Cat Scene Gift Tag

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created this tag with several inspirations. I am joining the Newton's Nook Blog challenge, thus, explain the cat image. I am also joining Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas. And lastly, when there's a cat image, it is automatic that one of my sister's cats will be the model. For this time, I colored the cat with one of her kittens, Lit, as the inspiration.

We know how kittens can be very playful especially around a Christmas tree. I chose my stamp images based on this idea. I made sure that the area I will be stamping my scene on fits inside the frame that I use to create the tag. I stamped the cat on a white cardstock. I created a mask of this cat image as well. The image is from Newton's Nook Designs Flower Garden stamp set. I partially inked the stamp since in the stamp, the cat is smelling a butterfly. I covered the butterfly with some tape to avoid inking it while I apply the ink to the cat image.

I stamped the tree, also doing some partial stamping. The stamp is from Ellen Hutson Homespun Holiday stamp set. The stamp image is of a tree spine on a bag. I just added ink to the tree spine. I used a light dye ink for the stamping since I will be stitching on this tree.

I colored the cat with Copic markers. 

I poked holes on the tree for stitching. I used DMC Diamant Gold and Black, and Green Metallic Threads. For the ornaments I die cut a red mirror cardstock using a die from the Lawn Fawn Mini Wreath die set.

To mute the stark white background, I colored the background with Copic marker.

I stamped the sentiment on the panel which was double stampe. I did not like the green colored sentiment, so I decided to stamp it again with a red ink. The thing is, I removed the stamp and the panel out of the Misti. I did my best to align the stamp over the stamped sentiment. But you know, sometimes you got this stained stamp. Not to forget my poor eyesight sums up to an offset re-stamp. Uuggh! But it looks like it was stamped that way, so I let it be. 

I die cut a green pearl cardstock using the Li'l Inker Designs Fringed Scalloped Rectangle die. To make this into a frame, I used a smaller rectangle to die cut the window. I adhered this frame to the colored panel. I trimmed off the excess. 

To make this into a die, I added the ribbon/twine holder by die cutting a red pearl cardstock with the Concord & 9th Bags and Tags die set. I die cut two pieces and adhered this together, with the wrong sides facing each other. I adhered this to the back of the colored panel making sure it is centered. To keep the layering even, I adhered two layers of scrap cardstock to the back of the colored panel. 

For the back panel, I don't have a rectangle die that matches the size of the front-colored panel. I lightly traced the edges of the colored panel to a white cardstock. I trimmed this cardstock using these traced marks as guide. I stamped the To and From sentiments to this panel. The stamps are from Avery Elle Holiday Circle Tags clear stamp set. I stamped these using a red dye ink. I adhered this to the back of the layered front panel. I cut off the edges.

I threaded a Lawn Fawn Gold Sparkle Single Cord through the hole of the tab.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Ellen Hutson Blog~ O Christmas Tree with Carissa Wiley + Galina Filippenko

Newton's Nook Blog Challenge