Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The Cats' Christmas Tree

      Any of you who share your house (or have shared your house) with one or more cats know how they absolutely take over the Christmas tree once it's up and decorated.  It's like they think Santa brought that tree as a gift just for them!  This adorable image from Conie Fong, called "Purrfect Christmas," goes so well with another DT card I shared the other day (see post here) which also has Christmas kittens and is from Conie Fong, that I decided I had to share both of these in the same week.  :-D  Besides, falling in love with one of those images made me fall in love with the other one, too!

     For this image, I colored it with water color paints, added gold glitter to the star, and cut the image with an Unbranded die.  I used a Darise embossing folder to make the brick background.  I printed the sentiment (my own, inspired by the looks on the kittens' faces!) and cut it with an Avery Elle die.  I did add a few tiny red pearls as ornaments but I left it without further embellishment because it will probably go a great grandson so it didn't need a lot of fiddly bits.


     Challenges:
Carlin's Card ... (C for Cats & Christmas)

     Don't forget that the Conie Fong Challenge is still running on the Facebook site and all you have to do is use a Conie Fong image to enter a card.  If you haven't joined the FB group yet, that's free and easy to do.  Don't have any Conie Fong images?  You can find them in the Etsy store or there are even freebies available. :-D

     We'd love to see what you create.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie   

11 comments:

Melanie Hungerford said...

What a great image for a cat lover! They look so cute and innocent, which I know is not how it works in real life! Thanks for sharing with us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge.

*Vicki* said...

Now how stinkin' cute are these guys?!! It looks like kitty Christmas ornaments have decorated the tree! LOL Gorgeous coloring and I just love that brick texture in the background!

Heather said...

Very cute cat tree, lol, so much coloring and so splendid! Perfect gold star on top too! Thanks so much for playing at Sparkles!

karin said...

Great that stamp with all the cats in the tree. I wonder how it's possible that the tree is still standing up 😀
Thanks for joining the challenge at Carlin's Kaartenparadijs.
Karin DT

carla said...

Wow what a beautiful stamp with the cats in the Christmas tree.
I love It.
Thank you for joining us at carlin's kaartenparadijs challenge.
Good Luck !

Carla (DT)

jimlynn said...

As cute - and pretty - as can be. Love all the little kitties and that tree. Great framing too!
Lynn

Megan J said...

Hi Connie, a fun card for any cat lover come Christmas time, love your colouring and the brick embossing folder you have used... Thank you for joining us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, good luck in the prize draw... Megan DT LPoCF

Wendy said...

Look at all of the kitties! This is such a sweet card and I love your watercolors. The background is the perfect finishing touch for this amazing scene. Thank you for sharing and playing along with Polkadoodles ~ Wendy

Debbie said...

This is too funny!! Love it! And I have many pictures of our cats peeking out between the branches! LOL
Thanks for playing along this month at Sparkles Christmas Challenge
Debbie - SCC DT
Debbie's Dash of This and That

Pamela Duncan said...

Great cat lover Christmas card! Love seeing Christmas all year long! Thanks for joining us on Jan's Digital Stamp Challenge. Pam, DT

foleysfriend said...

What a cute image. You've done a great job watercoloring the image. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers ~ Watercolour Challenge.

sue n.