Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers #153

I'm back with one of my favorite challenges - The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers where the prompt is C is for Cats. 

I wonder if Edna sheds?????

I really had to dig deep into both my memory bank and my stamp stash to find a cat stamp.  Yes, I own a cat.  I also own three dogs.  I do not however own many cat/dog stamps, much to the amazement of my friend Lindsey.  (Am I supposed to?)  

Somewhere I had a few firing neurons (I'm still in sad grandma mode here) that recalled an old Christmas set from Simon Says Stamp that featured a cat.  I paired the kitty with a couple of small images and sentiment from an awesomely snarky set made by Hero Arts and came up with this lovely card.

I think he rather looks like a butler, don't you?

In the original stamp set the kitty's arm is outstretched to hold a pile of wrapped Christmas gifts.  I thought it was purrfectly designed ;-) for serving some wine and cheese.  

I created the soft background using one of the newer masking stencils made by Taylored Expressions.  I must say that little mask set is very handy indeed.  The weight is quite substantial and the embossed marks make it very easy to not only center my image but also serve as a border for my (subtle) ink blending.  I will be using this little guy A LOT.

Look at that nice crisp edge to my border.

Supplies:
Simon Says Stamp Gifts of Love Stamp Set
Hero Arts Irreverent Birthday Stamp Set
Taylored Expression Rectangular Masking Stencil
Simon Says Stamp Fog Ink
Copic Markers

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Happy Crafting!

Jules