Oh Humbug...

 

Hey there!

Back in October I made a card using the Snarky Cat Halloween stamps from Tim Holtz. These bug-eyed kitties that he does totally win me over with their crazy cuteness and slightly twisted sense of humor. So when Simon Says Stamp did a Christmas collaboration set for Stamptember, I had to get it. For my card today I masked this grumpy cat onto the present and added the bird to his tail before coloring in the toppled Christmas tree in the background. Now I'm not saying he is responsible for this Christmas catastrophe but if he is, he sure doesn't appear to be sorry about it, LOL! I also had fun coloring scratch marks into the wrapping paper on the present. Apparently someone is getting impatient for Christmas morning to arrive. Because I had so much going on below I was at a bit of a loss for what to do in the top half of the card. Every color or background idea just felt like a distraction, so in the end I went CAS and left it the clean, bright white of the card stock.  :)

Well thanks so much for stopping by and have a lovely Wednesday!    

Supply list:
cardstock- My Favorite Things and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Tim Holtz/Simon Says Stamp (Stamptember Christmas Snarky Cats)  
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things blueprints die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Ranger glossy accents
Copic markers:
cat- E50, E41, E81, N2, N3, N4, T5, W7, 100, E40, E42, E31, E34
eyes- Y13, Y15, YR23, YG03, YG17, YG95, YG99
hat/bells- R17, R59, E18, C1, C4, C6, Y02, YR23, E47
robin- R05, E07, E19, E55, E77, E79, YR23
present- E33, E35, YG01, YG03, G94, YG99, R14, R29, R89, C3
floor- E31, E42, E43, E44, E34, E47, C4
tree- G43, G94, G29, E44, E47, E87, R05, R29, R89

Smell my feet...

Good morning!

This is it, the final week before Halloween. With so few days left it has been difficult narrowing down which Halloween stamps will get inked up this year and which ones will have to wait. These Snarky Cat Halloween stamps from Tim Holtz easily made the cut, probably because they are so different from what I'm usually drawn to. Seriously, I can't say that I own many Tim Holtz stamps but these crazy bug-eyed kitties totally spoke to me and I had to have them. The loose, sketchy line work of the images is really cool looking. Normally, I'm not a fan of having so much of a stamp already pre-shaded like that but because I knew I would be coloring them as black cats it kinda worked to my advantage. I took a cue from my own amber eyed black cats and really let those bright eyes 'pop' against all that black fur. There is just something about those darling, derpy expressions that I really wanted to highlight. I can just imagine these two up on a shelf in the ol' witch's cottage, knocking potion bottles over and getting into all sorts of trouble only to have the witch finally threaten to turn them into cockroaches or something... LOL!

Laters!    
 

Supply list:
cardstock- My Favorite Things and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Tim Holtz Stamps (Snarky Cat Halloween)  
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Dr. Ph. Martin's bleed proof white
Copic markers:
shelf- E42, E43, E44, E47, E49
wall- YG91, YG93, YG95, E84, E87
cats- Y02, YR23, YR24, E59, T4, T5, T8, T10, 100, W3
pumpkin- YR21, YR24, YR27, E99, E89
mushrooms- E81, E84, E95, E97, E99, YR65, YR18
jar- C1, G00, BG75, BG78, YR68