I'm also joining the Anything Goes part of the Seize the Birthday Challenge.
Jaydee's sketch is versatile in that it would work well with any size card. I ended up making an A7 card to accommodate the size of my die cut cats. Let's take a look!
Once again, Tim Holtz dies tugged at my heart and then they ended up in my cart. 😍
The die set is called Mischievous and has 8 different cat dies. I think they are so cute because if you've been around cats, these poses will be very familiar. I knew they would need a landing spot on top of the patterned paper, so I used Hero Arts Nested Scallop Squares to die cut the gray cardstock and Pink & Main Square dies for the white layer. In hindsight, I wish I'd made the white squares smaller or done a bit of ink blending on them.
I dove into my remaining very, very ancient dsp from Stampin' Up and found this cute watercolor stripe paper in a sort of watermelon color, which worked great with the neutrals. After layering that on the card base, the squares were popped up, leaving room for the fun sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp/Lawn Fawn Stamptember 2025 set called Purrfect Birthday. I fussy cut the words to make it more playful, then finished things off with some gray pearls from my stash.
The challenge will remain open until Friday, January 30th at 3pm EST. My talented teammates have some amazing inspiration for you on the challenge blog here. I hope you'll head over there to check it out, then join us this week. We'd love to see how you use this sketch!
Thanks for stopping by!
Stef
9 comments:
Oh, Stef! I see why these cat dies ended up in your cart. They are so much fun - "Mischievous" kitties indeed. This is a wonderful color combination. Of course, you can NEVER beat pearls as an embellishment. LOVE it! Have a wonderful week! Stay safe and warm!
I would say this was a great buy... they are so darn cute! This is a fun card, Stef!
I like your diecut kitties and I think the white squares are perfect with the black cats! Love that background as well! So cute!
Isn't it funny how things just jump themselves into the cart?! These kitties are just sooooo cool! Love them and love the modern, stylish background you've given them to play in. :-)
Love these cats Stef, they look fantastic on the dp, such a fun card, thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x
Your kitties are adorable, Stef! I love how their tails curl around, they sure have a lot of purr-sonality! I'm sure any cat lover would be chuffed to get this card, and I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of a birthday card from you yesterday so thank you! Have a great week!
Stef, this is SOOOO FUN! I absolutely LOVE this cat dies. The curly tails made me smile! Love the color combo and the scalloped squares. Perfect way to use this sketch! Have a great weekend and stay warm!
I can see why you couldn't resist these comical kitties Stef - they really shout mischief! Perfect for a cat lover for sure and they are just right for the sketch!
Those dies are so cool and your card is super fun, Stef! The entire design really pops and I love the punny sentiment to. Happy to see you in our gallery at Seize the Birthday. Also, I am impressed that there are 8 cats in the set. That is quite a lot.
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