Happy WOYWW to you dear friends! We are still in the midst of our heatwave. It’s 105 degrees as I write this and we’ve been under a Heat Advisory for several days. As I melt I am dreaming of the cooler days of Fall…
What Did I Create This Week?
Autumn was on my mind as I designed today’s card.
It’s present in the colors – the harvest-inspired greens, yellows and oranges that rarely made it out of my Crayola box as a child, and rarely make it out of my scrap box as an adult.
It’s present in the theme – one of thanks for the special people in our lives that we truly appreciate, but don’t always share how much they mean to us as often or as profusely as we should.
Why not join me this week in sending off a special note of gratitude to someone who deserves it and could really use a word of encouragement from us right now?
What Are The Crafty Cats Up To?
I believe the heat is making us all a little edgy as of late.
For instance, my precious Magellan has been particularly precocious this week.
Thanks to him, I spent my Saturday morning crawling around the floor, trying to singlehandedly stretch into tight corners and figure out how to install new hardware as El Destructo and his Jaws of Steel chomped through the cord of my second keyboard and rendered it DOA!
Now – to my chagrin – he is doing his best to chomp his way through keyboard 3!
If you’d like to read more about his antics – and view the photographic evidence for yourself – His Naughtiness awaits you at my Wordless Wednesday Party.
While you’re there, check out the very funny Wild Cat video that’s sure to make you me smile!
Time To Play!
Now, are you ready to be inspired and to share your creative talents?
- Visit this week’s Creative Art Challenges and join the ones that tickle your muse!
- Visit the crafty crowd at WOYWW to see what’s on everyone’s desk this week!
- Stop by Inspire Me Monday for creative expression in all aspects of life!
- Join us for Friendship Friday and share your weekend creations!
Have a fabulous week and thank you for visiting!
Creative Art Challenges
Looking for a place to stretch your imagination? Check out this week’s Creative Art Challenges!
Sentiment Challenges
Style Challenges
These challenges help you to determine the style of your project.
Supply Challenges
These challenges help you to determine which items to use on your project!
- Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper September Challenge
- Creatalicious Challenges 67 – Flower Power
- Hiding In My Craft Room 165 – Super Scraps Saturday/a> (Skittles)
- Dream Valley Challenges #90 – No Stamps Allowed
Theme Challenges
These challenges help you decide the theme of your card.
- 2 Cute Ink Challenges #115 – Fall
- Bearly Mine – September 2014 Autumnal Color Challenge
- Corrosive Challenge Blog #208 – Autumn/Fall
- Crafty Sentiments Designs – Autumn Colors Challenge
- Lexi’s Creations 125 – Autumn Colors
- Lunagirl Moonbeams – Autumn
- Melonheadz Autumn Colors Challenge
- Milk Coffee – Colors Of Autumn Challenge
- Oldie But A Goodie Challenge – Autumn
Be Creative – Anything Goes Challenges
- 613 Avenue Create Challenge 89 – Anything Goes
- A Girl Who Crafts September Challenge – Anything Goes
- A Creative Romance – Anything Goes
- Card & Scraps Flow Challenges #82 – Everything Is Allowed
- Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party #40 – Fall
- Crafting From The Heart – Anything Goes
- Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #9 – Make A Card
- Crafty Boots – Anything Goes
- Crafty Girls Challenge 26 – Anything Goes
- D.L. Art September Challenge – Anything Goes
- Imagination Crafts September Challenge – Anything Goes
- Inky Chicks #38 – Anything Goes
- My Craft Creations – September Challenge – Anything Goes
- Ladybug Crafts September Challenge – Anything Goes
- Love To Scrap Challenge #38 – Anything Goes
- My Craft Creations – September Challenge
- Not Just Cards Challenges #2 – Anything Goes
- Scribble & Scrap Challenge 27 – Anything Goes
- Sister Act Card Challenge #74 – Anything Goes
- Sisters Of Craft – September Anything Goes Challenge
- Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog – Anything Goes
- Suzy Bees Bloomin Challenge 46 – Anything Goes
- The Crafty Blogger’s Network – September Challenge – Anything Goes
- The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge 19 – Anything Goes
- Through The Craftroom Door Sept 16–22 – Anything Goes
- Word Art Wednesday 150 – Anything Goes
For More Creative Inspiration
Subscribe To Create With Joy By
E-Mail, RSS, Blog Lovin, Facebook,
Google Plus, Twitter, Pinterest
Join Us For
Copyright © 2014 by Create With Joy. All Rights Reserved.
Please contact us if you see our content on another site.
Thank you for helping stop content theft!
105 degrees, WOW, that sounds like Texas weather. I hope it cools down soon. Love the card. #17
What a lovely designed Thank You card. Thank you for sharing with us at Lexis, good luck. Susan x
wawwww så super flot ♥
10000 tak for at du deltager på Card and scraps udfordring.
knuzzzz ♥
Fab card, lovely autumnal colours. Thank you for joining in with all of the fun at the Crafty Boots Anniversary Challenge.
Dionne
Your cat is so funny! Well the results are not so funny for you, but I almost forgot about your lovely card, while reading your post!
Cheers
Gabriele 16
Love your card and hope your little one stops being into everything. Have a good rest of the week! glenda #44
What a fun and happy card! Love the sentiment and fun initial, and the fun bold embellishments! Winnie #36
Oh dear, naughty Magallan! Glad you got it sorted. Love the card. Thanks for sharing today. Hope you have a great day and a lovely crafting week to come. Hazel, WOYWW #47 x
Sounds like we are living on the same continent! I am melting too, but for me its just the start of Spring.
Awesome card!
Happy WOYWW!
Tertia #38
Twitter: StanleyNKatrina
says:
105 degrees? Wowwee. I think our high today is high 70s. We get about 3-4 weeks total of really beautiful weather here (well, the weather I enjoy) and now happens to be it… I need to get off my computer and get outside.
It is funny, most of my creative projects are online via images or videos. I just realized that. To look at my desk you would not think I’m creative – you would need to open the laptop to see it. You know we still have your lovely card here, that we treasure. You are a sweet soul. We are all blessed to know you – even if, like me, it is only online.
Have a happy day!
Great card for my Autumn challenge at LunagirlMoonbeams.com! That orange flower is GORGEOUS, such a beautiful color, and I like how the flower plus the orange “thanks” above it are shaped like a medal or award? Don’t know if that was on purpose or just me, but it looks great!
Beautiful colors and design 🙂
Thanks for joining us at Card and Scrap Challenge.
Good Luck!!
Hugs, DT – Astrid
Wonderful card with such lovely colors. Thanks for sharing with us at the Brown Sugar Challenge. Barb
Awe! This is such a sweet fall card! Love how simple it is but yet it isn’t. =) Thanks so much for joining us over at the 2 Cute Ink “fall” challenge. Good luck and I hope you will come back and join us again!
Hugs, Sarah T
What a lovely, happy card! And what is it about cats?! They seem to be everywhere in Blogland – usually where they’re not supposed to be!! Happy WOYWW, Chris # 29
I’m back to thank you for sharing your super creation for Suzy Bee’s Bloomin’ challenge 46 – hope to see you again soon, Hazel, DT – thank you also for entering this for my Patterned Paper September challenge. x
Beautiful work (and cat!!!)
Ailsa #74
Gorgeous card! Love the colors and the theme. Perfect for our CAS challenge at Crafty Catz. Thanks for joining us and we hope to see again soon.
Hugs,
Anna xxx
lovely sweet image on your card thanks for sharing with brown sugar Rachel dt
Look you got lots of blooms…and does that mean your button collection is colour sorted in little pots…how delicious!!
Hi Joy happy WOYWW, Must say those colours are difficult for me too, but you made a lovely card, enjoy your week Cheers RobynO#27
This is a lovely card.
Thank you for joining in our challenge, Sylvia DT (Not Just Cards) x
what a pretty card and love the autumn colours, thanks for joining our challenge at Crafty Catz and hope to see you again
Tilly
Such a naught cat, I would of had a heart attack if that was my cat. I suppose it makes it worse because I am an electrical technician and think of the danger of eating cables. Maybe Magellan likes the buzz.
Eliza, Yoda & Flat Susan #23
Happy WOYWW
Pretty card. Love the simplicity of it. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week in our Autumn Color challenge! Hugs, Gail
Thank you for entering over at a girl who crafts. Good luck.
Floss
DT
Twitter: over50feeling40
says:
You are so creative and have such great ideas! Thanks for sharing with the Thursday Blog Hop!
I understand about the heat wave. We have had it too long and still no relief in sight. We need rain so badly. Your cards are very pretty. Nice creative ideas.
What lovely Thank You card. I really like the design of you card. 😀
Thank you for joining us Scribble and Scrap. 😀
Deborah DT
Great card!!! And just perfect for our Super Scraps Saturday challenge over at Hiding in My Craft Room. Thanks so much for joining us again this week . . . hope to see you join us for this next week’s challenge.
Kathy – HIMCR DT
UpintheNightwithKat.blogspot.com
Your card is really nice, very fall. Thank you for also including such a great list to participate in! Going to be checking them out this week. (Stopping by from SITS Girls Sharefest)
striking card!! a beautiful cas project with this super bright sunny flower!! well done!
thank you so much for entering Love to Scrap!’s “anything goes” challenge!
Love the card…..and your cat is adorable…HPS Michelle
What a lovely card!
Keep in Touch(ed),
KG
http://www.touchedmagazine.com
What a neat card, I love the design.
Thank you for joining us at Craftin Desert Divas!
Shelly
Great card…simple but beautiful. Thank you for joining us over at the Scribble and Scrap Challenge. Good luck.
xx
I love the card. Beautiful. Unlike you, the greens and browns were often used up when I was a child. I was into drawing landscapes. It’s funny how different children draw different things. I do confess that I had a brief love affair with magenta during 4th grade.
As for Magellan eating your keyboard cords, here’s a website with several suggestions you might try.
http://www.wikihow.com/Keep-Cats-from-Chewing-on-Electric-Cords-and-Chargers
Our cats, fortunately, outgrew the need to chew on cords. Their favorites were always headphones, and speaker wires. Oh, and there was one phone cord charger that fell prey to their razor sharp teeth.
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
says:
Thank you so much for sharing that wonderful article Patti! Tsunami gnawed on cords when he was a kitten but thankfully outgrew that habit. Magellan is now a year old and still getting into kitten mischief, even though I am constantly playing with him and redirecting his attention. The other day, he almost destroyed several large platters (stored high on a shelf) while trying to catch a small bug he spotted on the ceiling…
(Note To Magellan: You CANNOT fly!)
I see you are a cat lover also. Mine are into everything also but so loveable. Not so hot here temps have been in the 70’s really nice here hope it cools now for you. This is my favorite time of year the beautiful changes of colors. Love your project. Thank so much for joining us at Thought the Craft room Door challenge.
Fabulous ideas and great inspiration.
Hugz from Wisconsin, Patricia
rubber stamping is my game blog
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
says:
I love Autumn too and today, we are finally experiencing more temperate weather! Of course, with a 35 degree plummet overnight – I now have a sore throat! I’d rather have it cool than in triple digits though. Have a wonderful fall!
You’re so right: greens, yellows, and oranges weren’t my favorite colors either. lol. Sending a note of gratitude is an awesome idea. Thanks for the inspiration. 🙂
– New friend visiting from SITS 🙂
How sweet! Thanks so much for sharing with us,
Karen
Word Art Wednesday
Lovely colour scheme! Thank you for joining the Crafting From The Heart challenge, hope to see you again very soon.
Victoria DT
Such a lovely card. I am sure the recipient will love it and feel very appreciated. 🙂
Thank you for joining us at the Craftin Desert Divas “Fall” Linky Party.
~ DT Lori
Love the card! Hopping here from Treasure Box Tuesday and already following. Your cats are beautiful! Blessings to you and yours! Marie
Thank you for playing along with us girls over at Craftin’ Desert Divas, such an elegant card..
Hello!
I love your card. You got the autumnal feeling so well presented. Thank you so much for joining our monthly challenge over at Bearly Mine Challenges. Hope to see you again 🙂
Hugs, Natasha
Lovely colours you have used on your card. Thank you for joining in with us at Crafts Galore Encore Challenge. Caroline x
Gorgeous card and and detail.
Thanks for sharing at Lexis.
Hugs Julie x
Your project is awesome with so many wonderful details! Thank you for playing in the Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog’s “Anything Goes!” challenge this time!
Hugs,
Leslie, DT
A lovely CAS card, lovely colour, .thank you for playing along with us at Imagination Crafts, this month, best of luck xxxx
a great make – thankyou so much for joining us at Imagination crafts this month. Hugs rachel xx