Pink Cat Studio Digi Stamp Release and Envelope Pocket Card Tutorial

Hello Friends!! Guess what today is? It's the release of Pink Cat Studio Digi Stamps!!! Yay! If you don't know by now, Pink Cat Studio now sells digital stamps and there's new releases each week! Wow, that's a lot of cute images to choose from. This week it's all about owls!! Lots of them!

Be sure to stop by the Pink Cat Studio Blog to check out the fabulous cards the design team created.

Okay. . .let's begin. . .

The first project is an "Envelope Pocket Card". I didn't create a "formal" tutorial because it's a very easy project. Here are the instructions:

Materials:

Envelope (at least 2 inches taller than your card)
1 3/8" circle punch

Instructions:

Measure the height of your card.

Seal the envelope.

Cut the envelope across the top at least 1/2" taller than you card.

Punch a 1/2" circle slot on one side of the top opening to create a notch.

Decorate the envelope with border punches, designer paper, etc.

Here is the card that I made for the coordinating envelope.

I brought out my sewing machine to create the stitches and colored the image with my Copic Markers.

Card and Project Details:

Stamps: Pink Cat Studio Digi Stamps
Paper: DCWV designer paper, SU Real Red, Certainly Celery, Close to CocoaInk: Copic markers
Accessories: Grosgrain Ribbon, Fiskar Border Punch, SU Large Oval Punch, Buttons, Hemp Cord, Dew Drops

Here is another "Envelope Pocket" that I created. This time I used a "business size" #10 envelope; a taller envelope.

This is just a fun way to created a pocket or dress up your envelope. Obviously you can't send out the envelope through the mail but if you are going to give a card in person. . .how fun it is to receive a card with a pretty dressed up envelope!





















Here is the card out of the pocket.

Aren't the Pink Cat Studio digi images the cutest or what!! These owls are the hoot!!

Be sure to stop by the other DT's sites and check out what they created for the release:

Alicia Weiman
Emily Leiphart
Inge Groot
Kerry Donovan-Casey
Kristen Catalano
MacKenzie Bruckler
Maria Bell
Suzanne J Dean
Tracey Cuccia
Tori Hemmingway
Vicki Garrett









Just a little info on my card. A great way to use up scrap ribbon is to cut them into 1 1/2" pieces and create a ribbon design like I did. To adhere the ribbons, I just stapled them to the card stock and added buttons.

I colored the images with my Copic Markers. That's it!!

Anyway. . .be sure to get your digi images at Pink Cat Studio! There's MANY to choose from! You'll love the options!

Hope y'all have a wonderful Friday!

Card Details and Project Details:

Stamps: Pink Cat Studio Digi Images
Paper: SU DSP, SU Real Red Pretty in Pink
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: EK Success Border Punch, SU Key Tag Punch, American Craft Elements ribbon, Nestabilities, Buttons, Hemp Cord, CB Embossing Folder

Little C's Bubbles Noelani and Girl Scout Noelani Digi Images

Hello Friends! Okay. . .I think I'm losing my mind! LOL! First of all, I forgot to post my cards on my blog this morning! But to top that off, my day to post on Little C's Stamp n' Scraps Hawaii was yesterday! Arrrrggggh!

It's one of those weeks. . . .actually, I'm not surprised. I don't use my organizers or to do list. I have 2 organizers, a To Do List notebook and I actually bought a new organizer . . just because it was pretty. The funny thing is I don't use any of them. I think it's because I believe I'm so talented and efficient that I can keep an organizer in my head. LOL! Obviously, I'm delusional!

Okay. . .let's get down to business. Do you see the cute images and sentiments on my cards? Well, they are the new digital images and sentiments that Little C's is now selling in their store! Whoohoo!!! There's more in store and coming your way. . .I'm really excited about the new digi images that will be sold at Little C's in the future.

This cutie on my card is "Bubbles Noelani". I colored the image with my Copic Markers, cut her out and remounted her with foam tape to give the image a 3D appearance.

Do you see the border? Well, I created that by punching the SU Word Window shapes and adhering them on the card in a row. No, I didn't come up with this idea. . .it's been circulating in blog land for a while now.









With this card. . .I used Little C's "Girl Scout Noelani" digi stamp. I have a story about the Girl Scouts. My daughter joined the Girl Scouts when she was 8 years old. I was a single parent at that time and I really needed her to be influenced by positive people. I sought out people that I felt could be positive role models for my daughter because honestly, I was afraid of the sad statistics of children of divorce. Furthermore, in my daughter's case, I was deeply concerned that the death of her father in such a tragic way would effect her negatively. If you've been a follower of my blog, you already know the story so I won't get into it.

Anyway. . .being a child of divorced parents and subsequently, the death of her father was sort of like a double whammy! I wanted her to overcome the adversities that she encountered in her life and having her join the Girl Scouts was something I felt would benefit her.





Well, the Girl Scouts was the beginning of something greater for my daughter. They made her aware of the importance of community service but there was one event that she attended that made a great impact on her. She attended an excursion where they were able to touch a few dolphins and the point of the trip was to make children aware of how the environment impacts wild life.

To make a long story short. . .my daughter's career goal is to become an environmental/wild life researcher and conservationist. Right now she is majoring in biological science but her junior year in college, she will be able to decide on the specific field of concentration she wants to pursue. Her plan is to pursue a concentration in environmental and wild life science.

Through the Girl Scouts, my daughter also became involved in community service which continued on from middle school, through high school, and now in college. She found such fulfillment through them and it all started with the Girl Scouts. So. . .for parents who have young girls, I highly recommend having them join the Girl Scouts. They will come away becoming better citizens and and also find self-fulfillment. Here is a picture of my daughter in her Girl Scouts uniform. . .she was so proud wearing her uniform.

Sorry. . .back to my card. . I tend to get side tracked whenever I post something! LOL!

Again, I colored the image with my Copic Markers and colored the background with my Prismacolor pencils.

Okay. . .my post is getting pretty long so I'll end it here. Hope y'all all have a wonderful Thursday!

Pink Cat Studio Release of Itty Bitty Christmas

Hi Friends!!! Guess what today is? It's Pink Cat Studio's release of Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set! Whoohoo!!! How fun! Now you can create your own cards and projects with these cute and fun images!!! Be sure to stop by the store and get your set! Christmas is right around the corner! It's time to start creating your Christmas cards and projects!!

SFYTT and Mojo Monday Challenge and the Greeting Farm Digi Stamps

Hi Friends! I decided to participate in a few challenges. Do you participate in challenges for the prize that are given out or do you like to be challenged? I like challenges because it helps me to do something different from what I normally would think of doing. It's fun!

Well, this card is for the "Sketch For You To Try" challenge. I really liked the sketch so I decided to play along!

Hey. . .do you see the image? OMG! It's the new digi images at the Greeting Farm! Dang. . .they are so darn cute! I seriously had the most fun coloring the image!

I colored the image with a mix of Copic Markers and Prisma color pencils. The fun thing with Prismacolor Pencils is that it's easier to create highlights and shading but the down side is it takes much longer to color than with Copics.







Prismacolor Pencils was once my choice of color medium but after using Copics. . .I stopped using them. Mainly because of the time factor. It twice as long to color with the pencils which I don't like. I don't have as much time as I once had to craft so to sit and color with the pencils is just too time consuming but I do have to admit, the depth of shading is so much easier to achieve with pencils.

You can see the difference in my coloring. . .if you look at my card below. . it was colored with Copics only.

There are times when I can color with good highlights and shading with Copic . . .for me, it's hit and miss. It's a miss when I rush my coloring and I over color and totally color over the highlights like I did with my card below.

Card Details:

Stamps: The Greeting Farm Penny Witch Digi, SU
Paper: SU designer paper, Really Rust, Only Orange, More Mustard
Ink: Copic Markers and Prismacolor Pencils
Accessories: Nestabilities, Recollections Ribbon, SU Large Star Punch

This card was created for the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. I thought it was a fun sketch and a simple one too! Sometimes simple sketches are great because it allows more creative freedom. to add your own embellishments and such.

The image is again a digi image from "the Greeting Farm". I'm seriously diggin' the new digi images! They are so cute! I can't wait to get more of them! With this card, like I said earlier. . .the image was colored with Copics only


Anyway. . .that's it! Hope y'all have a wonderful Wendesday!!

Card Details:

Stamps: the Greeting Ivy Christmas Tree, SU Christmas Punch

Paper: SU designer paper SU Real Red, Wild Wasabi

Ink: Copic Markers

Accessories: Nestabilities, DCWV Adhesive ribbon, buttons, hemp cord, SU Scallop Oval Punch, Dew Drops

Pink Cat Studio Day #2 Sneak Peeks and Cocoa Packet Pocket Card

Hi Friends! Today is the second day of Pink Cat Studio's "Itty Bitty Christmas" stamp set!! Yay! I've got more Christmas projects and cards for you today. . .including a tutorial for a Pocket Card for a cocoa packet or treat bag! I had so much fun creating with this stamp set. . .there's so many different possibilities!! Be sure to stop by the Pink Cat Studio blog to view the other cards and projects created by the design team.

This is a matching tag for the pocket card I created. The tag was cut from a Sizzix die. Do you see the icicles. . .it's a border punch by EK Success. I colored Billy with my Copic Markers. . .as always. . .:)Be sure to scroll down to check out my tutorial.

Tag and card Details:

Stamps: Pink Cat Studio Itty Bitty Christmas
Paper: SU DSP, SU Real Red, Old Olive
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Nestabilities, SU Grosgrain Ribbons, EK Success Border Punch, Liquid Applique, SU 1 3/8" circle punch, Scallop Circle Punch, SU Jumbo Eyelets, Round Corner Punch, CB Embossing Folder




Okay. . .this is a pocket card for a Cocoa Packet but you can use it for treats or even a card insert! I created the tutorial specifically for a Cocoa Packet. If you want, instead of folding the right and left flap at the front, you can fold it on the inside of the card base rather than on the outside but I think it's more fun on the outside. Don't you think?

When the flaps are opened up, it reveals the card base.



When you open the card base, there is a pocket that holds your cocoa packet. This card is basically a variation of the "multi-flap pocket card" tutorial I created a week ago.

Anyway. . .I'm just trying to come up with different card designs. . .it's fun to open up a card to reveal a pocket with some goodies in it! LOL! It's like a double treat, huh!

Hope you'll try out the tutorial. If you do, tell me what you think of it!

Hope you all have a beautiful day!!

Just to let you know, the tutorial was uploaded through Scribd.com and if you want to download or print the tutorial, you may need to register with Scribd. Scribd is just a site that allows you to upload Word and pdf. documents which you can't do directly on Blogger so I have to use another source to upload the tutorials rather than posting it directly on Blogger. You can find other crafters who post templates and tutorials on Scribd as well so it's a good idea to register. There's no obligation. It's a free site.

To view the tutorial directly from my blog, just scroll down using the scroll bar to the right of the tutorial. You can also enlarge the document by clicking the plus sign or magnifying glass. You have other options on the "more" drop down menu. Check it out!


Cocoa Packet Pocket Card

Pink Cat Studio Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set Sneak Peek Day #1

Hi Friends! This is my second post of the day! Scroll down to the previous post for the Christmas Stampin All Year Long Challenge card I made.

Wow, I've been busy! LOL! Well today is the first day of sneak peeks of "Itty Bitty Christmas" stamp set. Yay! This month we have two guest designers: Mackenzie Bruckler and Tracey Cuccia

I decided for my firs sample to create a pink Christmas! I think pink and brown is a nice color for Christmas? Don't you think so? It's really feminine and soft looking!!

For this first set, I decided to create a gift box and a card. The box is a Kraft box that I've had for a while now. I finally decided to use it. I've been discovering stuff that I bought a while ago stored in a container in the garage! How fun to re-discover things that I have forgotten I had bought!



Here is the box. Nothing is inside of it yet. . .maybe, I'll put some homemade cookies when it's time to give it out. What do you think? Cookies sound good?

Do you see the puffy white stuff on the cap? I created it using Liquid Applique. When heated with a heating tool, it puffs up so it looks like cotton. You can find it in the fabric ipaint aisle at your local craft store.













This project is a clear pillow box. Do you know where I got it? It's actually a Basic Grey ribbon container. It's amazing how pretty and reusable a packaging can be. . LOL! Don't throw away your craft containers or packages, it can be reused for a project.

This is a card I created. . .

Just to let you know. . .all of my images were colored with my Copic Markers and the shapes were cut using my Nestability dies.

Anyway. . .stop by the Pink Cat Studio blog to check out all the fabulous creations that the design team created.

Stop by tomorrow for Day #2 of the Pink Cat Studio sneak peeks of "Itty Bitty Christmas"!!

Have a great day, Friends!

Christmas Stampin All Year Long Challenge #38

Hello Friends! It's Monday! Today is Christmas Stampin All Year Long Challenge time again! This week I'm hosting the challenge and my challenge is a simple one. . .it's a sketch challenge. Stop by the challenge site and check out the sketch. Hope you'll play along this week!

I decided to use my Stampin Up stamp set "Serene Snowflakes" as my primary image. I stamped my card on the Soft Sky card stock using Night of Navy ink and stamped the same image on to the Blue Bayou card stock. I then heat embossed the image with white embossing powder, cut out the image and remounted it over the first stamped image using foam tape. That's about it!

Gosh, what does this week have in store for me? I hope something fun! LOL! I rarely ever plan my week. . .I like having spontaneity in my life. My husband is a PLANNER! I'm serious. I wrote it in capital because he seriously plans everything. He'll research things before he buys anything, even check traffic reports before we drive anywhere that may remotely have heavy traffic. We are polar opposites when it comes to this.

My husband gets up the same time every morning. He exercises the same time every day. He plans basically everything. It's his thing. I try to plan things but it never works out. I have like 4 different organizers and to do list but never follow them. I'm terrible.

But. . .the difference between me and my husband is that when things don't work out as planned. . .I just go with the flow and my husband gets bent out of shape. I rarely get stressed out about anything because I don't spend my time thinking about what is coming my way. LOL! I have my husband to do that for me. It works out best that way!

Anyway. . .stop by later today. I'll have another post. . .some fun stuff to show you!

Okay, I'll end it here. . .

Hope y'all have a wonderful Monday!

Card Details:

Stamps: SU Serene Snowflakes, Christmas Punch
Paper: SU Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, SU Ski Slope DSP
Ink: Versamark, Night of Navy, Glossy White
Accessories: White Embossing Powder, SU Filigree Designer brad, JoAnn Rhinestone brads, CB Embossing Folder, Nestabilites

Dutch Dare Challenge and Exercise

Happy Sunday, Friends! Hey, thank you for your nice comments regarding my past two posts regarding going back in time. Well, thank you for all the comments, period. I always appreciate any comment. I've been a bad at commenting my blog friends lately. ..I'm really sorry about that. I'll tell you the reason why but let me tell you about my card first. Do you like to participate in challenges. . .I do but I always forget about all the challenges out there when I'm in the process of making a card. Well, I remembered this time around. This card was created for the Dutch Dare Challenges.

The challenge is to create a card with:

2 different colours of cardstock
2 different pieces of Patterned Paper
2 flowers
2 brads
2 gemstones/buttons

I colored my image with my Copic Markers. The image was sent to me by Diane of "ddnjoys2stamp". She is such a darling to send me a bunch of cute images (I posted them a few months ago).

Stop by Dutch Dare Challenges and check out the cute cards created by the DT and the prize to be given out!!

Card Details:

Stamps: Oops, Diane sent me a list of the companies but don't know where I put the paper
Paper: DCWV DP, SU Real Red, So Saffron
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Prima, Fiskar Border Punch, Nestabilities JoAnn Brads, Darice Rhinestones




Okay. . .now to the reason why I haven't been commenting your blogs as often as I used to. It's not that I don't want to but the past 2 months I started on a fitness journey. . .basically, I've been exercising and eating and cooking healthy food. Initially, my goal was to lose weight but it changed with time to focus more on becoming a fit and healthier person.

If you've been visiting my blog for a while now, you'll notice a surge of card/project posts on my blog for the past month and a half. Well, about a year ago up until a month or so ago. . .I've been feeling extremely TIRED. I lacked so much energy that even crafting was exhausting. I was beginning to feel my mojo for crafting was disappearing but that wasn't the case. I was still wanting to craft but I was so tired all the time.

One of the problems I was also beginning to experience was back pains from sitting down in front of my computer, blogging, commenting, blurfing, etc. Even standing in one place when I'm crafting (I stand when I craft) was killing me. I was 35 lbs overweight and slowly climbing. For a short person like me (5 ft). . .trust me that's like 50 lbs to a taller person.

Well, I started exercising . . .first, walking for 15 to 20 min 3x a week then increasing my speed to a brisk walk. I then added aerobic workouts like Zumba Fitness and Hip Hop Abs to 3x to 4x a week. About 3 weeks into my regimen, I added dumbbell and resistance training. I also began preparing and cooking my own meals and reduced eating out to once or twice a week. I prepared "clean meals" meaning food high in protein, low in calories and fat, snacked on fruits, added more veggies to my meals and paid attention to nutrition labels. I also began drinking 8 glasses of water a day.

I always read about experts saying that exercising gives you more energy but I never really believed it. I've exercised in the past but after the first few weeks, I would slow down because initially, it would exhaust me. My body was just not accustomed to it and I would give up before I could reach a point when I could actually feel energized from it. Well this time around, I stuck it out and made a true commitment to becoming healthier. In a month and 1 week, I lost 10 lbs and I'm excited to continue on in the process.

I feel sooooooooooooo much more energized. . .I now run up my steps to my craft room upstairs rather than walk slowly, I can catch up to my husband whenever we walk somewhere (he walks fast), and I feel happier because I have more energy. It also has contributed to my increased desire to want to be more creative as well!

Okay. . .now, to my excuse for not commenting. . .honestly, I don't like to sit down in front of my computer for too long because it still causes me back ache. Sitting here typing this post is too long already. Also, the time I spend exercising and preparing and cooking my meals has cut down on my time to do the sedentary stuff I used to do. Once I can become more efficient in that area, I think I'll be able to squeeze in more time to blurf and comment as well. Right now, it's all sort of new and I haven't really had a good schedule to fit in everything that I want to do. So, please be patient with me.

Anyway. . .sorry. . this post is long again. I started a FB Fan Page called Fitness Towards Healthiness (located on my left side bar) and is planning to add a blog that supports that site but I haven't had a chance to start it up yet. I really want to keep this up because it has brought me a sense of wellness that I haven't felt in a long time.

That's it.

I hope y'all have a beautiful Sunday!!