Season’s Greetings! I needed a kitty Christmas card for my friend so I used my Raisin Boat’s Naughty or Nice stamp set. There is an adorable cat pawing at an ornament that just screamed “Use Me!”…So I did! The hysterical sentiment was also from this set. “Christmas tree…the reason cats need 9 lives” 😀
I colored him in with my ShinHan alcohol markers and I used Sunny Studio Stamps pine branch from the Holiday Style stamp set for the extra branches (which I stamped super lightly in Pear ink that had been stamped off twice) and I added flicks with my alcohol markers to give it interest. I used this stamp on the inside of the card as well and used a CTMH sentiment stamp.
I stamped the pine boughs in CTMH Pear ink and the sentiment both on the front and inside with CTMH Cranberry ink. I went over the ornament with my Wink of Stella and topped it off with Glossy Accents to give it dimension. I mounted this on red cardstock that was added to a piece of holly patterned paper I had in my stash. Oh, I almost forgot I also put a strip of white Shimmer Tape from Close To My Heart across the front to add some sparkle. I LOVE that stuff!
I decided to enter this in three current challenges, the first one for the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #9 that you can access Here and the Color My Heart Color Dare Extravaganza Color Dare #272 for Traditional colors, that you can access Here. Third, 4 Crafty Chicks blog challenge #381 Christmas/Winter Critters Here
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Adorable card. I love it!
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Thank you!
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Love the image and the sentiment is so true….but love cats…adorable card. Thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare’s Challenge “Traditional Colors” at our December Holiday Linky Party. Please join us again or try our “Non Traditional” Color Challenge.
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Thanks Suzanne for stopping by!
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I laughed out loud at that sentiment! Too funny, but oh, so true! Love the card – thanks for sharing with us at Colour Dare 🙂
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Thanks Alyson!
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Oh, yes, I know all about cats in Christmas trees! lol Loving this cute image. Thanks for playing along in our “Anything Goes with a Critter” challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies this month. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
NanaConnie DT
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Thank you for stopping by and Merry Christmas to you too!
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Oh my gosh how adorable is this!?! Thank you so much for joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week xoxoxo
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Thank you for your kind words Lori and thank you for stopping by!
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I’m sure your friend loved your card – that’s such a great sentiment too!
Thanks for sharing it with us at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies.
Helen x
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Thank you so much, and thanks for stopping by Helen!
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Wonderful card, inside and out! I love your delightful cat image! Thanks for playing along with the Color My Heart Color Dare Traditional Christmas Colors challenge. Please join us again in 2018.
🙂 Marie
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Thank you so much for the kind comment Marie, I am glad you stopped by!
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This is such a whimsical and fun card! The cat is adorable, and I love the sentiment! So nice to see the inside decorated as well. Thank you for sharing with us at Color My Heart Color Dare!
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Thank you Susan, Happy New Year!
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Really cute card! Thank you for joining us in December for our Traditional Color Dare.
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Thanks Catherine for stopping by!
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