Pretty Kitty Note Cards and Box- The Purrrrr-fect Gift

It's no secret I love cats.  My cat Miles is such a blessing to me.  He is such a loving cuddly boy, I can't imagine our home without him.  I had always been a dog person until one night, out of the blue, my daughter calls from college to tell me that she had found a litter of kittens under the steps at her dorm.  She was keeping one male kitten in the closet in her dorm room and feeding it tuna out of the can.  She was frantic because the RA was forcing her to take it to the animal shelter.  Before I knew it, I was on the road to Susquehanna University to pick up a cat.  I never knew that it would be love at first sight. He has become my crafting buddy.

So when Stampin' Up came out with the PRETTY KITTY stamp set, I was very excited.  I had just gotten the fabulous STAMPIN' BLENDS alcohol markers so I know my coloring would look flawless and vibrant.  With five adorable cat images, the first thing that came to mind was a set of note cards.

 Five different cat images meant five different cards in the set.  The sentiments made it easy to make the notecards for a variety of occasions.  Here are my samples. One is for a birthday.

One for encouragement.

One for friendship.

One to say "hello."

And one to say "sorry."

All five cards use the same colors and design but could easily be changed to suit your personality.  I used a POOL PARTY card base and a 2 in by 4 in strip of TWINKLE TWINKLE designer series paper to make the banner.  BASIC BLACK BAKER'S TWINE and ARTISAN PEARLS were used for embellishment.  I stamped the cat image in MEMENTO BLACK INK on the largest circle of the STITCHED FRAMELIT DIES. The coordinating NIGHT OF NAVY card stock scallop was cut using the LAYERING SCALLOPS FRAMELIT DIES.  

For coloring the cats, I used the SMOKY SLATE, CRUMB CAKE and BRONZE STAMPIN' BLENDS.  These amazing alcohol based marker blend so beautifully, I feel like an artist. I used OLD OLIVE, CALYPSO CORAL, PINK PIROUETTE, MELON MAMBO and DAFFODIL DELIGHT BLENDS to color the other images.  I adhered the scalloped circle to the card front using STAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS and used a GLUE DOT  to adhere the BASIC BLACK bow.  I fell in love with these cards and immediately thought of a friend who would love them too.  So then it was time to make a gift box for the cards and envelopes.  I pulled out my amazing ENVELOPE PUNCH BOARD. I used a piece of 9 in by 9 in card stock.  On the first side I punched and scored at 3 1/2 in and 4 1/2 in.  Then following the score marks, I punched and scored the remaining three sides.  

Check out the video tutorial below to see how to construct the box:

  Here is the finished product.

I used the same designer series paper for the belly band, cutting it into a 2 by 12 in strip.  The circle and scallop used on the front are the same size as the cards.  I used BASIC GRAY card stock for the box and adhered a 5 1/2 in by 4 1/4 in piece of POOL PARTY card stock to the front.

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The Wexford Stamper

Barb Reed