Friday, October 27, 2017

Holly Cat

Welcome to the 2017 Cat Lovers Hop! The Stampendous Design Team is playing along to share some of the great cat designs from Stampendous. Today, I'm sharing one of the new Laurel Burch Holiday stamps from the July 2017 catalog.









Stampendous:
LBCW008 Cling LB Holly Cat
SSCL106 LB Cardinal Border PCS
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
My Color Cardstock - Sweet Potato
BoBunny Pink Punch Vintage 12PPV951
BoBunny Kiwi Vintage 12KV913
Copic Markers - B02, B04, B06, YG07, FV2, Y17, YR04, YR09, R29, RV06, RV09, RV19
Foam Tape

Instructions:
Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of Sweet Potato cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Holly Cat on a 4" x 4" piece of white, color with Copic Markers
Step 3:  Cut out the image leaving a small border of white all around
Step 4:  Stamp the sentiment from the Cardinal Border set on a 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" piece of Kiwi Vintage edged with YG07, mat on a 1 3/4" x 1 3/4" Pink Punch edged with RV09, and then on to a 1 7/8 x 1 7/8" piece of Sweet Potato
Step 5:    Adhere a 4" x 4" piece of Kiwi Vintage edged with YG07 to a 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" piece of Pink Punch edged with RV09, tear the bottom edge of the Pink Punch, adhere to the card front
Step 6: Use foam tape to add the Holly Cat to the Kiwi mat
Step 7: Adhere the sentiment below the cat

Go to the Stampendous Blog for a list of today's Cat Lovers!

Happy Creating,
Louise

19 comments:

P Beatty said...

Beautiful card! I love it.

Beverly S. said...

I love the colors you used on this very pretty card! I have recently started collecting stamps with cat images so I need this set. :) Stampendous always has the cutest images!!!!

Michele K. Henderson said...

Oooooooooh I love this so much! I love that artsy Laurel Burch Cat and the colors you've used look amazing! I've got my fingers crossed! Thanks for the inspiration!

ionabunny said...

Awww, that is a really cool xmas card and I love the colours you chose. Hugz

Unknown said...

Beautiful card! Love the colors

Donna Ellis said...

What a fabulous kitty-lover's dream of a Christmas Kitty, Louise. All those amazing colors, and papers that are so alive with movement. I especially like the white frame around the image, and the white torn edge of the pink dotted paper. Wonderful creation! hugs, de

Denise Bryant said...

Fabulous colors on this pretty design! The Laurel Burch cat designs are favorites of mine! Beautiful holiday card!
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Viki Banaszak said...

I am in love with your card! So pretty!

Tee said...

This stamp is gorgeous and you have colored it beautifully! Awesome work! thealteredpaper@gmail USA

Christi Conley said...

Stunningly colored, but Laurel's stamps ARE so festive, they scream to be colored! Thank you for playing in the Cat Lovers' Hop!

Stampendous said...

So Beautiful, Louise! Love your gorgeous, bright colors. Thanks for sharing your festive Laurel Burch kitty!

Teresa Godines #6857 said...

Love the vibrant colors your chose for your project. Very pretty. TFS

Jean said...

These cats are the very best!!

Karenladd said...

This delightful Christmas kitty card is so fun and colorful. LOVE Laurel Burch designs and you captured her energetic style perfectly.

Vic said...

I love the Laurel Burch cats! This is a fabulous card.

SHartl said...

This fun cat would make anyone's Christmas merry! The colors are just beautiful.

Sue D said...

So festive with these colors.
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Marjorie DUMONTIER said...

That's a gorgeous card !!

Janis said...

Beautiful card using the LB image!!! What gorgeous coloring.

Thank you so much for joining in the #CatLoversHop2017!!!
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