Jul 29, 2008
Sick Kitty
Our kitty is sick. I call him a kitty, but he’s definitely full-grown… probably a little over 10 years old. He hasn’t eaten anything for three days and he won’t move from under the bed. We took him to the vet yesterday where they drew blood to do some tests and they’re supposed to get back to us this afternoon. I’m so worried about this silly cat. Gosh… if I’m this worried about our cat, I can’t imagine what it would be like having children! Whenever I’m stressed I find it therapeutic to color. I’m really not picky about the coloring medium, but Copic markers tend to have the greatest calming effect. 🙂 So I decided to grab my markers and one of my new Elzybells images for a little relaxation last night. After coloring the image, I added Stardust Stickles and Glossy Accents for embellishment. I took my cues from the SEI patterned paper when I started designing the card. I cut and embossed the image with a Spellbinders Classic Square Nestabilities die. Then I jumped up two nestabilities for the image layer in order to allow for the circle punches inside each scallop (just like in the patterned paper). The Pumpkin Twill is from Taylored Expressions. I stamped the sentiment from Papertrey’s Mixed Messages onto a Cuttlebug cutout with VersaMagic Jumbo Java ink. Now for the announcement of the Featured Stamper and winner of the Copic markers from the challenge this weekend! The winner of the Featured Cupcake Sampler honors is Charmaine Ikach. Charmaine has been catching my eye with her beautiful work for a long time! You can check out her adorable card here and stop back on Cupcake Friday to see what she came up with this week! And the random winner of the two Copic markers is Heather who blogs at Heather’s Coffee Break. She made two sketch challenge cards and you can check them both out here! Heather, email me with your snail mail address and I’ll send out your markers right away! Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a wonderful day!
Stamps: Doghouse (Elzybells), Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: Sunflowers Medium, Suede Brown Dark (Prism Papers), Stampers Select White (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: SEI
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Jumbo Java
Accessories: Copic markers, Stardust Stickles, Glossy Accents, Pumpkin Twill (Taylored Expressions), Spellbinders square Nestabilities, 1/8″ hole punch, foam tape, Cuttlebug tag die