My youngest daughter loves all kinds of animals but I would say her favorite is cats with dogs running a close second. She would love to have a cat. But unfortunately my husband is extremely allergic to them. Even going into someones home who has a cat for just a few minutes causes his allergies to kick in. I am surprised he has this strong of a reaction since he grew up in a home that always had a cat in residence. Guess his allergy really developed after he grew up. Anyway, I wanted to learn to make a cat from punches. Believe it or not, I played around and came up with one for Halloween. Then I happened upon Ellen Kemper's blog and low and behold, she had the same cat. I am betting I saw it there at sometime, forgot it, and then channeled it as I was being "creative". Ellen is a superstar punch artist. I made the Halloween kitty with a mask and all for my niece and did not get a picture of it. So when my aunt asked about a cat card the other day, I thought I would make the same kitty, just put her on a birthday card.
I really like this cat. She is very easy to make. Her body is the word window punch; her face is the large oval (now called the 1 3/4" x 7/8" oval)punch; her ears and legs are the 5-petal flower punch; the tail is a piece of the side of the large oval hole that I punched with the large oval again; her eyes are the circle from, you guessed it, the itty bitty punch pack; her nose is a 1/4" circle - this punch is retired, you could use a circle from the 2 step owl if needed; and her collar is from the now retired horizontal slot punch but a piece of scrap paper would also work. I embossed the background with the Petals-A-Plenty embossing folder using my big shot. I then colored the center dots of the flowers using a white gel pen.
Any cat lover would like this one. My daughter gave it her approval (she is my toughest critic) so I knew I did a good job. Hope you like her as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by.
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