Purr-fect Christmas Card by November Guest Designer Ashley Ebben

Hello friends! It's Ashley back with a new guest post for Newton's Nook Designs today! Newton's Nook has some of the cutest Christmas stamps, so I couldn't resist putting together a little Christmas kitty scene!

 

I started by blending a Distress Oxide background on white cardstock. I used Mustard Seed, Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet, and Chipped Sapphire to create a glowy look. I was hoping for a bit of a fire lit feel for a Christmas tree scene. I splattered the background with white paint and some liquid shimmer for lots of holiday sparkle. For the floor, I added a strip of brown woodgrain patterned paper to look like hardwood. I then attached the background to a black card base, leaving a small space around the edges to act as a frame.

 

I stamped images from Newton's Curious Christmas, Purr-fect Present, and Santa Paws Newton in Copic friendly black ink and colored. I decided to make them all look like my ragdoll kitty Gavin this week. He is the cutest cat in the world in my completely unbiased opinion. Plus, he definitely climbed a Christmas tree or two in his younger years! I fussy cut all of the images out then added a few highlights with white gel pen and some sparkly details to the presents and tree with a glitter gel pen. I glued the Christmas tree to the background, then popped the Santa and present up with foam tape. I finished with a sentiment from Santa Paws Newton stamped with VersaMark ink on black cardstock and embossed with white. I popped the sentiment up with some foam tape too!

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

I hope you have a wonderful day!

-Ashley