CONTEMPLATIVE CATS & SHELLEBRATE YOU

 Hello!

I had so much fun making these cards and following along with the sketch at 

the Global Design Project Challenge blog!

TECHNIQUES

direct stamping (cats, hearts, missing you sentiment)

heat embossing  (you had me at sentiment)

fussy cutting  (missing you sentiment)

die cutting  (you had me at sentiment)

dry embossing  (white background on landscape card)

flat back metal gems

gold twine

SUPPLIES

cat with bird stamp  -  Coronado Island Stamps Lucy Wang's Friendship  #W001-H

cat panels stamp  -  Coronado Island Stamps Lucy Wang's Cat Panel  #W006-H

hearts stamp, missing you and matching frame stamps  -  Simple Stories Always in My Heart clear set #10739

you had me at meow stamp  -  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Meow set  #TEBB86

oval die  -  Spellbinders Nestabilities

word strip die  -  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Well Rounded  #TE1441 

textured paper embossing folder  - Stampin' Up! Subtle 3D 

gold thread  -  On the Surface Gilt Edge  #GET 126

flat back gold metal gems  -  Mark Richard Gold Metal #1983

Sharing these cards with the following Challenges:

Global Design Project .

Cut It Up

#251  Any Animal or Insect  (ends 5/18).

UPDATE:

Another version, using the same layout rotated

TECHNIQUES

direct stamping (shell )

*fuzzy effect is from using a wet brush on the inked image, and then it was highlighted  with colored pencil)

heat embossing  (Let's Shell-ebrate sentiment)

fussy cutting  (shell)

die cutting  (You)

dry embossing  

* colored cardstock strips were adhered to craft cardstock and then embossed)

glitter glue  

*necessary because the cardstock was so soft, especially when embossed, that the low-tack tape I used when diecutting actually didn't come off without tearing the top paper layer

foam mounting

SUPPLIES

shell stamp  -  Stampin' Up! Seaside set

Let's Shell-ebrate stamp  -  Poppy Stamps Whittle Everyday clear set  #CL484

You letters dies  -  Spellbinders How Does Your Garden Grow Alphabet  #DOML-JUL20

textured paper embossing folder  - Sizzix for Stampin' Up! 

glitter glue - Stickles Frosted Lace

colored pencil

Thanks for stopping in today!!