Pawsing To Say

  When we moved in to our house we had a neighbour up the street who used to feed the birds. Every summer he would put up a plank that was on a tree at one end and had legs to support the other end. There were multiple bird feeders and multiple different species of birds that came to visit each day. The most comical thing to watch was the squirrels who used it not only as a buffet but as a jungle gym - so funny to watch them run around and chase each other and some even fell off.

We also had a lot of stray cats in the neighbourhood and there was always one or two that I watched climb up to inspect what the plank had to offer. The cats would often play like the squirrels and all I could do was laugh. 

When I saw the "Kitty By Birdhouses" stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps, all these fun memories came flooding back and I decided this stamp is perfect for a birthday card for one of my feline loving friends.

I started my card by stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper, colouring it with Copic markers and hand fussy cutting it leaving a thin white edge. To create my card base, I cut some striped and flowered patterned papers from Lawn Fawn and added them to matching card stock. After cutting a circle out of the blue paper, I masked off the sentiment, "coaxed" into an arch, stamped it on the edge of the circle and then put the circle on matching card stock. 

I added a small piece of striped paper on top of the flowered paper, glued down the circle and tucked the birthday sentiment up against it after I cut off the bottom of the circle. I glued down the stamp, added a bow and flower and finished off the card with enamel dots. 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Kitty By Birdhouses (R146) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Pawsing To Say (G306), Pirates Birthday (F147)   - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Spiffy Speckles, Flower Market - Lawn Fawn 

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, circle die, cloud die - Your Next Stamp, flower - stash, cotton ribbon, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Kitty  - E41 E42 E57 RV00 RV13

Fence/Sign - E34 E35 E29

Leaves/Stems - YG01 YG03 YG17 G28

Dirt - E23 E25 E27

Grass - G21 G24 G28

Houses - T1 T3 T4 T5 R05 R17 YR18 V17 B32 B34 B37

Pot - E15 E17 E19 E18 

Flowers - Y21 YR21 YR24

Lady Bug - R05 R17 YR18 V17 black

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Kitty by Birdhouses

Howdy - MichelleO here today and its my High Hopes Stamps day! For my image today I dug into my collection of favorites from High Hopes and pulled out Kitty by Birdhouses -  Love the feel of this image! 

 

 

This is one of those images that is just fun to sit and color - pulling out lots of my Copic markers and just having fun! (colors below) I found some older papers from BoBunny Only You collection and some green card stock for a base and sewed things together with a zig zag stitch. 

The sentiment is a High Hopes Stamps "Pawsing to say hello!" is purrrrfect for this image! 

Copic colors used .. yes I had fun with a lot of them!

 

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KItty By Birdhouses

Howdy - MichelleO here - I am longing for Spring... and coloring up Spring is fun to do! This week for High Hopes Stamps I colored "Kitty By Birdhouses" -

How can you not love a little Kitty with two adorable Birdhouses? I colored with my Copics (colors below) and then shaded with my pencils.

I found a piece of old SEI pattern paper than is two sided. I used both sides and sewed with both zig zag and straight stitches on a green card stock base. The sentiment "Pawsing to say hello!" is just too perfect with the sentiment. And a great card to send to a friend for a smile. I added three Nuvo white paint dots as embellishments. Love the little bit of country feel to this one!

Copic colors used -

For lots of sun Spring images you just must visit the High Hopes Stamps web site ... you will fall in love with LOTS I promise!

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Kitty by the Birdhouse!

Hello friends! It's Lindsay again. I'm back to share another card featuring the adorable Kitty by Birdhouses stamp by High Hopes Rubber Stamps. As soon as I saw this stamp it totally reminded me of my kitty, so you better believe I colored it in to look just like my kitty Tenaya!

I used Prismacolor Colored Pencils to color this image. Here are the colors I used:

Kitty: cadmium orange hue, yellowed orange, & sunburst yellow; Nose: peach
Left birdhouse: cobalt turquoise, aquamarine, & light aqua; Roof: jasmine & sand; Accents: peach
Right birdhouse: crimson red, scarlet lake, & poppy red; Roof: sienna brown & burnt ochre Accents: peach
Fence and 4 Rent sign: sienna brown & burnt ochre
Flowers - Pink: peach & deco pink; Blue: true blue &electric blue; Red: crimson red & poppy red
Stems and leaves: dark green, kelly green, sap green light, & pale sage
Soil: chocolate, sienna brown, & burnt ochre
Flower pot: jasmine & sand
Base: dark green, kelly green & sap green light
Lady bug: scarlet lake

To create the birdhouse card base, I used a rectangle die and a technique called partial die cutting. Basically, I lined up the die on my folded card base just how I wanted the top to be cut (with that scalloped point at the top).

But since I only wanted the topmost point cut and not everything else, when I put the piece into my die cutting machine, I only laid the top cutting plate over the die where I wanted it cut.

Then, because there wasn't a top cutting plate on the rest of the card, that part isn't cut by the machine. Cool, huh?!

I love using my dies in creative ways to get different results and get the most out of my supplies that I can. To complete the card, I just added some polka dot paper, a bow, and stamped the sentiment.  I think it turned out just lovely!

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