Hello Spring Kitty

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today and I have a cheerful spring card featuring the Cat w/ Spring Bird die from the new Spring release.  These dies are fun, happy and perfect for the new season.  And they are on sale right now for a limited time!

To start this card I die cut everything from white cardstock except for the sentiment and the bandana on the kitty.  For these I used paper that coordinated with my background papers.  The sentiment is from an older die - Hello Spring Bloom.

I colored most everything with Distress Oxides. The small pieces (beak, bird legs, kitty nose and inner ears), I colored with Copic Markers.  I find this easier since there usually is no shading on these pieces.

These are the colors I used.

Then I cut my panels.  The card is A2 size so I cut a base panel 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, a patterned panel using the 3rd largest Stitched Rectangle and a white panel using the 4th largest Stitched Rectangle.  I also cut  a strip 3/4 inches high from striped paper.  It was a bit longer than 4 1/4 inches.

Because I used a checked pattern for my base it was super simple to get things lined up and straight. Since the striped banner across the middle was longer than the card, I simply snipped off the excess after gluing it down.

Once my panels were glued down, I added the kitty, bird, sentiment and fun 3-D flower!  Very easy, very cheerful. Perfect for the cat lover in your life and great for any occasion!

Dies used:

Thanks for visiting today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

You Are Awesome!

Hi!

It's Anja here. I'm back for my Monday post. I have a simple and clean card for you today to tell someone how awesome she or he is. 

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Cat w/ Spring Bird, Bunny w/ Butterfly),

- Distress Inks,

- white card base (15x15 cm),

- white card stock for die cuts,

- black pen,

- white pen,

- plastic stencil,

- sentiment stamp,

- acrylic block,

- paper glue. 

First I cut and colored the cat. Next I did the background. I used a plastic stencil and two shades of blue ink. I used darker shade on the bottom and lighter shade on top. I placed the cat on the colored part. Last I added the sentiment. I stamped it on another white piece of paper, cut it out and then placed it on the card base. And my card was done. Quick and easy.

Happy International Women's Day to all the women stopping by. Hope you had a lovely day. 

See you again on Sunday.

Anja Z. 

 

Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card: