This card was a little bit of a stretch for me, but it is truly personal! My main love of stamping, is because I am challenged at drawing stick figures! I love to create things with paper…..but being artistic at drawing does not seem to be in my DNA! Another reason that I so love creating cards….you can make them with the recipient in mind! This card was created for my future daughter in law, with a very slim resemblance of her three kitties, one of whom is no longer with us. I so wish I had the artistic talent of some of you in blog land! While by no means perfect, I think the card is perfect for the recipient! Thankfully the images are on the cutesy side, so I think I can get away with cutesy coloring to match! I created my card based on the sketch challenge this week at Sketch Saturday–
To create my card, I stamped my kitties and balloons in Intense Black ink and colored them with Copics. I added in some details to my tabby cat with a Black Multi-Liner. I fussy cut the images and popped up the kitties with 3-D foam for added dimension. My sentiment was actually created in Word, in Century Gothic font, and printed out. I seem to have sentiment strip envy, but do not yet have any tiny sentiment strips in my stamp collection. I created my own background paper by stamping random paws for my background panel. My kitty themed stamps are from the Kitty Cuddles stamp set, which is only available through December 31.
All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:
CC11197 Best Friends Furever Bundle
Adorable Elephants Stamp Set-MFT (Balloons)
Z2844 Pixie Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
Z4189 Intense Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
Copic Markers-E81, E84, RV10, RV11, W1, W3, W5, 100, Multiliner
I have also entered my card in the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge-Anything Goes
Heart 2 Heart Challenges-Black Friday (Does a black cat count?)
Seize the Birthday-Anything Goes
The Paper Girls Challenge-Family
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Funny and beautiful card.. Thanks for joining us at Gem of a Challenge 😊 Good Luck
Super cute! I think your coloring is great! Thank you for joining us at Heart 2 Heart!
I have never been a cat person until this past Thanksgiving. My son and daughter in law just got a British short hair. Let me just say the sweetest and funniest cat ever. He even plays fetch and brings the piece of paper right back. Anyways, I have a new appreciation for cats and your card is adorable! I know your future daughter in law will love it too. Love the paw prints scattered about the page. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday and Happy Holidays!
Your card is adorable! love it. Thank you for play with us at A gem of a challenge blog. Good luck with your entry.
You did an amazing job shading those images. Thank you for sharing your creation with us at Heart2Heart. Please come back this week and see some of the new challenges we have for you. I can't wait to see what you create! ☕💙MissC