My first Snarky Cat

I've been on a little mixed-media kick lately, and I've ordered several of the Tim Holtz mixed media stamp/stencil sets. So naturally, when I sat down to play with them, I had to get out my Distress Oxide inks. Using ink blending and ink "smooshing," I made eight Distress Oxide panels. I used some of the panels to make die-cut shapes, and others became backgrounds for cards. The card I'm sharing today has a little of both.

 

I love the Snarky Cat stamps from Tim Holtz, and my friend Sunshine (A Little Ray of Sunshine blog) has inspired me with some great cards made with these images. I can definitely relate to this crazy cat -- I'm always thankful I don't have a thought bubble over my head!

For this card I started with a green Distress Oxide panel die cut with a deckled rectangle die. I stamped some scribble images in green and added the sentiment in black along the top. Using a blender brush I created a patch of darker green ink to act as a grounding place for the cat image. I stamped the cat on the green panel and again on one of the other Distress Oxide panels I made. I cut out the second cat by hand and paper pieced it over the image on the green background. I colored the white parts of the cat's eyes with a paint pen.

I layered the green panel onto black card stock and then a white card base. The card needed something else, so I used a Micron pen to doodle a border on the card base. I purposely made the border a little crazy to match the image, and I finished the card with several Xs in the lower left corner of the green panel.

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