@CoolCat card (for BBTB2)

Happy Monday!  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use a birdcage.  I've never made anything with  a birdcage before, so I had to do some searching using My Cut Search to find cartridges with birdcages…most of which I don't have.  To my surprise, I did find an adorable birdcage on the Meow cartridge, with a cat inside and the bird on top!  This is so totally our cat that I had to laugh and gave me the idea for my @coolcat #yougotthis card.  The sentiments are from a cute Stampin Up set full of hashtags.  Check out the birdcage projects from the design team at BBTB2 and link up a project to share!

Cricut:

Meow-cat in birdcage cut at 4 inches

Stamps-Stampin Up

Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black

Punches-Stampin Up

Paper-

Purrr layout (for BBTB2)

So my fabulous DT sister Shelly's dog or cat challenge this week for BBTB2 really poses a deep philosophical question:  are you a cat or dog person?   I have to admit I am a 100% a cat person.  I cannot imagine my life without a furry cat friend in it.  Our cat keeps us constantly amused with his antics-he is VERY smart and silly too!   I used the Meow Lite cartridge for all the cuts to make my layout (the kids take lots of ridiculous pictures of him...) and cut two of the fun cats for my page.  I especially like the one of the cat tangled up in the yarn-that is SO our cat!

Cricut:
Meow Lite-all cuts
Paper-CTMH solids, bg print DCWV stack, brown print is Bella Blvd
brown chalk ink

I would love to see what you think on this cat or dog issue-so show us your projects over at BBTB2!  The DT has lots of fun ideas to get you started.

Here Kitty mini album (pic heavy)

This mini is for a Christmas gift for my sister-in-law, who is a huge cat lover and has two adorable new kittens.  I was having a hard time coming up with a gift idea, so I hope she likes this!  I used the Meow cartridge and the super cute We R MemoryKeepers Friends Furever paper I had left over from another project.  The mini is 5x7, so she can put 4x6 pics in easily, as she is not a scrapbooker.

Cricut:
Meow-all cuts
Paper-We R Memory Keepers Friends Furever, plus one piece of Bella Blvd Tail Waggers and Catnaps
stickers-from Hobby Lobby?

I'm linking this to the BBTB2 challenge to use the mouse from Meow.  I have two cute little mice begging not to get eaten for a snack in this mini!

Cat Mini (using Meow)

The kids loved the catnap layout and asked me to make a mini about our cat, Shadow.  So I broke out the Bella Blvd pet themed pack I'd bought on a whim, plus the Meow cartridge.  Most of the cricut cuts (except circles) are toward the back.

Cricut:
Meow-Cat themed words and cuts
Plaintain Schoolbook-circles
Formal Occasion-journal box
Paper-Bella Blvd Catnap and TailWaggers collection, which was super-cute!
Played with my new Big Shot to emboss some of the photo mats and die cuts.

Catnap

This layout is of our cat, who of course has the great life (lots of naps!!!).   I think I want to trade places with him and nap in the sun.  My boys have been telling me lately he needs his own layout in the family scrapbook.   I've never done a pet layout before, but just got the Meow cart on sale!

Cricut:
Meow-for the catnap and Purrr (So many cute things on this and had to use it right away!!!)
Learning Curve-his name
lots of brown chalk ink for the edges of everything
button and twine from my stash
Paper/tags are from the super cute Friends Furever collection from We R MemoryKeepers.