Season's Greetings!

It's Tuesday which means it's my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week my teammates and I are showcasing Crafty Individuals' wonderful stamps! 

As a crazy cat lady, I satisfy my urges to get more cats by amassing cat-themed crafting products. So when I saw Crafty Individuals' Trilby Cats Unmounted Rubber Stamp #568 and Burglar Cats Unmounted Rubber Stamp #571, I had to have them.

Here's a card using Crafty Individuals' Trilby Cats Unmounted Rubber Stamp #568 with a sentiment from the Holiday Sentiment Duos Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Trilby Cats Unmounted Rubber Stamp #568 by Crafty Individuals

Holiday Sentiment Duos Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Pine and Lime Punch Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Emerald Green Brusho Crystal Colours by Colourcraft

Evergreen Prism Ink by Hunkydory Crafts

Onyx Black VersaFine™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Festive Selection of Diamond Sparkles Gemstones by Hunkydory Crafts

Other Products Used:

140 Lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore®

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah

Classic Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basis Paper®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Trim the Tree Patterned Paper from the Christmas Time 8x8 Pad by Graphic 45 Papers®

Copic® Markers:

   Left Cat: C2, C3, C4, C5, YG01, YG05, G07, R24

   Right Cat: C4, C5, C6, R24, R27, R37, R39, G07

Black Sparkle Stardust® Glitter Pen by Sakura® of America

Graphite Pencil 

Speech Bubble Die: Source Unknown

Holly Die: Source Unknown

Washi Tape

Fan Brush

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of green cardstock to 10" x 7". 
2. Score the cardstock at 5" and fold to form a 5" x 7" card. Set aside.
3. Stamp Trilby Cats twice with Memento ink onto two panels of Neenah cardstock.
4. Fussy-cut the cat on the right entirely. 
5. Fussy-cut the cat on the left pretending that the overlapping cat isn't there. That probably didn't make sense. I should have taken a photo.
6. Color both cats with Copic markers and edge with a dark marker.
7. Use Black Stardust Glitter pen to enhance the eyes and noses and make them stand out more. Glitteryness is an added benefit.
8. Put the cats aside. They'll either play or sleep. Maybe both.
9. Squish Lime Punch Elements Ink onto a craft mat. Spritz with water.
10. Dip a piece of watercolor or mixed media paper into the inky puddle until the ink is gone. Clean the craft mat.
11. Repeat Steps #7 and #8 using Pine Elements Ink.
12. Heat set the panel.
13. Sprinkle Emerald Green Brusho Crystal Colours onto the craft mat, spritz with water.
14. Dip your fan brush into the Brusho Puddle and splatter the panel. Repeat until you're happy with the splattered panel.
15. Heat set.
16. Sandwich the panel between two pieces of cardstock. Place onto the base of your die-cutting machine. Place both cutting dies over the sandwiched panel. Crank through your machine several times to flatten the panel.
17. Use magnets to secure the inked flattened panel to the base of a stamping platform.
18. Place the Trilby Cats stamp face down onto the panel.
19. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
20. Ink the stamp with Onyx Black VersaFine Ink and stamp.
21. Re-ink and stamp if necessary to get a good impression.
22. Heat Set.
23. Trim the image panel.
24. Use the Graphite pencil to outline the cats and smudge towards the inside of the stamped images.
25. Tear Washi tape and place under the cats as shown.
26. Adhere the reserved fussy-cut and colored cats over their counterparts.
27. Use magnets to secure a leftover piece of the inked and Brushoed paper to the stamping platform.
28. Place the sentiment facedown onto the paper.
29. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
30. Ink the stamp with Onyx Black VersaFine Ink and stamp.
31. Re-ink and stamp if necessary to get a good impression.
32. Heat Set.
33. Use a speech bubble die to cut the sentiment.
34. Ink the holly die with Evergreen Prism Ink. Tape the die facedown onto another piece of the leftover inked and Brushoed paper.
35. Repeat as necessary to get several pairs of holly die-cuts.
36. Use Evergreen Prism Ink to edge the image panel, sentiment speech bubble, and the holly die-cuts.
37. Cut a piece of plaid patterned paper to 4.75" x 6.75", edge with Evergreen Prism Ink, and adhere to the reserved green card.
38. Adhere the image panel and sentiment to the plaid patterned paper as shown.
39. Adhere the holly leaves as shown.
40. Adhere self-adhesive red gemstones as holly berries to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!