Sympathy Shimmer

I had this floral die cut panel sitting in my

 to-do-something-with-someday box.

I cut an extra when I made a wedding card earlier this year

to save a little time if I needed a card that it would work for. 

Unfortunately, we needed a sympathy card recently

and I didn't have any already made on hand. 

The die cut piece is Whisper White card stock with

a shimmery paper layer behind. 

I added organdy ribbon, a die cut butterfly, sentiment banner

and adhered the entire panel to a Buckaroo Blue card base. 

I finished off the inside to coordinate.

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

(except the ribbon) 

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Goodbye Kitty Pages

A couple more pages made with papers that I was recently gifted.

As soon as I saw these two, I knew what photo 

I wanted to scrap. 
These are last photos of Kitty after she had a stroke.

Now I have a couple of tips to share :

Glad Press 'N Seal to help hold die cut letters in place!

I haven't been able to figure out how to make the

letters connect into one single die cut

on the old Design N' Cut machine I bought used.

Each letter cuts out individually, which can be

challenging to glue straight onto a scrap page.

I read a tip recently to use Press 'N Seal to hold things

in place on scrapbook layouts. Hmmm, interesting. 

I've never heard this tip, or even of the product. 

Surprisingly, when I went to buy some at a local store,

it was nearly sold out! No joke, there were just 5 boxes

of it left on the shelf. It, like so many other products,

are still hard to find at times in our local stores. 

How I did it:

I cut the word out on the old Design N' Cut machine.

I removed the bits from around the letters while

 still on the cutting mat.

I applied Press N' Seal to the die cut letters

then carefully removed them from the mat.

I flipped that over and applied some 

clear drying liquid adhesive, just barely,

to the backs of the letters.

Flipped the entire piece (Press N' Seal with the letters adhered)

right side up and stuck them to the page.

The Press N' Seal was easy to remove,

leaving the letters in a nice row. 

I've done this on two pages now and it worked well.

Yay! 

Tip 2:

I wanted some flower elements to add to my pages,

so rather than cut up another piece of paper, I decided to

cut them out of my scrap page itself!

Back of page in photo above

The photos on the front cover the cut out area perfectly.   

No one will see the back anyway since it will 

have another page behind it! 

I will cut the centers out of card stock mats for photos, too.

The scraps can come in handy. 

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Beautiful Kitty Page

Bo Bunny paper and elements, Tuscany set

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Catitude Page

Lawn Fawn cat stamp image.

Random bits and pieces, unknown.

Paper punches and gray card stock, Stampin' Up!

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Pretty Kitty Page

Patterned papers, Close To My Heart

Card stock scraps, unknown

Rubber Stamp images, Stampin' Up!

Number dies, Recollections/Michael's

Spiral edge paper punch, SU!

Acrylic element, unknown

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Outdoor Kitty Page

Stampin' Up! card stocks, rubber stamp images, border die.

Swirly die, Sizzix.

Patterned paper die cut letters, I think s.e.i. crafts

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Spot of Sun Page

Other than the rub on quote,

everything else on this page 

came from Stampin' Up! long ago.

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Sunbathing Kitty Page

The sunburst was made with the leftovers

from a previous page. I made my own pattern

and hand cut it out.

Other than the metal tag, everything else on this page

came from Stampin' Up! years ago.

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Flower Kitty Page

There will be a pull out journal card behind the large photo

on the upper left. The page was made with an old

scrapbook kit, featuring stickers, I bought long ago.

I made this page way back when,

but didn't put photos on it until now.

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Grumpy Kitty Page

I still need to make a title for this page.

The photos are of a none too happy old cat.

I brought home a new kitten, so she was 

a little upset with me.

The layout was made using an old plastic template

from Deluxe Cuts.

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