Tuesday, October 22, 2019

2019 CAT LOVERS HOP




Her Peaceful Garden blog is doing a blog hop, all about cats!  There are so many wonderful prizes and I thought this post would be fun.


I recently have been having so much fun, incorporating cross stitch on my cards.  I used the Marianne Design cross stitch die to cut all the holes in the white card stock.  I cross stitched the design and added glass beads for the eyes and nose.  This was mounted onto lemon patterned paper with 4 brass brads.  I die cut the letters from heavy black card stock.  The inside is blank since this silly card could be used for any occasion.  

Although I do not have a cat, my niece and brother send me funny pictures of their cats, every day!  When my niece was in Ireland, she found a stray kitten.  I helped arrange to have it flown back to the United States and it has become the cutest and funniest kitten ever!  Her are some pictures of Maya:





When they found her hiding under a car, she had singed her eyelashes on the hot tail pipe.


She loved riding in the car especially on the dashboard.





When Maya was not being curious, she was sleeping!







Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.  


26 comments:

  1. Took me a minute and then I laughed out loud! Too cute! I used to do tons of cross stitch and think I still have all the colors of DMC. Great card and Maya is absolutely PURRECIOUS!! xxD

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  2. this is so cool card!
    kitty is so cute!

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  3. Oh wow! What a beautiful idea! Love the cross stitch!!!

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  4. Love the cross-stitch card - and the cat pics!

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  5. Maya is a darling!! And your card is, too. I used to love to cross stitch. It's how I got started in crafting. :-)

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  6. I LOVE your avoCATo cros-stitch and am whiskers-over-paws in love with Maya!!

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  7. Maya is adorable. Love your card and the cross-stitching =^-^=

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  8. Cross stitch and card making are the perfect duo! Love your cute card! Thanks for sharing the cute cat photos too....your niece and brother have a sweetie of a cat. :)

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  9. Fantastic ! I didn't know there was a cross stitch die !!! Must get that. Your stitch work is fabulous and the AvoCATo made me laugh out loud :-D
    Maya is so adorable. I am so pleased she got a chance at a purr-fect new life xxx
    Visiting you from the Cat Lovers' Hop.
    Hugz
    IKE =^..^=

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  10. Aaaw, so many cute photos of your niece's kitty! She's already travelled more than I have! Gorgeous AvoCATo - this stitching work looks like a lot of fun to do!

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  11. Maya is sooooooo precious...poor little thing with the singed eyebrow whiskers!! So glad your niece found her. She's adorable!!

    I totally LOVE the AvoCATo!! It's so obvious, but I never realized how avocado shaped that cats actually are....and me, too! Ha!! The cross-stitch is just beautiful on your card. What a lovely way to make a card extra-special!! Great idea to use the beads for the eyes and nose, too. So sweet.

    Thank you so much for playing along in the #2019CatLoversHop!
    <3 J

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  12. Aw Maya is a beauty and I love your avocato! So sweet.
    Jenny x
    https://gingerninjacrafts.wordpress.com

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  13. I hopped over from the Cat Lovers Hop and am an avid cross stitcher. I use to make smalls and attach them to my cards, but it does take a lot of time. Beautiful work.

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  14. Love this! AvoCATo - so funny and yet so true! Love that cross stitch die and your actual stitching is perfect. Great card! Gorgeous little kitty too! xx

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  15. I absolutely LOVE your kitty card! What a fun design! And Maya is adorable! This is my first year participating in the Cat Lovers Hop - we have eight fur babies (Poopie, Molly, Jack, Walter, Tigger, Milo, Dusty and Mocha Latte) that we love to the moon and back! I'm so happy to see you here also and have the chance to visit your blog!
    Hugs,
    Leslie
    Love To Scrap 2

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  16. How clever to add cross stitch to your card, Susan! I adore the photos of Maya. What a sweetheart. :-D It's wonderful to see you playing in the Cat Lovers hop.

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  17. Lovely cross stitch and the photographs of Maya are adorable.

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  18. Dear Susan
    Love your cross stitch card and thanks for exlaining the details. Hugs to Maya too. Blessings

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  19. That avocato is SO funny and adorable! I love avocados,so this really made me giggle. I also really enjoyed the story and photos of sweet little Maya. How fortunate that she came to find a good home with you and that you get to love her back!

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  20. Very fun and different card, the cross stitching is adorable and leve the pun!
    So happy that you helped your niece to take Maya with her in USA, poor little kitty, now she is safe and have a home full of love! She is adorable! Say a big WELL DONE to your heartfelt niece by me! :D

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  21. Oooh, little maya!! Sooooo sweet! Love your cross stitch!

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