You're the Cat's Meow - Show Us Your Pussycat Challenge #38 & Tuesday Morning Sketches #487

I have heard that having a cat for a pet reduces stress and lowers blood pressure.  Two good reasons to have a cat for a pet.

 I had 2 cats for a while and I adored them, and they me.  They were both very interactive and even talked to me (well in cat language of course)  They are both gone now and I miss them very much. There was nothing more 'calming' that to set curled up with a blanket with a cat snuggled up on your lap. 

So when I saw the "Nine Lives" stamp set and coordinating punch in the new Occasions catalogue I was excited.

The snow is really coming down this morning, so it's a great morning to be creative.  So, I pulled out the "Nine Lives" stamp set and created the card below. In going with the Nine Lives theme I used up the second life of some retired DSP.

I am submitting this card to the following challenges: Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge #38 here and Tuesday Morning Sketches #487 here

Using the stamparatus and the "Nine Lives" stamp set,  the cat was double stamped - first in Black Memento followed by Cajun Craze.  I then punched the cat using the Cat Punch and added it to a Very Vanilla die cut circle  This circle was matted with a Scallop circle in Cajun Craze.

The card base is Cajun Craze, layered with Very Vanilla and then the retired "Festival of Prints" DSP (blue with white circle pattern).  Along the bottom is a 2 1/4" strip of Cajun Craze card stock which I embossed with the new "Dot to Dot" embossing folder.

Above this strip, to the left is a 2 3/4 by 2 1/2" piece of the opposite side of the DSP (Cajun Craze zig zag).  This is matted with Cajun Craze.

The art piece is adhered over all these layers slightly to the right.

The sentiment is from the 'Nine Lives' stamp set.  I stamped it using Cajun Craze ink on Very Vanilla, then matted it with a blue card stock followed by Cajun Craze.  A double bow using  1/8" white organza ribbon was added on the zig zag DSP to the left of the art piece with a glue dot.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Nine Lives

Ink:  Black Memento, Cajun Craze, Smokey Slate blendability

Papers:  Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints DSP (retired), Pool Party

Accessories:  Layering Circle Framelits, Cat Punch, 1/8" white organza ribbon, stamparatus, Dot to Dot embossing folder

I have also submitted the card to the following challenges:

• Crafting By Designs  - layers
• Craftycreations  Anything goes
• The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes