This card was created for my cat-lover son who is learning Spanish. When I saw the wonky C.C.Designs 'Grouchy Claws' stamp at HM Ben Franklin Crafts, it was a no-brainer purchase as I knew I could use it for other projects and it paired well with the sentiment I found in a Paper Smooches stamp set, 'Santa Paws'. I began by stamping the image on a die cut piece of watercolor paper (because I didn't want to fussy cut the image). Then I proceeded to make a mask to cover the image so I could I heat embossed the stamped snowflakes and watercolor the background. (I discovered that the best mask was made by stamping the image on a scrap paper and generally cutting it out before passing it through a Xyron sticker maker with a re-positional sticker cartridge.)
The resulting panel was just going to be used as an experiment or perhaps a tag, but I had just purchased the box of American Crafts (40 cards, 4 of each 10 designs) from BFC so I decided to mount it onto one of the plainer cards. (I chose the 'Snow Day' set because it has many cards that would be suitable for non-holiday cards. There are many sets to choose from which contain cards to simplify your card crafting.) The little vial of Martha Stewart tiny beads comes in a set. The red beads really remind me of miniature holly berries. I like using these beads in shaker cards because they make a nice swooshing sound. Anyway that's it for now....come back again to see more of my holiday crafts.
Sending Joy & Cheer....
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Happy Thursday everyone. I hope you all have been enjoying your week thus
far. Next week is Thanksgiving. Who is cooking turkey? We had a mini
vacation ...
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7 comments:
love this grouchy kitty! and such a perfect sentiment for this card!
Hee-hee, LOVE your humorous card. It gave me a good laugh. Your son will get a kick out of it too.
Cute Card! I bought that stamp, too. I thought it was so funny, I might make some for ornaments for my cats' tree!
so totally fun..
LOL! I always enjoy seeing the cards you make for your son...I'm certain that he will get a kick out of this as well. Fleas Navidad? Too funny!!!
Hehe...so cute!
hehehe... he's awesome!! this card cracks me up. I bet your son will love it!!
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