Friday, October 29, 2021

My First Cat Lover's Hop

Welcome to my blog! I am participating in my first Cat Lover's Hop! This hop is to celebrate cats of all sizes and shapes during the last full week in October. This coincides with National Cat Day, which is October 29. This hop started on Monday, October 25 and runs until 11:50 PM PT, Saturday, October 30. There are many participants and we were all given a day to share our cat projects. 


Today is my day to share a project and I made this card using the adorable Mama Kat with her Kittens Rubber Stamp by Rick St. Dennis MFA from Blank Page Muse/I Brake for Stamps, who is one of the sponsors of this hop. This is an A6-sized birthday card made for a fellow cat lover. 

You can save 15% on this stamp and all purchases at Blank Page Muse and I Brake for Stamps by using my special code BPMBetty. 


Click here to see all the wonderful cat projects made by other participants of the Hop. 

Supplies:
  • Blank Page Muse/I Brake for Stamps: Mama Kat with her Kittens Rubber Stamp by Rick St. Dennis MFA
  • A6 white card base
  • 4"W x 4"H white cardstock to stamp image 
  • 5-7/8"W x 4-3/8"H Red cardstock mat
  • 3-3/4"W x 3-3/4"H Paw Print
  • 3-7/8"W x 3-7/8"H brown cardstock to mat paw print patterned paper
  • 5-7/8"W x 1-5/8"H Hearts patterned paper
  • Sentiment of choice (I created mine on my computer, printed, trimmed, and matted it)
  • Coloring medium of choice. I used Copic markers.
  • 3" circle stitched die
  • Distress Oxide in Tumbled Glass and blending brush
  • Adornments: Red hearts, jelly dots, red bow, and charm. You can substitute with rhinestones, sequins, enamel dots, twine, or jute.
  • Your favorite adhesive
Instructions:
  • Cut all the cardstock and papers in the supplies list
  • Stamp your image and color. I used Copic markers.
    • Fur: YR27, YR24, YR21, Y32
    • Nose and ears: RV95
    • Bow: R29, R24, R22
  • Assemble and adhere the cardstock and patterned papers with your favorite adhesive.
  • Stamp or print a sentiment of choice. Trim it to size and add a mat.
  • Adhere the adornments. You can decorate your card as you like! 


This is a fun and simple card to make. This stamp is versatile so you can change the sentiment to make it a different occasion. It's perfect for mother's day, a baby card, and holiday cards. 


Thank you for visiting and keep hopping to see other cat creations! 

Looking for more Inspiration? Click the links below!
The Blank Page Muse Shop https://blankpagemuse.com/
I Brake for Stamps Shop https://ibrakeforstamps.com/

30 comments:

  1. Waving hi from the Cat Lovers Hop! Absolutely gorgeous image so beautifully colored! And your card design is fabulous! Loving the patterned papers, too!

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  2. Such a beautiful stamp and gorgeous card! Love the sketch and colors are just wonderful! The little die cut or punched hearts around the image are the perfect finishing touch!
    Ellie
    Ellibelle's Corner

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  3. This has to be one of the best cat stamps. It's so cute with the kittens. Oh, I love this. [Bunny]

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  4. Adorable stamp and your coloring is lovely. Great design.

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  5. I just adore mama kitties with babies!!! You don't see them often as stamps, so I love it when a company offers one in their catalog! Your card is so sweet...such wonderful coloring and pretty papers and hearts.
    Thanks so much for playing along with us at the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop! We love it that you joined in the fun.
    <3 J

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    1. Thank you Janis for your kind word and for putting on this fun Cat Loves Hop!

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  6. A beautiful card and such cute kitties!

    Val S – LeighSBDesigns DT
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  7. Pretty coloring on these sweet kitties!
    Denise Bryant

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  8. Oh, I adore your coloring on these sweet orange tabbies, Betty! Great card design. Waving hello from the Cat Lovers Hop and I'm really sorry it's already over. :-D

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  9. Rick is such a marvelous illustrator and this image proves it. So cute. Your card is just gorgeous and full of pretty colors.

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  10. Absolutely gorgeous shading in your kitties! Love orange tabbies. What a fabulous card! Happy hopping from Cat Lovers Hop!

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  11. so sweet card!
    Hello from Cat Lovers BLog Hop!

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  12. Hello from the Cat Lovers Hop! Betty, I love your image and the way you coloured their fur. Lovely card design with the colourful papers and that is the most perfect bow I've seen in a long time. Beautiful project! xx

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  13. Wow! This is gorgeous! Perfect coloring, and I love the combination of papers, colors and shapes! Wonderful layout!

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  14. Cute card. I like your coloring and papers. Thanks for joining us.

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  15. Really gorgeous and FURbulous colouring on that sweet image.
    Visiting from the Cat Lovers' Hop.
    Hugz
    IKE =^..^=

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