November Blog Hop at The Character Cafe - Friday 11/5

It's blog hop time again! The Character Cafe has some great holiday images just released for you. Come see what the design team has done! Visit each blog and leave comments at each, and at the Character Cafe blog, for your chance to win two new release images AND a $5.00 gift certificate to The Character Cafe. I will also be giving away my image, Festive Lion, from the folks leaving comments on this blog!

My image, Festive Lion is below. However, if you didn't come here from Chelsea's blog, and you want to participate in the blog hop, you need to start at the beginning - go to The Character Cafe Store to start.

Here is the complete order and what everyone is working on:

Jessica - Harvest
Joyce - Christmas Tree Shopping
Deanette - Cardinal
Georgia - Remy & Fredrik
Fink - Harvest
Cleota - Stefan & Katherine
Lola - Christmas Tree Shopping
Chelsea - Cardinal
Nancy - Festive Lion
Back to the Character Cafe Blog!

OK - here he is: Festive Lion! I colored him with my Copics, and mounted him using my Spellbinders Nestabilities. I used Christmas papers from Hot Off the Press's Ultimate Christmas Creative Pack and added a gold Dazzle border and some punched out shapes. Of course I had to add some bling! So I added Stickles to the punched elements.

Once you leave your comment here, proceed on to The Character Cafe blog! You're almost done! :)

Nancy

Exciting Give-Away on Etsy!

I belong to a group of cardmakers on Etsy called Etsy Greetings. Beginning Monday, and running the entire month of November, whenever you buy a card from one of the Etsy Greetings Team sites, you have the opportunity to be entered in a drawing (one entry for each card you purchase). Each member of the team has donated one card for the drawing with the theme of "Red." They can be holiday cards, but do not have to be - they just have to have red in them. The winner of the drawing will receive the entire package of cards!

To learn more about the give-away and see some of the cards in the drawing as well as others created by the team go to www.etsygreetings.blogspot.com.

To visit my shop (please!) go to www.sandersnan.etsy.com

Once you buy a card, you will need to go to the Etsy Greetings site above, and fill out a form to be entered in the give-away. You will need to record the transaction number and name of the site where you bought your card.

Good luck! Please visit our team's sites and enjoy what we have available - there are a lot of different styles from clean and simple to ornate! And of course, if you like dog and cat cards - buy from me! :)

Nancy

Friday Challenge at The Character Cafe

Happy Friday everyone! This week our challenge was to use orange again, this time with a die cut, 3 circles and ribbon. I used the same image as last week - the mallard, but look how different it looks with this layout! If you like this image you can get it at The Character Cafe.

Challenge #8 - Crafty Emma's

Crafty Emma has a challenge this week for a male birthday card. I thought this image from The Character Cafe would be perfect! I love nature scenes and what is better for a masculine card?! This is one of the new releases for the month of October. If you like it, get it here!

500 Followers Blog Candy at Feline Playful! WOW!

Check out this blog candy from Feline Playful! Wow - how generous!

As for the blog candy, you will get all this plus a $10 USD gift certificate to a place of the winner's choice: 300 sheets 6x6 designer paper (not shown) Sweet Shapes stamp set by Stampin' Up Good Friend stamp set by Stampin' Up Send A Celebration stamp set by Stampin' Up Birthday Best stamp set by Stampin' Up Wee Watercolors stamp set by Stampin' Up Tags and More stamp set by Stampin' Up Paint Prints stamp set by Stampin' Up Holiday Minis stamp set by Stampin' Up Small Script stamp set by Stampin' Up Polka Dots and Paisley stamp set by Stampin' Up Painted Posies stamp set by Stampin' Up Tag Alphabet stamp set by Stampin' Up Everyday Flexible Phrases stamp set by Stampin' Up Abstract Impressions Fancy Notes stamp set by Hero Arts Shaded Circles stamp set by Endless Creations Simplicity Corner Slot Punch by Stampin' Up Wrought Iron Corner Slot Punch by Stampin' Up Eyelet setter kit Tim Holtz ruler 5 sets of eyelets For a chance to win all this all you need to do is be a follower and mention the 500 Followers Blog Candy on your blog, either in a post or on your sidebar, with a link back to Feline Playful. Once you do please enter the draw using the linky widget below. Please enter only once though using your main blog URL, thank you! You will have until midnight on November 5th to enter the draw (see linky widget below for remaining time to enter). I will randomly select and announce the winner on November 6, 2010. This post will remain at the top until then so please scroll down for daily posts! Here is the link to Feline Playful.

Friday Challenge at The Character Cafe

This week the challenge was to use one of the new releases for October, to use orange, 3 squares, and 3 flowers. I decided to really make this a challenge and use the Christmas image - Christmas and orange!? Oh my! Here's what i came up with. Check out the Character Cafe Blog to see what the other design team members did!

Free Turkey Digi!

I found this cutest little free turkey digi at Digital Delights! Go get him here. They are having a contest with this image and you can get $10 in free digis! Here is the address for the challenge.