Garden Kitty

My best friend has a birthday this week and I made her this card.  Happy Birthday, Alice!  I gave her the card today, and she loved it!  She's a cat lover like me and was especially fond of  the embossing and die cuts. 

I started with a white card base and affixed an embossed pink panel.  I stamped the cat in black on white cardstock, coloured with pencils, fussy-cut, and affixed to the card with foam tape.  I stamped the cat again, shaded with pencils, and fussy-cut just the cat and affixed over the original cat with foam tape to create a 3-D look.  I stamped the sentiment on a white scrap and affixed with foam tape.  Lastly, I embellished with punched flowers, die-cut vines, twine, and gems.  Here are the supplies I used:

• Stamps:  Magenta Cat of the Month - February 2010 - Neko (Magenta Stamps), sentiment (The Old Island Stamp Company)
• Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black                      Coloured Pencils:  Prismacolor
• Cardstock:  Staples, Recollections            Flower Punches:  EK Success
• Die:  Memory Box - Geneva Vine             Twine:  American Crafts
• Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug Textile      Gems:  Dollarama

Photo Inspiration

Fairies Challenge Blog - Sketch and Flowers

 

I would like to enter the following challenges:
2 Sisters #155 Anything Goes UE
613 Avenue Create #31 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Use Sentiment 3E #1
Animal Friends Challenge #5 Summer 3E #1
Card and Scrap #59 Anything Goes UE
Card Mania #26 Summer/Blooms 3E #1
Cards Galore Bingo - I chose Birthday, Gems, and Sentiment UE
Crafts-Too Challenge You #2 Summer Days (this kitty is in the garden) UE
Crafty Boots Die Cuts UE
Crafty Catz Pastel Colours 1E
Crafty Creations Challenges #234 Texture (dry embossing) 2E #1
Crafty Sentiments Animals 3E #2
Creatalicious Challenges #53 I Love My Pet UE
Creative Inspirations Paint Inspired by:  Anything Goes UE
Delightful Challenges Make It Pop - add layers/use dimension 1E
Divas by Design Bingo - I chose Embossing, Die Cuts/Punches, and Flowers 2E #2
DL.ART Challenges August's Anything Goes UE
Dream Valley #62 Summer Days 3E #3
Fairies Challenge Blog #10 Sketch and Flowers UE
Just B Creative Crazy Anything Goes UE
Ladybug Crafts Say it with Flowers 3E #2
Little Red Wagon #197 Falling to Pieces (Paper Piecing) UE
Loves Rubberstamps #64 Anything Goes UE
Magenta Official Blog Garden Party (see inspiration above) 1E
Melonheadz Flowers Everywhere 2E #1
My Creative Moments - Word Play Saturday Birthdays 4E #4
One Crazy Stamper Birthdays 5E #3
One Stitch at a Tiime #175 In the Summer (this kitty is in the garden) 3E #3
Papertake Weekly Anything Goes 5E #3
Penny Black and More In the Garden 3E #1
Penny's Paper-Crafty #139 Dry Embossing 3E #2
Ribbon Carousel RCC84 Summertime Fun (kitty is having in the garden) UE
Sami Stamps #004 Anything Goes & DT Call 3E #2
Sister Act Card Challenges #18 Anything Goes UE
Smudgy Antics Fussy Cutting (I fussy-cut the stamp image and also the cat itself)
Sweet Pea Stampers Embossing - Wet or Dry (I used dry) 3E #2
The Crafter's Café #23 Furry Friends and/or Friendship 3E #1
The Crafty Bloggers Network Favourite Things (my favourite thing to stamp is cats) 3E #3
The Crazy Challenge #151 Anything Goes 4E #3
The Perfect Sentiment PSC86 Your Favorite Technique (dry embossing) 3E #1
The Pink Elephant TPE#211 Use Texture (embossing) UE
The Ribbon Girl Birthday Card UE
V's Sweet Ideas VSC#14 Something Twine 2E #2
Whimsical Designs Anything Goes 1E
Whoopsidaisy Paper Piecing UE
Word Art Wednesday #92 Anything Goes 5E #2

Thank you for looking at my card - I enjoy reading your comments!  Have a wonderful day of crafting!