Love Cats

Hi crafty friends! Today I'm popping in with a little Valentine's duo created with the Love Cats paper and ephemera from Not 2 Shabby. I've been trying to be a bit more mindful about what products I purchase for crafting, since 30 years of collecting gets you a whole mountain of supplies. So when this collection released last month, I initially resisted purchasing since I have lots of Valentines products already. But as the month progressed and I saw so many darling cards being created, my FOMO got the better of me and I had to have it,. In return I promised myself I would at least make two cards with it before the season was over.

You know what? I had SO much fun crafting with these kitties and am so glad I purchased them! They really are adorable, and since we're a two cat home and hubby's birthday and Valentine's day are this month, I figured I could make both a birthday card and a Valentine's Day card for him.

For this first card, I picked a couple of sheets from the Love Cats paper pack that I wanted to use, then cut a background piece from one and a big stitched heart from the other. I pulled in the solo boy cat, the envelope and the sentiment from the Love Cats Ephemera.  I wanted a bit bigger of a heart for the sentiment, so fussy cut one of the hearts from the ephemera, then coated with glossy accents and glitter before adding over the original heart.  I chose some gray mats to frame my pieces and finished with a little glossy accents on his eyes and nose.

For the next card, I arranged some of the pieces I had left over from the other card and glued them together for the same sized background.  I accented the seam with a Love from Lizi peel off sticker. I then cut a rectangle to ground my ephemera collage and embossed with gold card stock.  I picked a few pieces of ephemera to create the focal point, embossing the XOXO sentiment from the Mini Messages set that was only available in the Festive Christmas bundle directly onto one of the hearts.

I love how these turned out and I know my hubby will love them too. Because cats. {grin}

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulously creative day. It's a long weekend here and all my boys are home, so should be a super fun day.

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