Footballing Cats Card

There's not long to go until the UEFA Women’s Euro competition kicks off in Switzerland. With plenty of summer birthdays coming up coinciding with this tournament I’ve mashed up a few fantastic stamp sets from Visible Image to create this footballing cats birthday card. For this creation I’ve used the ‘Kick Off Your Birthday’, ‘That Lovin’ Feline’ and ‘Cat-Tastic Background’ stamps as well as the ‘Holodeck Stencil’.

To begin, I took a white piece of card and blended ‘Twisted Citron’ distress ink over the bottom of the card. The ‘Cat-Tastic Background’ stamp was stamped onto the top part of the card using Versamark and heat embossed with Wow superfine opaque bright white embossing powder. I thought this stamp set would be perfect for those ‘fans’ sitting in the football stands for this epic match!

 

Time to stencil – the ‘Holodeck’ stencil was placed over the top of the background and ‘Salty Ocean’ distress ink brushed through it but only partially so it looked like a goal. Some additional blending, water droplets and stamping from the ‘Kick Off your Birthday’ stamp set was added to the base of the card using ‘Mowed Lawn’ distress ink.

Next up, the elements from the ‘Kick Off Your Birthday‘ and ‘That Lovin’ Feline’ stamp sets were stamped onto some white card using Versafine Clair ‘Nocturne’ black ink and heat embossed with Wow superfine clear gloss embossing powder. Some additional stamping to the cats from the stripes in the football set were added before the cats were coloured in with watercolour pencils.

Before completing the card the sentiments from ‘That Lovin’ Feline’ and ‘Kick Off Your Birthday’ were stamped onto black card with Versamark and heat embossed with Wow superfine opaque bright white embossing powder before being fussy cut out.

Finally, the background was glued to some black card and a white card blank. All the elements and sentiment were added to the card using acrylic glue and 3D mounts. Some sparkly gems were also added to give a little sparkle to the final card.

A match day winning card I hope you agree!

X Rachel X

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