Today couldn't have jelled any better. I needed a cat card for the Cat Lovers Hop which started yesterday and I wanted to share this adorable cat image from Whimsy Stamps! Isn't that the best form of "2 Birds with 1 Stone?"
My oldest granddaughter is in college and has her own home (with roommates), and has adopted her first felines. When she has to be out of town, I get to fur-babysit her two felines (brothers, now aged 5 months) and I love it. Here's a photo of them which I took last month when they were here with me for a week and which I used to make a card for my granddaughter.
But my card today (which will be her Christmas card) looks like this.
I colored with ProMarkers and fussy cut the image with scissors. I used a Sue Wilson die to cut red CS twice and white CS once. I layered those die cuts onto the front of a confetti CS base. I added the image on top of those die cuts and printed the sentiment. Once printed, I cut it by hand and added it below the image.
For embellishment (kept to a minimum), I sewed one of my signature bows and added a sparkly, red sequin. The entire card took me less than 20 minutes to put together, including the die cuts, so a very quick card.
Challenges:
ABC Christmas
Ike's Art
Lemon Shortbread
Outlawz Festive Fridays
Scrappy Land
Southern Girls
SUYP Cats
TTCRD
I'll see you tomorrow with another Fabulous Feline for the Cat Lovers Hop. I'll probably have one each day the rest of this week. I may even have 2 posts on Friday! Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
My oldest granddaughter is in college and has her own home (with roommates), and has adopted her first felines. When she has to be out of town, I get to fur-babysit her two felines (brothers, now aged 5 months) and I love it. Here's a photo of them which I took last month when they were here with me for a week and which I used to make a card for my granddaughter.
But my card today (which will be her Christmas card) looks like this.
I colored with ProMarkers and fussy cut the image with scissors. I used a Sue Wilson die to cut red CS twice and white CS once. I layered those die cuts onto the front of a confetti CS base. I added the image on top of those die cuts and printed the sentiment. Once printed, I cut it by hand and added it below the image.
For embellishment (kept to a minimum), I sewed one of my signature bows and added a sparkly, red sequin. The entire card took me less than 20 minutes to put together, including the die cuts, so a very quick card.
Challenges:
ABC Christmas
Ike's Art
Lemon Shortbread
Outlawz Festive Fridays
Scrappy Land
Southern Girls
SUYP Cats
TTCRD
I'll see you tomorrow with another Fabulous Feline for the Cat Lovers Hop. I'll probably have one each day the rest of this week. I may even have 2 posts on Friday! Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
34 comments:
A funny card NanaConnie !
Karin
Oooh sweet little kitty card - love the red and white. Your granddaughters cats are gorgeous too!
Cute Christmas card for your granddaughter and a wonderful picture of both cats. It's so hard to get a good picture of a black cat. Ours always closes his eyes.
LOL! Love that sentiment!! Your card is so beautiful! Love that sweet kitty!
What a great use of that die cut - all three times! I would not have thought of that, Connie, and it looks amazing, especially with the monochromatic theme going! Darling kitty from Whimsy. I love their style - always so sweet and happy! It is your coloring, and the fun sentiment that really strikes my fancy! Wishing you a great week! hugs, de
Loving your two new grandkitties and the lovely card you've made with the pic. ADORABLE Christmas card, too. The sentiment made me laugh out loud. (Happily no coffee got spit) Love the fresh color scheme and the die cut layering is brilliant. xxD
Awwww! 5 months old - that is such a cute age!! Reminds me of the shirt I got my mom that said "Ask me about my Grandkitties!" LOL LOL
Aw they are just so cute! I love the card too. The Christmas card is fabulous I love the image of the cat.
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Linda xxx
Your Christmas card really made me smile! Love the photo of the kitties too!
The kitties are so pretty! Are you sure the white one is real?! LOL I really had to look a few times...
Your card is stunning! Love the red & white and the kitty is beautiful.
Fun sentiment, too.
Great card!
this is so adorable card!
Pretty photo card and funny sentiment on the cute Christmas card.
I love the smile on this cutie-pie and that sentiment made me laugh!!
Your granddaughter's cats are so beautiful, as is the card you made with their photo! Your Christmas card is very striking in red and white - beautiful die mats and a gorgeous image. The darling hand made bow is the perfect embellishment. x
Eeeee ! That is such an adorable card and so striking in red/white. Love the funny sentiment :-) Your temporary furbabies sound like great fun LoL
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So lovely and cute Santa-kitty, with a striking frame and a fun sentiment too!
Awesome background and adorable image! Super cute sentiment..hehe!
Thanks so much for joining us in the Scrapy Land 100th challenge!
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Wow , that cat photo card is beautiful and I'm sure your daughter is so appreciative of your cat-sitting! As for your Sandy Claws card..oh my goodness! This is festive and hilarious, and couldn't be a truer sentiment around
Love your Santa-kitty card - bravo!
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Yay!! I'm so thrilled that you have colored up this sweet image in time for the Cat Lover's blog hop Connie!! You've done such a wonderful job with the coloring and that decorative edging really makes a perfect Christmas setting for this sweet kitty!! I love it so much! Thanks for shairng! HUGS
Awww!!! Adorable and sweet card!!!
This is so beautiful, NC!
Aww that really is so cute...thank you for participating at Ike's world challenges
The cat is adorable. Love the sentiment.
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What a hilarious sentiment!! Love your super-fun Christmas card. Great coloring.
What a treat to get to cat-sit your great grand-kittens!! I bet they enjoy coming over as much as you love it, too. Beautiful card you made from the photo!
Thanks so much for being a part of the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop!!!
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Your sentiment had me giggle, it is so purr-fectly paired with the cute catty image. Have a pawsome day! 😻
Thanks for sharing the adorable photo of your granddaughters kittens! Your cards is super adorable and I LOVE the sentiment! So cute! Made me laugh!
Thanks so much for being a part of the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop!!!
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Such a great photo of your granddaughter's kitties - I almost didn't see the kitty in the back until I looked closer - what a gorgeous coat he has! Your Santa kitty is soooooooo cuuuuuuute! Such a fun sentiment too! P.S. Thank you for your kind words on my blog - your prayers are appreciated!
What beautiful kitties!!! I think your card is purrrrfect. I love the kitty you used on it. Such a cute one.
Fabulous card, so sweet and striking!
Fun card! Cute stamp. Thank you for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge. Luv, Wilma
A great image and I love that sentiment too!
Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
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So absolutely adorable!! The kitty is too cute!! The sentiment makes me smile!! Thanks so much for playing along at Scrapy Land for our 100th Challenge!!
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