Crafty individuals Trilby cats

Hi Everyone!

I have a couple of posts to share with you tonight. The first is this extra bright trilby cats card. 

Stamp and emboss the cats on white card.

Cut around the image leaving a little white border around the edge. I used a guillotine to cut the 3 straight edges and cut the other edge with scissors. 

Colour the cats and the background with pro markers.

Cut a piece of card to fit on a pre-folded 5x7 pre-folded card blank leaving enough space for a border.

Using a brayer apply a layer of squeezed lemonade distress ink.

Stamp the harlequin design (CI-171) in twisted citron on opposite corners. 

Randomly stamp the small textured dots from CI-542 in wild honey.

Then stamp the funky triangle edger stamp From CI-595 around all four edges in black ink.

Stamp and emboss the happy birthday sentiment from CI-570

Place the stamped cats over your background and draw around the edge in pencil (do not stick it down at this stage)

Use a straggly brush apply some black gesso, to do this the brush needs to be fairly dry. Start with your brush in the centre section then flick out to the edge to create a wispy look. I personally think this gives the illusion you've used torn black handmade paper.

Once the paint has dried mount the topper to the background and then onto your pre-folded card blank.

Shopping List

Trilby cats - CI-568

Harlequin stamp - CI-171

Mismesh textures - CI-542

Mans best friend - CI-595

It's cool for cats - CI-570

Black ink

Distress ink pads

Clear embossing powder

Heat gun

White card

Pre-folded card blank

Black Gesso paint 

Old paintbrush 

Pro-markers

Blending brushes

Thanks for joining me.

X-Dena-X

 

Crafty Individuals - burglar Cats

 Evening everyone!!!

These burglar cats were calling out to me this evening, so made this really quick card.

Stamp the image with black ink, apply clear embossing powder and emboss with a heat gun.

Cut around the image with some scissors. 

Colour the image with pro markers. Use the blender pen to blend the green into the yellow.

I decided there was too much white border around the edge so trimmed it down some more.

I had so much fun creating this background as it's the first time doing an alcohol ink lift. I will do a video on how to do this very soon so do keep an eye on my YouTube Channel.

Add some isopropyl to yupo paper, then apply the alcohol inks. Using a handheld puffer move the ink around the paper. Once its dried add some ink to an applicator and dab it in the areas you desire.

Again wait for it to completely dry.

Dribble some alcohol ink lift along one of the edges and roll it across the paper with brayer. Try not to keep going back and forth with the brayer as it'll start pulling the ink off.

Place your card on the yupo and rub the back evenly to pick the ink up.

As you can see mine has a couple of smears but I'm not too worried as most of it'll be covered up anyway.

Distress the edges with Distress oxide to darken slightly.

Place the cats topper roughly where you want it and draw around with a pencil.

Use a dry brush to apply black gesso to create a feathery border. Think this has to be my new obsession as it sort of looks like torn handmade paper.

Mount the background onto some black card and onto a pre folded card blank.

Then stick the cats in place

Shopping list

- Burglar Cats Stamp

- Black ink 

- Clear embossing powder

- Heat gun

- ProMarkers

- Alcohol inks

-Alcohol ink lift

- Yupo paper

- White card

- Brayer

- Black gesso 

Thanks for visiting!!

X_Dena_X