PIO #19 - Fuzzy

Hello Kitty!  As if the original Hello Kitty weren't enough to love now I've got another one that's too cute for words.  This little kitty has been supplied by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps who are sponsoring this week's Pile It On challenge #19 "Fuzzy".   
This cute and fuzzy kitty also reminds me of the prettiest kitty that ever shared a house with me but only for a short time. He was also the least people friendly cat I ever knew.  I always wanted to pick him up and pet him but he wanted nothing to do with that.   Well, that's just like a pretty boy isn't it, stuck up.  But I digress...




Here's the deets:
stamps - Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps "Hello Kitty" ; sentiment A Muse "A Warm Hello"
ink - printer for digi; Stampin' Up "Strawberry Slush" for sentiment
paper - Stampin' Up "Strawberry Slush" and "Pear Pizzaz" card stock; K & Co "SW Spring Blossom" pad
miscellaneous - copics; Spellbinder's Scalloped Rectangle die; baker's twine; ribbon; telephone charm; dew drops; bling; 

Here's the challenges:

Pile It On #19 - Fuzzy 

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe  R#175 - Sketch

Color Q #CQC240 - Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette, Sage Shadow, Pear Pizzazz and White

Open Minded Crafting #10 - Use Ribbon

Sister Act #56 - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - In the Pink

Crafting for All Seasons #76 - Lots of Layers

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

So come and play along with us at Pile It On.  You just need to find one other challenge besides ours and you've piled it on so it's pretty darn easy.

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Pile It On - Dots

This week the theme for the Pile It On challenge is "Dots".  You probably can't tell that the paper that I wrote my sentiment on is dotted because there's so little of it, but it is there.  Also in the image there are dots on the wires on which the birds sit.  I've also added some red pearl dots around the sentiment and a couple button embellishments to make it a little more dotty.  If you count my dotty brain...

This image from Stitchy Bear is digital and it's printed on patterned paper.  I like the look of stamps on patterned paper and since there's no coloring to do on this one I decided that a patterned paper background would make it more interesting.   Some of you may not realize that you can do that with your digital images or that your paper doesn't have to 8-1/2 x 11.  It just has to be a bit larger than your image.   This was done with just a scrap of paper.  All you have to do is lightly tape the scrap where the image is going to print.  This is the same thing you would do if you wanted to paper piece with a digital image.  It's easy peasy, give it a try, you'll like it.

Here's the deets:
image - Stitchy Bear "Bird on a Wire" digi
ink - hp printer
paper - Close To My Heart "Route 66" paper packet
miscellaneous - Stampin' Up twill ribbon, blue cord; compass charm; buttons; red pearls; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:
Pile It On #12 - Dots
Sketch and Stash #109 - sketch
Sweet Stampin'  - Lots of Layers
One Stop Craft #221 - Recipe 1 image, at least 2 embellishments and 3 designer papers
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Favorite Embellishment (charm)
Creative Card Crew #32 - Masculine
Stamp with Fun - Anything Goes
Pause, Dream, Enjoy  #6 - Anything Goes
Love to Create #57 - Anything Goes
Ooh La La - It's a Man Thing

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Pile It On #32 - Add Some Metal

This week at Pile It On we're challenging you to add some metal.  If you visit here regularly you know that I love to add charms (metal) to my cards.  This card is an exception, not that I don't have sewing themed charms but I also have sewing themed die cuts which I wanted to use for this layout.  Can you tell that they are a thimble, ruler and scissors?  I'm not sure if it's my computer or my photo but they don't show up very well on my screen.  So for the metal on this card I've added brass brads.  You can add whatever kind of metal you've got to your card.  The other important thing to do is to enter it into at least one other challenge.  That's pretty simple especially since there's always an "Anything Goes" challenge going on somewhere.

This week we're sponsored by Stitchy Bear.  My image is the digital  "Stitched with Love" which you can find in the "Valentine" section of the store.  I love the vintage look but if you haven't visited Stitchy Bear don't think that's all they do,  There are millions of great images to choose from.  OK, I exaggerated a little, but just a little, there are so many fabulous images to choose from that it feels like millions.   Have you stopped at the Pile It On challenge yet?  Well get on over there to see what the rest of the design team has created, leave them some love too.  we all love to read your comments. 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Stitchy Bear - Stitched with Love

ink - hp printer ; Ranger "Tea Dye" on edges

paper - Crafty Secrets "Heartwarming vintage Collection" dsp; Wausau Paper "Gray" and "Dans" Textures cs; My Favorite Things "Pink Lemonade" cs

miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Sew Nifty" die-namics; brads; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:

Pile It On #32 - Add Some Metal

4 Crafty Chicks #101 - Distressing
Cute Card Thursday #228 - Clean and Simple
Paper Play week 31 - Layer It Up
Critter Sketch #126 - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime #80 - Anything Goes
Whoopsie Daisy - Lots of Layers
Going Grey - Anything Goes
Partytime Tuesday PTT#79 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #101 - Distressing
Charisma #30 - Pink Plus One
Cute Card Thursday #228 - Clean and Simple
Paper Play week 31 - Layer It Up
Crafty Catz #144 - Pink
Simply Create Too #19 - Anything Goes
Sugar Creek Hollow #23 - Something Old (papers); Something New (digi)

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