Alastriona, The Cats & Dogs

Caturday Art the Love & Romance Edition

2026-04-18T01:00:00.000-05:00

This was a use it all Mini Kit Challenge. Sometimes I find it challenging to use all of the kit and this was one of those times.

Progressive Scraps, it's OK but I would have made different choices given the chance.

Quote Challenge

Prompt: Reason

Recipe Card Challenge.

Recipe Challenge

Prompt: Relish

Prompt: Repeat

Thank you for visiting everyone, Sandra (Alastriona - Irish version of Sandra), reporting for ATCAD

Sunday Art the Happy Days Edition

2026-04-12T01:00:00.000-05:00

Mini Kit Challenge

Prompt: Resolve

Prompt: Serene

Prompt: Sincere

Word Art

Thank you for visiting. Sandra, reporting for ATCAD

Caturday Art the Pinterest Edition

2026-04-11T01:00:00.000-05:00

Jumpstart Challenge

Mini Kit Challenge

My Memories Challenge.

Photograph Challenge.

Pinterest Challenge. I hardly ever do these as I hate Pinterest. But in order to get 31 challenges done I had to do challenges I normally avoid.

Quote Challenge. ~Sandra, reporting for ATCAD

Sunday Art the Copper Edition

2026-04-05T01:00:00.000-05:00

This Challenge was to use 1 photograph twice.

This challenge was to use at least 3 papers.

Prompt: Autumn

Prompt: Awe

Prompt: Copper

Mystery Box

Mini Kit

Thanks for visiting everyone. ~Sandra, reporting for ATCAD

Caturday Art the Butterfly Edition

2026-04-04T01:00:00.000-05:00

Connie Prince Challenge.

Another Connie Prince Challenge

Connie Prince Challenge. Ocean Springs Ball Drop.

Created with Rewards, we had a lot of fun even though we got soaking wet and I spent some of the evening barefoot walking through red mud.

Daily Download. Oreo and Lady hanging out on the porch together. I hope the cats will start going out on the back porch again. Maize is so enthusiastic they tend to avoid her. And she just wants to be friends and play. I promise to do a proper introduction of Maize soon.

Designer Spotlight.

In a Word Challenge - the word was courage.

In a Word Challenge - the word was magic.

Thank you for visiting. Sandra, reporting for ATCAD

Remembering Scylla & Chimera (Pictures from November 2024)

2026-03-31T01:00:00.001-05:00

Remembering Fenris (Pictures from November 2024)

2026-03-30T08:02:00.000-05:00

Sunday Art The Yellow Edition

2026-03-29T01:00:00.000-05:00

Template Challenge

That's Entertainment, Blue Prelude is actually the name of a song.

Use It All Challenge

Wild About Styles

Word Art

Thanks for visiting, Sandra, reporting for ATCAD

Caturday Art the Ordinary Edition With ATCAD

2026-03-28T01:00:00.000-05:00

Journaling Challenge. I was forced to spend my birthday in court and to top it off the court reporter didn't show. So in order to get my freedom I had to give up a lot financially but after 3.5 years I am finally free. I couldn't let him have my 60s. So I am starting my 60th decade off as a free woman. It feels good.

Jumpstart Challenge.

Mystery Box Challenge.

My Memories Challenge and the theme was baby.

Use it all Mini Kit Challenge. Sometimes trying to figure out what to do with all the pieces is hard. This was one of those times.

My Memories Challenge. Oreo thought you would want to see her belly. Slippy thought his belly looked pretty good too and wanted to share it while he napped with his brother Yang. Ladybug came to see what was going on and Slippy said hi to her. And Hershey woke up just in time to get his picture taken. All in all an ordinary day at ATCAD.

The prompt for this one was pause. Hard to believe Fenris was the little once.

The prompt for this one was personal. ~ATCAD

Sunday Art the Travel Edition

2026-03-22T01:00:00.000-05:00

Prompt: Smitten

Prompt: Sunshine

Prompt: Surprise Challenge (song lyrics)

Surprise Challenge (use road signs)

Template Challenge

Template Challenge. The street cat reminded me so much of Arty Mouse I wanted to scoop her up and bring her home.

Template Challenge

Thanks for visiting, Sandra, reporting for ATCAD

Caturday Art the Nap Edition with Oreo and Hershey

2026-03-21T01:00:00.000-05:00

This was made for the Bucket List Challenge.

Buffet Challenge. Mom found it to be the hardest to do. But she loves the picture she used. This month was a scrapathon at Ginger Scraps and she created 31 pages for it, instead of her usual 10.

Documenting Your Life Challenge.

Signature Challenge

This is a page I made a long time ago, to honor my Grandma Agnes. I miss her so very much sometimes.

The prompt for this one was GREEN.

And this was created for the Inspiration Challenge.

Hershey and Oreo, reporting for ATCAD

Caturday Art the St. Patrick's Day Edition

2026-03-14T01:00:00.018-05:00

All About Me challenge.

The Prompt was Always.

Color Challenge

Connie Prince Mini Kit Challenge

Prompt Cute, Maybe the easiest page to create as Yang, Slippy, Oreo and Hershey lent a paw. I mean what is cuter than napping cats.

Mini Kit Challenge with Aimee Harrison.

Daily Download challenge. With me and my cousin celebrating my 60th birthday.

Designer Spotlight challenge

In a Word Challenge the word was Parade.

Thanks for visiting everyone, ATCAD

Caturday Art

2026-03-07T01:00:00.015-06:00

Mini Kit Challenge

My Memories Challenge

Template challenge

Template Challenge

Use it All Challenge

Caturday Art with Hershey and Miss Yin

2026-02-28T01:00:00.001-06:00

Hershey and I volunteered for Connie Prince Challenge.

This is the Created with Rewards Challenge and we think Mom did an excellent job with it.

Daily Download Challenge

Signature Challenge.

Jumpstart Challenge.

Mask Challenge.

Mini Kit Challenge.

Mini Kit Challenge

Thanks for vising us, Miss Yin & Hershey reporting for ATCAD

Caturday Art hosted by Slippy

2026-01-31T10:15:00.002-06:00

The prompt was clip and it took Mom forever to figure out how to scrap it.

This was a color challenge. Do you recognize the kitty in the page? Well neither do we, he or she came with the kit.

The prompt was precious and we all got to star in it.

This was a progressive scrap and Mom loved it because it was so minimalist.

The prompt was remnants.

The prompt was rest and I Slippy volunteered to do this one.

The prompt was Reverie.

The prompt was start.

Thank you for visiting, ~Slippy, reporting for ATCAD

Caturday Art ~Happy Mew Year with Maize & Slippy

2026-01-17T01:00:00.001-06:00

Use it all Challenge and Mom had a really hard time trying to figure out what to so with the thread.

Template Challenge me and Maize helped with this one.

Mini Kit Challenge

Mask Challenge

Jumpstart Challenge, isn't the yellow cheerful?

Daily Download Challenge

Mini Kit Challenge

Thank you for visiting us. Slippy, reporting for ATCAD

Remembering October 2024 with Ladybug

2026-01-02T01:00:00.001-06:00

Fenris always enjoyed our walks.

These are some of the last photos of him walking without a harness on.

And walking ahead of us.

He was such a happy boy.

We loved seeing his floofy tail waving.

He loved Mom so much.

And we all enjoyed the flowers.

As he got older he liked sleeping in the dog bed.

Sometimes Chimera would get in bed with him as he didn't take up the entire bed.

Toward the end Fenris slept a lot. We could tell he was getting old.

But he always had the prettiest blue eyes.

Me I am a busy girl I like to sniff the flowers.

I am constantly going in and out the dog door.

I love the yard and going on walks.

I patrol the yard, and visit the dog that lives next door.

I like sitting in the sunshine.

When they shaved me Mom was afraid I would get sunburned.

Ladybug reporting for ATCAD

Happy 2026!!!

2026-01-01T01:00:00.000-06:00

Wishing all our friends a Happy New Year. May 2026 bring you lots of wonderful adventures. ~ATCAD

Remembering October 2024 with Miss Yin

2025-12-31T01:00:00.001-06:00

Scylla always loved the holiday decorations. She never hurt them she just liked to lay next to them.

She also enjoyed the jungle gym.

Chimera was the great explorer who liked to go on adventures with Yang.

And who would come check in from time to time.

Me and Scylla were the homebodies who liked to stay close to the house even when we were outside.

Scylla loved to sit in the sun.

Me I prefer the shade and a porch to sit on. I am glad Mom moved the butterfly chair from the Butterfly Garden to the front porch.

I have enjoyed sitting in it, when I go outside.

Scylla liked to help Mom with the yard work.

Mom misses her help.

We miss both the calico girls.

Miss Yin, reporting for ATCAD

September 2024 with Ladybug

2025-12-30T01:00:00.021-06:00

Fenris like to run fast on our walks and come back and tell us everything he saw and smelled. We love these flowers they are native to Mississippi.

We still miss him so very much he was the BEST DOG EVER!!!

I still walk on leash. Mom tried to walk me off leash but I won't go I turn around and go back inside the fence. It is scary outside without a leash. I might forget a RULE!!!

This moth was hanging out on the back-porch. Moths and butterflies are interesting. We love them a lot.

My outside bed got tore up. Mom said maybe Santa would bring me a new one.

But so far he hasn't.

~Ladybug, reporting for ATCAD

Reminiscing with Ladybug (September 2024)

2025-12-29T01:00:00.046-06:00

More gossip with me and Fenris.

He was a very handsome and kind brother.

I really like our spacious yard.

When I first came to live here I had sores on my body, this necessitated being shaved.

I really didn't like the look.

But Fenris said I still looked pretty.

I think he might have been fibbing.

But Mom said I was a pretty girl too.

I tried to ask the cats but they were scared of me when I first came to live here.

But they seemed to what to get to know me more after I was shaved.

Mom said it was because I looked smaller.

Fenris said it was because I smelled better.

I like cats so I am glad they were finally willing to get to know me.

Some of you don't know this but I knew Arty Mouse when she still lived in Meridian and was a barn cat. I wish she wasn't missing.

It would have been nice to renew our acquaintance.

It's time for me to take a nap so I am going to go now.

Maybe I'll dream of Fenris. ~Ladybug reporting for ATCAD

Ladybug Remembers (September 2024)

2025-12-28T01:00:00.030-06:00

Mom always let me stop and smell the flowers.

Fen got to walk off leash so he could sniff whatever he wanted.

He liked collecting the pee mail.

I was content to let him share the news with me when we got back inside.

He always let me have the bed, when I first came to live here. As he started feeling bad he wanted the bed so I let him have it.

Yin as you can see gets the couch where she reads with Mom.

Miss Yin loves to read.

Fen and I enjoyed gossiping with each other.

He told me all the rules of being an inside dog.

And I told him what it was like to be a working girl, with sheep, goats and chickens to look after. ~Ladybug reporting for ATCAD

Caturday August 2024 by Miss Yin Remembering Our Family the way it was

2025-12-27T01:00:00.002-06:00

I was one of the kittens, me and Yang were only a little bit older than Chimera. We were adopted in September at around 4 weeks old and Chimera was found as a wee baby in December.

Now me and Yang are the oldest cats here. Mom says this is a really good picture of me.

I got a shot in my hips to make the arty ritis go away and I am keeping up with the kittens (Hershey, Oreo & Slippy) OK.

But I miss my big sister.

Scylla loved to be outside especially when Mom was working in the yard. She was Mom's garden helper.

The rest of us are too busy playing, napping and bathing to be of any help.

Ladybug is doing OK, although they shaved all her hair off at the groomers. It made Mom sad she only wanted them to give her a bath and brush her good. Mom thinks they did it because the last time they shaved her (for medical reasons) all the hair didn't grow back and she had bald patches. Mom sees that where the bald patches were hair is growing and they shaved her down to the same length. So this time her coat should come in even instead of patchy.

Fenris was a good brother we sure do miss him.

Mom and him went on night walks sometimes.

Right after Fenris died Ladybug wouldn't come in the house. She is coming in the house more now and she has a new dog friend to hang out with.

The last year of his life Fen struggle to stand, but he never had an accident in the house. No matter how hard it was for him he went outside. Fen was the best dog ever.

Miss Yin (with help from Ladybug) reporting for ATCAD

August 2024 by Miss Yin & Ladybug

2025-12-26T01:00:00.001-06:00

It's hard to believe Chimera is gone she was the baby of the family.

Always laying in wait to pounce

I sure wish we could play one more game of chase.

She took good pictures too.

Mom says it's really hard to get a picture of me and my mini me Hershey. He has gotten so big Mom has trouble telling us a part now.

We all still miss Fenris.

This is a good picture of Scylla, we are thankful that she was still active until right at the end.

She loved to play too.

Ladybug is still here and she has a new dog friend to hang out with.

It's time to hunt bugs. ~Miss Yin reporting for ATCAD

Merry Catmouse and Howling New Year from all of us at ATCAD

2025-12-25T01:00:00.002-06:00

Miss Yin (left corner),Mom Sandra, Hershey (right corner), Yang, Slippy, Oreo, Maize and Ladybug. Everyone except Maize (and I will correct that soon) have a page. I know a lot of our readers said they had missed Slippy's intro. BTW Slippy is a nickname his full name is Sleipnir. Aren't you glad I shortened it to Slippy?

Merry Catmouse and Howling New Year from all of us. ~ATCAD