Snarky Cats Birthday Card

 Snarky Cats!!! LOVE this set of stamps from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous! And how fun is it that they pair so perfectly with the Crazy Cats and Crazy Things Stamps? Today's post features a quick birthday card using them all.

Gather some Distress Inks, Distress Brushes, Sticky Grid, Distress Mixed Media Heavystock, and a stencil.

I hold the paper in place with Sizzix Sticky Grid, then align the stencil and tape it at the top so you can easily lift it to see your progress.

Stencil the various colors through the stencil. keeping if fairly light toward the center.

Here you can see what it looks like with the stencil in place.

Realign the stencil as best you can. Now you can see why you need to keep the center area light as there will be a little cross-over.

Stencil the other side. Taking care with the areas of overlap.

When you lift it up, you will wait until it looks like you want it to look.

Stamp your Snarky Cat and sentiment on the background. Stamp your Crazy Cat and Crazy Things pieces onto a second piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock. Gather some Distress Markers and a Waterbrush.

Watercolor the various accessories. Watercolor the cat on the background. The light inks of the background will lighten and blend in with the cat colors so if you kept the center light, you won't have to work so hard blending it in.

Cut them out and ink the edges.

Trim the cat's arms but NOT the paws. You want to make slits on the top and bottom of each arm to fit the milk bottles though.

This is what it looks from the back. You can see a corner of the bow tie, and the two bottles going through the arm slits.

Place the balloons in the top right corner and draw some string lines with a black marker.

Attach the hat, bow tie and thread the milk bottles under the arms before adding a tiny drop of adhesive.

I place the large milk bottle right under the cat's nose.

You can see the sentiment fits with the Crazy Things added.

Here is a close-up of the background.

That's it! Super fast, super fun!
Thanks for stopping by!
Tami

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