#1127 – Pumpkin Kitty

PE: Honorable Mention at The Card Concept!!

Hello and welcome!! It’s time for another challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time, our newest member Nance is the leading lady and she has given us the topping ‘Favorite Fall Treat‘. The topping is optional and we always have our ‘Anything Goes‘ option open.

Here’s what I made –

I don’t have that many products related to Fall treats – but I spotted this Boo Kitty stamp from Pink & Main and though that with a little partial stamping, I could turn this Halloween Kitty into a Fall Treat Kitty. I used my Misti and stamped the cat and pumpkin only skipping the mask on the kitty and the face carving on the pumpkin on a piece of Fabriano Accademia Disegno Drawing paper. I then colored the image using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. I then fussy cut the image and set it aside.

For the card, I planned to use two pieces of pattern paper – I wanted to have a tag or central die cut shape but that didn’t work. In the end I just chose the pattern paper for the background, added a frame die cut from Kraft cardstock. I used two pieces of dies to get the frame – Neat and Tangled Scalloped and Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles. I die cut a couple more pieces to add some dimension behind the frame. Did the same for the two leaves, which I die cut using My Favorite Things Birds of a Feather. I added these two pieces to fill in the whitespace – that cat alone was looking so lonely!

For the sentiment, I used a banner die cut from Neat and Tangled Scalloped and after die cutting it from the kraft card stock, I stamped it using a sentiment from My Favorite Things Cat-itude using Versafine Onyx black pigment ink. I die cut two of them for stability and then adhered it on the card.

To be frank, I feel like the coloring is actully looking better IRL – this picture doesn’t capture the shading quite well – editing photos to make them look exactly – or even mostly like reality – is really though!!

So anyway, that’s my card for the fall treat! And I’m joining these challenge with it –

Neglected Stuff challenge #1025: Anything Goes – I haven’t used this stamp set, which I believe was given free on a purchase I made more than 5 years ago! So glad I finally got to use it!

We Love Stamping October challenge: Anything Autumn or Anything Goes – I’ve used the autumn theme here

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge #504: Any Occasion

The Card Concept #220: Autumn Days

Checkout what treat the rest of the team and our party guests have for you at the Seize the Birthday challenge blog and don’t forget to join the party yourself!

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#1069 – STB: Neutral Colors Only

Hello and welcome! Welcome to yet another challenge at Seize the Birthday challenge. It’s always an Anything Goes challenge with an optional topping provided by our leading ladies. This time’s leading lady, I, have chosen the topping as ‘Neutral Colors Only‘.

I was incredibly inspired by this card by Jennifer Rustioni. Her brilliance in coloring is just jaw dropping. Here’s my attempt at something similar, but using browns and blacks –

I used the kitty-in-the-box image from My Favorite Things I Knead You, stamped it in a light brown over a light brown cardstock. I then colored it using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. I then added in some thought bubbles before stamping the sentiment from My Favorite Things Cat-itude on it. I the trimmed it down the panel and adhered it over a kraft cardstock.

I must admit, while coloring, I forgot about the neutral color requirement and colored the kitty’s ribbon red. It was looking pretty great, but I realized the error while adhering it over the base cardstock. I had to color over it in green and then black to cover up the red!

So anyway, that’s my card. I’m also going to join these challenges –

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #456: Make Your Mark

Happy Little Stampers Birthday challenge for November: Anything Goes

Checkout the Seize the Birthday challenge blog for more inspiration from our talented DT and from our guests.

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