Tuesday, December 2, 2008

MEOW!



I'm Lovin' my Pink Cat Studio Stamps! When I saw this sweet Santa Kitty, I thought that she would be Purrfect for a Kitty Treat Basket! The little bucket was one of my dollar store finds!

I had some different ideas about how to decorate the bucket, but settled on keeping it simple and embossing pawprints on the bucket. I was a little concerned that the heat gun might effect the paint, but all was good.

I stamped the paws in SU White Craft ink. I must tell you that this is a bit of a tedious process. You need to rock the stamp just enough to capture the full image, but not enough to make it blurry. On a slippery surface like this, you may have to wipe off a few times and start over, but with patience you can do it! I embossed the paws in silver, but then found it to be a little bland, so in stages, I sprinkled embossing powder here and there around the prints and heat embossed until I got the splattered effect that was pleasing to my eye.




To complete the tag, I used a Sizzix Tag Set die cut. I stamped the pretty kitty right onto confettie white paper, coloured with copic markers and used a little SU old olive pastel to add the green around the eyes. I took a black Gel pen to darken the pupils and a white gel pen to add highligts to the eyes and pastelled cheeks. I then applied liquid glue pen to the "fur" areas and added SU! Chunky Glitter.

I then curled some red wire around a Q-tip, of which I cut off one end and used it to attach the tag to the pail handle.

I really like how this project turned out. Although the embossing was a little difficult, basically the project worked up quickly. Now just to find a pretty Kitty who would appreciate my gift!

****Vicki****

7 comments:

  1. :))) OH this is tooo cute!!!!!!!

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  2. ok I cant believe you......I know I just left a comment but OMG....SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOOK AT THAT...

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  3. Now who on earth could resist those eyes!?!?!? C'mon! No one!! Well ... I can't!
    I'm so tickled to see your style with Cat's Pajamas! You GO kitty girl!

    ~Tex

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  4. WOWZA!! This is the "cat's meooow"!!! I totally love that kitty and your bucket of gifts is fabulous!! TFS!

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  5. This is just fabulous Vicki!! What a great idea for a kitty gift! I love how you coloured the cat and the chunky glitter looks so cool, great job!!

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  6. This is so cute Vicki! LOVE the fun design and that tag is adorable! PURRFECT gift!

    Hugs, Jennifer :)

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  7. What a purrrrrfectly adorable gift and Kit Kat!! Love it!

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*****Vicki*****