Happiness is a Purring Cat and a Good Book

 

The current prompt at Time Out Challenges is "Happiness is a warm puppy."  When I was growing up you saw this Peanuts meme on everything from tee shirts to coffee mugs.

I'm sorry Lucy, in my world happiness is a purring cat (or two). 

While I proudly claim the title of Crazy Cat Lady, happiness is also a good book!  I had to smile when I saw the Fusion Challenge photo prompt because there is no room in our bookcases for pretty things.  Fortunately ebooks and audiobooks have cut down on the need for more bookcases. 

To start, I blended Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, and Salty Ocean Distress oxide inks onto a card front, stamped over it with the Bookshelves rubber cling stamp from Impression Obsession, and ran the edges along a black inkpad to ground the image.  I used a CZ Design die set to cut the sentiment and shadow from Champagne foil and vellum paper.  The shadow die has openings for the p's, b, and d which I sometimes find distracting on a busy background, so I saved the negative spaces and glued them in.  The mama cat was cut with a die from Spellbinders and the kittens from a set by Obsession Impression.

This card is for my sister, a kindergarten teacher who is owned by a ginger cat.  I plan to also enter this card the Die Cut Divas Birthday challenge.  Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time, Hansi