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Get Cracking: Cool Cat

03/18/2021

Get cracking on Christmas | shurkus.com

It’s the third Thursday of the month, so I am encouraging YOU to start creating your holiday cards NOW – so you will have a nice stack of creations ready for the next holiday season.

For the past few years, I have been creating a few holiday cards each month so that I am more prepared when November comes around. I enjoy making the cards so much more when I have time to play with different supplies and techniques. I share these cards on the third Thursday of each month. You can see previous Get Cracking on Christmas posts here.

In December, I asked people in my {creative chick} studio share Facebook group, that if you didn’t send holiday cards in 2020, what were the reasons. One of the most common responses if they didn’t have enough time.

So I was thinking, how can I give you time? And I came up with a plan! I know that you enjoy when I host LIVEs and share with you a technique, or how I created a card- so this year each month for Get Cracking on Christmas I am going to host a LIVE. During these LIVEs, I encourage you to join me and start to Get Cracking on your OWN holiday cards. You can do something similar to mine, or just work on your own thing. Doesn’t matter, just show up and create!

This month’s YouTube LIVE will be, tonight, March 18th at 8:00p ET right on my YouTube channel here. Stop reading, and set an alarm now on your phone so you don’t miss out. You can use the world clock here to figure out what time it will be where you live.

Want a reminder text on your phone before I go LIVE? Text “jennshurkus” to 833-758-0501

Don’t worry, if you can’t make my LIVE you can always catch the replay on my YouTube channel.

Also each month I still have some wicked creative friends joining me in sharing holiday cards to inspire you. Be sure to read to the end of the post where they are linked, you don’t want to miss their fabulous creations.

And as you are creating your holiday cards this year, be sure to leave me a comment below with a link, or tag me on Instagram so I can see! We are also going to use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas.

We can do this! We can create holiday cards all year, and be a little bit more prepared for the holiday season!

Ok, enough chatting, let’s get this party started!!

Get Cracking: Cool Cat

One of the other reasons why I started Get Cracking, is because I like to buy ALLLLL the holiday stamps, but don’t have time to use them all. Since I am using them throughout the year, I can justify all my crafty purchases! Tricky, huh? I have some fun holiday stamps from Newton’s Nook Designs that I haven’t had a chance to create with yet. I decided to use one of those on my card this month.

 

Newton's Nook Designs, Newton's Snowman

I love coloring Newton to look like Mister Harley, and even better when there are 3 kitties together I can have all my kitties on the card. That is why I love this stamp set, Newton’s Snowman, well that, and because I am obsessed with snowman.

I started by stamping and Copic coloring the image. Mister Harley is easy to spot, but can you tell which one is Jac and which one is Gus? I then die-cut the image, add some Prisma glitter here and there and set it aside.

For the background, I ink blended Distress Oxides on Distress White Heavystock. I used Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon.

I then die-cut both the Honeybee Stamps Birch A2 coverplates, the top plate and the base plate. One with Rainforest Lawn Fawn cardstock, and the other with Mermaid Lawn Fawn cardstock.

Honeybee Stamps, Birch A2 Cover Plate - Top  Honeybee Stamps, Birch A2 Cover Plate - Base

Next I gently inked these panels with Distress Oxide. The Rainforest panel I used Mermaid Lagoon, and the Mermaid panel I used Peacock Feathers. I then die-cut a fun sparkly, snowy hillside with Lawn Fawn’s Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock and Stitched Hillside Borders.

Lawn Fawn, Stitched Hillside Borders Lawn Cuts

I layered all of these together, and then attached the kitties and snowman. For the sentiment, I stamped and white embossed “You’re a Cool Cat!” on a snowflake tag from Winter Tiny Tags from Lawn Fawn out of Mermaid Cardstock.

Lawn Fawn, Winter Tiny Tags Lawn Fawn, Lime Lawn Trimmings

Next, I inked the edges with Peacock Feathers, Distress Oxide, and then tied a bow with Lime Lawn Fawn Lawn Trimmings. Lastly, I used a white gel pen to add the white hairs in Gus’s ears, and a black glaze pen for the kitties noses and the snowmans coal.

Learn how during my YouTube LIVE

I will share with you exactly how I created this card, tonight, March 18th at 8:00p ET on my YouTube page here. Set your reminders or better yet, get a reminder text on your phone text “jennshurkus” to 833-758-0501

Inspiration

Be sure to go visit my crafty friends for more inspiration! I am so excited that they are joining me this year to bring you more inspiration and to remind you to work on those holiday cards all year long!

  • Amanda Willett
  • Carolina Zarate Ponce
  • Caryn Davies
  • Cheiron Brandon
  • Donna Hitz
  • Laura Volopes 
  • Marianne Elving
  • Peter vanElburgBoddendijk
  • Samantha Mann
  • Samantha VanArnhem
  • Sharna Waksmulski
  • Tiffany Beuning

 

 

Supplies Used:

Supplies I used are linked below. Click on the picture and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available which means if you make a purchase I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!

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Newton's Nook Designs, Newton's Snowman
Newton’s Nook Designs, Newton’s Snowman
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Honeybee Stamps, Birch A2 Cover Plate - Top
Honeybee Stamps, Birch A2 Cover Plate – Top
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HBS
Honeybee Stamps, Birch A2 Cover Plate - Base
Honeybee Stamps, Birch A2 Cover Plate – Base
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HBS
Lawn Fawn, Winter Tiny Tags
Lawn Fawn, Winter Tiny Tags
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SSS | LF
Lawn Fawn, Lime Lawn Trimmings
Lawn Fawn, Lime Lawn Trimmings
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SSS | LF
Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders Lawn Cuts Dies
Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders Lawn Cuts Dies
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SSS | LF
Lawn Fawn, Jet Black Premium Ink Pad
Lawn Fawn, Jet Black Premium Ink Pad
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Lawn Fawn, Mermaid Cardstock
Lawn Fawn, Mermaid Cardstock
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Tim Holtz, Distress Oxide Twisted Citron
Tim Holtz, Distress Oxide Twisted Citron
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Distress Oxide, Peacock Feathers
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Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Ibt40965
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Ibt40965
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Tim Holtz, Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon
Tim Holtz, Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon
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Distress White Heavystock
Distress White Heavystock
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SSS | Ranger
Versamark
Versamark
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SSS | HA
Lawn Fawn, Rainforest Cardstock
Lawn Fawn, Rainforest Cardstock
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SSS | LF
Lawn Fawn, Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock
Lawn Fawn, Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock
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SSS | LF
Misti Precision Stamping Tool 2.0
Misti Precision Stamping Tool 2.0
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Mini Misti 2.0
Mini Misti 2.0
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SSS | LF
Scrapbook Adhesives, 0.25
Scrapbook Adhesives, 0.25″ white foam squares
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Lawn Fawn Glue Tube
Lawn Fawn Glue Tube
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SSS | LF
Rainbow Glue Tube Holder
Rainbow Glue Tube Holder
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Shurkus
Mint Glue Tube Holder
Mint Glue Tube Holder
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Shurkus
Glue Tube Holder
Glue Tube Holder
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Shurkus
Sakura Quickie Glue Pens
Sakura Quickie Glue Pens
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SSS
Lawn Fawn, White Embossing Powder
Lawn Fawn, White Embossing Powder
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SSS | LF
Copic Markers
Copic Markers
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Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter
Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter
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Sakura CLASSIC WHITE Fine Line 05 Gelly Roll Pen
Sakura CLASSIC WHITE Fine Line 05 Gelly Roll Pen
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Sakura Black Glaze Gel Pens Pen 2 Pack 38495
Sakura Black Glaze Gel Pens Pen 2 Pack 38495
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SSS
Fiskars Microtip Scissors
Fiskars Microtip Scissors
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Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy
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Mermaid, Stamp Shammy Holder
Mermaid, Stamp Shammy Holder
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Shurkus
Mermaid Mint Shammy Case
Mermaid Mint Shammy Case
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Lawn Fawn, Starry Shammy Case
Lawn Fawn, Starry Shammy Case
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SSS | LF
Altenew, Mini Blossom Die Cut machine
Altenew, Mini Blossom Die Cut machine
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Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting and Embossing Machine
Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting and Embossing Machine
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Wagner Heat Tool
Wagner Heat Tool
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  1. Fikreta says

    March 29, 2021 at 3:36 am

    Hi
    Here is my card for this challenge 🙂
    https://badkittyscraftroom.blogspot.com/2021/03/warm-hugs.html

    Reply
  2. Fikreta says

    March 22, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    Love this card!
    its super cute!

    Reply
  3. Jeanne Jordan says

    March 19, 2021 at 7:59 pm

    Great Card! I know you must love Newton as much as I do. I made a card a while back with Newton’s Roundabout stamp – https://craftingwithjeanne.blogspot.com/2021/02/happy-holidays.html

    Reply
  4. Patricia Wilson says

    March 19, 2021 at 7:47 am

    What a wonderful card you made. Sometimes it’s hard to create something like that so far away from the holiday but it was great. I think I will invest in some of that Ranger distress cardstock. Recently saw an add and demo on the new domed foam tools and have ordered some. Seems they blend allot more smoothly. Thanks for all you do. Thanks for letting us know the stories behind your “children”. I, too, adopt and Rascal George was abandoned when someone moved. He’s great.

    Reply

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