Here today to share this one layer card that features stamping only!
I rarely make one layer cards because I really love adding dimension to stuff, and one layer cards are challenging to me because I find it trickier to add interest with only one layer.
I also make tons of mistakes while stamping, so a card with this much stamping...NOT EASY FOR ME. I just used good ol' acrylic blocks to do all of the stamping -- no stamp positioning tool, so no "safety net". Basically I was REALLY NERVOUS the entire time. Ha! :D With each part that I stamped, I held my breath and prayed. Usually things might go well at first, but a giant mistake will happen when I'm 75%-85% done [you know how it goes], so I was really relieved when this card was finished! Some of my stamping didn't go well, but I touched up missing spots with markers. SNEAKY.
I started off by stamping the striped background using a Cover-A-Card background stamp from Impression Obsession called Thick Stripes. The fruits and sentiment are from Clearly Besotted's Fruitilicious stamp set. I wanted to 'frame' the sentiment a little bit to draw more attention to it, so I stamped the watermelon seeds on either side of it. :o)
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Today we celebrate the anniversary of Humble's adoption! :D I adopted him 12 years ago! It has really been the best and most meaningful 12 years of my life, and I would adopt him all over again. :o) I love you, Humble!! He really loves blankets and towels, so some of his gifts this year included a couple of new blankets [from the baby section of the store, so they're SUPER soft!] and a new fluffy towel to add to his collection. :o) He took a nap on EACH ONE today. That's my boy! :D
Here's a card I made for him a couple of days ago...
The ADORABLE animal stamps are from The Greeting Farm. The cats are from the Purfect Cats stamp set, and the little guy taking a nap is actually from the Lucky Dogs stamp set. He looks a little cat-like, doesn't he? I stamped and paper pieced them to give them striped fur. :o)
The super-sweet sentiment is from an Art Impressions stamp set called Terrier Stackers. That's a stamp set they designed for the Stamptember event at SSS. Out of all the products that were released during Stamptember, the Terrier Stackers stamp set was the one item I really, really wanted! While I *love* the image of the dogs that's in the set, I equally love the sentiment. Whenever I see animals walking about with their little legs, they melt my heart a million times. :o) I thought this sentiment would go so well with a lot of the animal stamps I have!
After I finished making the card, I was in the mood to make another for Humble!
These super-cute cat die-cuts are from Simple Stories. I love them! I used a We R Memory Keepers banner die for the sentiment [I layered two banners to give a sort of shadow effect], and I wrote "I Love Mew" with a black fineliner. :o)
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Today we celebrate Humble's birthday!! :o) As a tradition, I like to include a handmade card and handmade little surprises with his gifts. This year, I made this for him...
I just love him! :o) I'm not sure if I should call him a box or a bag, so I'm calling him a box-bag. :D I could fit two small gifts in there! Here's another view of him...
I have him sitting on the bookshelf in our living room and keep smiling at the sight of him. :o) I wanted to make a video showing how to make this, but my hands aren't healed yet. The construction is not very difficult, though. I used a cute die set from Taylored Expressions called Sack It Kitty -- this die set gives you the details of the cat but not the body. Their Sack It sets are designed to be paired with their Sack It To You die, which makes a treat bag, but you're not limited to using them together. I don't have the Sack It To You die, so I just used a Sizzix die to create the body of the cat, and I cut four pieces [two for the front of the kitty and two for the back just to make the box-bag sturdier]. For the sides and bottom, I cut a strip of matching paper -- all it takes is a bit of measuring, scoring, a little more scoring and some little snips to create tabs for attaching the strip to the front and back pieces. Hopefully my hands will be normal-ish soon so I can make a video!
Here's the card I made for Humble this year...
I used lots of stickers and wanted to make his card fun and dimensional! :D The card base is actually a trifold card that was in a kit I bought. The heart lifts up, and then the polka dot part folds down.
I thought I would share a few more things that I made for Humble in the past! Here's a shaped card from another birthday...
For this card, I used my favourite embossing folder: Paw Print from Darice! Love that folder! The adorable kitties are stickers from American Crafts. :o)
Here's a card I made for one of our adoption anniversaries...
I found this super-cute 12x12 cat paper from Best Creation's Meow collection, and I cut part of the paper for the front of the card and decorated the inside of the card with other images from the paper. Since the little guy is taking a nap in his bed, I decided to make a 'dream bubble' using the Cloud Border die from Taylored Expressions. I used Thickers for the sentiment -- these are my favourite Thickers, so I bought three sets [the set's called 'Kitten', too!]. Same Thickers I used on this year's card for Humble! :D
Here's a Christmas card I made for him...
To make this, I used the same Sack It Kitty set that I used to make this year's box-bag! The hat is a printed die-cut, and I added some Flower Soft to it for texture. :D
I love making things for Humble...he means so much to me. :o) Happy birthday, Humble boy! I'm so happy you're in this world!
After making the monster tags for my last video, I had one monster left over and didn't want to neglect him!
I made this card using dies from We R Memory Keepers -- the frame die is from one set, and the square with rounded corners is from a separate set. I thought this sentiment was a good fit for the monster because he's got his cute little hands out! :o) I wrote "I Love You" with a black fineliner and spelled out the rest with little foam Thickers from American Crafts.
In my video, I showed this card that I made back in February using Taylored Expressions stamps and dies [click here for the original blog post for this card]:
Here's the other card I showed in the video -- I made this for my dad's birthday this year!
The cat is from Penny Black's Good Day stamp set. I coloured him to look a little bit like Humble! :o) They have a range of stamp sets and rubber stamps featuring these adorable cats doing different things -- typing, driving a car, riding a bicycle...they're just so cute!
Here's my video showing how I made the monster card, and I also share a simple tip for placing letter stickers!
If you're reading this post in an e.mail and don't see the video, click here to go to my blog post or click here to watch on YouTube.
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