| It's been a while since I made a greeting card with | | | | Black StazOn ink pad. I then put embossing powder |
| my craft stamps. I have been using my Cricut | | | | on the wet ink and heat set. |
| Expression machine to make my greeting cards lately | | | | The reason why I used the solvent ink and |
| and I wanted to go back and use some of my craft | | | | embossed is that I am now going to use my |
| rubber stamps that I have, and boy do I have craft | | | | watercolor pencils to color in the image and I did not |
| stamps. One day I will post some pictures of all the | | | | want the black ink to run into the colors. |
| craft stamps that I have. | | | | I used watercolor pencils along with my water brush, |
| Anyway, for this birthday card I wanted to share | | | | to color the cat and the stem and leaf. I then used |
| with you first of all a really cute craft stamp, some | | | | another of my great rubber stamping techniques and |
| cool rubber stamping techniques and all this while I | | | | that was to color the flower with an embossing |
| am making a birthday card for my father-in-law. | | | | marker and then put on the embossing powder. Using |
| When he was at my home in March, I took him to | | | | my heat gun I then made the flower have a shiny |
| his first ever craft rubber stamps convention. He | | | | finish. |
| couldn't believe how many different rubber stamps | | | | I punched out of brown paper the flower pot. I put |
| they had as well as how many ladies were all in one | | | | the pop dots only at the rim of the flower pot, and |
| convention center. It was great and where we found | | | | then used my tape runner for the bottom of the |
| some special craft rubber stamps, so I thought I | | | | flower pot. I wanted to give a three dimensional look |
| would show him what I can create using some | | | | like the cat was really sitting in the flower pot. |
| rubber stamping techniques that I have learned over | | | | I then used Tulip Color Point Stitch paint to make the |
| the years. | | | | dirt. I really got inside the rim to get the effect that |
| I just love craft stamps that pertain to cats, and this | | | | the cat was in the pot. I again used my heat gun to |
| particular craft stamp reminds me of my cat Tapioca. | | | | set the paint and give it the uneven puffy look. |
| He is so cute. | | | | (When I was cleaning my craft closet a few months |
| What you will need: | | | | back I came across all of these Tulip paints and all of |
| Cat rubber stamp (Stamps by Judith) | | | | my craft stamps and I wanted to start using them |
| Sentiment - Happy Birthday ~ Perfectly Clear craft | | | | for fun projects like this one). |
| stamps (Stampendous) | | | | For the inside I used one of my Perfectly Clear craft |
| StazOn Black Solvent Ink Pad | | | | stamps and stamped Happy Birthday. Nice and simple. |
| Watercolor pencils (Loew-Cornell) | | | | I almost forgot, I finished him off with a little black |
| Water Brush | | | | and white ribbon that I tied around his neck, for a |
| Flower Pot paper punch (Emaginations) | | | | fun look for my cat. |
| Paper from Stampin' Up: Really Rust, Sage Shadow, | | | | I hope he like the card, since I used the craft stamps |
| Barely Banana, and Basic Black. I have no clue where | | | | that we bought together. I sure had a lot of fun |
| I got the white card stock from. | | | | making it. I think now that I had so much fun with |
| Adhesive pop dots and tape runner | | | | this card that I will start using more from the |
| How to make it: | | | | collection of my craft stamps for upcoming birthdays |
| First I cut all the card stock listed above to get the | | | | and holidays. |
| layered look that I wanted for this card. | | | | Hope you enjoyed it too! |
| Then I stamped the cat craft stamps image with my | | | | |