Stampin' Up! Pretty Kitty

Stampin' Up! Pretty Kitty for The Paper Players Challenge

When I saw this challenge on the Paper Players blog  I wasn't sure I would try it. Our new 2018 catalog has so many amazing stamp sets featuring animals and I had not ordered any of them yet. When I decided to give it a try I pulled every stamp set I own that have  animals in them and laid them on the table.

  I decided to use Pretty Kitty because I love the adorable little kitty and I really wanted to put one in the umbrella. I saw a card on Pinterest that had a kitty in an umbrella. Unfortunately, I waited so long to try it after I saw it that the Weather Together stamp set and matching frame-lits have retired.  But I  just could not  get the idea out of my mind so here it is....

I had to play around with a couple of techniques before I was satisfied with the way it looked. I tried a solid colored umbrella in the new gorgeous grape but quickly realized it was to plain.

 I played around with some masking techniques and finally decided to fussy cut the pretty kitty and die-cut the umbrella handle. I did a watercolor wash with pool party on the watercolor paper.Then I  stamped the kitty in the flower pot image in Memento Tuxedo black, after the water color wash had thoroughly dried. I used Stampin' Up! Blends Alcohol Ink markers to color all my images. For the sentiment, I used a Stampin' marker to ink the stamp because I only wanted one line of the sentiment on the card front

 My kitty  and the umbrella are popped up with some dimensionals. 

 I added some Wink Of Stella clear glitter to the flowers and the kitty's ears to make the colors pop a little bit.

For the inside , I stamped the second line of the sentiment  and added some strips of Designers Series Paper(DSP) from the Share What You Love DSP package

If you would like to see more cards using this sketch, there are over 50 entries in this challenge at 

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10 Favorite Carry Overs

My 10 Favorite Carry Overs in the 2018 Stampin' Up! Catalog

 

I have a love hate relationship with the new Stampin' Up! catalog. I love getting so many new goodies to craft with but I always hate saying good-bye to things that are on the retirement list. I was really excited to see a few of my favorites from the 2017 annual catalog and Occasions catalogs made the cut and are in the new 2018 catalog.

 Yesterday, I promised to post my favorite carry-overs. Here are the top 10.

1. Hold on to Hope

I love the framelits that coordinate with this set. There are so many variations of the cross that you can create and so many different occasions that the sentiments can be used for.

2. Petal Palette 

I think I used this stamp set more than any other set from the 2018 Spring Occasions catalog. I love the whole suite. I'm  glad the emboss folders that coordinate with it carried over but I am really going to miss the wonderful black and white Designers Series Paper(DSP) that coordinated with this set.

3.Apron of Love

I love the party favors you can make with this set. I 've made several different ones and plan to do a blog post and a how to tutorial.

4. Coffee Cafe

I used this so much this winter. I was so glad it made the cut. I just wish the Merry Cafe set would have carried over from the Christmas catalog. I would love to see a new to coordinating holidays set in the 2018 Fall Occasions catalog when it debuts in September.

. I have plans for lots of cool summer drink cards featuring this set.

5. My Favorite Flowers: 

Painted Harvest

Your Inspiring

I Love Sunflowers and Daffodils they are my favorite flowers. I would rather get a bouquet of either of them instead of roses. So I was so excited to see both of these set made the new catalog.

 Painted Harvest carried over from the 2017 Fall Occasions catalog. I love the sentiment in the set. 

Your Inspiring carried over from the Spring 2018 Occasions catalog.

 The painted harvest has a coordinating leaf punch that can be used on any card that needs a little greenery. Painted Harvest had a beautiful Designer Series Paper(DSP) that coordinated with it and since our DSP's are rarely ever carried over , I stocked up. I probably have a lifetime supply.

6.Best Birds

This set was on my wish list but I had not bought it when the retirement list came out. I breathed a sigh of relief that it was carrying over because I really like it but my shopping list is always huge so it takes a while to get it all. Now I have more time.

7.Crafting Forever

8. My two favorite colors Calypso Coral and Pool Party

This is a great crafting themed set. I use it to make gift card holders for crafting store gift cards The sentiments are always make me smile. I love the one that says"Crafting Forever. Housework Whenever" and I love the idea of doing something creative everyday. The sample below has 2 of my favorite colors. The ribbon is Calypso Coral and the pot is Pool Party. When Stampin' Up! announced there would be a color revamp., I didn't even want to look at the list because I was afraid they would retire these colors. I am jumping with joy because not only did they keep them but they brought back the former In-Color Coastal Cabana. It was a favorite because it coordinates so beautiful with the pool party. 

9.Beautiful Day

My favorite sentiment for birthdays is in this set. "Happy Birthday May Your Day Be As Beautiful As You"

10. All my favorite critters:

Pretty Kitty

Bella and Friends

This Little Piggy

I love all these sets and have so many ideas for future blog posts. I would have been heartbroken if they had been on the retirement list.

Lots of old favorites carried over and lots of exciting new favorites have already arrive in my craft room. My shopping list is HUGE, as usual, because there are some many more wonderful things than just my top 10 favorites.

 Did you get your copy of the new 2018 Catalog yet? If you regularly attend my classes or shop with me. You should have receive one in the mail.

What's your favorite new stamp set.?

Happy Stampin'

Do Something Creative Every Day!