Cats and Dogs Challenge #200

Greetings! Here's my last card for Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's August Challenge 200 — Cats and Dogs.created with the Poky Cat and Fat Cat Rubber Stamps by Lost Coast Designs. I just celebrated my 45th anniversary, which may/may not have inspired this card. BTW, I got married when I was five years old. 

Products Used:

Poky Cat and Fat Cat Rubber Stamps by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Orange Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Chloe 6x6 Patterned Paper by Bella Blvd.

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

 Poky Cat's Fur: YR14, YR02, YR01, YR00, YR000, 

 Fat Cat's Fur: YR31, YR30, Y421, YR20, YR01, YR000, BV00, BV000, BV0000

 Cats' Ears and Noses: RV95, RV93, RV42, R32, R30

 Cats' Eyes: E19, ED18, E07, Y08, Y04

 Image Outline: B91

 Ground: T5, T3

Tranquil Dye Ink by Catherine Pooler Designs

Deckle Die Set by Stampendous 

Celebrate You Sentiment Die Set by Spellbinders

Black Rhinestones by Kaisercraft

Low-tack Tape

Repositionable Label Stickers by Avery

Repositionable Scotch Tape by 3M

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 6" square card from orange cardstock. Set aside.
2. Place a panel of white cardstock onto the stamping platform and secure with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
3. Position the Poky Cat Rubber Stamp facedown onto the left side of the image panel. 
4. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp, lift,  ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and stamp onto the image panel.
5. Place a piece of repositionable sticker paper over the image panel, re-ink the stamp, and stamp again.
6. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the Poky Cat and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
7. Position the Fat Cat  facedown on the image panel to the right of the stamped  Poky Cat.
8. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp, lift,  ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and stamp onto the image panel.
9. Place a piece of repositionable sticker paper over the image panel, re-ink the stamp, and stamp again.
10. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the Fat Cat and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
11. Place a piece of repositionable scotch tape horizontally across the image panel, covering Poky Cat and Fat Cat's paws and the bottom of the image panel.
12. Brush Tranquil (blue) dye ink over over the masked images. 
13. Use a rounded rectangle from the Deckle Die Set to cut the image panel.
14. Lift the masks and the tape from the image panel.
15. Use Copic markers to color the cats and the areas around and below Poky Cat and Fat Cat's paws.
16. Use Tranquil Ink to edge the top part of the image panel.
17. Use T5 Copic marker was used to edge the bottom part of the image panel.
18. Use a Deckle Rectangle Die and a Sentiment Label Die to cut orange patterned paper.
19. Mat the image panel with the Deckle Rectangle Die. 
20. Adhere a sticker sentiment to the sentiment label die.
21. Layer patterned papers as shown and trim to 5.75" square to create the background panel.  
22. Use a dark Copic marker to edge the top part of the background panel.
23. Adhere the matted image panel and the sentiment  to the background panel, then adhere them to the reserved orange 6" card. 
24. Add black rhinestones to the sentiment label to finish the card.

You still have a few days to enter this month's Cats and Dogs Challenge for a chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Ca$h! 

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