
For the card bases, I stamped a background using a new background set: Tribal Chic Borders. I wanted to keep to a pastel color scheme, so I used Lofty Mint, Blue Diamond, Peach Blossom, and Rose Quartz inks. I stamped the darling “I love you beary much” from the Honey Bears set using Smoky Quartz ink, then popped up the bears with dimensional adhesive. I accented with a few sequins, including Glass Slipper, Peach Mousse, and My Tutu. Super clean and simple, but those darling bears don’t need much.
My next card was so difficult to create, ONLY because there are so many friggin’ adorable images in Love and a Cat that I had a hard time deciding which one to use! My card does not do this adorable set justice… So many fabulous, clever possibilities with all of the little kitties and accessories in the set, but alas, I was running out of time. (As usual….) I promise, you’ve not seen the last of these little mowsers on my blog.
I started with a panel of plain white watercolor card stock. I stamped the little snoozing kitty image (I loved this one, particularly, because my kitties like to sleep like this, too!) using black Archival ink in the corner of my panel, then watercolored him with my Zig markers. I wanted to have kitty dreaming of being naughty, because I wanted to use that fantastic sentiment, so I die cut a “dream bubble” with which to create a shaker. I very lightly traced the circle on the card base, so I would have an idea of where the circle would be on the finished product. I then heat embossed the sentiment in black, to achieve an emboss-resist look. I used all three shades from the Blues Couture Color Collection to do some ombre ink blending, to give the illusion that kitty was dreaming of a fish bowl. I stamped a few bubbles, then colored them in with my white Wink of Stella pen. To fill the shaker portion, I stamped several whole fish and several half-eaten fish, colored them, and cut them out. I added several shades of blue sequins and some Ultramarine seed beads to the shaker.
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Really cute cards today. I really like the bears a lot. And shakers are my favorite!
They are way too adorable! Love those bear cards!
Love your cards. That shaker card is my favorite.
Your cards are awesome…..like them all.
Ohhhhhh….loving your bear card though both are AWESOME!!!
Love the adorable bears and how nice to be able to change them. Dreaming kitty is precious!
That cat one is so cute!
I love the couture sequins. Very nice cards.
So cute Emily.
Oh wow! These cards are so cute!!! Thank you for sharing!
Oh my goodness! This is just the sweetest card ever! Really touching!
Take Care!
Michele
I absolutely LOVE all your cards!
what a bunch of cuties!
Adorable…that shaker card is awesome.
Great cards. What a cute shaker card.
Great cards. What a cute shaker card.
I LOVE da bears:))
Your cards are adorable! You did such a wonderful job coloring them too!
swee-et!!! i love that second card the best.. thanks for sharing! enjoy your ton celebration today and all the best to the future;)
very cute!
The CAS cards with the bear are adorable! And the shaker card is so fun and cute!!!
Beautiful cards!! So adorable!! Love the shaker card!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Sweet bear cards, but I'm extra partial to the kitty shaker!! >^.^<
Adorable cards! I like your design on the bear cards! Also love the shaker! I love these cute animals! The kitty set is my favorite!
Adorable set of bear cards and cute kitty shaker.
Bwahaha! That kitty makes me giggle!
Love your cards especially the shaker card! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love your cards especially the shaker card! Thanks for the inspiration.
So cute! Fabulous water coloring.
Beautiful cards, love all the super adorable bears and cat, fabulous watercoloring!
Sweet cards! I love how you colored that adorable kitty!
Adorable cards! What a fun idea for a shaker!
So cute! Just love all of these sets. And all of your cards!
Love your cards!! Your kitty card is so brilliant!
Such cute cards!! But, combining a shaker AND a cat stamp, well, you just became the Queen of Everything 🙂
Adorable cards! I'm totally in love with all of these sets and the many possibilities of using them. I'm just hoping they don't sell out before I can get my hands on them.
Oh!!!! your sleeping cat is so so so cut!! You are so creative! And I love your CAS style bear cards!
Love your cards especially the kitty shaker card. Love it!!!
Beautiful and fun cards! Great release!
Your cat is coloured so beautifully and such a clever composition. I am dying at this new release – can just feel my $ leaking away
Cute cards! Loving the bears stamp set:-)
Super cute cards! Love the bears!
Just when I think I have enough stamp sets The Ton does it again… Love them all and your cards are adorbs!
Adorable cards! I especially love the fish in the shaker bowl!
Awww such cute cards!! 🙂
Emily, they're all so cute. My fav is the cat shaker card, I love the fish mixed in, such a great detail. Thanks for sharing and inspiring!!!
love your cards. That bad day one is too cute.
Adorable cards love the ears so cute.
They are simply adorable!!
What fabulous cards! Love the bear cards as they make a perfect card set for gifting – thanks for the inspiration today!!
These are utterly adorable cards!
Lovely cards! The shaker card is gorgeous!
pretty pretty cards….
Love the shaker card and the bear cards are so adorable!
Fun and adorable cards b
I loVE your cute cards. Love that shaker. Thanks for sharing.
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
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