Paper Issues & Pagemaps Team Up!

A few ladies from the Paper Issues Creative Team have teamed up with Becky Fleck and PageMaps for the December PageMaps Newsletter!!  I was lucky enough to get to play along.  Here's the FABULOUS Sketch that I received...

And here's my take, I turned the sketch upside-down, but other than that pretty much stuck to it!

I used some Santa Express goodies from Doodlebug Design to go along with this very silly photo of my two kitties...Daisy and Rosie.  They really do believe that we put the Christmas tree up for their benefit!

I created a fun little Christmas tree using a Limeade Polka Dot Doily from Doodlebug Designs and decorated it with some silver stitching and some Doodlebug Sequins!

 I couldn't resist using this title!

 And I topped it all off with a Ladybug Doily & some Holly Berries Sprinkles from Doodlebug.  Make sure to stop by the PageMaps blog to check out all of the fabulous sketches and the layouts as well as the Paper Issues Blog!!   That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by!

Kitty Smooches

I was browsing through some of my favorite blogs the other day and came upon a sketch challenge over at Scrapbook and Cards Today.  I decided I was going to take part in the challenge...it's nice to do a project once in a while just for kicks!  Here's what I came up with:

I snapped these photos with my phone a couple of weeks ago of my daughter and our fluffy kitty Rosie.  Rosie is the most tolerant cat...she puts up with so much hugging and kissing it's unbelievable.
Her nick name is Squishy kitty.  I got to play with my new XOXO Collection from American Crafts...LOVE the colors and patterns!  I also played with my Silhouette...I cut the hearts from the background paper and backed them with some of the patterned papers.  I liked how it added some dimension.

I'm into hidden journalling these days...so I created a little pocket with a tag and tucked it behind the doily and photos.

And of course, since I just got my package from Evalicious...I had to use some of my goodies including the LOVE this badge and the You & Me tag.

 Well, that's all I  have today...I'll be back soon with some DT stuff for Right at Home, Creative Scrappers and the Valentine Week at the Twinery!  Keep checking in...I might have a Twinery Giveaway soon!