Monday, October 21, 2019

Purr Friends

Hello again!  As promised, I am back with another card for the 2019 Cat Lovers Hop Thank you to Janis at Her Peaceful Garden, who hosts this fun hop for us cat lovers!


I made another card for the 3 Colors challenge at Mod Squad Challenge Blog, where the challenge is to use only three colours:  black, brown, and cream.  The rules are tough - you must also include a tag on your card, and there can be no white, not even for the card base!


I die-cut the stitched tag (MFT Stitched Traditional Tag Stax) from cream cardstock and stamped the kitties (Handprints Two Cats wood-mounted rubber stamp, 1990) and sentiment (Simon Says Stamp Friends Forever) in black.  I die-cut the heart background (Taylored Expressions Blooming Hearts Cover Plate) in brown and mounted on black cardstock and then a cream card base.  I salvaged three of the brown heart offcuts and adhered them to the tag, which I adhered to the heart background with foam tape.  I die-cut a heart in cream and paper-pieced it on the background and added a die-cut "purr" (Recollections Cats), also in cream.

To make sure I didn't stray from the three colours, I stuck to using the black, brown, and cream paper from the Recollections Coffee and Cream cardstock pack:


I would also like to support the following challenges:
A Perfect Time to Craft AG UE
Craft Stamper Magazine Take it Make It 1/3
Crafter's Castle 22 AG Optional Fall 2/3 C10
Lost Coast Designs Pets and Stamping UE
Pammie's Inky Pinkies AG 2/3 C10
Show Us Your Pussycats Furrything Goes UE
Southern Girls AG 1E C10
Word Art Wednesday 408-409 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 3/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day - and Happy Hopping!

47 comments:

Fikreta said...

its wonderful!
these cats are great!
hugs

Susan Renshaw said...

Love this design too. The brown, cream and black colour scheme works really well.

Gail said...

What a nice background die cut - love it! You nailed the challenge - Thanks for linking up to Mod Squad!

Suzanne H said...

Look at those eyes! What a great image.

Beverly S. said...

WOW! I love this one! You are rockin' the color challenge too! Let me brag on all the "neat" die cuts on your card too! I am in love with that hearts background and I definitely need that "purr." :)

(AJ) ArtJypsy said...

Beautiful card. Love the die cut background and the main image..

Monika Skinner said...

This is beautiful, love the cat faces.

DonnaMundinger said...

My goodness! You certainly are inspired. Another beauty! Brilliant design and those kitties look like my Goliath. Love that there are hearts included. xxD

ionabunny said...

Beautiful card. That is a gorgeous stamp. Thanks for joining the fun at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge. Hugz

Becca Yahrling said...

haha And you did it again - purrfectly!! Lovely!

jimlynn said...

Another cute, cute card - and I love that background die. Fantastic.
Lynn

D.Ann C said...

NEAT! Love the background and using the hearts on the tag with those lovely realistic kitties!

Lisa Lynn said...

Kitty this is adorable. Love that image.

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Oh my, another amazing interpretation of Mod Squad palette!!! Fantastic design!! The white inlay of the heart background diecut looks just awesome, such clever touch!! And the brown hearts on the tag too!!
LOVE! Stunning stamp, so realistic!
Big hugs!

ike said...

Amazing - great layout design and gorgeous cats.
Thank you for purring along to play at SUYP Cats Challenges.
Lovely to see you at the 2019 Cat Hop.
Hugz
IKE =^..^=

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Tink said...

Love the tag.. Great card!

Lori Kobular said...

Love the heart background die behind that tag with those two beautiful kitty faces!

Barbara Godden said...

Another fantastic card using those three colours, I love that stamp it's awesome and the the design is great.

jenny Ginger Ninja Crafts said...

Wow, another super card, love these faces with the hearts background and details. Beautiful
Jenny x
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Jane Willis said...

Oh, I really love this. Such a beautiful image, and I love the background too.

Andrea W said...

Such a cool card Kitty! The black, brown and cream look wonderful and I adore the kitty image. 🤍

Jennifer Scull said...

This is such a great stamp! I need to check it out because my son and DIL have 2 cats who look so similar. :) You have nailed the challenge, too! Great job!

KraftyKoolKat said...

A gorgeous creation Kitty.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

Arianna Barbara said...

Wow! Love so much the beautiful idea!!! Love those little kittys stamped in the tag!!!

Karenladd said...

That stamped image is so beautiful and I love that you are using older wood-mounted stamps. How clever to use the heart off-cuts from the die background to add as embellishments. This realistic image in brown, black and cream would be perfect for any cat lover.

Janis said...

Another FABULOUS cat image!! You always have the BEST cat stamps, Kitty!!! This card has such a dramatic look with that closeup of the inscrutable cat faces and the neutral colors...centering on the deeper tones. Totally love how you put the cats on the tag. Such a creative design!!
Thank you so much for playing along in the #2019CatLoversHop!!
<3 J

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Carole J said...

Kitty, you smashed this challenge! Love your stamped image on the tag, and the die cut background is incredibly beautiful. I really like how you interchanged hearts too - a very clever design. xx

Verna Angerhofer said...

I love your kitty card and you did great with the colors too. Wonderful die background and a great kitty stamp for it.

Laurie said...

Great kitty stamp and love the die cut background. Thanks for joining the Lost Coast Design Challenge!

The Craft Princess said...

Very creative! I love the way it turned out. Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Crafter's Castle this month....good luck :)
Hugs... Janie
DT
Crafter's Castle
crafterscastle.blogspot.com

Mrs A. said...

Another gorgeous card. This hop is certainly bringing out all the cat stamps. Hugs Mrs A.

KT Fit Kitty said...

It's a hop, so I'm not sure if I need to comment on my own cards. Oh well, I will anyway! I love how this one turned out!

Suzanne H said...

You should comment on your own card. It's wonderful. I loved this kitty so much I found one in my stash and CASEd your card. Thanks for the inspiration! See you around the hop.

Vivian Foo said...

OOo love this tag!

NanaConnie said...

I'm really in love with this one, Kitty! Beautifully done.

Sharon said...

What a lovely design!

Leslie said...

Another fabulous kitty card! What a fun technique of using just three colors!
Hugs,
Leslie
Love To Scrap 2

Chandhini said...

You rock with using only three colours and your meowy creations, the cover plate die is gorgeous.

valscraftings said...

Fabulous card love the kitty!

Val DT LeighSBDesigns x

Surekha Galagoda said...

Simply love your cat tag. Blessings

Crafting With Jack said...

Love this image, great tag x

Fiona said...

I adore this colour combination - it really shows off the cats perfectly.

Dotty Jo said...

What a beautiful image! Jo x

SHartl said...

Wow, your cards are amazing and I love the cat stamps. That background is really interesting and makes your card stand out!

Denise Bryant said...

Great kitty image!

Terri Winske said...

What a pretty card! And I'm sure it was a challenge with those guidelines. I think you nailed it! Thanks very much for sharing this with us at PIP Challenges!

mandysea said...

Ooh! The detail in these kitties! What a beautiful tag!