Cool cat - Birthday card for my Dear Dad

Hello and welcome, 

Today I have a birthday card for my Dear Dad to share❤️. 

A while a ago when Katzelkraft had a final sale I was lucky to caught some of their stamps. This cat was one of them. Other products are from Tim Holtz.

 

I started to cut a piece of Watercolor cardstock. Used the THS145 Stencil Digits and Distress Microglaze as a resist. This is such a cool technique. Then I sprayed Distress spray stains and Distress Oxide spray. The Microglaze resist the spray and gives such a cool look. Heated with Heat tool. 

Then I stamped some stamps on the background. Some using Black embossing powder and some with Archival ink. 

I used the same stencil and choose a part of the stencil that has number 84 on a row, and then used black Texture paste. (My Father turned 84 years). #happybirthday is stamped and embossed with black embossing powder. 

I stitched around the edges with my sewing machine, and I also inked the edges with Ground espresso Distress ink. I used Alcohol ink in Mushroom to color to Hardware heads for the upper corners on the card. The number strip is an Idea-ology Number strip which I fastened with a Tiny clip. 

I stamped the cat on Watercolor paper and colored it with Distress inks. Cut it out, inked the edges and adhered it to the card with 3D foam for dimension. 

I inked the edges on three small Ephemera pieces and adhered them with some glue and a long fastener. 

I used some Ideaology Cello sticker tape as decoration as well.

I mounted the card with 3D foam on a dark grey piece of cardstock and then made a card base from White cardstock that I inked the edges on. 

Products used: Watercolor cardstock, Distress Micro glaze, Distress spray stains, Distress Oxide spray, Black texture paste, Distress ink Ground espresso, Alcohol ink - Mushroom

Stamps: Katzelkraft Cat Detective, CMS489 Deconstructed, CMS403 Glitch, CMS183 Hashtags

Ideaology: Long fasteners, Hardware heads, Tiny clip, Cello sticker tape, Ephemera snippets - Curator and Number strips

I will try this card in a challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Masculine. 

Thank you for visiting today, 

/Susanne