Meow Meow Meow

I'm pretty sure "Meow meow meow" means "hi there".

At least, on this card it does!  I made this for my youngest when she went to sleep-away camp earlier this summer.  The cat looks like our Cristabel!  I placed the kitty in a summery scene, made with die cuts and a border punch that looks like grass, if you squint your eyes and let them go all out of focus. ;-)

I used a new-to-me Papertrey Ink Mat Stack 3 die, cut it in two pieces, and reassembled so that it appears longer than it really is.

The "meow" sentiment from Cat's Meow / PTI appears all over the white die cut, but also in a subtle way on the blue card base.

I used a white craft ink (Crystal, by Ranger) instead of Versamark, to heat-emboss Kitty.  Didn't work out as expected.  Should've used juicy Versamark, and gotten a better image. This version just makes Kitty look dirty.  White Opal Liquid Pearls stand in for the eyes.

Our daughter loved the card, and loved receiving happy mail at camp.  

Stamps: Cat's Meow - Papertrey Ink; (hi there) Just Sayin' - The Craft's Meow (tee hee!) Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive - Stampin' Up!; white, True Black - Papertrey Ink Ink: Riding Hood Red, Tempting Turquoise - SU; Crystal craft ink - Ranger; Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko Accessories & Tools: Clouds 1 & 2, Mat Stack 3, Cat's Meow dies - Papertrey Ink; White embossing powder - Stampin' Up!; White Opal Liquid Pearls - Ranger; Postage Stamp border punch - EK Success

Hot Hydrangea

Hi there!

I am so pleased with the way this card turned out. I envisioned a hydrangea blossom in really hot colors, and for fun, I added some patterned papers in the mix, too. Learned the hard way that it is best practice to create this flower on a circle die cut or punch-out, instead of directly on the card base. All the gluing creates unsightly warping and buckling on the cardstock underneath the blossoms. You can see little peeks of a white circle under the tiny flowers, below. I popped up the whole flower head on foam tape by 3M for some dimension.

Those leaves were die-cut from felt, with Avery Elle's Modern Leaves. I scored that die set when iHeartPapers was closing down. I really like the clean, streamlined leaf shape.

The most visible hydrangea florets each got a touch of Liquid Pearls in centers. A small, sweet sentiment from Hero Arts was the only other touch added.

Thanks so much for coming by to say Hello!

Stamps: Everyday Sayings - Hero Arts Paper: white - Papertrey Ink; Pink Passion, Pretty Ink Pink, patterns - Stampin' Up! Fibers: green acrylic felt - JoAnn's Accessories & Tools: Hydrangea punch - Martha Stewart; Itty Bitty Accents punch (smaller florets); Modern Leaves dies - Avery Elle; yellow Liquid Pearls - Ranger; stylus - McGill; circle die - Spellbinders