Summery Scene

Greetings! It's Saturday, so it's time to share a project created for Funky Fossil Designs! I decided to try something different with the recently released A6 In the Meadows Clear Stamp Set, which contains silhouette stamps and sentiments. 

Here's my card!

Products Used:

A6 In the Meadows Clear Stamp Set by Funky Fossil Designs

Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko*

Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko*

Chicken Little Patterned Paper by Cosmo Cricket (really old)

African Daisy Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Winter Lake Textured Cardstock by My Colors

Yellow, Pale Yellow, Purple, Light Pink, Violet, Blue, Sky Blue, and White Uni-Posca Acrylic Paint Markers by Uni Mitsubishi Pencil Group

Orange Colored Pencil - forgot to check the color. Oops.

Stamping Platform

Note: Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko* is available at Funky Fossil Designs in the UK. Most colors of VersaFine Clair Ink are available in the US at Topflight Stamps which has a Father's Day Sale through Monday, June 16th until 11:59 p.m. EDT

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of the Chicken Little Patterned Paper (or any other patterned paper that has a cloudy sky print on it) to 6.25" x 3.5".
2. Place the patterned paper on the stamping platform and secure with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
3. Use Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the meadow scene from the A6 In the Meadows Clear Stamp Set onto the patterned paper. 
4. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
5. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set the ink.
6. Use acrylic paint markers color and/or add flowers to the meadow. Let the paint dry.
7. Go back and add another layer of acrylic paint markers to the scene. Let the paint dry.
8. Continue to build layers until you're happy with the paint color and coverage, taking care to let the paint dry completely between layers.
9. Place the image panel back onto the stamping platform and secure.
10. Position the butterflies from the A6 In the Meadows Clear Stamp Set facedown on the image panel.
11. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps, lift, and ink the stamps with Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink.
12. Re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.
13. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set the ink.
14. Use an orange colored pencil to go over the body/antennae portion of the butterflies.
15. Trim the image panel.
16. Cut yellow cardstock so it's slightly larger than the image panel and use it to mat the image panel.
17. Adhere the matted image panel to a blue card.

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A Fishy Hello!

Greetings! It's Tuesday so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week our theme is Beach or Ocean so I've made a card with Crafty Individuals' Shrimping Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set 588 and their Morning Commute Unmounted Stamp Set 599, the Spanish Moss Clear Polymer Stamps by Lavinia Stamps, and a sentiment the Everyday Sentiments Clear Stamp Set 666 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Shrimping Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set 588 by Crafty Individuals

Morning Commute Unmounted Stamp Set 599 by Crafty Individuals

Spanish Moss Clear Polymer Stamps by Lavinia Stamps

Everyday Sentiments Clear Stamp Set 666 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Blue Lagoon, Mermaid, and Blue Atoll Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Fine Spray Misters by Spectrum Noir

Grass Green, Green Oasis, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

NOTE: Whereas Crafty Individuals has closed, Topflight Stamps still has a great supply of their stamps in stock!

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven (Black) and Classic Green Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers:

  YR27, YR18, YR16, YR16, Y17, Y15, YG45, YG41, YG23, YG21, N7, N6, N5, B69, B66, B63

Clear Dimensional Gloss Glaze Dimensional Gloss Gel Pen by Sakura

Gold Metallic Sunburst Pen by Pentel

Clear Raindrops by Fiskar's

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

91% Isopropyl Alcohol

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studio

Stamping Platforms

Acrylic Blocks

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from Classic Green cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the dapper top-hatted fish from the Shrimping Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set 588 and the Morning Commute Unmounted Stamp Set 599 twice — once onto the center of a white cardstock panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Use Copic markers to color both fish. Outline both fish with one of the BG markers. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions of the fish and adhere them over their counterparts on the image panel as masks.
5. Sponge or brush Blue Lagoon, Mermaid, and Blue Atoll Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps to create a blended sea background. 
6. Use a Fine Spray Mister, filled with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol to mist the image panel. 
7. Use another of Fine Spray Misters, this time filled with water, to mist the image panel. Using the alcohol starts to blend and speckle the cardstock. Misting the second time with water, continues to speckle and lift the ink without pilling the cardstock.
8. Use a fine tip paint brush to add drops of water here and there.
9. Place the both of the moss stamps from the Spanish Moss Clear Polymer Stamps onto acrylic blocks
10. Use Grass Green and Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Inks  to stamp both of the moss stamps from the Spanish Moss Clear Polymer Stamps onto the image panel. I used second generation stamping to achieve a bit of dimension and visual interest. Heat set the image panel.
11. Place the image panel onto the base of a stamping platform and secure it with magnets and/or tape.
12. Place the "Hello" sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments Clear Stamp Set 666 facedown and centered towards the top of the image panel.
13. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
14. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
15. Remove the masks from the fish. 
16. Use a gold gel pen to outline the monocle and to add beads to the chain. Let the gel ink dry. 
17. Go over the monocle, the chain, and the pipe with a Clear Dimensional Gloss Glaze pen. Allow the gel ink to dry and repeat until the layers of dimensional glaze gel ink on pipe, the monocle, and the chain are built up to your liking.
18. Trim the image panel to 5.825" x 4.25" and edge with Blue Atoll Elements Ink and Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink. 
19. Cut a piece of black cardstock slightly larger than the image panel and use to mat the image panel. 
20. Adhere the matted image panel to a green A2 card.
21. Adhere the clear Rain Drops to the "smoke" from the pipe to finish the card.

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Color Combo Challenge 198

Greetings! I'm sharing a card created for  Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's June 2025 Color Combo Challenge 198. There are two options for this challenge. You can use Lime, Lemon, and Black or Terracotta, Turquoise and Black.

I opted to use the Lime, Lemon, and Black combination and the Carmen Elaine Rubber Stamp by Carmen's Veranda.

Here's my card!

Products Used:
Carmen Elaine Rubber Stamp by Carmen's Veranda

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Squeezed Lemonade and Twisted Citron Distress Inks by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Verdant VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

 Skin: BV000, BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E0000, R00, R000

 Cheeks: R20

 Headdress and Dress: Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21,

 Dress Ruffles: YG25, YG17, YG13, YG05, YG03, YG01, Y19, Y18, Y17, Y15, Y13, Y04, Y02

 Headdress Lime: YG17, YG03

 Headdress Lemon: Y13, Y02, Y00

 Headdress Oranges: YR09, YR07, YR04

 Headdress Cherries: R37, R35

 Headdress/Earrings Grapes: BV17, BV13, BV08, BV04, R56, R35

 Sash: BV17, BV08

 Necklace and Bracelet Beads: BV04, B19, BG49, R37

Rectangle Die: Source Unknown

Sunburst 6x6 Stencil by The Crafter's Workshop

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Repositionable Scotch Tape by 3M

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studio

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a top-folding A2 card from Raven Black Cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp Carmen Elaine twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
3. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of Carmen Elaine and set her aside. 
4. Color the image panel version of Carmen Elaine with Copic markers. 
5. Adhere the fussy-cut sticker version atop her counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
6. Position a long rectangle die over the image panel and secure it low-tack tape. 
7. Run the die through your machine. 
8. Carefully slide the die and the cardstock combination onto your surface, add more low-tack tape to secure the die in place, and flip the combo. 
9. Add low-tack tape to secure the die-cut to the back of the cardstock panel.
10. Flip the combination back to the front (with the masked image showing). 
11. Adhere repositionable Scotch Tape over the base of the die-cut combination. 
12. Sponge or brush Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink over the die onto the image panel die-cut. This will leave a white border around the die-cut image panel.
13. Place the Sunburst stencil over the top of the image panel die-cut, secure with magnets, and brush the same yellow Distress ink over the stencil onto the die-cut panel to add rays over and around Carmen Elaine's head.
14. Remove the repositionable Scotch Tape from the bottom of the die-cut. 
15. Brush or sponge Twisted Citron Distress ink over the bottom of Carmen Elaine's dress and the panel to ground her.
16. Remove the die-cut image panel from the die. 
17. Run a line of Diamond Stickles onto the white border of the die-cut. 
18. Set the die-cut aside and let the Stickles dry.
19. Resist temptation and let the Stickles dry some more.
20. While the Stickles Glitter Glue is drying, cut a piece of the music patterned paper to 4" x 5.5" to create the background.
21. Brush or sponge Verdant VersaFine Clair over the panel to change the color of the musical notation. 
22. Cut a strip of ticket patterned paper the width of the ticket x 5.5". 
23. Brush or sponge Verdant VersaFine Clair over the ticket strip to change the color and to edge the strip. 
24. Heat set both pieces of patterned paper. 
25. Adhere the ticket strip to the left side of the music notation paper. 
26. Trim the panel to 5.25" and edge it with Verdant VersaFine Clair Ink.
27. Adhere the background panel to the reserved black A2 card.
28. Adhere the Carmen Elaine image panel die-cut to finish the card.

I hope that you play along with June's Color Combo Challenge 198 for a chance to win Lost Cost Ca$h!

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A New Beginning Card

It's Saturday, my day to share a card created for Funky Fossil Designs. There were two new collections released last Wednesday, which sadly will be their final collections. They're both beautiful, so you should definitely check them out as they are selling like hotcakes. 

I've made a card that could be used for new beginnings in general, but would be great for people who have a new addition in the family, be it a new baby or a new grand-baby. 

Here it is!

Funky Fossil Designs Products Used:

A5 New Beginnings Clear Stamp Set

A6 In The Meadow Clear Stamp Set

Vintage Patchwork 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Blue Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Danube Blue, Summer Sky, Angel Pink, London Fog, and Canteloupe Memento Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Forest Moss, Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Gathered Twigs, and Hickory Smoke Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Tranquil Dye Ink by Catherine Pooler Designs

Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

 Sun: Y15, Y13

 Bird: B29, B23, B21, B18, R81

 Nest: E59, E57, E55, E49, E47, YG67, YG63

 Branch: E79, E77, E74, E71

 Leaves: YG63, YG45, YG17, YG05

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Pearlescent Chalk by Pebbles

Yellow Glitter Marker by Grabie

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from blue cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Danube Blue Memento Ink to stamp the bird from the New Beginnings Clear Stamp Set.
3. Fussy-cut the bird, color it with Copic markers, and edge it with the B29 marker.
4. Use Gathered Twigs to stamp the nest from the New Beginnings Clear Stamp Set.
5. Fussy-cut the nest, color it with Copic markers, and edge it with a dark brown marker.
6. Use Walnut Stain to stamp the branch from the New Beginnings Clear Stamp Set.
7. Fussy-cut the branch, color it with Copic markers, and edge it with a dark brown marker.
8. Stamp the leaf from the New Beginnings Clear Stamp Set two times each with Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, and Forest Moss Distress Inks.
9. Fussy-cut all the leaves, color them with Copic markers, and edge the with a green marker. 
10. Use London Fog Memento Ink to stamp the eggs from the New Beginnings Clear Stamp Set.
11. Fussy-cut the eggs, color them with Copic markers, and edge them.
12. Use a white Gelly Roll gel pen to add highlights to the eggs.
13. Select a piece of plain greyish patterned paper from the Vintage Patchwork 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad.
14. Trim the patterned paper to 4.75" x 6.75" to create the background panel and edge with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink.
15. Brush or sponge Tranquil, Summer Sky, and Angel Pink Inks onto the patterned paper leaving an area at the top left relatively uninked.
16. Use Canteloupe Memento Ink to stamp the sun on the upper left.
17. Color the sun and rays with Copic markers.
18. Apply yellow Pearlescent chalk around the sun.
19. Use the yellow glitter marker to add additional glittery rays to the sun.
20. Adhere the eggs to the nest.
21. Adhere the bird to the nest so she's sitting partially atop the eggs.
22. Adhere the branch and the leaves to the background patterned paper panel.
23. Adhere the bird and the nest atop the branch on the background patterned paper panel.
24. Place the background panel onto the the base of a stamping platform. Secure it with low-tack tape and/or magnets.
25. Position the sentiment from the New Beginnings Clear Stamp Set facedown on the bottom left of the background panel.
26. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the sentiment stamp, lift, ink the stamp with Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp.
27. Position the three butterflies from the A6 In The Meadow Clear Stamp Set facedown on the background panel as shown.
28. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the sentiment stamp, lift, ink the stamp with Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp.
29. Heat set the ink.
30. Adhere the background panel to the reserved blue card.

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Good Friends...

Greetings! It's Tuesday so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. It's an "Anything Goes" theme this week so I made a friendship card with the Cat and Mouse SOLO177  Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft, Sun and Clouds 6x6 Stencil by Carla Creates for Vaessen Creative, CREA-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangles Die Set by CREAlies, AALL and Create's Sharp Tongues Ephemera Die-cuts 4, Laugh Lines Ephermera Die-Cuts 47, and Della Blue Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps.

PSA: Before I get to my card, I'd like to let you know that whereas Katzelkraft has closed, Topflight Stamps has a lot of their stamps in stock!

Here's the card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Cat and Mouse SOLO177 Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft

Sun and Clouds 6x6 Stencil by Carla Creates for Vaessen Creative 

Sharp Tongues Ephemera Die-cuts 4 by AALL and Create

Laugh Lines Ephemera Die-Cuts 47 by AALL and Create

Della Blue Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

White Heavyweight Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Grey Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers:

 Mouse: E44, E33, E31, E30, W1, W0, R02, R01, R00, R000, RV91, YR 31, YR23

 Cat: C5, C4, C3, C2, C1, C), RV91, R000, G40, G20,  YG00

 Grass: YG17, YG13, YG05, YG03

Repositionable Sticker Paper

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from heavy white cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Inkto stamp the Cat and Mouse SOLO177 Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel.
4. Place low-tack tape following the grass line. 
5. Cover both sides of the sun and moon apertures on the Sun and Clouds 6x6 Stenciwith low-tack tape. 
6. Place the Sun and Clouds 6x6 Stencil towards the top of the image panel.
7. Sponge or brush Della Blue Elements Ink over the top of the stencil onto the image panel. 
8. Rotate the stencil and move it downwards. 
9. Sponge or brush the ink over the stencil again. 
10. Repeat this process until the cloudy sky fills the panel up to the grass line.
11. Remove the stencil, the masks over the Cat and Mouse, and the low-tack tape.
12. Use Copic markers to color the mouse, cat, and the grass.
13. Use the third largest die from the CREA-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangles Die Set to cut the image panel. 
14. Edge the top (sky) portion of the image panel die-cut with Della Blue Elements Ink. Use a green marker to edge the grass part of the image panel die-cut.
15. Use the second largest die from the  CREA-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangles Die Set to cut grey textured cardstock and use to mat the image panel die-cut. 
16. Adhere the matted image panel onto the reserved white A6 card.
17. Choose sentiments from the Sharp Tongues Ephemera Die-cuts 4 and Laugh Lines Ephermera Die-Cuts 47 and edge them with Della Blue Elements Ink which will cover the brown laser-burnt edges.
18. Adhere the sentiment die-cuts to finish the card.

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Are You Kidding Me? -- Bat Boy and Friends

 Greetings! It's the last day of May and I'm squeaking in with my third card for May's Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197 created with Bat Boy (my name for him) from Lost Coast Designs' new Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set.

Products Used:

Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set by  Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Blue Lagoon,  Dark Denim, and Graphite Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps
Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers: BV17, BV13, BV11, BV04, BV02, BV01, BV00, RV55, RV52, B21, <B21

Black Stardust Glitter Pen by Sakura

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Sun and Cloud Stencil by Carla Creates for Vaessen Creative

Bats Dinky Stencil by That's Crafty

Texture Sprinkle Dots by Memory Box

Small Talk idea-ology Stickers by Tim Holtz for Advantus

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Low-tack tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 3.5" x 5" card from Raven cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp Bat Boy onto white cardstock. 
3. Fussy-cut him, color him with Copic markers, then edge him with a black marker. 
4. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to his eyes. Set him aside.
5. Place a panel of white cardstock onto the STAY-tion.
6. Use low-tack tape to cover the sun and the clouds in the center of the Sun and Cloud Stencil.
7. Place the Sun and Cloud Stencil towards the top of the panel.
8. Sponge or brush Blue Lagoon,  Dark Denim, and Graphite Elements Ink over the top of the stencil onto the white cardstock.
9. Rotate the stencil and move it downwards.
10. Brush the same inks over the top of the stencil onto the cardstock panel.
11. Repeat Steps 8 and 9 until the panel has become a cloudy night sky background panel..
12. Cover the larger bats on the top of the Dinky Bats stencil with low-tack tape.
13. Position the bottom part of the Dinky Bats stencil onto the top right of the cloudy sky background panel. 
14. Sponge Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the background panel.
15. Clean and dry the stencil.
16. Move the Dinky Bat stencil down to the left side of the background panel. 
17. Sponge Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the background panel.
18. Clean and dry the stencil.
19. Move the Dinky Bat stencil down and to the right side of the background panel. 
20. Sponge Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the background panel.
21. You should now have three sets of bats who are Bat Boy's friends.
22. Sponge black ink over a dot patterned stencil to add flight trails to the sky. 
23. Use a black glitter pen to add glittery accents to the dots.
24. Adhere Bat Boy as shown.
25. Edge the background panel with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and adhere to the reserved black card. 
26. Adhere the Small Talk Sticker to finish the card.

You still have a bit of time to join May's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197 for a chance to win Lost Coast Ca$h!

Funky Fossil Coffee Card

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a Funky Fossil Designs project. I've used their Coffee Cat Clear Stamp Set, the Steampunk Cat Repeat Stencil, and the 8x8 Mixed Media Compendium Paper Pad to create a coffee themed card.

Funky Fossil Designs Products Used:

Coffee Cat Clear Stamp Set

Steampunk Cat Repeat Stencil

8x8 Mixed Media Compendium Paper Pad

Steampunk Washi Tape (Retired)

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

White Cardboard Packaging

Raven Black Textured Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Jet Black StazOn Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Garden Party, All That Jazz, and Suede Shoes Dye Inks by Catherine Pooler Designs

Copic Markers: C2, C1, C0, C00, BG49, BG19, BG18, G40, G20, YG01

Grey MultiLiner Pen by Copic

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Black Chalk Pencil by General's

Ink Jet Vellum by Strathmore

Sookwang Double-sided Tape

Coffee Cup Die Set by Big Dog Dies

Speech Bubble Die: Source Unknown

Corner Dies: Source Unknown
Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from Raven cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the cat and mug from the Coffee Cat Clear Stamp Set onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut the Coffee Cat color with Copic markers, and edge with a black pen
4. Use the white gel pen to add highlights to the cat's eyes and the coffee mug.
5. Set the Coffee Cat aside.
6. Use the Coffee Cup die to cut Bristol Paper.
7. Use the Coffee Cup Lid die to cut the white cardboard packaging. Set the die-cut aside.
8. Place the Coffee Cup die-cut onto the STAY-tion.
9. Sponge or brush Garden Party Dye ink onto the Coffee Cup die-cut, sponging more heavily around the edges of the die-cut.
10. Use low-tack tape and/or magnets to secure the Steampunk Cat Repeat Stencil over the coffee cup die-cut.
11. Sponge All That Jazz Dye ink over the stencil onto the coffee cup die-cut.
12. Wipe the stencil with a paper towel.
13. Use a small brush to brush Suede Shoes over the fish bones and pawprints on the stencil onto the coffee cup die-cut.
14. Cut a piece of teal patterned paper from the 8x8 Mixed Media Compendium Paper Pad to 4.75" x 6.75" to create the background panel. 
15. Sponge or brush Garden Party Dye ink around the edges and into some of the lighter areas of the background panel to make the patterned paper coordinate better with coffee-cup.
16. Adhere rust and rivet Washi tape to the bottom of the background panel and onto the patterned paper scrap left from Step 14.
17. Use a black chalk pencil to add some shading to the top of the Washi tape.
18. Use the corner die to cut the Washi-tape covered scrap.
19. Edge the background panel and the corner die-cuts with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink.
20. Adhere the coffee cup die-cut and the Coffee Cat to the background panel as shown.
21. Adhere the corner die-cuts to the top corners of the background panel.
22. Back a strip of vellum with Sookwang Tape.
23. Use Jet Black StazOn Ink to stamp the sentiment from the Coffee Cat Clear Stamp Set onto vellum. Let it dry.
24. Use a speech bubble die to cut the sentiment.
25. Adhere the sentiment die-cut above the cat as shown.
26. Trim the right side of the die-cut.
27. Use a grey multi-liner to outline the vellum speech bubble die-cut.
28. Adhere the background panel to the reserved black card.

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