You Little Furball note cards

What a glorious Bank Holiday Monday it is! Don’t we normally get rain? I’ll make this brief and quickly show you part of a set of cat note cards I made for my friend Jane, the crazy cat lady who runs Woodland Nook Cat Shelter. I kept them really simple, using the limited supplies I took on holiday with me. See? You don’t need the whole catalogue to make cute cards! (But it is quite nice to have a choice.)

131527	134150	137146	119246
132708	126959	106549	111850

Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com

You Little Furball - peeping toms?

I’m sure you won’t be surprised to know that I love this stamp set and can see many possibilities for it. This is a reprise of a card I made many, many years ago ... before I became a Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator, but I still love the concept so made it again using You Little Furball. You could make it with the equivalent dog set, Hot Diggity Dog, too, although I’m not sure dogs are quite so keen on peering around corners as cats!

134150	131350	133698	108611
121688	106549	132708	119861
119860	119850	133784	119981

Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com

You Little Furball Around the World sketch challenge

Well here’s an exciting announcement. I am the new UK representative on the Around the World Stampin’ Up!® Challenges blog! This is a fabulous blog run by a group of SU demonstrators to celebrate the company’s expansion worldwide so I was very honoured to be asked to contribute. The design team is made up of one demonstrator from each country (with an extra one for the Spanish market in the USA and the French market in Canada). There are two challenges per month and everyone can take part, demonstrator or not. 

My brief is to provide a project for the challenge which is posted on the 15th of each month (today!).  The first challenge for me was a sketch and here is my project, using You Little Furball. You can see the sketch, and other demonstrators’ interpretations of it, at the Around the World blog. 

I flipped the sketch (unintentionally, it just happened that way) and tilted the main element so that I didn’t cover too much of the cat. This is a small card made from one of our Note Cards & Envelopes, as I didn’t want to overwhelm the little kitty. The greeting is stamped on vellum - be sure to use Stazon for this, rather than Memento ink, which takes longer to dry and is more prone to smudging. Ask me how I know! 

Now go and see what the rest of the team came up with - and why not have a go yourself? The challenges are open to everyone! 

134150	101406	126946	121688
133698	106549	106584	133784
132258	122941	131527

Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com