Paw-sitively My Purr-sonal Favorite – Cat Card

Hello and welcome back to the mid-way point of the Cat Lovers Hop!

There is a super special surprise with this post, so be sure to read all the way to the end!

This card features the ever-so-fun Essentials by Ellen Leading Ladies stamps designed by Brandi Kincaid – especially Cat Lady.

Fun, right?! After stamping, coloring and fussy-cutting, I used a Viva Perlen-Pen to make the ice cream look realistic and some Nuvo drops for the Cherry…

And, I stamped up an envelope to match:

Supplies:

  • Essentials by Ellen Leading Ladies: Cat Lady & Celebration Lady
  • Spellbinders Lounge Around, French Frills (for table base), and 5×7 Elegant Labels 4 dies
  • Fine Touch metallic poster board – blue
  • Recollections 110# cardstock – white; 65# cardstock white & brown
  • K & Co SW Spring Blossom Seed Packet Die Cut Cardstock packaging
  • Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black & Desert Sand (env.) dye inks
  • Brutus Monroe Alabaster pigment ink
  • Tombow Markers: 28, 31, 32, 50, 52, 60, 67, 70, 71, 91, 92, 96
  • Shuttle Art gel pens
  • Pebbles, Inc. Pearlescent Chalks Jewel Tones
  • Viva Perlen Pen – Ice White
  • Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops Silver Lining & Gloss Red Berry
  • Simply Defined Stay-Put glue
  • Misc. Foam Dots

I’m playing along with the following challenges – click on any one of them for more information on how you can join the fun:

 

*****      Giveaway now closed      *****

Aaaannnnd now…. drumroll…. Guess what????!!! Ellen Hutson has generously offered to give away the Essentials by Ellen Leading Ladies -Cat Lady stamp set to one person who comments on this blog! Open worldwide!

What do you have to do to be eligible to win this prize? Let’s start by showing the kind folks at Ellen Hutson some gratitude… First, go to their Facebook page HERE, like it and leave them a message thanking them for sponsoring the generous giveaway for the Cat Lovers Hop on DAnnsCraftingWhims blog! Then come back here and leave me a comment that you did so. Easy peasy.

Bonus entry option: (for a total of two possible entries per person), follow me on Instagram (@d.ann.c), like and comment on the post featuring this card. (It doesn’t have to be a long comment, just a heart will do.) Come back here and leave a comment letting me know that you did it and your Instagram name.

This giveaway is open worldwide. You will have until Midnight, Eastern Standard Time, October 28, 2018 to get your comments in. Sometime after noon Eastern Standard Time on Monday, October 29, I will publish a post listing all winners from giveaways on my blog from this hop (chosen using Random.org). Winners will have 48 hours to claim their prizes so, if you’re not subscribed, be sure to check back later that afternoon for that post!!

My next post should have everyone feline marbleous! Be back soon!!

~D.Ann

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40 thoughts on “Paw-sitively My Purr-sonal Favorite – Cat Card

  1. Joined your IG and commented on the post featuring this card. My IG name is: handmadebyteresa
    Thanks for your participation in the Cat Lover’s hop also and YOUR giveaway. (I would L♥VE to win this one!) Much appreciated.

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  2. I LOVE this amazing Cat Lady stamp set! You have created such an adorable card with this – – love the fun colors and all the special little touches you have added! It looks amazing! I have like Ellen Hutson on FB and shows them a little love! Thanks for being a part of the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop!

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  3. What a pawsome scene this is! Cute picture on the wall, kitties having a ball (& going to steal a cherry, I believe!!). Love this! I like EH on FB and have thanked them.

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  4. Love this card – like how you have coloured the ice cream to make it more realistic. Love how you always make a matching envelope. I have been to Ellen Hutson’s FB page and commented on your instagram (susan_renshaw)

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  5. The ice cream does look realistic. I visited Ellen Hutson’s facebook page too. I’ve been connected with so many wonderful designers who are new to me through this hop.

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  6. I love this scene with all the delightful kitties, D.Ann! That’s much more like my home, filled with cats of all sorts. I did leave a big “thank you” on the Ellen Hutson FB page. 😀

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  7. What an amazing sponsor and fabulous stamp set!!! I love your wonderful card, D.Ann. Looks like me in my younger years. 🙂 The swirls of ice cream look amazing with the glossy cherry….stay away, kitty! I adore the tablecloth, too!! Thank you for the chance to win this stamp set!
    Thanks so much for being a part of the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop!!!
    ❤ J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  8. Oh, I nearly forgot to say that I FB’d the lovely sponsor, too….liked, thanked, etc etc. They are so super-generous to offer this amazing stamp set!!
    ❤ J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  9. This is such a cute and fun card, D.Ann! I love all the details you added. There is just so much to look at on your cards and I so enjoy your creativity! Thank you – and Ellen Hutson – for the awesome and very generous giveaway! I just thanked Ellen Hutson on FB (I’m Karen Garber over there). Here’s my post:

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  10. Your scene is so adorable and I love the kitty going for the ice cream! LOL! Awesome colouring and design! Love the frame around the picture too! I also like and commented on Ellen Hutson Facebook page and shared it out.

    Thanks so much for being a part of the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop!!!
    rstevensoncreations.wordpress.com

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