iluvcats and scraps

Monday, August 24, 2026

Elizabeth's 2026 Birthday Card

Elizabeth's birthday card is in her favorite color of lavender.

As with previous birthday cards this year,

I've layered coordinating strips to cover the entire front of the 5 x 7 card.

I'm so happy that I had some scraps from the 49 and Market's

beautiful Color Swatch Lavender paper collection.

Perfect colors for Elizabeth's card!

These are the top strips, which are edge punched.

I decided to add some tiny green pearls too.

These are the bottom strips.

One is deco scissor edge cut & the other two are edge punched.

Green pearls are added to the bottom strip for decoration.

The oval die cut is adhered flat in the center of the card.

It has a special birthday message for Elizabeth printed on it.

I absolutely loved this ReneaBouquets butterfly for this card!

Isn't it stunning?!

Lastly, the inside of the card already has beautiful printing,

but I added a few acetate butterflies from the collection!

Thanks for visiting.

Wishing Elizabeth a very Happy Birthday!

Have a blessed day everyone,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

49 and Market - Color Swatch Lavender collection

Paper #3
(main card)

Paper #4
(Oval die cut)

Strips in order: (all from the same paper collection)

Strip #1 -

Paper #3

Strip #2 & 3 -

Paper #1

Strip #4 -

Collection Title page
(used the backside print)

Strip #5 -

Paper #4 (backside)

Acetate pieces

ReneaBouquets - Butterfly - Wicked Spice

Martha Stewart - Edge Punches

Vintage Doily

Crochet Loop

Swirling Lace

Recollections - Decorative Scissor - Scallop

Want2Scrap - Adhesive flat back pearls

Sage Green

Scrapbook.com - Nested Ovals Die

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe
Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart
Scoring Board

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

Sizzix Standard Cutting Pads

Adhesives

Recollections
Foam Adhesive Circles

Nuvo Craft Glue

Scor-Tape

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Pawel Kowalski Rabbit Mandala 8-20-26

I'm thoroughly enjoying the pages in this coloring book

by Pawel Kowalski.

I chose this one that has a rabbit in the center.

The rabbit is a light gray; the background behind the rabbit is a sky blue;

and the outer border background was left white.

These are the colors I used on this page:

Here are a few more close ups.

Thanks for visiting!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Pawel Kowalski's Mandalas - A Creative Journey to Inner Peace

Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils - 120 set

Prismacolor Premiers colored pencils - 150 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Eraser

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative Spray

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Cora's 12th Birthday Card

I made a cute card for my dear friend's grand daughter for her 12th birthday.

Unbeknownst to me, she LOVES gnomes!

How about that for luck?!

Her favorite color is red.

This collection is so adorable!

I used shiny embroidery thread for the balloon strings.

Poking a hole with a die pick into the gnomes fist

made a perfect way for him to 'hold' the strings!

They are simply taped on the backside to hold in place.

I used a number of embossed die cuts to decorate with.

And I really love my new Happy Birthday word with shadow die!

Here is the inside of the card.

Thanks for coming by!

Have a nice & blessed evening,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Recollections - Cardstocks

"Cape Cod" stack
(used the aqua color)

Aqua Glitter Cardstock

Light Blue Glitter Cardstock

Light Pink Glitter Cardstock

Paper Rose - Rainbow Garden - Embossed Die Cuts

DMC Embroidery Thread - Light Effects/Jewels E3849

Dies

Scrapbook.com
Nested Stitched Balloons

Spellbinders Nestabilities
Floral Assortment

Simon Says Stamp!
Bouncy Happy Birthday with Shadow Background

Sizzix Thinlits
Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Script

Sizzix Thinlits
Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Tiny Type