You Little Furball - I'm Gonna Miss You!

This month, I held my annual retiring class where the projects consisted of mostly retiring products.  This card was inspired by one from smithr66 on Splitcoaststampers.  We even used one new product but you can't see it - it is double sided foam adhesive strips which work perfectly for shaker cards.  The best thing is you can mold it around your shape - in this case, a circle.  We ended up using some beads that I had which matched well with our Lost Lagoon paper.  I am going to miss this color!

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Product Supplies:
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Note - Stamp sets and bundles noted below may be available in other mount options - wood, clear or photopolymer.  I have listed the option that I used.  Please check my Online Store if your preference is different.

Product List

You Little Furball Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134150]	Big News Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134018]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [133644]
Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]	Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper [133704]
Going Places Designer Series Paper Stack [140581]	Greetings Thinlits Dies [138275]	Scallop Oval Punch [119856]	Large Oval Punch [119855]
Window Sheets [142314]	Crumb Cake 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon [138428]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]

Once in 9 Lives...

 Here is the final cat card from that class.  I pulled out an old DSP Pattern Pack for this card but you could substitute just about any patterned paper that you have.  Here's an easy solution to the matching up of the head and body of the cat - just knot a little piece of ribbon at his neck!

I left the white circle in this card blank so you could sign your card here.

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Product List

You Little Furball Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134150]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131197]
Brights Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack [130134]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [126951]	Window Word Punch [119857]
Circle Card Thinlits Die [133480]	Circles Collection Framelits Die [130911]	Melon Mambo 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134566]

Peek A Boo Kitty!

 This card is a pull tab card that we made at the Dog/Cat class.  We stamped the cat and sentiment on the whisper white cardstock and then used the Large Polka Dot embossing folder on it to give texture.  The heart was cut out of chipboard using the heart collection framelits and colored using the Cherry Cobbler blendabilities (boy, am I going to miss using those!).  You could use a Real Red marker on them instead.

If you haven't done this before, to get the little bow tie red, ink up the entire cat using the Memento ink (you can't use StazOn for this).  Take your blender pen and wipe away the ink from the bow tie.  Then take your Real Red marker and color it.  Huff on the image to moisten it and stamp!  Easy peasy!

 Here is what shows when you pull on the heart tab.  I recommend that you not stamp inside until you have assembled the entire card.  If you are worried about goof it up and having to start from scratch (pardon the pun!), make sure the piece you stamp on is small enough that you can attach the top piece to the Red piece at the top and slide your stamped piece underneath until you line it up just where you want it and then secure all of the pieces.

Here is the inside of the card.  Most of the pull tab cards that I have seen have not had an inside piece.  The problem I see with this is where do you sign it?  Certainly not on the front!  In my case, the back wouldn't have worked well either since it was black - unless I used a Chalkboard marker!

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Product List

You Little Furball Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134150]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Back To Black Designer Series Paper [133700]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Real Red Stampin' Write Marker [100052]	Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133739]
Hearts Collection Framelits Die [125599]	Blender Pens [102845]

You Little Furball!

Some time ago, I offered a class where attendees chose either the You Little Furball or the Hot Diggity Dog stamp set.  They made similar cards but they were a bit different.  Here's the first card from the cat set which is a sympathy card for the loss of a pet.  Over the next week or so, I will show you each of the cards that we made at this class.

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Product List

You Little Furball Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134150]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115320]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948]	Punch Corner Project Life [135346]	Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [127751]