Hello all and thank you for joining us to help celebrate Simon’s new Create Joy release. It is yet another fabulous release with lots of gorgeous products to play with and create with.
I’m excited to share a card created using Christmas Cats stamp and die set. As a huge cat person and cat lover I’m super happy there’s now a stamp set that features two different cats. My husband and I have 2 kitties and they are just like the kitties in the set – one is round-ish, the other is long-ish lol!
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Here’s a photo of our kitties, they are both black with a bit of brown and grey mixed in. I am yet to learn how to color them using Copics for my cards. It nice to practice a bit.
To create the card I’m sharing today I started by stamping a partial background using the antlers image from the stamp set and brown ink. I also stamped a ball of yarn using red, I shared this photo on my instagram feed the other day:
I stamped my kitty using Memento Tuxedo black ink onto white cardstock, colored using Copic Markers (used C5, C7 and C9) also also stamped and colored a present and ear muffs from another stamp set. I used matching dies and cut everything out, foam mounted together and foam mounted onto my card base:
I had to add a touch of glittery snow to my project so I heat embossed the present and ear muffs using Sparkle embossing powder from Hero Arts. Love the result! To add a touch of red I heat embossed a ball of yarn about 10 times onto red cardstock, cut it out using a matching die and foam mounted onto my project.
Are you a cat or a dog person? I’d love to know. I am also hoping to add a video showing you how to make this card soon. So stay tuned!
HOP ALONG
Hop along these blogs and talented artists to find lots more inspiration using Simon’s Create Joy products. If you arrived from Sarah Moerman the next stop is Kathy Racoosin. If you encounter a broken link or get lost, start at the beginning at Simon Says Stamp.
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i love how you created the background!
Cute card, love the way you created the background.
Hi, love how you you’ve given this wonderful card a background with raised embellishments, it really frames your cute kitty beautifully. x
So cute! Thanks for sharing!
This is a great card love it! Great use of the new stamps, makes me want one too! Your cats are show stoppers, they are upstaging the main event!
How cute! Your background is great!
Such a cute card – and adorable cats too! 🙂
What a cute card.
Super cute card!! Your kitties are cute!! I’m mostly a dog person and my husband is allergic to cats so I will just get stamps of kitties ha.
KITTIES ARE CUTE, BUT I LOVE DOGGIES! CUTE KITTIE CARD!
So cute! Love your clever design with the awesome background! Your real kitties are pretty sweet too!
great card – love your use of stamps to create background
Just adorable. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
so cute..just like your kitties
Such a cute,clever card,
Lovely cute card, so well done! Pretty kitties too! Thank you.
The ear muff is awesome!
Aaaahhhhh! Your kitties are the cutest things ever!!! I LOVE gray cats! Russian Blues are my fave, but I had a Maine Coon that looked similar to yours. 🙂 His name was Terrapin. He was a rescue kitty. I miss him, but your photo reminds me of him and makes me happy. 🙂
Oh my goodness, your cats are so FLUFFY and adorable! 😀 <3 Your card is also very cute and unique! I like how you used the smaller stamps to create a fun background. Keep up the awesome work!
Love the kitty and the background is great!
super adorable! awesome coloring & background stamping- LOVE LOVE it!!
I like the way you used the smaller stamp pieces for the background. You have to really look at it to see that they are antler headbands – they kind of look like pine boughs at first glance – Very Creative!
I love your kitty card and the background is so unique.
Very cute, creative card!
Love your kitty card…fun background…
I was wondering what you used in the background-great use of the antlers!! Love the picture of your kitties-they are beautiful!
Adorable card, love the cat and the balls of yarn, and your color combo shows off these stamps and dies so well! And I think you aced the Copic coloring, too!
Love thiis card and the background. Thaks for sharing such cute iideas!
great card, but I love the kitties best!!!
Great card, adorable kitty with earmuffs. Your real kitties are so beautiful.
I love your use of the stamps to make that unusual background/frame!
Adorable kitties!
Cute card! Your kitties are absolutely gorgeous!
Cute kitty cards. Really cute background.
Simply adorable! Love the earmuffs on the kitty!
Now I HAVE to get the Christmas Cats! hah
Purrrrfect!
My favorite set! And love your fur babies.
I haven’t seen that technique for coloring the kitty before. Is it random dots?
What gorgeous kitties you have.
Love the stamped background Yana with the antlers – looks so good! I am definitely a dog person but this cute cat card would make anyone happy for Christmas.
I just love this cute kitty!
Cute card.
Hysterical, you can really feel the attitude coming thru!
I’m a cat person; have four of them. I love how you made your pattern paper out of the antlers…great idea! When you learn how to color the cats, pls let me know so I can color mine!!
Wow! I never though of using tiny stamps like antler and yarn ball to make a background. That’s a wonderful idea. Thanks for sharing.
What an adorable card! I love you you used the antler stamp to make the card front.
So cute! Your kitties are adorable! Thanks for sharing!!
Love your kitties. They are so cute!
This is a great release and your card is adorable. I love how you created the background using the antlers and then used the yarn balls too. Your kitty is so cute with the earmuffs. I love kitties. Your design for this card is lovely. TFS