Kitty in the Christmas tree

If my kitties could do this, they definitely would. Just love this cute set "Ornamental Newton" from Newton's Nook and created this little card for it. The branches are from the Lawn Fawn set Frosty Fairy friends.

I made two cards with this cute image (I need all the Copic practice I can get). I only changed up the patterned paper and the color of the sequins, otherwise they are the same.

I entered this card in the Inkypaws Challenge #85 which was a color challenge and I got picked as a favorite. Yay.

Rainbow kitty tree

The latest release from Mama Elephant was so cute. My favorite however had, hands down, to be Oh Kitty Tree. Here I have colored it again with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers in pastel colors. I first heat embossed with Versafine Onyx black ink and clear embossing powder.

For the gold details I've used Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry colors.

The panel is die cut with the Wonky stitched frame from My Favorite Things.

A meowy christmas to all!

Oh kitty tree in green and brown

Last weekend I got the new Oh Kitty Tree from Mama Elephant and immediately wanted to take it out for a test drive. There is a challenge going on at Cupcake inspirations right now, color challenge, and the colors are brown and green. So, this is my take on it.

The kitties and sentiment are heat embossed in black (Versafine Onyx black + clear embossing powder) and then I colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. Some of the details are done with the Starry gold colors from Kuretake. The background I stamped with some of the small stamps in the set. I used Lawn Fawn ink on craft card stock.

The panel is popped up with fun foam to add a little extra.

I can't get over how cute this stamp is. I'll be sending lots of kitty cards this Christmas.

Challenge
Cupcake Inspiraction Challenge 454 - Color brown and green

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 34 – My Favorite Place

This is my entry for this round of the Lawn Fawnatics challenge 34 which is all about "My favorite place". I love sunsets. Really. I have a very hard time tearing my eyes away from one. I also love kitty cats so that kind of decided the theme for this card.

I used the Lawn Fawn stamp set "Meow you doin'" for the cats and the sentiment. I used a Versamark pen to only get ink on the outside lines of the kitty so that it could look like they were staring away in the sunset. The hearts and clouds are from "Plane and simple" and are heat embossed on vellum. The sun is from "Out of this world", heat embossed in white on the background.

Distress inks for the background in the following colors;
Mustard seed
Wild honey
Picked raspberry
Festive berries
Salty ocean
Wilted violet

I tried to hide the adhesive behind the heat embossed lines on the vellum but that's easier said then done...!

Half the leaves are embossed in gold and the other half are cut from black cardstock.

The rest of the dies used here are all from Lawn Fawn;
Leafy tree backdrop
Stitched hillside borders
Cloud borders

Challenge
Lawn Fawnatics #34 - My favorite place

Newton chilling on the beach

Loving the new stamp set I got from Newton's Nook.

Newton is taking a bath

I received #happymail from Newton's Nook the other day with stamps and stencils. I decided to use them directly for this edition of the Inky Paws challenge which is a sketch challenge;

This is how my card turned out. I used stamps from Newton's Summer Vacation and the Ocean waves stencil. The window die is from My Favorite Things. I used Zig clean color real brush markers to color the images.

The window is mounted with foam tape for a little dimension. I added some clear droplets from Pretty Pink posh for some extra detail.

The scuba kitty also have some Spectrum Noir sparkle pen on them for some extra glitter.

Challenge
Inky Paws Challenge #70 - Sketch challenge

Trifold Newton birthday card

I was really inspired by a couple of cards I've seen in my Instagram feed the last couple of days. One of them is an inspiration card by Andrea for the current Inky Paws Challenge and the other is a really cute trifold by @craftawaywithme.

I wanted to make a trifold that had diecut holes for the main image which was mounted on the final panel. I went with the design by Andrea and then created the following card.

I usually make my card bases from 12x12 cardstock and then it's a little piece over measuring 12" by 3½". I used that left over piece as the cardbase for this. I started by scoring the card base at 4" and 8" and folding it. I had to cut a sliver off of the second panel to make it fold nicely. I then took the die and placed it on the folded card and ran it through my Big Shot. It cut through the first panel and made a huge impression in the second and a smaller impression on the last panel. I replaced the die on the second panel only and ran that through again and then had two diecut holes.

Then I got to inking the second panel. I chose Distress ink Seedless preserves and Picked raspberry. I also used a star stencil. A bit of Post-it tape helped protect my back panel.

I then wanted to add some gold sparkle so I used Rangers Gold tinsel embossing powder (inking through the stencil with Versamark). I also stamped the front panel with the confetti stamp from Newton's Nook Newton's Birthday Bash in purple, pink and grey ink from Lawn Fawn.

The inside panel also got some ink. The left and right panel I used the same stamp as on the front with the same colors. The middle panel I used a diecut cloud stencil (Lawn Fawn) and the distress inks once again.

I then colored the cute Newton with his balloon with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I also used a sparkle pen from Spectrum Noir to blend the balloon. I have also added some gold tinsel embossing powder to the front as well as the sentiment. The kitty is die cut and then glued to the bottom panel (through the second one in order to line them up correctly).

This is the finished result;
First panel

Inside, second panel

And this is what it looks like when you fold it out completely.

If you want to see it live in action;

And a short video of the trifold #newtonsbirthdaybash card. #papercrafting #cardmaking #newtonsnook

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I'm entering this in the following challenge.

Challenge
Inky Paws challenge #69 - Birthday theme

Puppy/kitty balloon birthday card

I have as a goal for this month to enter some more card challenges so I found a couple I wanted to participate in. Cupcake Inspirations is having a color challenge (blue, pink and white) and Seize the Birthday always have a "Anything goes" birthday challenge so I thought I'd combine those. Here is the card I made;

The stamps are from My Favorite Things - Up in the air. The stencil is also from My Favorite things. The cloud border dies are from Lawn Fawn.

Everything is adhered flat except for the side panels of the cloud borders.

Challenges
Seize the Birthday

Cupcake Inspirations - CIC442 Paper inspirations

Newton unwinds, Inky paws sketch challenge #67

I saw that there was a new challenge in the Inky Paws Challenge blog and I wanted to partake. The theme this time is a sketch challenge;

And this is my take on the sketch;

I used the stampset Newton Unwinds. Love those kitties with yarn balls. The kitty is colored with Zig clean color real brush markers. The tag I used an embossing (can't remember the brand) folder with paw prints and then I inked it with distress inks in rainbow color (from the top Festive berries, Mustard Seed, Peacock feathers, Salty ocean, Dusty concord). I die cut the tag (Nellie Snellen) after I inked and embossed so the paw prints are then pushed back into the paper. The tag is not completely flat but it looks a bit different. 

I cut a tag from yellow cardstock (Lawn Fawn) and heat embossed the sentiment in white. With the grey layer, I white heat embossed the yarn from the stamp set in the four corners. The largest mat is from Lawn Fawn patterned paper Rainbow plaid.

To finish off, the tag is foam mounted as well as the kitty. I also added some Nuvo drops in black and a black and white bakers twine from my stash.

View from the side.

Challenges
Inky Paws Challenge #67 - Sketch

Watercolored kitty birthday card with 4 panels

I wanted to try my hand on watercoloring in 4 sections on one panel. One of my friends have a birthday coming up and she loves kitties so I decided to try this with these cute kitties from My Favorite Things. I started off by stamping the kitties on Canson Watercolor paper. Then I water colored the 4 background boxes with green. I chose to color with Distress Ink. I wanted the boxes to be very free flowing. After that was dry I colored the kitties with oranges and greys. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn stamp set Meow you doin' and is heat embossed.

Snuggling up by the fire

Last Christmas card for 2017 made with Lawn Fawn's oh so cute "Christmas dreams" stamp set. The back is made with lightly sponged Distress ink and then flicking some distress ink on with a paint brush. I then mounted the die cut images directly on top.

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

Sending joy with Newton for the holidays

I made a second card for this times Inky Paws challenge where the challenge is all about color using red, tan/brown, green and black;

I used the same patterned paper as on the previous card (actually from our local food store Ica believe it or not...) but I changed up the design.

I used Distress ink in colors Shabby shutters and Peeled paint for the Christmas tree as well as Nuvo Glitter drops in red. The kitty is colored in Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The rectangle stitched die and the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.

Challenge
Inky Paws challenge #59 - Color challenge

Christmas color Inky Paws challenge #59

Time for a new Inky Paws challenge, number 59 this time. This challenge is all about color using red, tan/brown, green and black;

 I found the perfect patterned paper in my stash (actually from our local food store Ica believe it or not...) and this is how my first entry turned out.


I used Distress ink in colors Shabby shutters and Peeled paint for the Christmas tree as well as Nuvo Glitter drops in red. The kitty is colored in Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The rectangle stitched die and the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.

Challenge
Inky Paws challenge #59 - Color challenge

Be pawsitive

A card that came very fast together since I used some elements that I had colored previously for other projects.

The kitty is from Lawn Fawn set "Meow you doin'" as well as the sentiment. The tree and leaves are all from the same die set. I colored the leaves with distress ink. The background is Lawn Fawn patterned paper.

Sending this to my dad who's in need of some cheering up at the moment.

Happy Howl-o-ween with kitties and doggies from Lawn Fawn

Kitty and doggie Halloween party

Loved mixing and matching both kitties and doggies for Halloween costume party.

The back cloud is diecut from vellum.

This little kitty is my favorite.

Grumpy window kitty

This card design has been in my head for quite some time. I finally got it out on paper =) The kitty is from an MFT stamp set and the images just lend themselves very well to be presented front and back. The window die is from Lawn Fawn.

I die-cut two windows from white cardstock and cut out the whole in the card base free-hand and then glued the two windows in place. The backdrop is created with patterned paper from Lawn Fawn and the cute tree dies are from MFT.

Witch way is the candy?

Wanted to try out the Daniel Smith dot chart that I got from Simon Says stamp recently. Turned out that it was a lot harder than I thought. In the end it turned out ok but I need lots more practise. My little daughter was at least happy to receive this card for Halloween though *big smile*