-dots and of course there is Stickles for sparkle but hard to see in the pictures.

All Graphics are Copyright by Laurie Furnell

This Santa card I copied from one I saw over at Splitcoaststampers, unfortunately I can't find the original person to thank and give credit for the idea, so if anyone knows please let me know!

Thanks for being patience with me and my blog slump and hope your enjoying this Holiday Season!

~ Shelly ~

Little Candy Treat boxes

2008-11-09T14:38:00.004-05:00

I came across this fun looking box on Nichole Heady's Blog. So here are a few different little boxes I made. I used several different Martha Stewart Border edge punches for the bands around the boxes and made some cute covered peppermint patties as the little "treat" for the little boxes except the pink cat box I used Toffee Creamsavers - yummo!

These are super easy and can be made for so many different occasions and hold many different treats and I even think maybe some Snowman Soup would work :0)

Thanks for looking,

Graphics © Debra Jordan Bryan, Laurie Furnell & Nit Wit Collections

Happy Halloween from Furlicity

2008-10-31T14:49:00.002-04:00

Just wanted to share my last Halloween card using Furlicity the Kitty and wish everyone a Happy and Safe Halloween!

Halloween Monkey Treat Box

2008-10-24T10:32:00.002-04:00

I came across a Blog with the cutest Monkey favor treat boxes and I just had to try one. While it wasn't going to be a Halloween theme box I felt the little monkey graphic that I used, he needed something to hold in his hands and with Halloween so close I thought he would look cute holding a pumpkin so that's what I did. The box inside holds a wrapped roll of Rolos. I thought he would be cute to make for different Holidays like Christmas with a Santa hat and maybe holding a Wreath, stocking or a glittery snowflake, valentines day holding a heart and for birthday theme he could hold a cupcake. So many possibilities and ideas :0)

Please check out Martha's Monkey Treat Boxes and I applaud her for having the patience to make 80 of these as making one was fun and challenging and don't think I could ever make that many without going totally Ape! LOL

Thanks for looking,

Graphics ©Shelly Comiskey & Lori Gardner & Laurie Furnell

Silly Kitty in a Bowl!

2008-10-22T14:53:00.002-04:00

I had just finished putting on a Halloween tablecloth and few decorations on my dining table and in the center of my table I put this large plastic candy bowl. Well I walk back into the dining room and there is Louie the cat sound asleep in the bowl!

Of course once I started to take his picture he woke up with this look like "What are you doing , can't you see I was sleeping" We ususally use this bowl to put our Halloween candy in to give out to Trick-or-Treaters so may have to find another bowl to use since Louie has claimed this one as his new bed, now that is one silly Kitty!

Thanks for looking :0)

Witch purse Goodies

2008-10-22T14:26:00.006-04:00

Here are the goodies I put in the spooky Witch purses I posted a while back that I made for a swap I was in. Since everyone has since received their purses I can post what was in them.

I made Lip Balm holders using some Halloween Lip Balm from Avon and I got the idea from Splitcoaststampers. The cute Poem was written by a dear online friend named Sue (GrammyGoose). I added some old looking Halloween raffle tickets and postcard that I got from Seneca Pond Crafts, and of course every Witch needs some money so I included some witch money and coins plus 2 googlie eyes just for fun! hehehe

Graphics on Lip Balm ©Tina Ledbetter

Poem on Lip Balm By Grammygoose Please give credit if you use it!

My Spooky Halloween Display

2008-09-29T16:01:00.003-04:00

Just wanted to share my little Halloween display that I created in my craft room. I had to do it in my craft room as with 5 curious cats they would eat, chew or knock everything off and since they aren't allowed in my craft room it was a safe place, lol!

I bought the witches hat from Etsy, the shoes from an online friend named Wendy and also the cute little witches hat she made that's on top of the Pumpkin tree that I bought at Michaels. I also bought these cute yes I said cute bats from a really nice lady on Ebay that I have hanging with clear nylon string. Click on the Ebay link and see a close up of the bats and love that they have wire in the wings so you can adjust how they look, plus they smell good as they have cinnamon dusted lightly on them.

Also I have a cute candy dish I bought several years ago at a Christmas Tree Shop and it holds the Kitty Peppermint patties I shared in an earlier post.

I used a white foam board that I rubbed allover with my black Stazon ink pad to get a distressed look and used it to cover my old desk to display my decorations. Found some silk leaves to scatter around also.

So there is my little Halloween display and enjoy it every time I go into my craft room.

So how many of you have Halloween decorations or displays? I would love to see them so just leave a comment and a link to your pictures if you would like to share them :0)

Thanks for looking,

Shelly

Anyone need Halloween cards?

2008-09-29T15:33:00.004-04:00

Here are some Halloween cards my husband and I made over this past weekend.
I made the 2 witch cards and the haunted house one, the Dracula card we made together and was inspired by Jen's Stampin spot I love her card and wish I could find that Martha Stewart drippy goo punch but cant find it anywhere so if anyone should locate one let me know ok?
The mummy and black and white pumpkin card my husband made himself, except for the ribbon on the pumpkin card I had to do that for him as he said he doesn't do bows, lol!

Not sure what we're going to do with all these cards but they were fun to make and I got to use my Cuttlebug embossing folders which I love using, the best craft tool I think I have ever purchased :0)

Thanks for looking,
Shelly

Graphics ©Marie Cole and ©Tina Ledbetter

Who's cuter Frankie or Frannie?

2008-09-23T09:44:00.005-04:00

My husband and I really liked the Frankie card we saw at Dawn's Stampin Thoughts, so last night my husband decided we both needed to go and make one.

Of course I had to make Frankie's unknown sister Frannie along with pink hair of course and a pretty black bow and she had to have eyelashes that I even curled and used a black glitter gel pen to give them sparkle! Its usually her brother Frankie getting all the attention and fame, but I think she's much cuter don't you? hehehe :0)

My husband of course made Frankie and he did a great job with no help from me and he even used my Cuttlebug to emboss his hair and came up with the idea to make the bolts using Stampin up word window punch.

We had fun making these cards and my husband can't wait to try something else tonight, so stay tuned there may be more creations from the hubbie real soon! lol!

Also thank you Dawn Griffith for sharing how to make these fun cards and make sure you go and watch her video so you can make a Frankie or Frannie card too!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Shelly

Spooky Witch Purses

2008-09-21T01:16:00.002-04:00

I made these spooky looking witch purses for a swap I'm in. I won't show what's in them in case any of my swap partners should check out my blog. I had fun making these but they were a lot of work but think they came out the way I pictured in head to what I was going for, so I'm happy with them.

I used my Cuttlebug Spiderweb embossing folder for the flap and used a white ink pad to bring out the embossing plus on the edges and the rest of the purse to make it look old. The cute Spider on the front is a Sizzlet Spider die that I glued tiny googly eyes on. Then the fun part adding some of that fake cobweb stuff to make the purses look old and spooky!

Once my swap partners get their purses I will share a few of the things I put in them.

Thanks for looking :0)

Halloween Triangle Treat Boxes

2008-09-19T16:30:00.007-04:00

Just some more cute and fun Halloween Treat boxes using some new graphics by Laurie Furnell, she is so talented and it's always fun creating things using her graphics!

Thanks Laurie, love your art!

I have included the template I made for my own use and you can make these any size you want. The ones pictured below I made 3 1/2" x 7" I believe and was able to get 2 per page. I used the Cuttlebug to emboss a couple and my Stampin Up punches, plus used a white and purple ink pads to highlight the embossing.

Hope you give these a try as there very easy to make just print, cut-out, fold in half and score on the triangles and punch some holes for ribbon and fill with some small treats. I think they would be cute with a hanger so you can hang them on a Halloween tree or a childs bedroom doorknob for a Spooky Treat! :0)

Thanks for looking,

Graphics © Laurie Furnell

My Blue-eyed Boy

2008-09-17T13:29:00.002-04:00

I figured it's been a while since I posted a picture of one of my kitties so I was playing last night with this picture of my oldest boy Reggie.

He is such a handsome guy and I love his pretty blue eyes, he must get them from me, lol!

He is a momma's boy for sure and loves getting attention from his mommy. He loves to sit on me but not on the lap he wants to sit on my chest with his head under my chin, and this is no small light boy he's a solid long kitty and just having him standing on your leg is painful. He likes to sleep next to me too and will make sure he is touching me or he gets up and re-postitions himself till he is.

So here is my handsome guy getting ready for Halloween and I made everything blue just to match his eyes :0)

Reggie says thanks for stopping by, >^..^<

Minty Halloween Treats

2008-09-14T10:48:00.006-04:00

Ever since I saw these over at Splitcoaststampers I have been wanting to make these but didn't have the punches to make them, but now that I do, I just had to make some.

Of course I used my black kitty image and I so love how these look when their all finished and presented. Think I may give these out to Trick-or-Treaters for Halloween using lots of different images, but do young kids really like peppermint patties though?

Don't know if they do or not but they sure are cute to look at and heck they can always give them to their parents if they don't like them, I suppose :0)

Thanks for looking and have a great Sunday!

Christmas came early!

2008-09-12T15:52:00.002-04:00

Look what the Stampin Up Santa brought me the other day!! My very first order of Stampin Up goodies and it surely was like Christmas opening up everything. I bought mostly punches because I have seen so many wonderful things made with them I felt left out that I couldn't make any of them. I had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to really spurge and not feel to guilty about spending the money and some of it was for my birthday so it all works, hehehe!

I also got some sanding blocks, Dimensionals, a white gel pen which I loveeeeeeeee and of course I had to get an ink pad and guess what color it is......Regal Rose a pretty shade of pink!!!

The only stamps I got were the free hostess set but I like them, small and cute :0)

I placed my order with a great online friend named Cindy and if you need any Stampin Up stuff check out her Stampin Up Demonstrator website to place an order and Stampin Up now has online ordering to make it even easier to place an order!

I have played with my goodies a little bit and have lots of ideas just need to sit and do them so I'm sure there will be lots of fun things to share in the coming weeks as I play more with my new toys :0)

Also please read my post below and help me name my kitty and you could win a fun prize or two if I pick the name you suggest. I'm loving the names that have been submitted so far and this is gonna be hard to just pick one, so get your suggestion in if you wanna play and win!

Thanks for stopping by,

Look at all my new "Toys" I have to create and play with!

Retro Kitty In a TV

2008-09-08T15:48:00.003-04:00

Here are a couple quick cards I made using some Retro graphics by Moonie. I don't have a link to the graphics as they were included in the March 2007 Daisie club kit and don't think they are available any longer.

The black retro kitty I made after seeing a similar one on SCS gallery by using different shapes in my graphics program "Digital Image" by Microsoft which is now dis-continued. I think she came out cute and I also added some Aleene's Liquid Laminate to the Tv dials so that's why they look kinda milky white as I was to much in a hurry to take the pictures before they were completely dried. The Saying is cut-out and added to the card using pop dots.

So what should I name my black retro kitty? Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for looking :0)

Halloween Nugget Boxes

2008-09-08T14:10:00.002-04:00

Sorry I haven't posted anything new for awhile but I had laptop issues to the point my husband wiped it cleaned and re-installed everything, plus he added Vista to it so I have been trying to get used to that and putting everything back on. Plus the last couple weeks it's been so warm and my craft room gets a lot of sun so it's just been to hot to sit in there for long periods of time but according to Yahoo weather it looks like it will be cooling down a bit soon, as it should it's almost Fall and I loveeeeeee fall weather!

I also loveeeeee Halloween, so I made a couple little treat boxes that hold 2 Hershey Nuggets and I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the tops. The cat and spider are a Cuttlebug embossing folder that I cut out using a circle punch. I added fun googly eyes to the spider and used white and black ink pads to distress them for that spooky feel, lol!

Thanks for stopping by,

I actually won something!

2008-08-29T19:54:00.012-04:00

A few weeks back while surfing YouTube I came across this neat video. It showed how to use empty paper towel tubes and turn them into beautiful flowers, yes I said flowers!

Then around the same time a challenge was posted on the PcCrafter message board to recycle things we would normally throw away into something new, so I decided to try the flowers I saw on YouTube.

I used graphics from "Pansy Garden" by Jane Shasky. I love the colors and graphics and knew they would make a pretty flower. I then added a flattened bottle cap to the centers of the flowers which I added graphics to and sealed with Aleene's Laminate sealer. Oh yeah I sprinkled glitter lightly while the laminate was still wet to make it sparkle :0)

A few tips when making these. I used my Xyron adhesive to apply my paper to the tube, I found using glue made it crinkle a bit and also you don't have to wait for it to dry. When cutting your petals I totally flatten the tube and cut the width I want then I hold it on the remaining tube and make the next cut and so on. You want to make sure all your pieces are the same height or they will be uneven when you add something to the center whether its a bottle cap, button or a cut-out. Once you have them cut out you can just pinch the ends to open them up and make your petals thin or chunky. I used Scotch's Quick Dry glue to glue the cardboard pieces to the paper because its quick and it has a very fine tip because I found out you don't want to much glue oozing out under the cardboard or it makes cutting the paper harder. So remember less is more as this glue holds very well using just a tiny bit. Also us small sharp scissors to cut away the excess paper, dull scissors will not work well especially if you did go a little over board on the glue :0)

And the most important tip I can give you is if you want a hanger for your flower make sure you punch a hole in the top of one of your petals and add your hanging thread/ribbon before you glue the bottom on. Ask me how I know this, LOL!

Ok enough of me rambling on here is how to make them and also please check out all the others that entered this Recycled Challenge as they all are winners in my book and show such creativity using stuff we would normally just throw in the trash.

So go and recycle those paper towel tubes and make some pretty flowers!

Thanks for stopping by

Domino Magnets

2008-08-23T16:09:00.003-04:00

I bought some children's wooden Domino's from Target's dollar section a couple years back when they were clearing them out for .50 a set, so I bought what all they had in hopes of making something crafty with them someday. Well that someday finally came this week when I made some magnets out of them. I would have posted them sooner but I used Aleene's paper Glaze on the tops to give them a nice and glossy finish and it took almost 2 days for them to dry. It's hard to tell but a few of them I sprinkled some fine glitter on the top to make them all sparkly. I plan on making some christmas ornaments soon with these and I may add some thin ribbon around the edges to finish them off nicely. :0)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

I had to make myself the one about being 40 as next week is my birthday and guess how old I will be? Yep the big 4-0!

Graphics from PcCrafter

See I'm not Prejudice

2008-08-17T16:33:00.004-04:00

It's not all about kitties for me, I do love dogs too. I've had a few dogs in my time and I'm sure if we had our own home we would have one, but at the moment we don't so we just have the 5 kitties, which most days is enough to keep me busy :0)

Here's a couple cards I made, one of a kitty and the other of a dog. These graphics by Shelly Comiskey are the cutest I think I have ever seen and just had to make something with them. It's hard to tell but I even layered the dog's nose and covered it with some of Aleene's Paper Glaze to give it a shiny appearance so it looks wet like a dogs nose, lol!

So see it's not just all about kitties with me :0)

Thanks for looking,

Is it to early for Witches?

2008-08-17T16:15:00.003-04:00

Ever since I was a little girl I have always liked witches, well at least the cute ones that is, not the ugly green mean ones with warts on their noses!

I think most every year that I went Trick-or-Treating I was always a witch except the last year I think I was a ghost because it was quick and easy, as I just put an old sheet over my head that had the eyes cut-out.

Well I bought this set of graphics by Rebecca Carter just for these 4 cute witches that I thought would look nice as Magnets, so I finally made them yesterday after 2 years of buying the graphics, lol.

I may never be quick getting things done but at least that's one more idea crossed off my long list of things to make, only a few hundred more to go! :0)

Thanks for looking,

Pretty Notes

2008-08-12T19:02:00.002-04:00

I saw this idea of covering mini notebooks using Cuttlebug embossing folders while I was 'blurfing'.

Unfortunately I cant remember the blog I saw them at to give credit to the person whose idea inspired me to make my own.

I decided to use some new cute graphics I just purchased from
Raggedy Scrappin last night.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dreaming of Mice and Fish

2008-08-10T21:15:00.006-04:00

I found this fun tutorial using DIP (Digital Image Pro) the graphics program I use to do all my creations with and sadly is now dis-continued from Microsoft :0(

I used my sweet beautiful kitty Maggie Mae as my subject and she is sleeping on a cat scratching pole that went from the floor to the ceiling and she loved sleeping and playing on that thing. Unfortunately it broke and we had to get rid of it and we haven't been able to find another one for her, but we keep hoping we will find her a replacement soon.

We used to joke that Maggie Mae was our little pole dancer, lol! :0)

Thanks for visiting,

The un-official reveal of the Crafty Pink Palace

2008-08-09T18:59:00.006-04:00

Well here it is my old junk room turned into the Crafty Pink Palace. It's still a work in progress but most of the major stuff is done. I still need to find some fabric to make some window valances and a skirt covering to go around my old school desk that holds my sewing machine which I didn't take a picture of. I also want to add a small rug and in the future where you see the cardboard boxes which have cross stitch stuff I will be selling on Craiglist when I get around to it, some of those white modular stacking units that come in various figuration's as seen here. I think Michael's and AcMoore's sell something like these also and that's probably where I will get mine when they have them on sale. The gray tote under the window is the only craft stuff left to go thru and sort so not to bad, considering what this room looked like a few short weeks ago. Also that big black & white cat hamper in the corner holds all my yarn, 2 afghans I have yet to finish and my fiberfill, kinda cute idea I thought :0)

I really enjoy being able to go in my Pink Palace and sit and make something and know where everything is without searching. I used to get so frustrated when I wanted to make something as I felt I spent half my time looking for the things I needed, I gave up many times.

I will take more pictures to share as I make more progress and I thank you all for taking the time to stop by and looking :0)

Cuttlebug Obsession?

2008-08-09T18:09:00.004-04:00

Ok I guess I have to admit I'm getting a little obsessed with the Cuttlebug. I bought it mostly for the embossing part but thrilled with the fun die cuts they make for it also. Well I'm starting to get quite a collection of embossing folders and dies that I had this crazy fear I may forget which ones I have and which ones I still have to have. Heaven forbid I should buy 2 of something huh? lol!
So what turned into a simple little checklist booklet of the just the large embossing folders is now a fat little book of all Cuttlebug products. The binder combs I had were way to small for this book so my husband found one from work that was 1inch wide so it has plenty of room to grow with any future new releases.
I tried my best to list the products by their item number but not sure how well I did on that but its finished and now I have to go and check off everything I do have so far.

So do you think I'm obsessed with the Cuttlebug? :0)

Pretty as a Pansy

2008-08-09T17:13:00.004-04:00

I have been wanting to try these cute boxes I found awhile back on the Splitcoaststampers website. I thought these Pansie graphics would make a some pretty boxes and the pansies on top are mutiple layers giving them a 3-D effect and of course have to have a tiny bit of glitter in the center of the pansies. If you want to try making some of these cute little treat boxes you can find the template and directions that Qbee from Splitcoaststampers created and has generously shared with everyone here. Now I have to find some goodies to put in them, I'm thinking chocolate of course, hehehe!

Thanks for looking :0)

Every Palace needs a Princess

2008-08-02T19:39:00.003-04:00

Well it's a dark, rainy and stormy Saturday here in southern NH so what else is there to do other than clean the house and my husband was nice enough to do that. So I decided to make a card with some new graphics from this months PcHugClub. I fell in love with the pretty paisley background and the cute little girl holding the white kitty, and thought they would be cute on a card.

So here is my princess card and thanks for looking :0)

Meet Sir Louie

2008-07-31T14:40:00.005-04:00

Thought I would post a cute picture of Louie the cat. He's 3 1/2 years old and our youngest kitty of the 5 that own us, lol! He loves to pretend he owns the house and that includes us. He can be pretty feisty and demanding at times but when he looks at you with that cute sweet face how can you not love him! Ok remind me of that when he's sticking his claws and teeth in my feet when I'm trying to sleep at night.........

He has even taught his older brother Ernie who you'll meet soon, to open the kitchen cabinet doors. The problem with this is:

A) I rather not have the cats walking around my pots and pans that I cook with that are inside the cabinets.

B) It's rather annoying hearing the cabinets banging shut every few seconds till he finally gets it open enough to get in. Sometimes we think he opens the cabinets and shoves his brother Ernie in on purpose to make it look like he's the one being naughty

C) Once they get inside the cabinet they haven't figured out how to get back out, lol........ So either my husband or I have to go and rescue them.

We bought some baby locks for the cabinets but just havent gotten around to getting them on yet. I'm not sure what they think is so exciting in there but maybe they are just playing Hide & Seek, who knows.....

Got to love them kitties, always makin everday life more interesting :0)

Sir Louie pretending he owns the TV

Bugs in the Waterfall!

2008-07-28T15:01:00.004-04:00

I enjoyed making the baby waterfall card I had to try another one and I love these graphics by Laurie Furnell, aren't they the cutest bugs you have ever seen!!!!

Thanks for looking,

It's a Baby Girl!

2008-07-28T14:28:00.008-04:00

My brother-in-law and his fiancee had a baby girl a couple days ago. She was born 3-4 weeks early and weighed 4.4 pounds, so she's just a tiny little munchkin. Her name is Isla Rose and I can hardly wait to see some pictures of her.

So of course I had to make a card to congratulate them on their new baby girl since they don't live nearby, they actually live in England which is to far away from us :0(

I chose to make a waterfall card and I have never made one before but after watching Dawn's Tutorial she made it look so easy and it actually was easy, even my husband said he could make one following her directions. So thank you Dawn for the great tutorial, you rock!

Thank for looking,

It's Official!

2008-07-28T14:17:00.004-04:00

The Crafty Pink Palace is officially pink now! Yep Saturday my husband painted my craft room bubblegum pink and its so bright and pretty now. I still have a few things to get done and one large Rubbermaid box of misc. craft stuff to sort thru but its getting there. I decided to give you all a sneak peak at the color of my walls and hopefully soon I will reveal the official opening of the Crafty Pink Palace for all to see!

Just For Fun

2008-07-21T17:36:00.004-04:00

I was playing last night with my graphics program while we were having a thunder storm and just for fun made this bright colorful frame and added a picture of my sweet Kitty that passed away last year. She was 17 when she passed away and I had her for 14 of those years and she was such a big part of my life, I miss her so very much. :0(

Junk room to Craft room makeover

2008-07-20T16:22:00.009-04:00

Well after almost 8 years of being a junk room I have decided to finally make it into a craft room. I took some before pictures and these are actually after taking quite a bit of junk out already that had nothing to do with crafts. I will post after pictures once I finish sorting and organizing everything and making it all pretty :0)

Thanks for looking,

Welcome to my Blog

2008-07-17T16:36:00.004-04:00

Thanks for stopping by and as you can see, not much going on yet. I'm in the process of turning a spare junk room into my official craft room or should I say the birth of the "Crafty Pink Palace". Yes my room will be painted pink with lots of pink accents plus I will throw in some fun lime green for variety too!

So hopefully once I get that done I will be able to sit and actually craft and make something to show you all. Oh I will also be posting pics and stories about my 5 beautiful kitties that I consider my children so hopefully there are lots of kitty lovers out there!

So keep checking back, you never know when I may post something fun!

Hugs,