When I saw this week's sketch on Sunday Stamps Challenge titled "Put a Bow On It" I envisioned a card that resembles a wrapped gift tied with ribbon and a tag.
This seems to be vintage week because the Jingle Belles Challenge theme is "The Spirit of Christmas Past" and the Peace on Earth Challenge, an anything goes challenge, has this mood board:
Because the As You Like It Challenge question is "What is your favorite coloring medium and why," the tag needed to have a colored stamp The four challenges provided the parameters for my card: A card that looks like a wrapped package with a colored stamp and a vintage feel.
The Christmas Kitten from Stampendous not only fits the vibe, it is my favorite cat stamp because Luna, who was adopted when she was a year old, may have looked like this kitten when she, herself, was a kitten (except for the white paws). Luna, who will be 19 in September based on her estimated birthday when she was rescued, prefers that I post this picture that shows her in her prime.
I stamped the kitten with Stampin' Up's Early Espresso ink and colored her with my go-to Prismacolors. I love them because they are flexible and forgiving. You can show pencil strokes or blend them using a blending pencil. You can also use the blending pencil to blend out color so there is no edge. That is how I created dimension on the naughty kitty on this card. My favorite way to use them is to layer colors so that the colors below show through colors in the layers above as I did with Sherlock on this card. I like the softness you can get with good quality pencils. Also if you make a mistake or apply too much color you can pick it up with a Prismacolor eraser. Try doing that with alcohol or watercolor markers.
For the gift wrapping I used an old patterned paper from DCWV. The pattern looks like it could have been drawn with colored pencils and has a vintage look that compliments the tag. This card is 5x6.5 to accommodate that tag.
Thank you for stopping by! Until next time. Hansi
I like that little kitten with his Santa hat on. It makes a lovely card.
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