Kitty Sweets Card!

Hello, Britt Bass here to bring you a quick little post about a quick little card I made using Sweet Stamps' Kitty Sweets clear stamp set and Embossing Powder.

First, I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and fussy cut him out.  I wanted him to be wearing a little birthday hat, so I cut a triangle with a slightly rounded bottom out of a piece of patterned paper and outlined it with a black Memento marker to make it looked like it was stamped .  I then colored around the black line with white gel pen - that gave the hat the same little white border as the cat.  I attached the hat to my cat and added a button - cat complete! 

I took a DCWV cardbase and three DCWV papers from the "Dots and Stripes" line and layered strips across the middle of the card, alternating colors within my color scheme. (Tip time! If you run your fingers under the edges of each layer it will give you some nice dimension without using pop dots! Just don't put adhesive all the way to the edges!)

Finally, I attached my cat to the card base and began working on my sentiment.  I stamped the frame and the "Wishes for a great Birthday" sentiment and embossed them using Silver Fine Detail embossing powder and Black Fine Detail embossing powder - respectively.  Once the senimtent was attached - the card was done!

I know that you all enjoyed the sketch I added to one of my posts last month, so I wanted to give you one for this card as well!

Now, don't forget to stop by Sweet Stamps for all your supplies this month!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Guest Post: Holly Brown with a CAS Christmas card

Howdy folks!  My name is Holly Brown, and I'm happy to be here as the Guest Designer for the month of December.  I was thrilled when I was asked to join Sweet Stamps as a guest designer - their stamps are awesome!   A little bit of trivia about me - I live in Texas with my hubby and our puppies, and I've been stamping for about 12 years now.  I love making cupcakes and I love to read when I'm not busy making cards.  My only problem is that I need a maid to clean up after me in the kitchen and the craft room.  LOL!!

I love the Christmas season and I love making Christmas cards.   This week's Sweet Stamps challenge is to make a Sweet and Simple Christmas Creation, so I kept that in mind when I created this card.  I pulled out the Holly & Berries stamp and stamped it in all four corners of my white cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  Then I stamped the Merry Christmas Script sentiment in the center of the card with the same black ink.  The leaves and berries were colored with Copic markers and then I covered the berries with some Christmas Red Stickles.  Love that gorgeous glittery shimmer from the red Stickles!

To keep this card sweet and simple, I adhered the white cardstock to a green card base.  There's no extra layers and no bumpy embellishments, so this card is perfect to pop in the mail with a single first-class stamp.  I hope you play along in this week's Sweet and Simple Christmas challenge - you could win a $20 shopping spree!  :-)