Hello! This card was made for this week's Sketch Challenge and the Tea Party Challenge....
Yesterday, I made a card that featured this little cat inside the teacup from Mark's Finest Papers' Floral Tea. A friend asked me how I could use those images together for a "normal card." Hmmm...I THOUGHT the original card was a "normal card." I guess I'm now making ABnormal cards....Interesting. I'll have to think about that later. Besides, I'm sending this one out to a VERY good buddy tomorrow! She'd never accuse me of being anything CLOSE to normal! LOL
I used 3 stamp sets from Mark's Finest Papers for this card. The cat is from More of Speedy the Cat's Friends. He was stamped in Noir onto Snow Storm Smooth. Today, I used my Heat Tool to dry the ink. I colored in the fur with several Copics. (E00, E01, E31, E17, BG15, BG23.)The sentiment and butterfly are a sneak peek of MFP's Garden Fairies.)
I cut out all three images. images. The Cat image is a walking cat. So, I taped it to the back of the cup and trimmed away the back end. Next, the paws were sticking out of the side of the cup, so I snipped them off and put one coming out of the top of the cup. I used a Black Memento Marker to fill in the edge of the image that had been cut.
I ran the solid panels through a Sizzix Texture Folder.
What do you think?
Finished card size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Total time to complete: 39 minutes
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79588
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 4:06 AM
What a cute way to combine all these fabulous stamps!!
------------------------------ LizThe joy of the LORD is my strength.Right Brain Madness --My blogProud member of the redDivasKSS certified multi-step stamperFan Club member since 2004
Registered: April 6, 2009 Location: Weyers Cave, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley Posts: 31142
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 4:21 AM
Oh my! Faith, your cards are anything but normal. You are such a creative artist when it comes to making these lovely cards. The turqoise looks great and the cat's so cute! TFS
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Registered: April 23, 2006 Location: Looking For Teapots! Posts: 59742
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 4:30 AM
Ooh! You are back and I never even saw you leave! Snort! Another wonderfully beautiful card....butterfly, kitty...so the Teapot Challenge! Very nicely done Faith. I was fun to see you at the teaparty this week!
Registered: December 4, 2009 Location: Southern Utah's Dixie Posts: 20558
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 5:34 AM
Okay, normal, abnormal, who's normal? Wow, that's a good one...
Whether normal or abnormal for each card, this one is also beautiful! The differences in the 2 are there, but each has their own uniqueness, normal or abnormal! I'd say, you want normal, go buy a card! you want unique, this is what you get!