Hey, Hey look whose boarded the Christmas card train...
I've had this Avery Elle prissy Christmas cat stamp for years with no clue what to do with it.
She reminds me of Marie from Aristocats and that was my starting point.
I stamped the cat first and masked her off, then masked off a panel slightly wider and blended blueprint sketch and tumbled glass Distress Oxides to create the night sky behind her.
I coloured the cat in light shades of grey and pink for the bow with Prisma pencils, adding a little sparkle to the bow.
The sentiment is from the same set and comes in two parts, I just put them together slightly overlapping the panel.
To finish off I added a few hand drawn twinkling stars to tie in with the fun font.
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Jingle Belles - Not a Creature was Stirring
Krafty Chicks - All Occasions
Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas
NBUS - Challenge 19
Yay, String Bows does Christmas!!!
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous Claire. Funny how images can stay in our collection for ages and then they get used and we can't believe we haven't used them before.
Love the image and your gorgeous background very much. Especially those added stars .. .. the perfect finishing touch.
Looking forward to future Christmas makes.
Hope you are having a good weekend.
Love Jules xx
Gorgeous kitty and love the way you've used the stamp and masking to good effect. The words are great too
ReplyDeleteyour twinkling stars are the perfect finishing touch for your gorgeous blue sky ... thank you so much for joining our Creature Feature at Jingle Belles.
ReplyDeleteClaire, I love your card. <3 Perfectly masked, perfectly shaded and coloured and perfectly hand added stars. Cat looks like really aristocratic. :-)
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So lovely!! And your background design is amazing!!
ReplyDelete"Everybody wants to be a cat..." This was one of my granddaughters favorite movies when she was little! She'd wait breathlessly standing right in front of the TV for the geese to say, "deepah." Thanks for resurrecting that memory of good days gone by! And she does look like Marie!! That was my first impression even before reading your post! This is a darling card, and she makes a great Christmas cat. Love that sentiment, too. What a delight, Claire. You should make multiples of this one! Love it! Bev
ReplyDeleteWhat a great use of that pris-, um, self-confident young female kitty cat! Your pink schparkly bow suits her and I love the sediment and your blended starry sky panel behind her! Great hand-drawn stars, too! Thank you for sharing with everyone at NBUS! I hope you are keeping well and being extra careful now that there is a surge. Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous card Claire, love the design and the image is so adorable xx
ReplyDeleteAdorable and perfect! Love the sparkle and the twinkles -- great accents to your prissy kitty
ReplyDeleteOh, such an adorable card! The sentiment and image together are purrfect! Glad you joined us this week at Krafty Chicks.
ReplyDeleteShe is a beauty Claire, although that butter wouldn't melt look may be hiding a naughty side!! I love that starry panel behind her xx
ReplyDeleteWay to jump onboard with the Christmas cards! I just love that background you created with the 2 shades of blue and the hand-drawn stars! It's purr-fect for this innocent looking kitty trying to persuade Santa she's been good :) We all know better of course, right? *wink wink* Cute Christmas card :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and such a sweet kitty image! thanks for joining our Creature Feature at Jingle Belles!
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