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Guest Design Create a Smile: Kitty Pocket Scrapbooking Cards

11/19/2014

Create A Smile

Hey everyone! I am so excited that Christine asked me to Guest Design for her over on Create a Smile. Create a Smile is a new company based in Germany. I am really proud of Christine for taking the leap and following her dreams and I love supporting that!

A few weekends ago I attended a crop- my first ever where I wasn’t teaching or helping organize the event. It was awesome! I LOVE teaching- I think you all know that but it was also nice to just emerge myself in my projects and have uninterrupted creative time! I was able to work on some Project Life layouts which I will be sharing here soon. When I came home and I shared the layouts with Chris he made the comment on how Mister Harley mad an appearance on every layout. Ha! What can I say he’s wicked handsome AND an important part of my life. That comment inspired me to create my own pocket scrapbooking cards to use along with the mister h photos I know I will be using.

I used 2 stamp sets from Create a Smile. Your View and Perfect Tune.

Your View, Create a SmilePerfect Tune, Create a Smile

Before we get started I wanted to remind you what Mister Harley looks like ๐Ÿ˜‰ He’s a tuxedo kitty with more white then black. Super pink ears and nose- unless he is snoozing then those turn a light pink. I tend when I color him to add more black though since it helps the image stand out more.

mister harley on my studio table | shurkus.com

So I wanted to make a set of pocket scrapbooking cards to have on hand to add to layouts when I have a story to tell about mister harley. I decided to have some of them be on white cardstock and some on kraft.

mister harley pocket scrapbooking cards with Create a Smile stamps |shurkus.com

mister harley pocket scrapbooking cards with Create a Smile stamps |shurkus.com

I started by stamping the kitty in versafine smokey gray on Distress watercolor paper. I then smeared some of my distress inks ( black soot and tattered rose) on an acrylic block. This is now my paint palette where I watercolored the kitty to look like Mister Harley. Confession: I do add a bit more black, since he is so white because I think it helps the image stand out better! Once I colored a few of these I fussy cut them out and then used them as embellishments on the pocket scrapbooking cards!

mister harley pocket scrapbooking cards with Create a Smile stamps |shurkus.com

mister harley pocket scrapbooking cards with Create a Smile stamps |shurkus.com

mister harley pocket scrapbooking cards with Create a Smile stamps |shurkus.com

mister harley pocket scrapbooking cards with Create a Smile stamps |shurkus.com

mister harley pocket scrapbooking cards with Create a Smile stamps |shurkus.com

Tips & Tricks:
Be sure to use a permanent ink when watercoloring. My favorite is Versafine.
If your image gets too wet, zap it with your heat tool so your colors won’t feather and bleed. I did this before coloring his ears and nose pink.
You can omit part of a stamp by just inking what you want as I did with the speech bubble- adding in “Hello” instead.

mister harley pocket scrapbooking cards with Create a Smile stamps |shurkus.com

mister harley pocket scrapbooking cards with Create a Smile stamps |shurkus.com

I will be back next Wednesday with some more to share with you from Create a Smile! Thank you for visiting!

 

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  1. Marianne Manthey says

    November 21, 2014 at 10:18 am

    Oh my gosh Jenn, these are seriously the most adorable cards I’ve ever seen!! I had to pin them, they are just so cute. (i loooove cats!)

    Reply
    • jenn shurkus says

      November 21, 2014 at 4:11 pm

      awww thank you so much Marianne!! Thank you for pinning too ๐Ÿ™‚ i kinda like kitties a little bit.. so you should def peek around my blog some more ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Reply
      • Marianne Manthey says

        November 24, 2014 at 12:35 pm

        Ok will do!! ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
  2. Kim A. says

    November 21, 2014 at 12:58 am

    I think these are just adorable!!!

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    • jenn shurkus says

      November 21, 2014 at 4:10 pm

      thank you kim!!

      Reply
  3. Donna says

    November 19, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    Super cute cards using Mr. Harley! Adorable stamp set!

    Reply
    • jenn shurkus says

      November 21, 2014 at 4:08 pm

      thank you so much donna!!!

      Reply
  4. Betsey Terry says

    November 19, 2014 at 5:00 pm

    love them..the peeking ones are my favorite!!

    Reply
    • jenn shurkus says

      November 21, 2014 at 4:08 pm

      thank you so much betsey ๐Ÿ™‚ the stamps in that set are sooo cute it makes it easy to create cute stuff!! love that!!

      Reply
  5. Anja curvers says

    November 19, 2014 at 4:50 pm

    Ooohhh lovely journalingcards I love with you did with that kitty. Glad to have you guest designing over at create a smile can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

    Reply

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