Falling For You/Cats & Bats Blog Hop

Welcome to our Cats & Bats/Falling for you Blog Hop. We are showcasing items from our new Holiday Expressions Idea Book with various projected created by talented Close To My Heart consultants.  So grab yourself a cup of coffee, relax, take your shoes of and enjoy the journey!

If you just arrived from Geri's Blog, then you are on the right track.  If not, please feel free to start at the beginning with our hostess Carol at Crafting with Carol.  Or, you can continue here as it does go around in a circle.

Below you will find my projects  First project is made with Cats & Bats Workshop Your Way and Cats & Bats stamp sets.  This will be one of the cards for my Interactive workshop this month.  This is a pop-up peek-a-boo card and found a great video tutorial on this from Deb Valder:

Now, for the inside, notice what is in the little frame:

Now in the final picture is the pop of what is in the little window frame:

Papers:  G1136 Cats & Bats Workshop Your Way; White Daisy Cardstock
Stamps:  Cats & Bats - Cardmaking (C1683) & Scrapbook (D1736) Stamp Sets
Inks:  Black Exclusive Inks; Shinhan Markers:  P83 Lavender, YR24 Marigold and G46 Vivid Green
Embellishments:  Z4028 Bats & Cats Dots; Z1809 Black Shimmer Trim
Other:  Spellbinder rectangle die cuts

And for my second project, although it is not interactive, its a pinwheel card.  These are just so cute and this paper is perfect for the project!  I am still working on the insides of this card but have decided it will done with the Falling for You Cardmaking stamp set.  I also used a video tutorial by Barb Millikan for this one.

Papers:  G1135 Falling For You Workshop Your Way; Goldrush, Nutmeg and White Daisy Cardstocks
Stamps:  C1686 Falling for You - Cardmaking
Inks:  Nutmeg Exclusive Inks
Embellishments:  Z4028 Bats & Cats Dots; Green Shimmer Trim (Ret.)
Other:  Thanks Thin Cuts (Ret.); Spellbinder Square Dies

Here are the images for the stamp sets used above.  First is Cats & Bats - Cardmaking:

Next is Cats & Bats - Scrapbooking:

Below is Falling for You-Cardmaking:

Be sure to check out the next stop at Cheryl Arbo's Blog to see what eye candy she has been cooking up for you!

Happy Stamping!