CHRISTMAS CARD for cat lovers

“Tempus Fugit,” so they say, and incredibly by the time that this edition hits the streets it’ll only be two months to Christmas. I know that many of you are busy making Christmas cards and some have even completed their batch for this year. We’ve already designed and made in our workshops quite a few festive cards and the card that is featured here is made with a rather charming cat stamp set called Groovy Cats from Woodware. It isn’t really a Christmas Stamp set but it’s very versatile featuring words such as “Love me love my cat”, “You’re the cat’s whiskers”, “Have a purrfect day”, “Purrfect friend”, “Thank You”, “Meow…” and therefore would be suitable for many occasions. When I was a 7 year old I used to have a rather lovely black and white cat that I named Smudgy, as his markings were a little uneven. Unfortunately over the years (too many to mention) I have developed an allergy to cats but find that I can still quite happily handle these little fellows. Well, have a go and have fun crafting.

You will need the following:-

14cm white square card
Bright green glossy card 13mm square and a piece big enough for the Christmas tree.
Christmas tree Stamp CC17 0789
Stamp Set FRCL124 Groovy Cats
Scrap of white card
Scrap of gold card
Peel off - greeting Merry Christmas
Peel off - holly border
Peel off - red holographic balls
Peel off – gold outline star
Some twinkling H2o paints
Water brush
Small red bow
Double sided pads lmm & 2mm
A craft dot
Black embossing ink
Clear embossing powder
Pine green StazOn Ink
A heat gun
A circular dinner plate
Deckle edge scissors
Greeting of your choice
A piece of white Pearlescent paper
Corner Rounder

Place the dinner plate on the front of the card and draw a curve, lightly with a pencil, from the top left hand corner to the bottom right hand corner and cut away.
Place the holly border just inside the curved edge.
Stick the green square inside the card leaving a small white edge all around. This will help the card to close easily and looks pleasing.
Stamp the tree using the green StazOn ink onto the scrap of green card.
Cut out the basic tree shape with the deckle scissors then go in and out with the tips of the scissors to emphasize the branches. The deckle scissors give a nice uneven and realistic finish to the tree.
Stamp and emboss the cat on the scrap of white card using the black ink, clear embossing powder and heat gun. Cut out carefully leaving a small white border to avoid the embossing pinging off.
Paint the cat image and the holly border with the twinkling H2o paints.
Attach the tree to the left hand side of the card as shown using 1mm pads
Attach the cat using lmm pads where it overlaps the tree and 2mm pads elsewhere.
Attach the bow to the cat’s neck using the craft dot.
Decorate your tree with the red holographic dots, using about 3 of each size starting with the largest at the bottom. (It’s best to decorate your tree after placing the cat image as otherwise you may cover up some of your dots.)
With the card closed attach the Merry Christmas Greeting to the top right hand corner.
Place the gold star onto the gold card, cut out and attach to the top of the tree with a 1mm double-sided pad.
Stamp a greeting onto white pearlescent paper and cut out and round the corners.

Attach to the inside of the card making sure that it doesn’t show when the card is closed.

If you have any difficulty with this or any other project, please come along to our shop and we will do our best to help you, advice is free and, as always, you can view the completed card together with other samples. Contact details can be found in our advertisement.

HAPPY CRAFTING - YVONNE.