Hello again! It's been a while since I made this card. I was thinking in terms of using some old papers with a not-yet-used stamp. I seriously need to reduce the bulk in my basket full of stamps that have yet to see ink. I love the quirky whimsy of Laurel Burch stamps and all the different things you can do with the color, so I combined this one with some nearly vintage BasicGrey.
I made a frame with an old tag die and I even used an eyelet. Imagine that! One down, 50 bazillion to go. Coloring is Tombow water-based markers with minimal use of the blender pen.
I've always enjoyed mixing up papers and making fun, yet easy to mail cards. This one with envelope and protective sheet weighs less than an ounce. My very accurate little scale removes all the guesswork. I bought the scale for weighing my Copics as I refill them, but it has come in handy for other things, as well. The scale I purchased (in 2019) is here.
I'll send this card with its Laurel Burch stamp over to Darnell's NBUS Challenge (never before used schtuff).
Thanks for visiting!
Stamps: Laurel Burch 'Feline Friends Like You' (Stampendous) Paper: Fabriano Artistico Extra White 140 lb hot press watercolor, dark gray card base, Neenah 110 lb white for layering under die cut frame Ink: Versamark Coloring: Tombow markers Dies: Sizzix Fancy Tags, Impression Obsession Heart Scroll Valance (scallop border), Spellbinders Scored and Pierced Rectangles Other: Black embossing Powder, black eyelet, Stickles Stardust glitter
24 comments:
Love this, fabulous sentiment and gorgeous card, great colouring Leslie as always. xxx
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Your designs are always amazing and you always pick just the right matching papers and colours... Another card that brings a smile to my face... Thank you!
Wow, I love this! Such unusual cats and I have to say they really drew me in! And you reminded me ... I too have a bazillion stored away somehwere! It is just a very fun card and it made me smile this rainy Monday morning!
I've hopped over from NBUS and love these Laurel Burch cats. I have a set of hers in my stash and it could certainly get some more attention. Love your color mix.
Beautiful card love the quirky images and great P.papers
Carol x
Wow! This is just fantastic - kitties and butterflies. That image is adorable and I love your coloring and the BG papers. I still have some in my stash. I'll use it eventually.
so very cute. Nice combo of elements. Have a great day
So cute, colorful and artistic looking with those cats and all the layers. I love your colors too.
Well my goodness isn't this cute! You know me and cats, you can't go wrong with a card that has a cat on it! Love the colors, so cheery looking.
Well, you know how I LOVE kitty cats and this is adorably cute! What a purr-fect color match your papers are and a super cute cute design! I have so many stamps waiting for ink and I just keep ordering more, I think it is what keeps me halfway sane!! In the process of decluttering my room right now so haven't created much and I need a new comfy chair to sit in as this one kills my back, all in due time!
I love the way you colored those whimsical cats - so cute! And I love that you used eyelets! I used eyelets on the tags I made for Christmas presents. I have about 50 bazillion let, also. LOL! Well, maybe not quite that many.
what adorable little cats, thanks for the nudge in using up some of the stacks of DP I have.
I use my precision scales for mailing cards, they're always handy to have around for more than cooking:)
Only you can put so many beautiful DP together and make it work...beautifully. An eyelet, imagine! TFS your cats and card design, my friend. Love and Hugs...nancy
Love the fun patterns in these guys, your coloring of them is so cool. That sentiment is so sweet with them and that is a neat style to the tag. I remember those papers, good to see the vintage stuff come back with the new :)
Yes we need to use more of our eyelets!
Love this and that you added (on my word I just forgot the name of the round thingee with hole in the center...crud) it is an eyelet? Anyway great touch!
What a cute card - especially to send to a cat lover! They will love it! Love the tag die you used and the eyelet! I think we all have a drawer of them somewhere in our stash! Your coloring is really neat and goes so well with the DSP.
This is so bright and cheerful with the mix of paper and colored image! Love these fun kitties!
What an elaborate card! That curved die is terrific...and those Laurel Burch felines are so perfectly colored. I love all the colors and patterns.
What an elaborate card! That curved die is terrific...and those Laurel Burch felines are so perfectly colored. I love all the colors and patterns.
This is so lovely and cheery and such good colouring, what's not to like? xx
Such a cheerful, whimsical, colourful card Leslie, makes me smile. I know how much you love these stamps, and it amazes me how you colour them, with such a variety of colours. Love that frame and those BasicGrey papers, I believe I still have lots of this in my stash! Glad to see you used one of the 50 Bazillion eyelets!
Sorry for the late comments this week, getting caught up now. Hope you are doing well.
There is so much to look at on this pretty and fun card! The funky geometrics on the cats and your fabulous coloring! I love the tag and you play of papers too.
I love those cats..such a cute and fun design!!
Those are some cool cats! Kind of remind me of Kliban cats, who I haven't thought of for a very long time. :-D
What a smart way to refill your Copics, by weighing them. I recently bought some Copic refills from Blick Art Supplies, and they are wayyyyy easier to refill than they were before.
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