If I Play Dead - Snarky Halloween Cats

One more Snarky Cat Halloween card. The Snarky Cat Halloween stamps from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous have several items on them, including a pumpkin and this spider web. I felt that this cat and web just needed to go together and I was so happy when Tim mentioned in the reveal that he had designed them to work that way.

To make it look like the web is attached to the cat's feet and tail, I first needed to stamp the cat on a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and also on some Judikins Eclipse Masking Paper. Then I cut out just the area between the cat's foot and his tail since that is where I wanted the stamp to go. I also cut around a few other parts of the cats so I could make sure I got the mask aligned properly.

Once the mask was in place I put the web stamp where I wanted it to go.

After I stamped the web, I removed the mask and it looks like the web is attached to the cat's leg and tail.

I used two pieces of background paper that I had made from the iron-offs from the backgrounds I made in this post. For the front of the card, I put the fold on the left side of the horizontal card. Then I used the backgrounds on the front and trimmed it down to 4.25x3.25 ish. Then the side of the card is actually the inside that is seen because the front is trimmed down.

I made a web background with the same iron-off embossing resist technique I just linked above. I used and older web stamp from Tim Holtz. I cut a piece a little bit wider than the portion that is revealed and then attached it to the "inside" of the card. I stamped the word DEAD with the Blockprint CMS370 alpha stamps to go with the sentiment on the "front".

Since this side has a web in the background, I stamped some of the little spiders from the Snarky Cat web all over this side piece. I thought it added a fun little bit of whimsy. The easiset way to do this is just to ink up the just spider part of the web stamp and carefully wipe off any ink that gets on the web before you stamp it. I did not put the stamp on a block, I just used my finger to stamp this little guy.

Here you can see how the front of the card is shorter than the back or inside of the card and how it leaves a small portion or area for writing a note.

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Tami

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