I need a birthday card for someone who loves cats and gardening. The Shopping Our Stash theme is "The Cat is in the Bag" which means use a cat (no problem for this proud, crazy cat lady) or a purse, bag, backpack, etc. I decided to challenge myself to use mostly old, as in retired, products. When I saw this Freshly Made Sketch my concept began to form in my head.
I do not have arch dies, but I do have a retired die, Kitty Window, from Tutti Designs featuring cats looking on a garden through a cathedral shaped window. I cut two from 110 lb white cardstock and stacked them. Now for a background to go behind the window. I looked though my stash of backgrounds and found one with appropriate colors made using Lindy's Magicals. Because the current theme at Seize the Birthday is embossing, I put the background upside down in a retired 3D Fern embossing folder from Stampin' Up so that the design would be debossed, that is pressed down into the paper. Then I rubbed a Stampin' Up ink pad in Wild Wasabi, a retired color, over it, so you could see the ferns.Please forgive my stained craft mat and the quality of photos taken with my phone as I worked. After selecting the part I wanted to use I traced around the window portion and cut it out.
Now that my focal point was done I could work on the rest of my card. I cut a 4 x 5.25 inch panel and embossed it with a retired Stampin Up embossing folder which I think was called Subtle. I gilded the edges by holding the panel vertically and pressing each edge into Versamark ink, then Ranger Princess Gold embossing power, and melting the powder with my heat tool.
I used the the retired Perfect Sentiments stamp and die from Pink Fresh Studio for the sentiment. It is a single stamp and die which makes eleven assorted sentiments at a time. Because part of the sentiment over laps the cat die cut I ran into the same issue of having the prop up the part that was hanging off. I put two small pieces of card stack and one of watercolor paper under the Happy Birthday sentiment in the die to make shadow pieces pieces that I could stack so they were the same height as the cat die and then snipped off part of it to glue onto the back of the sentiment to make it level.
Now all I had to do was put everything together on a card base and I had a birthday card. Except for the paper, Magicals, and embossing powder, everything used in this card is not only older, but no longer available. I also plan enter this card in the Sisterhood of Crafters Birthdays challenge.
This is what it looks like when you tilt it to light. I love Lindy's Magicals.
Thank you for stopping by! Until next time, Hansi
I love this sweet silhouette! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!
ReplyDeleteMeow!! Way to go shopping your stash!! Sweet little window sitting kitties...purrfect for our "Cat in the Bag" challenge over at Shopping Our Stash!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with us. Deb Horst, DT #SOS556
ReplyDeleteYou have done a great job combining the things your friend loves most on her card. I know she will love it as much as I do. Thanks for playing at Seize the Birthday.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. A fabulous backing for the gorgeous window die cut! Thanks so much for joining us at Seize the Birthday Challenge:)
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely card! Great use of white space and the green really pops in the window die cut! Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday.
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