HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Hello Peeps.

I'm glad to say that Blogger seems to have sorted out the glitch with the 'disappearing Followers bar' and I'm now back up and running.

Here is a little piece I made to say Happy Halloween to all of you.

I really miss that as we don't celebrate it here in Greece :-(

I hope you all have a fabulous evening.  xx

I used:

Haunted House from Miss Kate Cuttables,

Owl Tag, Pumpkin papers and Spiders 2 from MEINLILAPARK.

xxx

Challenges I am entering:

AlwaysFunChallenges #30 - Halloween

Artistic Inspirations Challenge #189 - Spook it Up

Use Your Stuff Challenge #286 - Halloween

Through The Craftroom Door 31Oct - 6Nov -  AG

Pinspirational Challenge #202 - 

HAPPY NATIONAL CAT DAY 2017

Hello Peeps and happy NATIONAL CAT DAY.

I have so enjoyed the last 6 days of the Cat Lovers' Hop and am now totally refueled with Catiness :-)

I have a small card to show today and some funny cat memes I found so here we go.....

This little card was made using a Stampendous kitty stamp coloured with Promarkers.

Here's a scary Halloween piece for using using my image POE CAT from IKEsART... which is part of my Edgar Allan POE collection and done especially to illustrate his spook story ... THE BLACK CAT, and how it ultimately got it's revenge :-D  Click HERE to read it.

Background papers from FAR FAR HILLS- Merry Halloween Free Kit.

Many thanks to Janis at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN for hosting another super successful Cat Hop. I sure had fun going round and visiting 190 cat loving people :-D    Now I am looking forward to next year.

I found this photo........ this is very much what my patio looks like at Feeding Time  hahahahahaha

Thanks for purring by today xxxxx

IKEsWORLD 7 YEAR BLOGAVERSARY GIVEAWAY

Hello all my Peeps,
I am here today to say that I am celebrating 7 years of Blogging here at IKEsWORLD. :-D
I've managed to amass 365 Followers in that time and I love to read all the wonderful comments from my Peeps.
To celebrate I am offering this Prize as a Thank You to you all.

The Winner will be chose from all the people who COMMENT below and are Followers of my Blog. The draw will take place on 1st November 2017.

Thank you too for the support you give my IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES. We will be celebrating our 100th Challenge on 24th October and I have lots of fabulous Prizes to give away, and a big prize from me :-)

I hope you will come over and join in our celebration.

Thank you too for the growing support for my CAT LOVERs' CHALLENGES - SUYP. The Followers are growing nicely there too. The latest Challenge is HERE.

There are always lots of FREEBIES to be found on both Challenge Blogs and on the IKEsART FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.

There are also lots of FREEBIES to be found in my SHOP:     IKEsART  which now has Instant Download facility.

Best wishes to all of you and thank you x xxxx

CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017 - DAY 6

Hello Peeps,

Welcome to the last Day of the fur-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017, as hosted and arranged by the wonderful JANIS over at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.  I have had such a blast as usual on this great Hop and have enjoyed colouring up some of my own images for a change LoL :-D

This is the 3rd year that Janis has published this event and it seems that every year more of us cat lovers and taking part.

This is also my 3rd year of participation and this year's Prize from me is a brand new cat set that I drew especially for Janis.

Each day of the Hop there will be one of these new kitties to win from this set in a special game Janis has devised. The Game for Day 6 is to share your favourite thing about this CAT LOVERs' HOP.

This card is to celebrate " OXI " Day here in Greece. It is a big celebration and there is a huge parade down in town later this morning. All the shops, banks etc are closed and everyone will be out to celebrate :-D

Here's the History........

Oxi Day (Greek:  «'Οχι» Greek pronunciation: "'Ohi", meaning  "No") is celebrated throughout Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities around the world on 28 October each year.  It commemorates the rejection by Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on 28 October 1940, the Hellenic counterattack against the invading Italian forces at the mountains of Pindus during the Greco-Italian War, and the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation.

This ultimatum, which was presented to Metaxas by the Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi (fr), shortly after 03:00 am on 28 October 1940, who had just come from a party in the Italian embassy in Athens, demanded Greece to allow Axis forces to enter Greek territory and occupy certain unspecified "strategic locations" or otherwise face war. It was allegedly answered with a single laconic word: όχι (No!). However, his actual reply was, “Alors, c’est la guerre!” (Then it is war!).

In response to Metaxas's refusal, Italian troops stationed in Albania, then an Italian protectorate, attacked the Greek border at 05:30 am—the beginning of Greece's participation in World War II (see Greco-Italian War and the Battle of Greece).

On the morning of 28 October, the Greek population took to the streets, irrespective of political affiliation, shouting 'oxi'. From 1942, it was celebrated as Oxi Day, first mostly among the members of the resistance and after the war by all the Greeks.

I have used the last image from the kitty set prize. This one is called 'Hello There'.  He is put with one of the views from my  'GREEK VIEWS - World Tour Series' also from IKEsART.

I superimposed a Greek Flag and added the kitty at the front.

Janis has an amazing number of fantastic Sponsors this year and there are loads of Prizes, so why not pop over and join in the cat fest :-D  You will find the start of the Hop here:   MAIN HOP PAGE

**** As it is a special day today and also the last day of the Hop... my little Prize will be the full set of kitties for a randomly picked comment below. I will leave this opportunity open until 31st October 2017. ****

This set will be available  for purchase in my Shop  IKEsART  after the Hop has closed.

Thank you for Following me :-) xx

CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017 - DAY 5

Hello Peeps,

Here I am on Day 5 of the fur-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017, as hosted and arranged by the wonderful JANIS over at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

This is the 3rd year that Janis has published this event and it seems that every year more of us cat lovers and taking part.

This is also my 3rd year of participation and this year's Prize from me is a brand new cat set that I drew especially for Janis.

Each day of the Hop there will be one of these new kitties to win from this set in a special game Janis has devised. The Game for Day 5 is to share your favourite Cat books.

Here is a piece I have made using today's kitty prize from the set. This one is called 'Hmmmm'.  He is put with 'GREEK WINDOW' also from IKEsART.

This card has a definite Greek vibe to it in preparation for tomorrow's creation, which will be another Greek piece to celebrate "OXI  DAY" - which I will tell you all about on tomorrow's Post :-) 

Janis has an amazing number of fantastic Sponsors this year and there are loads of Prizes, so why not pop over and join in the cat fest :-D  You will find the start of the Hop here:   MAIN HOP PAGE

Thank you for Following me :-) xx

CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017 - DAY 4

Hello Peeps,

Here I am on Day 4 of the fur-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017, as hosted and arranged by the wonderful JANIS over at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

This is the 3rd year that Janis has published this event and it seems that every year more of us cat lovers and taking part.

This is also my 3rd year of participation and this year's Prize from me is a brand new cat set that I drew especially for Janis.

Each day of the Hop there will be one of these new kitties to win from this set in a special game Janis has devised. The Game for Day 4 is to share something about a journey with your cats.

Here is a piece I have made using today's kitty prize from the set. This one is called 'CELEBRATE'.  I coloured him twice and then flipped him in Photoshop.

I have used Digi papers and elements from ANGELHAZE - Spooky Halloween Night Set and TOOTYPUP SCRAPS - Little Vixen Set.

  

Janis has an amazing number of fantastic Sponsors this year and there are loads of Prizes, so why not pop over and join in the cat fest :-D  You will find the start of the Hop here:   MAIN HOP PAGE

Thank you for Following me :-) xx

CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017 - DAY 3

Hello Peeps,

Here I am on Day 3 of the fur-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017, as hosted and arranged by the wonderful JANIS over at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

This is the 3rd year that Janis has published this event and it seems that every year more of us cat lovers and taking part.

This is also my 3rd year of participation and this year's Prize from me is a brand new cat set that I drew especially for Janis.

Each day of the Hop there will be one of these new kitties to win from this set in a special game Janis has devised. The Game for Day 3 is to share something about a close call one of your cats had, an incident that could have ended in tragedy, but turned out okay in the end.

Here is a piece I have made using today's kitty prize from the set.

This image is done in the style of Andy Warhol using Photoshop:-D

Janis has an amazing number of fantastic Sponsors this year and there are loads of Prizes, so why not pop over and join in the cat fest :-D  You will find the start of the Hop here:   MAIN HOP PAGE

Thank you for Following me :-) xx

CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017 - DAY 2

Hello Peeps,

Here I am on Day 2 of the fur-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017, as hosted and arranged by the wonderful JANIS over at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

This is the 3rd year that Janis has published this event and it seems that every year more of us cat lovers and taking part.

This is also my 3rd year of participation and this year's Prize from me is a brand new cat set that I drew especially for Janis.

Each day of the Hop there will be one of these new kitties to win from this set in a special game Janis has devised. The Game for Day 2 is to share something Funny/Cute that your cat does.

Here is a piece I have made using today's kitty prize from the set.

This image was drawn of my little cat WIDGET. Unfortunately she suffered brain damage during an operation and really was a bit of a 'Basket Case'. She really loved this fruit basket and would cram herself in there. 

She later developed a really bad case of tail dysmorphia, so we had to cut it off. She was so much happier afterwards though and had a much more relaxed and stress free life - bless her. She passed away last year R.I.P  little Widget xxxxx

Backing papers are again  from one of my favourite sites with many Freebies... MEINLILAPARK.

Janis has an amazing number of fantastic Sponsors this year and there are loads of Prizes, so why not pop over and join in the cat fest :-D  You will find the start of the Hop here:   MAIN HOP PAGE

CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017 - DAY 1

Hello Peeps,

Here I am on Day 1 of the fur-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2017, as hosted and arranged by the wonderful JANIS over at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

This is the 3rd year that Janis has published this event and it seems that every year more of us cat lovers and taking part.

This is also my 3rd year of participation and this year's Prize from me is a brand new cat set that I drew especially for Janis.

Each day of the Hop there will be one of these new kitties to win from this set in a special game Janis has devised. The Game for Day 1 is called "Kitty Roll Call" and the idea is to leave a comment naming all your kitties :-)

I shall be popping in to name most of my 23 cats  :-D  LoL

Here is a piece I have made using today's kitty prize from the set.

Backing papers are from one of my favourite sites with many Freebies... MEINLILAPARK.

Janis has an amazing number of fantastic Sponsors this year and there are loads of Prizes, so why not pop over and join in the cat fest :-D  You will find the start of the Hop here:   MAIN HOP PAGE

MEOW-LOWEEN IS COMING

Hello Peeps,
Here I am with a Meow-loween card I made for WEEK 3 of the SUYP Cat Lovers' Challenge #23, where I have used a brand new image by FIKI from BAD KITTY's CRAFT ROOM and papers from the Merry Halloween Kit by FAR FAR HILLS. The frame is a new die set that I bought from Fiki's Craft Shop...  THE CRAFTY KITTY CAT SHOP.  

 I coloured the kitty with Spectrum Noir markers.

 The papers are from the Merry Halloween Kit by FAR FAR HILLS. I had a bit of a printing error with the pumpkin paper, but it worked ok so I used it :-D

Don't forget we are getting really close now to the annual kitty Hop ...

2017 Cat Lovers Hop
Oct. 23-28, 2017
Right here with Janis at Her Peaceful Garden.

Don't forget that Janis has a GIVEAWAY for 
displaying her 2017 Cat Lovers' Badge.

Of course - as a Crazy Cat Lady, I shall be there :-D 

I have designed a brand new set of Kitties for Janis to give away as a Prize and there will be lots of other awesome designers there with Prizes for you to win :-D

I hope you will purr on over xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING ME xxx