Have I told you too many times how much I LOVE the Maymay Made It Ugly Sweater Weather stamp set?! I love it so much that I decided to make a little two sided Christmas ornament of my two pups, Biscuit (a Miniature Poodle) and Bandito (a Havanese) using the sweater from the Maymay Made It Ugly Sweater Weather stamp set and the poodle and what is probably a terrier (but I colored it up like my Bandito) from the Avery Elle More Furry Friends stamp set. I stamped out the pups on one sweater and then I stamped out the poodle and just the outline of the terrier on another sweater so that I could make this second sweater the back side of the sweater. However, because the left and right side of the sweater is not exactly the same, I had to do a lot of cutting apart and re-assembling together to make the front and back sweaters fit together without a lot of mismatched areas.
So for my second try, I decided to stamp out the sweater and then scan it into my computer and reverse the image (simple how-to with Microsoft Word is included in the video below). Now I knew I could sandwich the back sides of the 2 sweaters together and they would fit perfectly! I fussy cut out the reverse image sweaters and inked the edges for a clean look with a Tuxedo Black Momento Marker. For this second ugly sweater, I used one of the disgruntled kitties from Katzelkraft Cats and stamped the front of it on one sweater and just the outline of it on the second sweater (easy how-to alter stamp by wiping away details for backsides – this is in the video below too).
For this kitty sweater, I used the following Copic colors:
Kitty: E00, 02, 11, 97 and 99 with YG17 eyes and Distress Marker eye flecks in Mowed Lawn
Sweater: YG01, YG03, YG17, and 0 colorless blender
Then I used a bit of hand dyed seam binding to create a hanging loop through a 1/8″ hole punched through the top of the sweater neck and a bit of tangerine colored embroidery thread to tie on a couple of jingle bells on a bow. To give this kitty a reason to be disgruntled, I decided to add an antler headband to him. I punched out a set of antlers from an EK Success antler head and cut around the antler pieces to fit around the front of the kitty. I repeated the punch out to add the fuller antlers to the back side of the kitty, and hand fussy cut out a little red scrap of paper to give the look of a simple headband. To add a bit of shine and finish off this funny ornament, I topped all the antlers with Glossy Accents.
The following is a start-to-finish process video of how to create this grumpy kitty front and back ornament:
This kitty and doggy ornaments are being entered into the following challenges:
Penny Black and More Get Ready For Christmas Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Stamptember Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Leaves Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Distress It Challenge
Oh, these are adorable. What a great stamp set. Great coloring. Thanks for joining us at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges for our latest challenge. {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges}Good luck and join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara
Awww thanks so much Barbara! These were really fun to make.
These are so adorable!! These critteres is are so perfectly shaded!!
Thanks so much Beverly! I so appreciate you taking the time to leave a sweet comment! Hugs and blessings to you and yours, Kristina
what fun makes. lovely ornaments. thank you for sharing it with us at TTCRD and good luck, Theresa DT xx
Awww thanks so much Theresa!
Fabulous creations, lovely makes.
Thank you for sharing at Penny Black and more;-))m
Awww thanks so much Mervi!
These are so clever and such a great idea.
Glad you stopped by at 613 Avenue Create.
Hugs Sheryl DT member xx
Awww thanks so much Sheryl! These were super fun to design and make. 😀 lol
Love what you have created thanks for sharing with Creatalicous Rachel DT
Thanks so much Rachel!
These are adorable! They’re a perfect fit for our challenge at Createful Heart Digis & Design! Would love for you to enter over at http://www.createfulheartcards.blogspot.com
Awww thanks so much Jeanie!
Gorgeous sweaters Kristina!
Thanks bunches for the sweet words, Ann!
These tags are so doggone cute! Your coloring is awesome and your creativity knows no bounds. I love the way you made the front and back. You are so talented!
Awww thanks so much, Cynthia! You are so sweet to leave this incredibly encouraging comment. Big hugs, Kristina
A wonderful creation!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional leaves” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
Thanks a bunch Melanie!