#TGIFC412 — Magical Challenge

Happy Friday!!! For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we have a theme of “Magical.” When I saw the prompt photo below, it brought back memories of my daughter when she was little and loved unicorns. She even dressed up like a unicorn one Halloween. Needless to say, she’s grown up now. In fact, she’ll be turning the big 25 soon! All these thoughts prompted me to design a fanciful, and magical, birthday card for her.

These days, my daughter’s affections focus on her sweet cat, Tito. So, I decided to use the Love Cats stamp set and some fun stamping and background techniques.

To stamp the cats, I used a Stamparatus to stamp each cat with multiple colors. After positioning the stamp in the Stamparatus, I used Sponge Daubers to add one color at a time. I stamped over and over, cleaning the stamp in-between colors to get the intensity and coverage I wanted. I totally love my “rainbow cats!”

In the background, I used Stampin’ Blends Markers to randomly color on Vellum Paper. Then, I used a paint brush dipped in Isopropyl Alcohol to move the ink around. I reapplied the colors several times for intensity, and then I splattered the alcohol over the panel to add drops. I also splatters my cats with a Tahitian Tide Stampin’ Blend.

I used the following colors for both my rainbow cats and background: Daffodil Delight, Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide, and Fresh Freesia.

Of course, I had to decorate the envelope too with some 2022-2024 In Color Glimmer Paper cut with Alphabet A La Mode Dies.

Then on the inside, I added a greeting from the Biggest Wish stamp set. I know she’s going to LOVE this!!!

Be sure to click over to the TGIF Challenges Blog to see all the designers’ “magical” projects this week. Then, design one of your own and enter our challenge by using the Linky Tool at the bottom of that post.

Have a wonderful and creative day!

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