Thursday, 24 March 2016

Sending Love

Hi All,

Today I'm in a catty mood ... hence I finally made a card I've been wanting to make ever since I got some stamps from Katzelkraft ...


Don't forget to laugh ... I thought this sentiment (French Quotes by Katzelkraft) was purrfect for the slightly grumpy looking tom (Les Chats Russes by Katzelkraft) , especially given that there is a rather tasty looking rat sitting right next to him.

I stamped both, cat and rat, with black Memento, coloured them with alcohol markers and applied a coat of Mod Podge. Once dry, I went to town sponging with Crushed Curry ink, adding my stenciling (ARTplorations Stencils: Honeycomb Delight reversed) with Pumpkin Pie, adding some watercolouring to ground and shade using Pumpkin Pie and Early Espresso inks before stamping the raindrops (Mur De Pluie by Katzelkraft) and border (Mixed Media Elements by STAMPlorations) in Crumb Cake and the chevrons (Mixed Media Grunge by STAMPlorations) in Pumpkin Pie. I added and coloured (alcohol markers) my sentiment and layered on a red base card to finish.

I am entering my card at:
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Stempelsonne - Anything Goes

Next up is a card I made as an entry for the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop ...

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This card is my tribute to re-using. The background is made from a piece of card I used to roller some ink off my brayer when I made my video here, the pink sponged circle started life as a mask when making my cards here and the green sponging was just rubbing off some excess ink I didn't want to go to waste. I enhanced my background by simply stamping Perfume by Kaisecraft (check local retailer) down one side, layered my doily and partially sponged circle on top and added twine and charm. I stamped the teacups (cover gift Quick Cards Made Easy in 2015) on my sponged die-cut pierced rectangle, added my sentiment (Sweet Little Sentiments by Clearly Besotted) and layered on top to finish.

A last look at my finished cards ...

 

That's it from me for now ...
Have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika xxx

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27 comments:

  1. Shelly24 March 2016 at 06:31

    Such cute cards!

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  2. Ceal24 March 2016 at 07:33

    fabulous cards!

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  3. Ann24 March 2016 at 11:39

    Love those cups, and sweet card.

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  4. Karen B.24 March 2016 at 12:39

    Two amazing cards!

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  5. Helen F.24 March 2016 at 13:21

    Two great cards!

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  6. Becca Yahrling24 March 2016 at 13:26

    Your cards are gorgeous! Love the backgrounds. Love the cat's face - perhaps he just needs some coffee ... And your coffee card is so feminine & pretty.

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  7. Suzanne Reynolds 24 March 2016 at 14:29

    Love all of it...the background design paper, the doily, the softness of the colors, the stitched panel and very fitting sentiment..beautiful card

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  8. Kim Heggins24 March 2016 at 16:30

    Gorgeous coffee card...love those pretty colors.

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  9. Gail24 March 2016 at 17:56

    Awe both are fabulous!

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  10. Sylvia24 March 2016 at 21:41

    Such a pretty card, Monika, love the doily as a background! Have a Happy Friday and Happy Hopping!

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  11. Lisa24 March 2016 at 22:27

    Omg. I came here for that oh so pretty coffee card but you had me at grumpy kitty...lol..love them both!

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  12. Wendy Ann Batchen25 March 2016 at 01:33

    Cute card, thanks for sharing with Sisters of Craft. Wendy DT x

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  13. Dreja25 March 2016 at 03:40

    Cute card. Thanks for sharing with Stempelsonnenchallenge.
    LG Dreja

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  14. Celeste Goff25 March 2016 at 05:57

    Two fabulous cards! Love that cat card...it's exactly how I am without my coffee!

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  15. ~amy~25 March 2016 at 09:06

    Both of your cards are wonderful!

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  16. Hetty25 March 2016 at 13:26

    Both delightful cards!

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  17. Teresa Godines #685725 March 2016 at 20:00

    Beautiful cards. TFS

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  18. Lilian25 March 2016 at 20:34

    So funny...the first card! Both are awesome!
    Thank you for joining us at ATSM!
    Lilian
    The Leaf Studio

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  19. Fikreta26 March 2016 at 05:15

    love the cat card!
    very nice coffee card!
    Bad Kitty's Craftroom
    >^.^<
    Fiki

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  20. D.Ann C26 March 2016 at 10:01

    Your cat card was fun, and I was looking for the coffee connection until I scrolled down to your pretty coffee card. Love 'em both!

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  21. StampingbugKerry26 March 2016 at 19:48

    Pretty, Pretty! Love the colors and the use of the doily. :)

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  22. TracyM #677327 March 2016 at 03:45

    ADORABLE cat and rat card, LOVE the CUTE images and FABULOUS colouring!!!
    Your stacked teacups, doily and pretty colours combine together to make a DELIGHTFUL card for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop too Monika!!!
    THANK YOU for sharing :)

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  23. Tonya27 March 2016 at 07:30

    Your cards are lovely. Love the cat's face. ;-)

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  24. Peanut28 March 2016 at 12:38

    What a paw-sitively purr-fect project, Monika! LOVE the look on kitty's face - priceless!
    Thanks for joining us at ATSM.
    x Asha

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  25. Aileen29 March 2016 at 02:22

    wonderful card, love this cat and mouse.

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  26. Bori2 April 2016 at 06:57

    Love the "Don't forget to laugh" card. The coloring and the background is amazing!

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  27. Dorothy S4 April 2016 at 04:16

    I realy like the coloring and layout.

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Thanks so much for stopping by. Your comments are very much appreciated. Have a lovely day! Hugs XXX

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