Uh-Oh! Curiosity and Cats!

Curious Cat is from I Brake for Stamps' collection of digital stamps. Curious Cat was resized in PhotoElements, printed out onto Copic-friendly cardstock with my laser printer, and colored with my Copic markers. Several layers of Clear Gelly Roll Glaze pen (Sakura) were added to the glass to add dimension and shine.

Orange patterned paper from the Oh Baby collection (Basic Grey) was die-cut with a Rectangle Frame die (Die-namics) and with one of the two dies in the Patisserie Label die set (Memory Box), then edged with Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge Distress inks.

Patterned paper from the Oh Baby collection and from the Remarkable 6x6 pad (My Mind's Eye) were layered and edged with the same Distress inks as above. Old Simply Sweet alphabet rub-ons (Doodlebug) were used to add the sentiment.

For what it's worth, Curious Cat is a very realistic stamp. Each of our cats has stuck his/her head into a glass, container, or bowl (usually in search of food molecules) and gotten stuck, which never fails to amuse us.

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Meowy Christmas!

Cat Present is from I Brake for Stamps' collection of digital stamps. Cat Present was resized in PhotoElements, printed out onto Copic-friendly cardstock with my laser printer, colored with my Copic markers, and die-cut with a rectangle die. The image panel was kept in the die while I added the a background around the Cat Present.

Patterned paper from the Figgy Pudding collection (Basic Grey) was die-cut with a stitched rectangle, the bow from the Blueprints 3 die set (Die-namics), and the pierced strip from the Blueprints 2 die sets. All patterned paper was edged with Aged Mahogony and Walnut Stain Distress ink (Ranger).

Red cardstock was die-cut with the Christmas die from the Happy, Birthday, Merry, Christmas Small Words die set (All Occasion). The rest of the letters for the sentiment were die-cut with the Small Alphabet Upper and Lower Case set (All Occasion). 

The card front was assembled and adhered to a red card.

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Stampotique Christmas Challenge!

This week's Stampotique Designer's Challenges (#263) is "Christmas". 

If you'd like the chance to win your choice of $30 worth of Stampotique stamps, you should play along with this challenge. Visit Stampotique Designers Challenge blog and be sure to read the rules so that you'll have the chance to win that great prize!!! Remember to check to see the deadline for all of this month's Stampotique Designers Challenges!

Here's my card with Stampotique's  Foxy (Kate Crane).

Foxy was stamped with London Fog Memento ink (Imagine Crafts) and colored with mostly Cool Grey Copic markers since I wanted him to look like an Arctic Fox. Clear Glaze pen (Sakura) was used to add a touch of dimension and shine to his nose. He was fussy-cut, then edged with a Cool Grey Pitt Artist marker (Faber Castell)

Both patterned papers are from a rapidly dwindling 6x6 paper pad. The grey/blue polka dot paper was torn, then edged with a white paint marker. A Clear Stardust pen (Sakura)was used to add glitter to the torn painted edge, which was then adhered to the blue patterned paper. Foxy was adhered to the layered cardfront.

White shimmery vellum was die-cut with a Snowflake Corner die (Memory Box) and added to the upper left corner. A leftover scrap of blue patterned cardstock was die-cut with a nameplate die (Spellbinders). Christmastime Remnant Rubs (Idea-ology) were used to add the sentiment. The layered cardfront was edged with White Shimmer Delicata ink (Imagine Crafts) to add another touch of sparkle to the card. The cardfront was mounted onto a white A2 card and I called it done!

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I shall enter this card into the following challenges:
• Scrapy Land Challenges: Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges: Snow

Merry Christmas -- For the Cat!

Krismaus Dance is one of the Rick St. Dennis digital stamps available at I Brake for Stamps.

Krismaus Dance was resized in PhotoElements, printed out onto Copic-friendly cardstock with my laser printer, then colored with my Copic markers. The image panel was die-cut with a die from the Sunray Venus Layering Basics die set (Tonic Studios). 

Patterned paper from an old 6x6 pad was die-cut with one of the dies from the Fishtail Flags die set (Die-namics) then layered on top of another piece of patterned paper from the same pad. The image panel was adhered and a foil sticker sentiment was added. The card front was adhered to a red card.

I  Brake for Stamps has a great collection of digital stamps plus a huge and varied collection of rubber stamps that you ought to check out right now. Click on my badge below to be whisked over to I Brake for Stamps to check out all of the goodies! Best of all, if you buy something, you can get a 10% discount off of your purchase if you use this code: SAVE10KATHI!

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Stampotique Word-Up Weekend!

Stampotique's Facebook Group has started "Word-Up Weekends" where we share projects created with Stampotique's many Words, Phrases, Letters, and Numbers.

Here's my entry for the week, featuring NY, NY (Janet Klein), the Taxi and the sentiment from Taxi! (Janet Klein), and  "eeeeep!" from The Crew with Word on the Side (Karen Hayselden).

NY, NY was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (Imagine Crafts), colored with Copic markers, fussy-cut, and edged with a black marker. The Taxi was stamped multiple times with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, colored with Copic markers, fussy-cut, and edged with a black marker. The images were set aside for a bit.

"Beep, Beep" from Taxi! and "eeeep!" from were stamped The Crew with Word on the Side with Frost Dazzle VersaMark ink (Imagine Crafts) onto black cardstock then heat embossed with White Detail embossing powder (Stampendous). Ancient white rub-ons were used to add the letter "B" in front of eeeeep!

The sentiment was computer generated, printed, die-cut with one of the banners from the Dimensional Banner die set (Die-namics). It was edged with Tea Dye Distress ink (Ranger). It was adhered to the top of the black card front.

NY, NY was adhered to grey cardstock, then to the black cardstock. A ring die-cut was colored with Copics and accented with Red Stardust Glitter pen (Sakura), then added to one of the buildings. The spires on top of the buildings were accented with Gold Pentel gel pen. The Red Stardust Glitter pen was used to add some glitter accents to the trees/bushes on top of the building on the left. A Clear Stardust Glitter pen was used to add some shimmer to the Taxis' windows and a Silver Stardust Glitter pen was used to add some glitter to the cabs' fenders and hub-caps.

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I shall enter this card into the following challenges:
• Creative Corner Challenges: Christmas Time
• Winter Wonderland Challenges: Frame It or Night Scenes 
• Moving Along with the Times Challenges: Christmas Scenes
• Addicted to Stamps and More Challenges: Holiday
• Scrapy Land Challenges: Anything Goes

Merry Christmas from the Peace Angel

Peace Angel is one of the Rick St. Dennis digital stamps available at I Brake for Stamps.

Peace Angel was resized in PhotoElements, printed out onto Copic-friendly cardstock with my laser printer, then colored with my Copic markers. The image was fussy-cut and edged with a black marker.

Ancient Christmas-themed patterned paper was edged with Distress ink, then layered.  A sentiment label was die-cut and a Christmastime Remnant Rub was added to it.

The card front was adhered to a card and two rhinestones were added to finish the card.

I  Brake for Stamps has a great collection of digital stamps plus a huge and varied collection of rubber stamps that you ought to check out right now. Click on my badge below to be whisked over to I Brake for Stamps to check out all of the goodies! Best of all, if you buy something, you can get a 10% discount off of your purchase if you use this code: SAVE10KATHI!

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