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Sunday, May 6, 2018

I'm One Break-Up Away. . .

*** Looking for the GIVEAWAY post? Click HERE

I was putting away some of my older wood mounted stamps and I came across the sentiment.  I'd forgotten I even had it, but that happens when you have so many stamps!  I finished my cleaning up and sat down at my desk to make this card.  It was a super quick process and I hope you enjoy my little tutorial.



What I Used to Make my Card:
White Card Base
Mama Elephant The Cat's Meow stamps
Mama Elephant The Cat's Meow dies
Prismacolor Pencils
Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black
Hampton Art Sentiment, #PS0781, dated 2006!! {retired but available}
MISTI

Since the sentiment was wood mounted, and I am very experienced at messing up wood mounted stamping {and throwing away TONS of mistakes}, I decided to unmount the stamp.  The process literally took me longer than anything else.  I know there are videos and tutorials on how to properly unmount your stamps, but I just ended up pulling the stamp off the wood and picking off the foam.
Another Peek
  Not recommended and next time I will do it the right way!  The stamp is retired {it was made in 2013! I'm sure I snagged it in a discount bin} but I did a search for it and found a few sellers on various sites. 


Once I was done fighting unmounting the stamp, I set it aside and went to work on the cats.  I used my MISTI and stamped them right on the card; very daring of me but I am trying to become better at one layer cards so risks must be taken.  I then colored them in with my Prismacolor pencils.  Once that was done, I stamped the sentiment directly on the card and I was done!  I guess there is something to be said about these one layer wonders.

I hope my card inspires you to get out some of your older stamps and breathe some new life into them.  Thanks for reading my rant; I appreciate your visit and comments. - Fondly, Christi

I am entering my I'm One Break-Up Away Card in the following challenges:
Crafty Animals - #14, M, Anything Goes w/ an Animal
The House that Stamps Built - #52, Single Layer Cards
SUYP - M, Anything Goes w/ a Cat
Fashionable Stamping - #134, Animals {entry 3}
Crafty Friends Challenge - Animals
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Animal Magic
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - M, Anything Goes w/ an Animal
Country View Challenges - M, Be Humorous
Tuesday Throwdown - #390, Critter Crazy 
As You Like It - Favorite Animal & Why {I love cats - and have five of them! They have such amazing personalities and I love how they can be so calm and then act crazy in the next second - here are my furbabies}


14 comments:

  1. Hahahaha - that was me .... except I only have 25 cats now LoL A brilliant card - love the cats and great colouring. Thank you for purring along to play at SUYP Cats Challenges.
    Hugz

    IKE xxx

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  2. Such fun and got love that attitude! Thanks for sharing with us at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, CarolG

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  3. Hahaha, I LOVE it! Now that's a fun sentiment! Very cute card! I love all of those adorable kitties!

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  4. That sentiment is to die for! lol. Thanks for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

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  5. Ha, so fun!!! I'm a cat lover, so I can totally relate to the sentiment! Great cat stamp, since it fills up almost the whole card, it's perfect for a one-layer card. Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.

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  6. Lovely card ! Thanks for joining our 'humorous' challenge over at Country View Challenges !
    Corrie x

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  7. Fun and funny, Christi, and I adore all the cats! A perfect card for entry into our Anything Goes with a Critter challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies. Thanks so much for playing along this month.
    NanaConnie DT :-D

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  8. Such a fun card - love your big group of cats across the bottom! So happy you linked this up to The House That Stamps Built!

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  9. So enjoyed looking at this card Christi very amusing.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

    Crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
    www.shirlsartwork.com

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  10. I love your cats and that sentiment is great! Beautifully coloured. Thank you for joining in at As You Like It x

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  11. Love this card!
    and in few years that would be me!
    hugs

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  12. A great card!
    Thank you soo much for taking part in our "animals” challenge over at Crafty Friends & good luck in the draw.
    Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…

    Hugs,
    Melanie
    (DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)

    (DT Crafty Friends)

    (DT The Sketchy Challenges)

    (DT Stempel-Magie)

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  13. I just love this card! Thanks for sharing your card with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenge!

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  14. SUch a fun card, I adore cats too...as you can see by my avatar....but only 1 shares our home. Thanks so much for joining in with our humour challenge over at Country View. To think that when I started stamping every single stamp was wood mounted! Life has moved on for the better xx

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