Stamptember Snarky Cats Stamp Set!!

 I know it's a long shot, because this is a Limited Edition set, but I am still hoping someone has a set they are willing to sell me! Please let me know if you have a set to sell!  THANK YOU!!

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Tim Holtz Snarky Cats!

Here are two more of my 'Snarky Cats' cards! They are so funny and the sayings match their characters perfectly!  The top card is another layered card, while the one below has been stamped straight on to a white card.  I have two more (different) Snarky Cats stamp sets on their way, and I can't wait until they arrive!  The tiny strings of Christmas lights are some I bought in a sale a few years ago.  I think they cost me about 20 cents for a packet.  Each packet has four strings of lights, so I really hit the jackpot when I got those!

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Snarky Cats and A Real Cat!

 

I'm still working on my Snarky Cats!  I love the look on their faces, as well as the sarcastic sayings!  Below is a circle card with one of the Snarky Cats on.  He is tangled in some Christmas lights!  Art imitating real life here!

Below is another layered card I made.  He has managed to get tangled in some Christmas lights as well!  I used a heavy cardstock for the base card and covered it in some wood grain paper.  I sponged some SU Artichoke ink around the edges.  I cut out some squares of heavy cardstock in different sizes, and covered each one with different patterned paper.  I then tied each 'gift' with silver cord - this was the hardest part of the card:-(  I stamped and cut out the cat and added some colour to him.  I arranged each 'gift' and adhered them to the base card with sponge tape.  I added glitter to the entire card and then stamped and cut out the words and stuck that to the card.

Below is a partial close up so you can see the details of the cat with the lights.  These cards take me a few hours to make because there are so many elements to the card, and I have to wait for the glitter to dry before going on to the next bit of the card.  However, in spite of that, I get the most enjoyment from making these cards, and they never fail to make me laugh!

Below Snarky is making a Snow Angel in the snow!  It is looking down through the tree's onto Mr. Snarky!

And these next two photo's are of a real cat - Romeo-Valentino!  He LOVES sitting on my desk, on top of things, glitter, glue, cards, scissors, anything, he doesn't mind!  It just happens to be the spot where I work!

And here he is from another angle.  Not a lot of room left for me to work on, but that's ok!  No damage done to any art work I was doing, and no glitter stuck to his bum!

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Snarky Cats Cards

I made the Snarky Cats card above by layering the gifts.  Each 'gift' is made with a sturdy piece of card and then covered in Christmas paper. The most challenging part was tying the presents and doing the bows!  My hands struggled, but I got them all done in the end!  Such a fun card to do, and I am working on another one today!  There are many elements to this card, you can see it better in real life!

These circles will be made into cards eventually.  I used stencils and embossing paste for the backgrounds.  I stamped and hand cut the cats, and attached them to the circles once the embossing paste was dry.  I added different embellishments to each circle. These were also lot's of fun to make!

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Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Stamptember Snarky Cats 2020

 

I am looking to buy this stamp set, does anyone have one they are willing to sell please?!  I missed out on them when they came out in September (2020).  You can either leave me a comment or email me 

sapphirerose@orcon.net.nz    THANK YOU!!

Snarky Cats, Crazy Cats, Real Cats, Cards and More!

Starting with the card above, the first eight cards are made with Tim Holtz "Snarky Cats" stamps.  I LOVE these stamps!  I love the look on each cats face, and the, well, 'snarky' sayings!  These cats make me laugh:-)

I did not want to colour them, so I used the swinking method for the colours behind the cats.  I stamped the cats onto white card, trimmed it and then stuck it to a folded white card that I had stamped snowflakes onto.

On each of these (eight white) cards, I added some WOW White High Puff embossing powder to make it look like snow.  Hard to see the details on here, but it is there.  To use this embossing powder, I sprinkled the powder onto the card - NO embossing ink - and then heat set it from under the card.  After a few seconds I heated it from the top and it was set.  LOVE this embossing powder too!

The cards below are from the same stamp set, I just adhered the stamped images to a folded black card.  I stamped the white snowflakes first.

Below is  a photo of the "Snarky Cats" stamps and sayings.

The four cards below are the "Crazy Cats" stamps, which I have had for awhile.  You can't see the detail on these cards, but some have snow, some have eyes with Nuvo Crystal Clear drops on, and some have some clear sparkly gel pen on.

Below is the "Crazy Cats" stamp set.  

Here's my little Princess, Bella-Rosa, sitting in the shade!  It's been very hot and humid here and she love to lie on the cool grass!

Below is Romeo-Valentino watching 'something' that I couldn't see!  Maybe a moth, who knows!  He was sitting ON my sun hat which I had just taken off.  Luckily it's soft and so there's no damage done!

I made these little Christmas cards and donated them to my local Hospice Shop, along with about 25 larger Christmas cards I had made during the year.  The cards below were lots of fun to make.  I did the cat faces using a stencil, so they were made quite quickly.  I used a Stampin' Up! punch to make the Santa hats.

            

After I published this post, I realized there were lot's of cards that had forgotten to photograph.  Too late now, they have all been posted some time ago!

I made this hanger (below) to hang my cards on.  I got sick of them blowing over in the wind, and ending up all over the floor, so made this to hang them on!

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Hand Painted Stars, Snowflake Ornaments and a Card

I've been busy making the snowflake ornaments, and the hand painted stars, but I did manage to sneak in a card as well!

They are selling as fast as I can make them.  I have made multiples of the two designs on the stars, and the snowflake ornaments are selling just as fast.  

Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day! {HUGS} from me to YOU:-)