Welcome back! Are you still in holiday mode? Were the fireworks spectacular?
Happy Saturday and a full slate of companion challenges…
Inspiration: Double Trouble (#194) and their 3-2-1 Recipe (Red, White plus one color – Blue for 3 colors; at least 2 shapes; and try a fun fold) partnering with Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#673) and Creative Creases (#105).
Influences: Shopping Our Stash (#551) Red, White & Blue; Double D (#070225) Flower Pots; Critter Crazy (#100) Birthday Celebration; and Inkspirational (#345) Three of the Same.
Here is the result:
Steps:
- Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼” and 2⅛”) Basic White cardstock for a simple Z-Fold card.
- Front Side Panel: (2” x 5⅜”) Tahitian Tide Dashed patterned piece of paper from the retired 2022/2024 In-Color Collection Designer Series Paper pack.
- Bottom Side Panel: (2¼” x 5⅜”) Sweet Sorbet Dotted patterned piece of paper from the same Paper pack.
- Shapes – Circles: (2½” x 11”) Basic White cardstock.
- Three Pretty Kitty images from the retired Pretty Kitty stamp set were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers. Colors chosen: Kitty – Light Smoky Slate; Flowers – Light and Dark Sweet Sorbet; Flower Pot, Butterfly and Bows – Light and Dark Tahitian Tide; and Leaves – Light Soft Sea Foam.
- The sentiment, Birthday Cheer to you all year, from the retired Parcels & Petals stamp set, was also stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
- Additionally, a few Flowers were added to the Talking Kitty and the Sentiment and colored the same. This was done with a bit of Post-It-Note Masking and Strategic Inking.
- All three Pretty Kitty images and the Sentiment were die-cut with the (2⅛”) Stitched Circle die from the Stylish Shapes Dies set.
All elements were adhered to the Z-Fold card base to resemble the sketch. The Flower Pot Pretty Kitty was popped up with Dimensionals.
A cute summer fresh birthday card!
Thanks for spending some of your time with me today. Cheers, Jolanda!
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MEOW-velous!!!
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Congrats on 100!!
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Jolanda, what an adorable kitty card! I love how you used minimalist coloring to bring the images to life!! Thank you for sharing your card with TSOT and Double Trouble!!! -Donna
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So super cute. The kitties are adorable and I love how you added the extra circle for the sentiment. Thanks for joining us at Try A Sketch On Tuesday.
sue n.
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Your kitties are so darling, Jolanda! Such a great take on the sketch! And making it a fun fold is icing on the cake! Thank you so much for sharing this adorable card at Creative Creases Challenge!
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Absolutely the cutest ever, I love every single thing about this card, cute stamps, pretty mix of colors and fabulous design! Thanks so much for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD Co-Owner
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Oh, how simply adorable! Love the colours and the sweet cat images. Thanks for sharing with us at both Double Trouble and TSOT 🙂
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What a sweet card, Jolanda! I love how you used those kitties in your circles – perfect way to use smaller images. I still have that stamp set and need to ink it up again. Thank you for participating in the Creative Creases Challenge! We hope you can join us again soon. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Debbie, DT
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Everything about this card is perfect: the color choices, the patterned papers, the adorable kitties, the coloring, the layout and use of fun fold! The cats look so much more innocent than the 2 that live in my house… I love your card and admire your talent! Thank you for sharing at the Double Trouble challenge.
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Three little kittens who are absolutely adorable! What a sweet, meow-velous card! Thank you for joining us at Inkspirational!
~carol
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Darling!! I love it!! Great job combining all those challenges!! Way to go shopping your stash for our RED, WHITE, & BLUE challenge over at Shopping Our Stash!! We are so glad you joined the fun & played along with us!!
Deb Horst, DT #SOS551
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Such an adorable card and love all the little kittens, they are so sweet. And right on for the interpretation of the sketch and thanks for sharing with TSOT and Double Trouble’s 3-2-1 recipe Inky Pinkies.
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Awww . . . this is so, so, so cute!! I love your adorable kitties, the papers you used and the super fun fold/layout! Thanks for playing with Critter Crazy Challenge.
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Totally adorable and a perfect card for the Creative Creases challenge. Thanks for playing along.
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