A Little Hello to You

A Little Hello to You

Hello,

Today’s project is a little kitty saying hello through the window. It is created using the Wonderful Window die by Lawn Fawn. I love kitties (dogs too, for that matter). I know our cats sit by the window waiting for us to return home (or more likely dream of catching the bird in the tree outside).

A Little Hello card

This card begins with the background. Starting with a piece of Neenah Solar White 100lb. card stock and using the Neat & Tangled Pentagon stencil, I added little sections of three distress inks: Pumice Stone, Worn Lipstick and Frayed Burlap with a blending tool.  I was careful to have a light touch. I wanted only a suggestion of a stone wall,  not overbearing or to cover the whole piece of paper.

When the ‘wall’ was the way I wanted it, I heat set it with my heat tool and cut out the largest stitched rectangle in the set of the Lawn Fawn’s Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables.

A Little Hello card by The Foiled Fox

Next up was the window. Using the same heavy white card stock, I cut out the window and window box and the flowers were cut from watercolor paper. The cut-out flowers were saturated with clear, clean water and then watercolored. They were set aside to dry.

With a piece of Bristol paper, I added color with my distress inks and a blending tool.  You can use regular card stock to blend the colors but the distress inks go on the bristol paper like soft butter and blend magnificently!  To color the window background, I started at the bottom with Squeezed Lemonade, added Wild Honey, then graduated up the paper with Tumbled Glass and ended with Salty Ocean distress ink.

If you are using bristol paper, the only caution I would add is that it smudges easily before it dries completely so leave an edge to hang onto. For this reason, I waited until the paper was colored and dry before I cut it the shape of the window.

A Little Hello card by The Foiled Fox
Before, I forget, the little kitty, from the Lawn Fawn Bicycle Built for You set, was stamped onto watercolor paper and watercolored. After dry, she was cut out. I fussy cut her out but there are matching dies to this set.

A Little Hello card

On to assembly, the window was mounted onto the window background using foam tape, and the window box and flowers were also added with foam tape.

A Little Hello card
The background was mounted to a white card base, then the window was added on top. The cat was added with a spot of foam tape.

A strip of patterned paper and then a strip of Sugar Wafer cardstock with the sentiment white heat embossed onto it was added to the bottom of the window.

For the final touch, a few drops of Nuvo Rhubard Crumble crystal drops were added for accent.

 

I hope you enjoyed this project. See you again very soon.

leaf-flourish1Supply List:

 
Lawn Fawn Wonderful Window Die
Lawn
Fawn
Wonderful
Window
Die
Lawn Fawn Bicycle Built  For You Dies
Lawn
Fawn
Bicycle
Built
For You
Dies
Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables
Lawn
Fawn
Large
Stitched
Rectangle
Stackables
Neat & Tangled Pentagon Stencil
Neat & Tangled
Pentagon
Stencil
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors
Kuretake
Gansai
Tambi
Watercolors
Neenah  110lb. Solar White card stock
Neenah
110lb.
Solar White
card stock

 

Canson XL Bristol Paper Pad
Canson
XL
Bristol
Paper Pad
Canson Watercolor Paper
Canson
Watercolor
Paper
Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink Pad
Squeezed
Lemonade
Distress
Ink Pad
Wild Honey Distress Ink
Wild
Honey
Distress
Ink
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Tumbled
Glass
Distress
Ink
Salty Ocean Distress Ink Pad
Salty
Ocean
Distress
Ink Pad

 

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad
Versafine
Onyx
Black
Ink Pad
Pumice Stone Distress Ink Pad
Pumice
Stone
Distress
Ink Pad
Tim  Holtz Frayed Burlap Distress  Ink
Tim
Holtz
Frayed
Burlap
Distress
Ink
Worn Lipstick Distress Inkpad
Worn
Lipstick
Distress
Inkpad
Ranger Blending  Tool
Ranger
Blending
Tool
Nuvo Rhubarb Crumble Crystal Drops
Nuvo
Rhubarb
Crumble
Crystal
Drops

 

Foam  Tape
Foam
Tape
Bazzill Sugar  Wafer Cardstock
Bazzill
Sugar
Wafer
Cardstock
ATG Tape Gun
ATG
Tape
Gun
Hero Arts White Embossing  Powder
Hero Arts
White
Embossing
Powder
VersaMark Watermark Ink Pad
VersaMark
Watermark
Ink Pad

 

 

 

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7 thoughts on “A Little Hello to You

  1. This cute card just popped into my inbox! I’m so impressed with all the little details… the blended background, the sweet watercolour tulips, and of course the little kitty. 🙂

  2. What a cute card! I love that window die! darling kitty and great colors on the card also!

  3. This is a very pretty spring time card! The window die is so cute and unique and I like your blend of colors for the sunny sky. I’m following all your social media accounts.

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