The Cat's Out of the Bag

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  It's one of my favorites: Tic Tac Toe:

Pick any row, column, or diagonal, or maybe challenge yourself to use all of the squares!!  Here is the card I created:

I used the center row: yellow, paper piecing, and vellum.  I also used polk-a-dots.  I won this background die within the last couple of weeks and for some reason, I've had this card in mind since I won it.  And I just love how it turned out.  The cat image is one of my newest Repeat Impressions stamps and this is the first time I've inked it up.  I stamped the image on a scrap of white card stock and then again on a piece of brown paper bag (or maybe packaging) that I had in my stash for some reason.  Some of the other Rock Stars have done this technique before and it is really genius.  After coloring the cat and adding a little shading to the bag, I cut them out and pieced them together.  I stamped the sentiment on vellum and heat embossed it with black embossing powder.  Then I backed the squares with patterned paper and adhered the cat with foam tape for some really fun dimension.  Finished everything off with some enamel dots.  In the following picture, you can see the dimension a bit more. 

If you need any of the stamps I used today (and you know you do!) check out my 10% off your entire order code in the left-hand sidebar.  And then come back and get inky with us.  I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Curiosity Cat" and "The Cat's Out. . ."
Dies: Lawn Fawn "Peekabook Background" die

Challenges:
heARTful Stamping--anything goes
Fashionable Stamping #134--animals
Crafty Friends #181--use your favorite color (blue is my favorite color and gray is my favorite color for cats, I've had three of them)
Sweet Stampin'--embossing (heat embossing)
Cardz TV #42--anything goes
Creative Fingers #144--anything goes
Fussy and Fancy Challenge #209--add a sentiment
Cute Card Thursday #524--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage #106--anything goes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #13--anything goes
Sheep Ski Designs #13--animal magic
Dies R Us #94--anything goes (I used a Lawn Fawn die)
Divas That Cut--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Verve April Diva Dare--yellow