Some holidays are here, others are rapidly approaching, and I'm woefully behind this year with cardmaking, gift shopping, gift wrapping, everything!!! It's Tuesday, which means it's my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. But before I get to my card, I wanted to remind you that Topflight Stamps' Cyber Monday sale is going on right now and ends tonight (November 30th) at midnight, ET. Get 25% off storewide!
When I saw the bespeckled winking cat in AALL and Create's Hocus Pocus Clear Stamp Set #570 by Bipasha BK, I was smitten by that kitten! The set has the cat stamp and a great witch hat stamp, which obviously is perfect for Halloween. However, that cat is tremendously versatile!
Here he is in my Christmas card, which also uses the Santa Hat from the Skullduggery Cling Mounted Stamp Set by Indigo Blu as part of the focal image.
Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers
Red Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
White Basics 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Basic Grey®
Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Copic® Markers:
Hat: R24, R27, R39
Hat Band and Pom-Pom: Y0000, Y000, BV0000, BV000, RV0000, RV000, B0000, B00, B60, C00, C0, C1, C2
Glasses Frames: E23, E44, E47, D49, E55, E57
Cat Fur: C00, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C, C6, C7, C8
Cat Eye: YG21, YG23, YG67
Cat Tongue: E04, RV43
Speech Bubble Die: Source unknown
Scalloped Border Die-namics® die by MFT
Stitched Border Strip Die-namics® die by MFT
Tag Die by QuicKutz
Red and Black Stardust® Glitter Gel Pens by Sakura® of America
Green Pitt Artist Pen by Faber Castell
Green Chalk Pencil by General®
Removable Label Paper by Avery®
STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink
Stamping Platform
Post-It® Notes by 3M
Instructions:
- Cut a piece of red 12" x 12" cardstock in half. Score one piece at 6" and fold to form a 6" square card. Reserve the other half.
- Use magnets to secure white cardstock to the base of the stamping platform.
- Figure out where the cat will be stamped and where the Santa Hat should be stamped.
- Place the Santa Hat stamp facedown on the image panel. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp, and lift the lid.
- Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and stamp the Santa Hat onto white cardstock, re-ink and stamp again onto label paper.
- Fussy-cut the label paper version and place over its counterpart on the image panel.
- Remove and clean the stamp.
- Position the cat stamp facedown on the image panel over the mask so that his ears and his head are sitting on the Santa Hat mask. His glasses and eyes should be under the band of the Santa Hat.
- If his ears will show over the top of the Santa Hat, cover the top of the hat with a Post-It Note.
- Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp, lift the lid, ink the stamp with Memento ink, and stamp onto the image panel. Repeat if necessary.
- Remove the image panel, re-ink the stamp, and stamp onto label paper.
- Fussy-cut the label paper version of the cat and place onto its counterpart on the image panel.
- Use magnets to secure the image panel to the STAY-tion.
- Place the STAY-tion's ruler horizontally across the cat's elbows, covering the bottom part of the image panel.
- Brush Apple Green Prism ink over the masked images to create the background of the image panel.
- Brush Evergreen around the edges of the image panel.
- Move the STAY-tion's ruler so it's sitting horizontally over the top part of the image.
- Brush Evergreen ink around the masked image to ground the image.
- Keeping the masks in place, randomly stamp the numbers from the Reckoner Clear Stamp on the background using Evergreen Prism Ink.
- Remove the masks were lifted and retain for another use.
- Color the images with Copic markers.
- Use a N8 marker to darken the blotches in the image panel.
- Use the larger of the two dies in the Scalloped Rectangle Frames Die Set by Paper Rose to cut a piece of Festive Flora 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium.
- Adhere the image panel behind the Rectangle Frame.
- Sponge or brush Apple Green Prism ink onto the ledger grid patterned paper from the Basics 6x6 pad.
- Sponge or brush Apple Green Prism ink onto a few scraps of white cardstock.
- Use magnets to secure the Apple Green sponged cardstock to the base of the stamping platform.
- Position the "have a purrfect day" sentiment from the Purrfect Day Clear Stamp Set facedown on the green sponged panel.
- Position the "Merry Christmas" sentiment from the Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set facedown below the other sentiment.
- Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps. Lift.
- Use Post-It Notes to cover "day" and "Merry".
- Use Onyx Black VersaFine ink to ink the stamps. Remove the Post-It Notes.
- Stamp the sentiment and heat set.
- Use a speech bubble die to cut the sentiment.
- Stamp the little fish present from the Purrfect Day Clear Stamp Set onto the die-cut.
- Color the fish with the Green Pitt Artist Pen and the Red Stardust Glitter pen. Let dry.
- Edge the Speech Bubble with Evergreen Prism Ink.
- Use Onyx Black VersaFine ink to stamp the Naughty/Nice sentiment from the Skullduggery Cling Mounted Stamp Set onto another scrap of the green sponged paper.
- Fussy-cut the sentiment and edge with a dark marker.
- Use the scalloped border die to cut red cardstock.
- Use the stitched border die to cut the same plaid paper used for Step #22.
- Use the tag die to cut the same plaid paper used for Steps #22 and #40.
- Edge the border strip and border die-cuts.
- Trim the sponged ledger paper to 5.75" square and edge with Evergreen Prism ink.
- Adhere the scallop framed-image panel as shown.
- Adhere the sentiment speech bubble to the image panel as shown.
- Adhere the patterned stitched border onto the scalloped red border, then adhere to the card as shown.
- Adhere the "Naughty or Nice" tag onto the border as shown.
- Finish the card by adding a rhinestone to the hole in the tag.
Thanks for visiting today!