Our cards for this week's Teapot Tuesday challenge are going to Linda in Emmet, Idaho. She is a friend of fellow SCSer and Teapotter Leigh Grady. We're sending cats and butterflies - Linda loves cats. To learn more about this week's challenge go here.
I don't have many cat stamps, but when I went looking for an idea, I found this cat's face stamp by Rubber Stampede I had bought years ago for Halloween cards. I also found an old pair of butterfly wing stamps by Stampinks Unlimited that I had forgotten about. So I drew the fat Cheshire cat around the face - found a photo of a fat cheeked cat on line, so decided to add chubby cheeks. Colored Chubby Cheeks with Copics and cut him out. Stamped the wings, colored with Copics and cut out. Stamped the daisy by Hero Arts, colored with Copics and cut out. Drew, colored and cut out the stem. Sponged the sky background using scalloped oval and circle masks. Glued on the stem, popped up the daisy and cat and wings. Cut a rectangle for the sentiment and punched corners with SU ticket punch, colored with Copics and stamped SU sentiment and glued on card.
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 GMT Views: 785
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Registered: June 23, 2008 Location: da U.P. - Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula Posts: 14987
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 7:33 AM
What a way Kool Kat Sue! How fun that you went kinda psychedelic too. Love your combination of images, and I just realized I have that same cat face stamp. Love your colors and fabulous sponged sky! Can't wait for this weekend...can I sit by you and soak up some of your amazing talent?
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Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 7:49 AM
Well Done Sue! Love the whole process you went through to make one very unique kitty kat. Love those chubby cheeks! Fabulous job on the coloring. WOW WOW WOW for the whole card. Love it. TFS ;0)
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Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 9:15 AM
I love the way you gave your cat butterfly wings, you've certainly captured the spirit of Cheshire here. Rather Egyptian, don't you think? I don't know if it's the colours, or the stripes, but I am thinking there's definitely some Sphinx in this one's ancestry. And maybe it's also that his face looks like those masks on the Pharaohs tombs.