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pawprints

CYHTP August 10th 2024 Anything Goes With A Twist of Wheels – Twist not taken with this creation.

My dragon boat team member had to put down her aged cat last week and is obviously very sad about it. I decided to make her a pet sympathy card, which I will give to her tomorrow when I see her. I used a paw print border die, as well as a cat die that are from Kokorosa. Taking some scraps of photo CS that I cut from pieces my hubby gave me I first cut the aperture and then ran it through with a Sizzix folder. I did the small strip at the window separately and added it with some tape. The cat was cut from a photo of water and added to the strip. I did the card front with the border die and then added the bricked piece as you see. Another scrap piece was cut using the everyday details die set and I stamped the sentiment from SSS on it before popping it up slightly. Photo paper like this holds onto the stamps so I used some tape at the corners to hold it in place so I could repeat stamp. I learned that photo paper cannot take any kind of tape without it pulling the surface and it is impossible to remove the residue. To hide the marks I added the stamped tiny paw print circles as embellishments.

The glossy photo paper is actually silver coated and it looks really pretty in reality. I also like how using a different printed photo can make the cat look quite real and no inking was required. I did use a pen to darken the eyes, nose and marks along its back.

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  8. Such a cute and clever design, and love the paw print border with the brick wall texture. Great card, thanks for joining us at Can You Handle the Pressure!

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