Purrfect Birthday

It's Tuesday, so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps! Have you checked out the wonderful new stamps, dies, and stencils from Heffy Doodle that are now available at TFS? If not, you should remedy that immediately! Actually, while you're visiting TFS, you should check out the "new" category since there's a TON of great new products!

But I digress. Being a certified crazy cat lady, I had to have the Purrfect Day Clear Stamp set to add to my extensive collection of cat stamps. BTW, it's a good thing that I don't have as many cats as I have cat stamps. If I did, there'd be no room for us in the house! Oops. Digressed again. This great Purrfect Day Clear Stamp set has twenty (20) stamps, including five (5) cats, a cat tree, cat toys, cat dishes, and several sentiments. 

Here's my card, which uses all five cat stamps, the cat tree, the mouse cat toy, and a sentiment from the  Purrfect Day Clear Stamp set. I also used the Roundabout Sentiments Clear Stamp Set with the matching Curved Banner Die. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Purrfect Day Clear Stamp set by Heffy Doodle™

Roundabout Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle™

Curved Banner Die by Heffy Doodle™

Onyx Black VersaFine™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Dark Kraft Cardstock by Recollecions®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers:

    Cats: C00, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6

    Noses: R81, R83

    Cat Tree: B32, B34, B37, E42, E43, E44

    Pom-Pom hanging from tree: R81, R83, B32

    Mouse Toy: E42, E43

    Background: Y21

    Floor: B26, B28

Kitten Smitten 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Doodlebug Designs Inc.™

Rainbow Dot-Stripe Petite Prints 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Doodlebug Designs Inc.™

Perfectly Plaid Rainbow Petite Prints 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Lawn Fawn®

Self-Adhesive Removable 8.5" x 11" Labels by Avery®

Stamp Platform

3D Foam Adhesives by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L

Instructions:

1. Using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, stamp the cat tree onto Copic-friendly cardstock and onto a sheet of Self-Adhesive Removable Labels.
2. Fussy-cut the label version to create a mask and place over its counterpart on the image panel.
3. Using the Stamp Platform (or a stamp positioner), position each cat on the tree as desired, ink the stamp with Memento ink, and stamp onto the image panel. 
4. Position the mouse toy so that it's dangling from the paw of one of the cats, ink, and stamp.
5. Lift the Cat-Tree mask and reserve for another use.
6. Color the tree, cats, mouse, and background with Copic markers.
7. Position the "Purrfect Birthday" sentiment on the image panel, lift the stamp platform cover, ink with Onyx Black VersaFine ink, and stamp.
8. Using the Curved Banner die, cut the pawprint patterned paper.
9. Stamp the "Hope You Have a" sentiment onto the die-cut using Onyx Black VersaFine ink.
10. Trim the image panel.
11. Cut the brown polka-dot paper 1/4" larger than the image panel, then adhere the image panel.
12. Trim the plaid paper to 4.5" wide.
13. Trim dark Kraft cardstock to 9.25" x 6.25", score in half, and fold to form a card base.
14. Adhere the plaid paper to the card base.
15. Adhere the matted image panel.
16. Use dimensional adhesive to adhere the stamped sentiment banner as shown to complete the card.

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