Birdie Birthday - coloured pencil, stencilling, texture

A cute kitty in the garden helping out with a birthday greeting...

My cheeky kitty card features Newton's Nook coloured with Koh-i-Noor pencils and stencilling with Kraftin' Kimmie stencil and re-inker.

Putting It Together

When I have spare time and no project ideas in my head, I'll play around with supplies in my stash to make backgrounds. I then tuck them away for a future day. I made the leafy background a couple months ago and it just fits so well for my card idea today.

Another thing of note, my goal is to use everything in my stash at least once, so I have a special tag in Evernote to mark items I haven't ever used yet. I am happy to say, with this card I have used every Newton's Nook set in my stash at least once. Hmm... I need to get some new ones *impish grin*

I mixed crackle paste with Kraftin' Kimmie hybrid ink re-inker and spread it through a Kraftin' Kimmie stencil onto a linen-texture cardstock panel with a silicone brush.

The background has such great texture on texture on texture. I thought it would be a great backdrop for a kitty in the garden.

My own kitty has his favourite bush to sit under in the garden. He'll even sit under that bush when all the leaves are gone in the winter.

Even though my kitty is black, I decided to make today's kitty a calico. I used Koh-i-Noor coloured pencils to colour the kitty on Bristol paper. Before colouring, I trimmed the image with a Spellbinders die so I could make sure it squared up.

I put the background and kitty panel on a white card base using foam mounting tape for the kitty panel to pop it up.

Inside, I used blue and red ink to stamp the embellishments and also coloured them with pencils.

Supplies

Challenges

Inky Paws: Coloured Pencils

Seize the Birthday: Texture

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Happy Birthday

Outlawz Festive Friday: Theme - Birthday

Crafter's Cafe: Make Your Own Background

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday: Pet Project