Happy Cats

I needed a masculine birthday card so, after looking through my collection, I decided to use an argyle stencil set from Pinkfresh Studios, and a Stampendous Laurel Burch stamp.


For the argyle stencil I used Distress Oxide inks in Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood, and Shabby Shutters. It turned out smaller than I thought it would but you could go back and move the stencils over to make it a bigger size if you wanted to.  I decided to use it as a focal element instead of a full background so it was fine. 


I stamped both the single and triple cats from the Stampendous stamp set “Feline Blooms, and the Happy Birthday sentiment as well, using Ranger Archival ink in black. I colored in the cats using Copic markers and then fussy cut them. I trimmed the sentiment into a strip. 


On an A2 medium gray card base, I used a tape runner and attached the argyle mat. The cats were mounted using foam dots, and then the sentiment strip with tape runner. I added some enamel dots in several colors to finish off this fun card. 


Thanks for stopping by! 

Comments

  1. brendaMay 12, 2022 at 1:02 AM

    Loving the colourful funky Cats, many thanks for sharing with us at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    B x

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  2. Vee CassidyMay 12, 2022 at 3:30 AM

    A great card with lovely cats and background. Thank you for sharing at Stamping Senations. Vee xx

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