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I Sing the Song of my People...

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Just a bit of fun with my stamps, inks and stencils today...   I used Cat Walk   stencil from the March release at  A Colorful Life Designs  and this cute singing  cat from KaztelKraft that I purchased from TopFlight Stamps called Fernand - Les gros chats ! I used My Favorite Things Extreme Black Hybrid ink to stamp Fernand and Copics for coloring.  I used Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink to stencil the background and wrote the sentiment with my Cricut Maker and Cricut fine line black marker. I hand drew the notes, as I couldn't find any tiny note stamps in my stash and then used black bling from EyeLet Outlet to pop up the notes and some fun colorful flower stickers from The Paper Studio.   Although the photo doesn't really show it, the cat is stamped on the background and then stamped separately on another piece of white cardstock and fussy cut and layered on the background with foam tape.  Found some blue cardstock to match in my stash and layered the sentime

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I got this awesome Paws stencil from the March release at  A Colorful Life Designs and knew I had the perfect stamp to go with it.   I just love this peaking cat from kaztelkraft called Ignace Les gros chats ! So I gathered my supplies and started to play... Paws stencil, Fossilized Amber Distress Ink and the cute peeking cat stamp.   I started out with Cougar Opaque Cover 80# Card from Marcos Paper and blended the distress ink on my cardstock using a makeup brush that I got from Amazon.  These brushes make blending so easy!   I put more color in the center of my card and blended out lighter around the edges.   After stamping Ignace the cat on a separate piece of the same cardstock, I grabbed a brush and used the same Fossilized Amber Distress Ink to watercolor the cat and wall.  I used Brushed Corduroy and Antique Linen Distress inks to add a bit of brown to Ignace the cat.      I fussy cut down the edge of the wall and the cat so that