Hey, folks!
Today we celebrate the anniversary of Humble's adoption! :D I adopted him 12 years ago! It has really been the best and most meaningful 12 years of my life, and I would adopt him all over again. :o) I love you, Humble!!
He really loves blankets and towels, so some of his gifts this year included a couple of new blankets [from the baby section of the store, so they're SUPER soft!] and a new fluffy towel to add to his collection. :o) He took a nap on EACH ONE today. That's my boy! :D
Here's a card I made for him a couple of days ago...
The ADORABLE animal stamps are from The Greeting Farm. The cats are from the Purfect Cats stamp set, and the little guy taking a nap is actually from the Lucky Dogs stamp set. He looks a little cat-like, doesn't he? I stamped and paper pieced them to give them striped fur. :o)
The super-sweet sentiment is from an Art Impressions stamp set called Terrier Stackers. That's a stamp set they designed for the Stamptember event at SSS. Out of all the products that were released during Stamptember, the Terrier Stackers stamp set was the one item I really, really wanted! While I *love* the image of the dogs that's in the set, I equally love the sentiment. Whenever I see animals walking about with their little legs, they melt my heart a million times. :o) I thought this sentiment would go so well with a lot of the animal stamps I have!
After I finished making the card, I was in the mood to make another for Humble!
These super-cute cat die-cuts are from Simple Stories. I love them! I used a We R Memory Keepers banner die for the sentiment [I layered two banners to give a sort of shadow effect], and I wrote "I Love Mew" with a black fineliner. :o)
I'm entering my cards in the November challenge over at Virginia's View, which is to use stripes or plaid on your cards!
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Until next time! :o)
Hey, folks!
Today we celebrate Humble's birthday!! :o) As a tradition, I like to include a handmade card and handmade little surprises with his gifts. This year, I made this for him...
I just love him! :o) I'm not sure if I should call him a box or a bag, so I'm calling him a box-bag. :D I could fit two small gifts in there! Here's another view of him...
I have him sitting on the bookshelf in our living room and keep smiling at the sight of him. :o) I wanted to make a video showing how to make this, but my hands aren't healed yet. The construction is not very difficult, though. I used a cute die set from Taylored Expressions called Sack It Kitty -- this die set gives you the details of the cat but not the body. Their Sack It sets are designed to be paired with their Sack It To You die, which makes a treat bag, but you're not limited to using them together. I don't have the Sack It To You die, so I just used a Sizzix die to create the body of the cat, and I cut four pieces [two for the front of the kitty and two for the back just to make the box-bag sturdier]. For the sides and bottom, I cut a strip of matching paper -- all it takes is a bit of measuring, scoring, a little more scoring and some little snips to create tabs for attaching the strip to the front and back pieces. Hopefully my hands will be normal-ish soon so I can make a video!
Here's the card I made for Humble this year...
I used lots of stickers and wanted to make his card fun and dimensional! :D The card base is actually a trifold card that was in a kit I bought. The heart lifts up, and then the polka dot part folds down.
I thought I would share a few more things that I made for Humble in the past! Here's a shaped card from another birthday...
For this card, I used my favourite embossing folder: Paw Print from Darice! Love that folder! The adorable kitties are stickers from American Crafts. :o)
Here's a card I made for one of our adoption anniversaries...
I found this super-cute 12x12 cat paper from Best Creation's Meow collection, and I cut part of the paper for the front of the card and decorated the inside of the card with other images from the paper. Since the little guy is taking a nap in his bed, I decided to make a 'dream bubble' using the Cloud Border die from Taylored Expressions. I used Thickers for the sentiment -- these are my favourite Thickers, so I bought three sets [the set's called 'Kitten', too!]. Same Thickers I used on this year's card for Humble! :D
Here's a Christmas card I made for him...
To make this, I used the same Sack It Kitty set that I used to make this year's box-bag! The hat is a printed die-cut, and I added some Flower Soft to it for texture. :D
I love making things for Humble...he means so much to me. :o) Happy birthday, Humble boy! I'm so happy you're in this world!
Hello, folks!
It's been a long time since I last blogged! A lot has happened since my last post.
In November, we celebrated Humble's birthday and our adoption anniversary! :o) We've been buddies since 2004, which is a big deal to me...over a decade! I always get very emotional thinking back to the day I adopted him.
Unfortunately, I had to put him through a few vet visits in November and December, and we were on a bit of a roller coaster trying to get him onto a new medication. He's doing well, thankfully -- just not super-jazzed about taking more medication, but that's understandable. I made him a bunch of things for his birthday, our adoption anniversary and Christmas, including a stuffed toy that he actually plays with! WOO-HOO!! Makes me feel useful. :D Here's the card I made to celebrate his adoption...
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I think a lot of folks living with cats can agree: Cats are THE LAW.
The funny stamps are from Starving Artistamps, one of my favourite stamp companies. I tried to colour the cat to look like Humble. :o) He has a brown patch right in the middle of his belly that is really the most adorable thing ever. EVER!
"WANTED: treats" was handwritten with marker. :o)
Hey, folks!
Here today to share my first craft video -- I show how I made this Humble scrapbook page...
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I forgot to show this in my video -- I kind of bent up the corners of the patterned paper to add a little dimension...
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If you would like to watch the video, I should mention that I'm really weird. I've always been, but listening to myself in this video...I'm even weirder than I thought. I'm just plain awkward. :D Sometimes I stutter and repeat myself, too.
Before I edited the little intro that I posted last week, I knew nothing about editing videos, so it took me a while to make this, and there are still many things I need to learn and figure out. It's been fun to try, though!
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If you're reading my blog post in an e.mail, I don't think my video will show up. If my embed code doesn't work, you can click here to go to my blog post!
Hope you have a crafty week! :D
Here today to share another scrapbook page I made back in April 2014...
Humble and his little lion roar yawn. :D
I love his yawns and try to catch them with my camera -- many of the pictures turn out blurry, but I love those pictures, too! In this case, I was lucky enough to catch a very clear Humble yawn on Halloween 2009. He looks like he's singing opera! :o)
The adorable monsters, frame, 'ROAR!' and two pieces of 6x6 paper are from Fancy Pants' Be Different collection [that's a fun one!].
And now for a sort of random share...
Growing up, I never liked school and being in a classroom. Once in a while, I would occupy myself by making something out of a found object. Here's something I made with a piece of wire...
A little dog being walked by an invisible person. :D
I think I was around 15 when I made this. I can't remember what class I was in, but I know it wasn't anywhere CLOSE to being as interesting as this piece of wire was to me. :D Ha!
Hey, folks!
This month is Adopt-A-Cat Month and Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month, and last Thursday the 4th was Hug Your Cat Day [though Humble has to put up with hugs every day]. :D Today is Best Friends Day, and when I saw this page on the Best Friends' site [LOVE seeing all the pet pictures!], I was so moved and immediately printed out one of the signs so I could take some pictures with Humble. :o) I'm really camera-shy usually, but here's one that I think still shows how much I love this little guy...
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The other sign they have that you can print says "I saved my Best Friend." I really think Humble saved me, though. We've gone through a lot together [I adopted him over ten and a half years ago!], and he's helped me through many tough times, more so than anyone else. I really wish I could give him what he's given me, though I think I'd always fall short. I don't think animals get the credit they deserve for how much they help and uplift us.
My blog's been quiet, but I've still been making things and learning a lot. :D I've wanted to create my own Humble portraits for quite a while but wasn't sure what medium to try. I wanted something that would allow me to get a really soft look to his fur but still let me add a good amount of detail where I wanted it. I decided to try pastel pencils, and I've found myself a new craft love...
Humble's portrait in progress. :o)
I got myself a set of Conté pastel pencils, and I've loved drawing with them so much that I already got another brand of pastel pencils so I could have more colours to play around with [will talk/write more about these in an upcoming post!]. I love that you can smudge them to get a really soft look, smudge slightly for softened lines, and also draw with more detail if you like. They're so different from the other supplies I use in my crafting, so it's been really fun trying a medium that's new to me. I still love using my other colouring supplies, but drawing with these has woken me up from my regular crafting habits. :o)
I was so happy to find those two greens [to the right of Humble's portrait] in the Conté set! By blending those greens and adding a bit of brown for detail, I was able to capture Humble's eye colour quite closely. Hoo-hoo! The cat mug above my book there holds the other colours I'm using for Humble's portrait.
Since we're talking about Humble [my favourite subject], here's a scrapbook page I made back in April 2014...
Love is a Four-Legged Word. :o)
I WISH I could take credit for that sentiment...but I can't. :D I don't know who came up with it originally, but if anyone knows, let me know! I first saw it on a sticker from BoBunny and later in a Graphic 45 collection and just thought, "Aw, I wish I came up with that!" If I ever saw it in rubber stamp form, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
The picture of us was taken eight years ago -- how time flies! I don't look or dress like that anymore, but the love is still the same. Actually stronger. :o)
