Have a Purrfect Day!

I arrived back on the Big Island late morning yesterday. I still feel a little bit disoriented with the time change (3 hours) and from the long return flight. What is so unbelievably amazing is my flights to-and-fro were all on time. My luggage did not get lost and came off the conveyor belt (both times!) in short order. How lucky can a woman get?

It is going to take me a bit to get back in the stamping groove again. So please hang in there with me while I figure out how to stamp again!

Today’s cards feature a Penny Black cat stamp that I purchased in Oregon. I love the kitty’s pudgy, cuddly, and ‘oh so happy’ look. The cards base are SU!’s Night of Navy card stock. It felt oh so relaxing coloring in the stamped image using SU!’s markers (I pulled the color off with a blender pen). Both stamped with an image white card panels are framed with Old Olive and Night of Navy card stock. I also sponged Bliss Blue (retired) around the stamped image to create clouds.

The left hand side card has a Pumpkin Pie card panel that was embossed using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I used SU!’s scalloped punch on white card stock to create a white accent strip against SU!’s Old Olive card stock panel. The ribbon is Pumpkin Pie with white stripes.

The right hand side card is a simpler version of the first card. This time I just cut out a white card panel (5 1/4 x 4") and layered retired SU! paper (2003!!!) cut at 5 x 3 3/4" on top. I used a wide strip of Old Olive ribbon to tie the bow. The cat’s meow!