Hi friends!
Playing along with this fun sketch by Michelle over at the
(ends 7/26)
…and this SUYP Cats Only - Summer/or Anything Goes - challenge (ends 7/31)
..,and this CRAFT ROCKET challenge
#138 Animals (ends 7/29)
…and this AS YOU LIKE IT Favorite Pet challenge (ends 7/29)
Love all house pets, but cats would have to be it - the more ridiculous the better. As long as they’re also loving and loyal.
So I’ve had these sets of mini cat stamps from Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers a lonnnnng time. I don’t know if anyone remembers, but they had the most amazing catalogs and artwork, and super-creative images even for those times, which were a period of real individuality in the stamping world.
THE PROCESS
First steps: I die cut the postage panels first, then used some black Versafine ink to stamp a different cat on each one.
Next, I lined up the edges of the “stamps” and used assorted inks and shapes to stamp a colorful background.
I heat embossed the sentiment on a textured orange panel using Versamark and white detail embossing powder.
To finish: I layered a piece of kraft card stock on a white card base, backed the postage panels with black card stock and layered those on as shown. The sentiment strip was mounted on a couple scraps of heavyweight white card stock and adhered in the center.
SUPPLIES
cat stamps - Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers Art Parts Cats #1 & 2 sets
sentiment stamp - SonLight Impressions #WS 872-C
splotch stamp - JudiKins #3106 D
small dots circle - unmarked thick peg stamp
all other circles, etc - Hero Arts assorted
postage dies - Waffleflower Nesting Postages
black, white & kraft card stock
Versafine Onyx Black ink pad
Versamark ink pad
Catherine Pooler Party Collection minis set
white detail embossing powder
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