Final Twofer Card Challenge #41...

 

Sadly, this is the final month for the Twofer Card Challenge. I have enjoyed this challenge so much over the last few years, that I simply had to play along for this final one. Since the theme was Dog/Cat, I pulled out my cat-themed stamps and dies. I would have pulled out some dog stamps--but I don't have any!

Here's what I came up with:

The stamp I used is the cat inside the terracotta flower pot. 

For this card I stamped my "cat in a pot" onto a piece of white card and then colored in the pot. The stamp colors almost all of the cat except his paws, nose and the inside of his ears, so I used my ProMarkers to add some color to those areas. Because his face needed defining, I used a black pen to add some whiskers and to darken a few areas.

When I was done coloring my cat, I cut a mask to cover him while I used a stencil to add some interest to the wall behind him. I applied a narrow strip of lace (a sticker) to the top of a piece of aqua cardstock. I cut along the bottom of the pot so that I could slip the lace-edged cardstock underneath it just a tiny bit.

The sentiment was from the same stamp set as the cat. It was cut out with a fancy oval die.

See all those little star cut-outs on the oval? I used them on the second card.

I added another stamped sentiment on the inside, along with a few stamped pawprints.

For my second card, I decided to cut the sleeping cat away from the flower pot and put him in a Christmas stocking. The only trouble was I didn't have a stamp or die for the stocking that was the right size, so I decided to just free-hand it.  I think it turned out okay.

I added a baker's twine loop to one side of my stocking and "hung" it from a silver brad.

See all those tiny stars that came from the fancy oval die-cut on the first card?

I stamped a sentiment on the inside of this card and added a red strip of CS and a tiny die-cut cat.

I want to thank Darnell and her team for creating and managing the fabulous Twofer Challenge Blog. I am sorry to see it end, but I fully understand that sometimes life has a way of re-adjusting our priorities for us. 

Challenge blogs are a lot of work, and I appreciate all these creative ladies have done. They've left such kind comments and always inspired me to think of new ways to use my crafting supplies. I am truly grateful.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl