Kitty Pals!

Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday to you all!  I'm back from my vacation to Disney World and had a wonderful time and celebrated my birthday with my family--for which I am very thankful!  Hubby and I had such a fun time in Disney--the weather was PERFECT, sunny & warm and the parks not too crowded.  Although my feet are a little sore, we got to visit all our favorite parks and rides and just enjoy each other and have good-old-fashioned fun & lots of laughs.  OMG did I laugh--and I did get run over by one scooter who veered my way and almost took me out (foot is really sore) but I had to laugh cuz' stuff like that ALWAYS happens to me.  Then the next day someone ran over my same foot & ankle with their stroller, LOL--ack!  Gotta love crowds and moving people all cramming into one space ya know!

I will share pics with you all tomorrow as I have yet to upload them all and organize them into a slideshow.  We got home Monday around 3 pm and then went to an early dinner with the kids and my mother-in-law and then I worked the rest of the evening catching up on emails and other work stuff.  Thank you sooooooooooo much to all of you for my delightful birthday wishes and emails I received while I was away.  It means so much to me that you all took the time to leave me a comment or send me an email and I really appreciate that.  And to those that left messages on Facebook--thanks to you too--I was trying to download messages on my Iphone yesterday morning before we got on the plane and it was overwhelmed with messages--it only holds 200 emails and I had 780 emails waiting to be uploaded when I landed, LOL!  I thought the Iphone might implode--which would be a great excuse to get the new 4G one coming this summer (says Suzanne to hubby, lol)!!  But again, many thanks to you all for brightening my weekend and birthday--big hugz to you all!

NewsBitz:

-I know I am behind in listing the Blog Candy Winner from the other week but I PROMISE I will do that tomorrow for you all!

-And as a special Birthday Blog Candy--you'll have to read below for that info!  LOL

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Kitty Pals!

This post was supposed to have gone up on Sunday, but I had mighty darn problems with both blogger and the internet connection while I was in Disney.  Blogger decided to use my blog as a "test" blog with new functions and I did not have the time to figure out their new photo-loading functions--it was a pain and the internet connection was soooooo slow!  LOL!  So anywho, here is my card for the Magnolia-licious DT Sketch for May--this fabulous sketch was created by my DT sister Becca Feeken.  You can find all the fabulous details on this challenge/sketch on the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog HERE.  I used a few older stamps from the "Pet/Animal Collection" from Magnolia-licious HERE!  The papers are all by DCWV's "At Home" stack--love the blues and browns in this collection of papers!

As most of you know I have 2 dogs and 5 cats (yes, that equals 7 animals, lol) and I love them all to pieces!  So I always love any stamp that has animals in them, including this cute "Tilda with Kitten" stamp and an older cat stamp from Magnolia (sorry couldn't find it).  There is also a cute stamp from the Pet Collection called "Cat" if you're interested in that--Diana doesn't have it in stock but if you email her she might be able to get some in for you! Usually I color my cats black & gray since that's what most of mine are but decided on an orange tabby this time (see below for colors).  This sketch gives you a great place to sit a Tilda/Edwin/animal on and I took advantage of that!  I distressed all my paper edges with my new Zutter Distress Tool (love that thing) and then for the corners I cut triangles out of some of my cs and then punched the edge with my EK Success border punch.  The ribbon was tied with my Bow Easy tool (Magnolia-licious now carries this HERE)--such a fabulous tool to make bows and I have a how-to video on it at the top of my blog under the Tutorials/Templates tab!  To finish it off I added some Zva Rhinestone swirls in the one corner for some bling!

**Want to Win some BDAY BLING?!  Answer on this post ONLY "What was your favorite birthday present ever?" and THREE (3) of you could each win a pack of NEW Basic Grey paper "Cappella" (6x6), a "Little Suzanne" stamp by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD, a Magnolia stamp of your choice, some Prima flowers and swirls (one pack of each) and a Viva Decor Pearl Pen (color of your choice). You have until Friday to enter (May7th)!**

Isn't Tilda and her cats just the cutest--look at those cute faces--say "awwwwwwwww"!! LOL!  I added some bling-y stickles to her headband and shirt.  They're all colored with copics and I used {dress: B97,B93,B91,B0000/Socks & Shirt: E43,E42,E41/Cats: E99,E97,YR20).

Now make sure and stop by the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog to join in on the sketch-y fun!!  I'll see ya here tomorrow!