By the Pricking of My Thumb... 2018 Cat Lovers Hop, Day 3

"...something wicked this way comes," from good old Shakespeare, was the inspiration for this card.  I was lucky enough to grab this Joy Clair stamp set and I think it is PERFECT for Halloween! It has a bunch of spooky Halloween words on it, a skull banner, and much more.  Good score on my part!  I honestly had never heard of the brand until I spied these stamps and now I am adding more and more and more of their products onto my wish list.  Anyway, I knew I wanted to use the sentiment as soon as I saw it and here is what was born from just one stamp set.  

What I Used to Make my Card:
Purple Card Base
White Card
Joy Clair Spooky Greetings Stamps
Hero Arts Luna the Halloween Cat Stamps, #CM202
Hero Arts Luna the Halloween Cat Dies, #DI433
Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black
Dimensional Dots
Sequins from Little Things from Lucy's Cards, Happy Haunting
Raindrops from Little Things from Lucy's Cards, Raindrops Mix
Wink of Stella in Clear

Another Look

I stamped a bunch of the kitties, as well as the cauldron, on plain white card.  The sentiment was also stamped, in the lower, left-hand corner, on a panel of white card.  Once the kitties and cauldron were stamped, they were cut with the coordinating dies.  I put the kitties in a circle, well, what's loosely based on a circle, around where I was going to place the cauldron.  I used a dimensional dot to pop up the cauldron in the center of the card, placed my circle of kitties around that, with one more kitty on the right hand side at the bottom.  

I was actually going to leave the card at that, but then I spied a bunch of little

The Sparkles Up Close

sparkly packages I had just gotten from Lucy's Cards.  I thought the sight of the cauldron hissing and spitting bubbles and what-not would really benefit the card so I used some of the sparkly gorgeousness from the little bags.  Once everything was attached to the white panel, I just glued that onto the purple card base and I was done!  Oh, wait, not quite done; I swirled around some clear Wink of Stella, just to add a bit more sparkle.

Thanks for joining me on Day 3 of the Cat Lovers Hop 2018!

You can check out all the details here {link to the FAQ and Info page}, at Her Peaceful Garden {this is the link to the main hop page}! Hope you can join in, there are tons of fabulous prizes!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and card.  I appreciate all your kind comments and thank you for stopping by! Fondly, Christi

I am entering my By The Pricking of my Thumb card in the following challenges:
2018 Cat Lovers Hop
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Halloween/Spooky
Die Cuttin' Diva's - #392, Halloween
{PIN}spirational - #227, Picture Inspiration {see below}
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Halloween/Spooky
Carlin's Card Challenge - M, #3, Cat + Black
Joy Clair - M, October Challenge, Inspiration Picture {see below}
Dies R Us Challenge - #107, Anything Fall
Lost Coast Portal - M, Halloween {see below}
Lost Coast Portal - #63, Cats & Dogs {see below} 

{PIN}spirational Picture

Joy Clair

Lost Coast Portal

Lost Coast Portal

Sweater Weather - 2018 Cat Lovers Hop, Day 2

Thanks for joining me on Day 2 of the Cat Lovers Hop 2018!

You can check out all the details here {link to the FAQ and Info page}, at Her Peaceful Garden {this is the link to the main hop page}! Hope you can join in, there are tons of fabulous prizes!

I just could NOT resist this set from Simon Says Stamp - I knew when I saw it that I want to make a blue and white winter card showcasing these adorable cats {but, honestly, show me a cat that isn't adorable!}  So when the package came in the mail, I got right to it.

What I Used to Make my Card:
White Card Base
Light Blue Card
Shimmer Dark Blue Card
Simon Says Stamp, Right Meow, Stamps & Dies Bundle, #SET335RM
Sue Wilson Dies, Indian Ocean Collection - Mauritius, #CED10014
VersaMark Ink
Simon Says Stamp Detailed White Embossing Powder
Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black
Watercolor Paper
Zig Clean Color Makers
Water Brush
Silver Gel Pen
Pink Sparkle Gel Pen {for their noses}

First I made the background paper.  Choosing the cute little kitty in the sweater, I stamped the image randomly using VersaMark ink to get that tone on tone look.  I actually used a paper much larger than I was going to need so I could choose where to trim it.

After setting aside the background paper, I stamped the cats on some water color paper and used my Zig Clean Color Markers to color them up a bit.  The one on the left reminds me of my cat Sylvester because he always gets himself tangled up in various toys! Each one of the three cats I used reminds me of at least one of my five.  It's a shame I can't gather up all the fur balls and knit a sweater out of that; well, the more I think about it, maybe not.  Anyway, I colored in the kitties using a silver gel pen for every other square on the scarf the kitty on the right is wearing, then cut them with the coordinating die.

I used the VersaMark ink as my embossing ink, sprinkled some detailed white

embossing powder in the sentiment and heated it.  No matter how many times I do this, I literally get mesmerized by the process.  Watching that powder melt is just amazing to me and even more amazing is that I'm making it melt!  Once that was cooled, I used one of the many dies in the Mauritius set to cut it out. 

Finally, after I trimmed my background, I attached all the components and there you have your card!  I love white, blue, and silver together for winter cards; I just think it looks so put together.  Maybe not so on this card but it's hard to be 'put together' when you have kitties on your card!

I appreciate each and every one of you stopping by; without your support, I wouldn't have kept going with my blog.  I hope you and yours are having a wonderful day!  Christi

I am entering my Sweater Weather card in the following challenges:
2018 Cat Lovers Hop
Creative Sketchy Girls - M, #29, Make Your Own Background
Do-Al(l) Creative - M, #22, Make Your Own Background
Southern Girls Challenge - M, Animals
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Animal Antics
SUYP Challenge - M, #35, Furrything Goes