Sams Treats!

Hi, anyone who knows me know that I love cats.  Sadly I down to one at the moment, Sam.  This year for the first time he ate a cat treat!!!!!  After 14yrs!!!!  Anyway, I have cut down a large postage tube to make a container for them...

I covered the entire tube with old book pages to add a bit of texture then added some wide cotton trim top & bottom.  Next I dabbed different coloured paints all over.  This is pretty bright because I wanted my black cat to stand out and yes, Sam is black!  I unearthed a paw-print stamp and randomly stamped it over in black.  I added a painted wooden knob to the lid...

Oh and for those that are interested hers is the boy himself...

Thank you for taking a look today, Hugs xxx

DCM - SPARKLE & BLING!!!!!!

"This week its Jozza's turn for the Dare and as its Fireworks week here in the UK she has gone all sparkly - so the brief was lots of bling!! "

This ws a lot of fun...a brilliant excuse to get that glitter and bling out hehe. As the DCM team were given some cute Dottie images from Charmed Cards & Craft to use I thought I would use an image that I also got from there. This puss is part of a lovely download of animals from there.

I used BG Two Scoops for the background as I thought it looked pretty regal and all the bits are mounted onto silver mirri card. Puss is watercoloured and I touched puss up ( now that sounds bad....sorry) with a clear sakura stardust pen. Of course puss has to have some bling so a chunky gemstone collar was added hehe. Some silver metallic ribbon just finishes the card.

I haven't decided yet whether puss is male or female. But with 4 cats living with me puss has a look of my young Sam when he has been up to mischief hahahahaha

Thank you so much for taking time to look, I really appreciate it XXX

The DI-RO Challenge!

Over on Bubbly Funk Forum Di and Rosie set a challenge. You could make what ever you liked but with certain rules: it had to be Black & White, have patterned paper, a chipboard word and some ribbon.

I chose to scrap (cos I need the practise) a pic of our youngest cat Molly. She is a beautiful long haired cat whose tail rests sedately on her back LOL. She is also a tell-tale-tit and is constantly gossiping about something!!!!!

I had to stick gems onto the big letters because I used the wrong glue to stick them & it showed (big lesson learnt there!). The background paper is Carolees Scattered Daisies. The acrylic letters are Maya Road. The lovely 'CAT' word is by Bubblicious from Bubbly Funk only. The rest is from my stash.

By the way......I really do try to get my stuff straight in my photos...guess I must hava a wonky eye!!!

Thanks for taking the time to look XXX

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLIE!!!!!

Let me introduce you to Charlie. Its his birthday today and he has reached the grand old age of 20!!! He is quite a character, extremely stubborn and very inteligent. In fact he shouldn't really be here at all! When he was 6months old he was hit by a car. Luckily for him the vet was newly qualified and very keen. So Charlie survived, complete with a metal plate in his head and pins in his hips. Amazing!

He had a bad stroke 2years ago which left him paralysed in his back legs. This is it I thought and just made him comfy, gave him lots of love and waited. In a few days tho he was up & about and now minces around with his funny walk lol. The vets still only gave him a few months as they discovered he had a bad heart. As he got so distressed taking the tablets (I have the scars) we decided yet again to let nature take its course. He is still with us and as tenacious as ever, managing to stay in charge of the others and us of course!

So a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you Charlie and enjoy your fresh chicken for your dins tonight!