This card is for a crafty friend who absolutely loves kitties and leaves sweet and encouraging comments on my YouTube videos, blog posts and Instagram feed. In fact, I am sending this as a combo Christmas/Valentines card (yes, that’s how late I am) since it will be going to her abroad.
I Copic colored up this cutie and her kitty from the Santoro Gorjuss Girl “Purrrrrfect Love” stamp set with the following colors:
Heart: V04, V06 and RV66
Skin: E50, E51, E21 and R20
Hair: B01, C4, C6, C8
Boots and wrist warmers: C00, C2, C4, C6 and C8
Green parts of dress and hat: YG01, YG25, G14
Blue parts of tights and dress: B21, B32, B41, B24
Stars on tights and kitty: Y17, YR15, YR24 and R20
I also added white highlights and detail dotting on the dress, boots, hat, bow tie, and heart with a Uniball Signo White Gel Pen.
You’ll notice that I switched out the kitty’s head for a rounder, more chubby kitty from the Pretty Pink Posh “Holiday Pals” stamp set to make it look more like my one of my friend’s cat. I also added a bow tie from that set since my friend dresses her cats (lol), and I colored it to match the little girl’s dress. I fussy cut out the whole image, including using an X-Acto blade to get in the nooks and crannies by the cat’s tail and the girl’s hair, and I inked all the edges of the cut image with a Momento Tuxedo Black Marker for a finished look.
I layered her on top of a plain white card stock card front that I dry embossed with hearts using the We R Memory Keepers Next Level Dotted embossing folder. I chose a sentiment from the Avery Elle Polar Pals stamp set that I thought combined the wintery feel of Christmas with the heart reference for Valentines. I used black card stock, VersaMark Ink and Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder for a crisp and clear sentiment strip on which the little girl and her kitten could stand.
For finishing touches I painstakingly selected 7 tiny star confetti from the Unicorn Sparkle Blends by Doodles Paper Playground. I arranged them in 3 clusters and think they add a nice little accents. I also spotted a super cute heart in the Unicorn Sparkle Blends so I added that on the Gorjuss Girl’s hat.
Disclosure: Many of the supplies I’ve used for today’s project are linked. Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
CASology Late Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Layer It Up Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Cute Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
MFT Sketch Challenge #369
Hi, a beautifully coloured card for your friend, love that you mixed and matched the stamp sets to make the kitten more like your friends cat. Thank you for joining us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends… good luck in the prize draw, Megan DT LPoCF
Awww thanks so much Megan! LOL I felt weird cutting off the kitty’s head, but I do like how this one looks more chunky and cute. 🙂
Those girls are always Gorjuss, but you’ve done a wonderful job on this card. I’m so glad to have found you through the SSS challenge.
Thanks so much Andrea! It was fun to finally color up this cutie and her cat. 🙂
Amazing colouring. Fabulous card. Thanks for sharing with us at Creatalicious, we hope you will join us again soon. Meighan DT
Oh that’s so kind of you, Meighan! Thanks so much
OMG!!!! This is stunning! I love your coloring on this! I think the kitty is adorable.
Awww thanks so much Victoria!
Oh wow – what bright and beautiful colors. Your friend will adore your card. It’s really better than a Christmas card – it’s a card she can enjoy year round. Thanks bunches for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Sure hope you will remember us for our next challenge too! Xj.
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Awww thanks so much Joi! I appreciate you giving the lateness a super nice interpretation! 😀
Absolutely gorgeous coloring! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!
Thanks so much Rachel!
Love the bright colors on your Gorjuss girl card. Very pretty!
Thanks so much Stacy!
Gorgeous card. Great layering and very colourful. Thanks for playing along Simon Says Stamp Layer It Up Challenge. Gayatri xx
Thanks so much Gayatri! This was so much fun to make this little series!
So cute crad.
Thanks for sharing with us at Creatalicious, we hope you will join us again soon.
Hugs DT Manuela
Thanks so much Manuela!!!
A wonderful card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional cute” 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)
(DT Stempel-Magie)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…