Sept. Blog Hop!
This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Featured Sept 10
Koi Fish
Featured Sept 11
Primitive Farm
Primitive Farm
Featured Sept 12
What a Scream
Featured Sept 13
Tailgate Party
Tailgate Party
Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on Sept. 14, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 10 PM EST on Friday Sept. 13, 2013.
The special stamp set we have for you this month is:
Holiday Tags
The mini stamp set we have for you this month is:
Nature's Brushstrokes
Nature's Brushstrokes
Now the set "What a Scream" is a really cute set, but I don't celebrate Halloween. I was struggling for ideas of how to use this set, and then inspiration hit me. And when it hit it hit me so hard it might have knocked something loose. I decided to use the little kitty cat to make a CRAZY CAT LADY STARTER KIT. I made an explosion box. I put the words "THE CRAZY CAT LADY STARTER KIT" on the 4 side panels. I made a lid out of coordinating dp. I used the tag and sentiment from the Holiday Tag set. I stamped the kitty with his tail and one paw sticking over the edge. Now there are crazy cat ladies for sure, but I might have been a little crazy stamping, painting and fussy cutting all the cats. I had more stamped and painted and I gave up after 6 cats. I hot glued their paws to the bottom of the box so that they would stand up.
Check out what the rest of the Design Team did with this set.
Here's the Design Team:
Jane CPat G
Thrfity Stamper
Marilynn (This is me)
Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Kate Z
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Super super cute!!!!
ReplyDeleteI can understand your quandary MariLynn as I also do not 'do' halloween. Love how you have used the image - it's gorgeous.
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Maxine
Love your crazy cat lady explosion box!
ReplyDeleteOh be still my heart!!!! You are so creative!!!! That has to be the best use of a cat stamp EVER!!!! So cute!!!!
ReplyDeleteHow creative. FAntastic idea.
ReplyDeleteNow I do believe you should win the medal for creativity! Unbelievably cute. Thanks for putting a smile on my face this morning with all those cats and the paw of the edge of the tag is too cute.
ReplyDeleteHow very creative!!! At least these cats won't wind up emaciated as, unfortunately, some cats do that live with crazy cat ladies! Love your explosion box!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea MariLynn! I love your crazy cat lady explosion box!
ReplyDeleteMarilynn!!!!!! absolutely fantastic! first of all you made an explosion box and then to put all those cats in there....again fantastic!
ReplyDeletestamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Great job at using the stamp set for a different purpose!
ReplyDeleteHow cute, I love how you used the cat as an everyday image instead of Halloween. That is a great idea.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh- this box is so super cute! I am a cat person, so this is adorable!!!!!!! Love, love love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat use of the cat and a wonderful box to boot!
ReplyDeleteMariLynn,
ReplyDeleteI love this adorable explosion box - and all the kitties inside. It is wonderful and I loved it!!
MariLynn,
ReplyDeleteI love this adorable explosion box - and all the kitties inside. It is wonderful and I loved it!!
Cute cat creations. Not made what I think is called an explosion card like yours.
ReplyDeleteMelissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
This is hilarious! Love it!
ReplyDeleteOh my such a great idea. I know who every opens this box will be happy.
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