2020 Cat Lovers Blog Hop!

2020 Cat Lovers Hop

This week is the 2020 Cat Lovers Hop! This hop is so fun and since the theme is CATS we knew we HAD to play along! To participate in this blog hop, you just have to create a project that features a cat theme  and upload it to the post on Her Peaceful Garden! We Hop you can play along since there are some really awesome sponsors and prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

Here's what I created:

We JUST had our Holiday release last Friday and so I wanted to share a card I created using our brand new A Kitten Chistmas Stamp Set. 

If you are new to us you might not know that our business is a husband and wife team (Jeff and I) and I am also the illustrator of all of our designs. Our company was named after our orange kitty, Newton, who passed away last fall. This spring we adopted two new adorable kittens, Toulouse and Marlowe, who are now just six months old. This new kitten stamp set is inspired by them! 

I also colored the kittens on this card on our new little ones! I colored the image of the kitten in the oversized Santa hat to look like Toulouse and the kitten playing with the dangling Christmas ornament to look like Marlowe. I used Inktense watercolor pencils to color them. 

Here is a close-up so you can see the coloring. 

After they were colored, I cut the images out with the coordinating A Kitten Christmas Die Set so they could layer onto my card. For the card background I created more ornaments for those kitties to chase using our Ornaments Stencil. I carefully masked off the ornaments so that I could ink them in different colors. I'll admit, it took me a couple of tries to get it to look how I wanted but I'm happy with how it turned out! 

Then I added a couple of snowy hills, using our Land Borders Die Set across the bottom. The sentiment "Meowy Christmas" is also from the new A Kitten Chistmas Stamp Set. 

I know it's going to be an interesting Christmas this year with these two mischievous little ones around! I hope you enjoyed this project today! I had so much fun making it!  

Here's a photo of Toulouse and Marlowe, attempting to both fit in their favorite cozy perch. These little kittens are growing so fast! 

Below are links to the products I've used today. Click on the names to find them in our shop!

A Kitten Christmas

Ornaments Stencil

We also have LOTS of other cute kitty stamps too! 

Make sure to check them all out here in our Newton Category. 

I hope you will play along with the Cat Lovers Hop! You have until Oct 31st to link up at Her Peaceful Garden for a chance to win prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs! Hope you can play along!