Purrfect New Year Calendar Card

Greetings! It's Tuesday which is my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. 

PSA: I want to remind you that there's a sale over at Topflight Stamps that ends tonight, December 31 at 11:59 P.M.!

This week's team theme is "Anything Goes" so I've made a calendar card with the That Lovin' Feline Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image, Filigree 8x8 Stencil by Lavinia Stamps, VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko, Bubble Talk Die Set 72 by AALL and Create, and sentiments from by Heffy Doodle and Time for Tea Design cat-themed stamp sets.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
That Lovin' Feline Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image

Filigree 8x8 Stencil by Lavinia Stamps

Bubble Talk Die Set 72 by AALL and Create

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Whatcha Saying? Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Kitty Capers Clear Stamp Set by Time for Tea Design 

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Cheerful, Paradise, Verdant, Summertime, Morning Mist, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Avalanche White and Raven Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Purrfect Day Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

You Go Gull Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Copic Markers: BV25, BV23, N6, N5, N4, N3, N2, YR16, Y17, Y11, C10

Red Marker by Prismacolor

Black Colored Pencil by Prismacolor

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Calendar

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 6" square card from Raven cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the long tall  cats from the That Lovin' Feline Clear Polymer Stamp Set twice — once onto a 6" square panel of white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Use Copic markers to color the cats. Use a Y11 marker to outline both cats and BV and N markers to add a shadow under their butts. 
4. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to their eyes. 
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of both cats and place them over their counterparts on the image panel as masks. 
6. Place a ruler or scrap paper horizontally under the right cat to cover the bottom portion of the image panel.
7. Brush Cheerful VersaFine Clair Ink over the masks to add color to the top part of the image panel. 
8. Place the Filigree 8x8 Stencil over the image panel and secure it to the panel with tape, magnets, etc. 
9. Brush Paradise VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil and the masks onto the top left and bottom right sides of the top of the panel. 
10. Wipe the excess ink off of the stencil. 
11. Brush Verdant VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto edges of the blue ink towards the center of the panel. Wipe the excess ink off of the stencil again.
12. Brush Cheerful VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the center part of the image panel.
13. Remove the stencil and ruler and clean them. 
14. Place the ruler on the dividing line so that it's now covering the top part of the image panel. 
15. Brush Paradise VersaFine Clair Ink over the ruler onto the bottom of the image panel. Remove the ruler and heat set the entire panel.
16. Cut white cardstock with two of the speech bubbles from the Bubble Talk Die Set 72 . 
17. Use Summertime and Cheerful VersaFine Clair Inks to add color to the speech bubble die-cuts, then heat set.
18. Place low-tack tape to the reverse of the white cardstock to cover the speech bubble apertures. 
19. Place the inked and heat set speech bubbles into the apertures so that they're secured in place by the tape. 
20. Place the cardstock onto the base of a stamping platform and secure with magnets.
21. Place the "Have a purrfect" sentiment stamp from the Purrfect Day Stamp Set facedown onto the larger speech bubble. 
22. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
23. Use tape or a Post-It Note to cover the rest of the sentiment. 
24. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink  to ink the stamp. Remove the tape/Post-It Note. Stamp the sentiment and remove the stamp.
25. Place the "Mew" sentiment stamp from the Kitty Capers Clear Stamp Set facedown on the speech bubble.
26. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
27. Use tape or a Post-It Note to cover the rest of the sentiment. 
28. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink  to ink the stamp. Remove the tape/Post-It Note. Stamp the sentiment and remove the stamp.
29. Place the "New Year" sentiment stamp from the Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set facedown on the same speech bubble. 
30. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
31. Use tape or a Post-It Note to cover the word "New"
32. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink  to ink the stamp. Remove the tape/Post-It Note. Stamp the sentiment and remove the stamp.
33. Place the "You're the best" stamp from the Whatcha Saying? Clear Stamp Set facedown on the other speech bubble.
34. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
35. Use tape or a Post-It Note to cover "the best"
36. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink  to ink the stamp. Remove the tape/Post-It Note. Stamp the sentiment and remove the stamp.
37. Place the "Pawesome" stamp from the "Mew are pawesome" stamp from the Kitty Capers Clear Stamp Set facedown on the speech bubble. 
38. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
39. Use tape or a Post-It Note to cover "Mew are".
40. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink  to ink the stamp. Remove the tape/Post-It Note. Stamp the sentiment and remove the stamp.
41. Position the heart from the You Go Gull Clear Stamp Set facedown on the speech bubble to cover the smudge. 
42. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
43. Use tape or a Post-It Note to cover "Mew are".
44. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink  to ink the stamp. Remove the tape/Post-It Note. Stamp the heart.
45. Remove and clean the heart stamp. 
46. Place the heart stamp facedown on the right side of the speech bubble.
47. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
48. Use tape or a Post-It Note to cover "Mew are".
49. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink  to ink the stamp. Remove the tape/Post-It Note. Stamp the heart.
50. Remove the speech bubbles and heat set them.
51. Color the hearts with a red Prismacolor marker, taking care not to touch the outlines. 
52. Adhere to the image panel as shown. 
53. Secure the image panel to the base of the stamping platform. 
54. Position the "lovin' feline" sentiment from the That Lovin' Feline Clear Polymer Stamp Set on the bottom of the image panel as shown.
55. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift. Ink the sentiment with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 
56. Use Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the line of pawprints. Heat set the image panel.
57. Use a black colored pencil to touch up the pawprints if necessary. *
58. Trim the image panel to 5.5" square and edge with a black marker.
59. Cut a piece of whitecardstock slightly larger than the calendar. Brush Summertime and Cheerful VersaFine Clair Inks over a ruler onto the white cardstock. Heat set. 
60. Adhere the calendar to the inked panel using strong tape or glue.
61. Cut a piece of textured white cardstock to 5.75" square. Sponge Cheerful VersaFine Clair Ink around the outer .5" of the square. 
62. Place a checkerboard stencil over the inked area and sponge Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil to blend with the orange ink. 
63. Heat set then use this layer to mat the image panel. 
64. Adhere the matted image panel to the reserved black 6" x 6" card.

Notes:

• VersaFine Clair Inks blend beautifully and retain tranlucency so you can see what's underneath.
• When using VersaFine Clair Inks on textured cardstock, use sponges for better coverage on the texture.
• It is important to heat set the VersaFine Clair Inks, especially when stamping a small image overtop. In step 56, the Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink pawprints faded into the bottom layer.

Thanks for visiting today. Happy New Year!