Pink Cat Digital Release Day!

Black Friday already, can you believe it?

Instead of stressing out with all of the crazies at the stores today, I'll be in my purple room stamping the day away.  Today Pink Cat Studio has a bunch of new digis available, and each one is cuter than the last!  Oh, and Melissa is doing another 50% off sale!

All of these cuties that are being released today are included in sale!

I'm really excited to share all of my samples with you, and I hope they inspire you to get some of these new digis and make something cute today!

First up is our ol' pal Blobby...

I couldn't resist....I had to cover him with yellow velvet flock. 

Now he's super soft and fuzzy - as every Blobby should be. 

Check out the new version of Lily! 

She's all grown up! 

I used an x-acto to cut a house shape out of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and then pierced around the border.

After adding some faux stitching with a white pen, I popped it up with dimensionals and finished it off with some twine. 

Don't celebrate Christmas?

No worries, Melissa has you covered!

Check out this Hanukkah cutie! 

I used some leftover alphabet stickers and chipboard and kept this one super simple. 

More cuties... 

Adorable, no? 

After I had my card put together with my fave color combo, I sprayed it with Frost Shimmer Spritz. 

I popped up parts of the image with dimensionals and added mini pearls to the hats. 

Even though this next image was created with the holidays in mind, I used it for another occasion. 

I originally made this card without a sentiment, but then needed a pet sympathy card for a loved one. 

I added a quick rub-on sentiment and then popped it in the mail. 

Still with me?

This is the last one - promise! 

Oh my gosh, I just love this image.  SO cute!

It's hard to tell from the photo, but I added pink velvet flock to the ear muffs and popped them up with dimensionals.  The sentiment was cut from some patterned paper and embellished with a few jewels. 

Okay, that's it for me today!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and peek at my samples. Be sure to hop on over to PCS and get yourself some of these fun digis!  There's also a link over on the "new digi" page to a cute freebie! 

The circle of life...

Life can be so strange.
Yesterday I was talking about babies and today I needed to make a sympathy card. One of my sons teachers just lost her Dad to leukemia. She was definitely "Daddy's Girl" and I thought this image called "My Sweet Lili" by Sarah Kay would be perfect.
I used warm gray Copics to color the image in a monochromatic scheme and added just a touch of pink to Lili's cheeks.

I wanted to add a bit of embellishment without taking away from the main image, so I decided to go with a black jewel flourish.

And finished it off with a rub on sentiment and some piercing along the border.

I guess you just never know what each day will bring, so make the most of it and go give those loved ones a squeeze.

A week of ups and downs

The last week has been full of ups and downs, and I'm looking forward to getting back into the ol' daily routine now that the kiddos are back in school. Yesterday I spent the afternoon making a gingerbread house with my daughter and a gingerbread train with my son. I'm really trying to cherish each and every moment with my family - even the daily stuff.

During Thanksgiving week, a very dear family friend died in a horrible fishing accident. It was a total shock, because he went fishing practically every week and was in familiar waters. I'm horrible at making sympathy cards, but wanted to pop something in mail to his wife and son.

I always seem to reach for this tulip set by Stampin Up when I need a sympathy card.I used a pattern from SU's "Urban Oasis" pack and paired it with some Riding Hood Red cardstock and grey ribbon.

I used black ink for all of the tulip images and just stamped off on scrap paper when I needed a lighter shade.
I finished it off with a sentiment banner and some half-back pearls.

In brighter news, I have a couple of fun announcements that I'll be sharing with you in the next few weeks, so stay tuned :-) Thanks bunches for stopping by my corner of the world today - it means a lot! Have a super Monday and go hug someone you love.