I have a friend with a spring birthday who LOVES cats. I thought I would finally use the sweet kitties from the Penny Black “Tiny Treats” stamp set<\/a><\/span> to do a little quick watercoloring with Tim Holtz Distress Markers to create this silly CAS card.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I stamped out the kitten balancing a cupcake on her head with Versafine Ink onto watercolor paper. Then I used the following springy Tim Holtz Distress Marker colors: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade. The kitty is colored with Pumice Stone since my friend’s cats are all black.<\/p>\n

This inexpensive Seth Cole watercolor paper absorbs moisture so quickly that it was hard to blend the colors, but the image was so small that I think it actually kind of worked in my favor because it prevented a lot of color bleeding. I also added Clear Wink of Stella for some added shimmer on the kitty’s shirt and on the cupcake (unfortunately that shimmer doesn’t really get reflected in the photos).<\/p>\n

<\/a>I simply then cut around the image to a small 2″ x 2″ square\u00a0size and then popped the whole piece up on fun foam so that\u00a0even going through international mail the image wouldn’t be squished (finger’s crossed). Because I wanted a super clean seamless look, I cut another piece of watercolor paper for the card front\u00a0and then adhered that to a pink card stock base. I hand wrote with a black Uniball pen, “Life’s uncertain…” under the image to start the sentiment.<\/p>\n

Then inside the pink card liner says, “especially at your age. Eat dessert first!” (LOL) I printed that out from my computer and then stamped in the lower left another cute kitty from the stamp set. This one is precariously balancing on a balloon. “Happy birthday” is actually on the lower part of this stamp, but because I wanted the image to be an accent rather than detract from the focal sentiment, I didn’t stamp those words and simply extended the balloon string with\u00a0a 0.03 pt Copic Multi-liner Pen.<\/p>\n

This kitty lover’s birthday card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Happy Birthday Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nMarkerPOP Watercolor People or Animals Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nPenny Black and More Spring Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Anything Spring<\/a>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes Challenge with Optional Add Flowers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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