Hello crafty friends, Marine here,
I'm super happy to be back with this new busy slimline card featuring some
cheeky kitties on Christmas night. They're all gathered around the fireplace,
napping, chilling and waiting for Santa to bring more presents! Let's hope that
the Christmas tree stays up a few more minutes!
I started off by stamping the images on
110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink, I cut them
all with the coordinating dies, and colored everything with my Ohuhu markers.
As always, here is a detailed list of the
stamp sets I used: • Cat
Antics - cats, balls of yarn • Cozy Christmas - Christmas tree, armchairs, glass
of milk, side tables, lamps, presents, cushion • Santa Claus Lane - fireplace, presents, stockings
• Purrfect Birthday - mouse toy • North Pole - cookies • Penguin Party - hats • Bunnyville - carrot.
For the armchairs, I stamped them a
second time on a Joyful Holiday gingham red paper, fussy cut them, added
shadows to each piece using red markers and then attached each red armchair to
a white one. This way we have a nice pattern on the armchairs and still have
the white border around the images. When all the coloring was done, I added
highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, and added a dot of
glossy accents to each light in the Christmas tree.
Next I cut a slimline panel out of
Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using a Slimlime Scalloped Frame die, masked the stitched edges
off with washi tape, and divided it in two parts using washi tape again to
create wallpaper on the upper section and the floor on the lower section. I
first covered the top section with tattered rose oxide ink, and then created a
vertical stripe pattern using the Straight Stripes stencil along with saltwater
taffy oxide ink. I mixed some of that ink with water and added splatters to my
panel, I did the same with festive berries oxide ink for more contrast, the
same with copic opaque white ink for brightness and then the same again with
liquid stardust because every Christmas scene needs sparkles!
Next I covered the floor section with
antique linen oxide ink, added a bit of vintage photo oxide ink at the very
bottom of my panel and blended the colors with my antique linen blending tool.
I mixed some vintage photo oxide ink with water and added brown splatters to
the floor section, and then did the same with white ink.
When my panel was dry, I stamped my
"Wishing you a purrfect Christmas" greeting in black right in the top
center of my panel. "Wishing you a purrfect" is from Birthday Cat and "Christmas" is
from Santa Claus Lane. Next I attached all the images on my
panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.
I attached my panel to an 8 x 3 inches
kraft panel using 1mm foam tape. I cut a scalloped panel out of yellow
cardstock using another Slimline Scalloped Frame die and stuck the kraft
panel to it using liquid, and then I attached my yellow panel to an 8,5 x 3,5
inches red card base using 1mm foam tape.
And that's it! Thank you so much for
stopping by, and see you next week!
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