Friday, January 31, 2025

A Snarky Cat with a Valentine Balloon!

 Today, I'm sharing the Valentines that I made this year to send to my grandnieces and grandnephews.  I used pink metallic paper to emboss/die cut the hearts for the girls and red metallic paper for the boys, ages 14, 13, 12 and 10.  

These are mini slim line size 3"x 6".  I always include a $1 bill as a (very small!) treat but it adds a little fun when they open the card. 

I used a large eye sewing needle to 'sew' the balloon twine string through the cats hands.  I colored the Snarky cat with Distress Water Color Pencils and a water brush.  The hearts are die cut/embossed using Tim Holtz/Sizzix  3D Impresslits Lucky Love 

I'm sending my Valentine to the following challenges:

Time Out Challenges

used Stitch (balloon string), Heart, Love, Layer  ends 2/12


Inspired by Challenge

Red, heart, Valentine, animal ends 2/5


Can You Handle the Pressure

anything goes (embossed heart) ends 2/5


Tic Tac Toe #263

Used the top horizontal line -  Hearts, Designer Paper, Love Sentiment ends 2/13




Stamps:  Snarky Cat - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Love You from Mini Boxwood Heart set - The Greetery.
Paper:  Red and dark pink card bases from stash, DP Gosh I love You - Unity, Valentines Day - Recollections.
Other Supplies:  Crushed Olive and Wild Honey Distress Water Color Pencils - Tim Holtz, foam dots, water brush pen.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is so cute! Thanks so much for playing along at Inspired By!

Loll said...

These are all so adorable, Julia. Your grand nieces and nephews are going to love these! xx

Susan said...

Those cards made me smile! The snarky cat has such a great expression on his face, and he looks perfect holding his Valentine balloon. Great background papers on each!

HilaryJane said...

What a lovely set of cards Love the cat and the way you sewed the balloon string. That was a great idea xx

FranmadeInOregon said...

Love that snarky cat!

Carol said...

Snarky Cat with a fancy mylar balloon for the win! Great backgrounds, too. Thanks for playing with us at Time Out Challenges Pick Two.

Stephanie Lanzalotto said...

These are so much fun, Julia. I have had my eye on this Snarky Cats for a very long time, but these wonderful cards put me over. I have several cat loving family members who will love these. Thanks for the inspiration and for playing our Pick 2 challenge at Time Out!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Adorable Valentines, Julia - love the snarky kitty with the doily balloon!!

Christine Alexander said...

your snarky cat makes a great Valentines card :)

Bonnie said...

Cute valentines, Julia, and perfect for teen and preteen boys and girls!

Silke Ledlow said...

Julia, this is such a sweet card :) !!! Thank you for playing the IB and TTTC with us :) !!!

Nancy said...

I just love all of these snarky cat cards! Thanks for playing along with us at Time Out Challenges!

My Paper Epiphany said...

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for sharing your fun card at Time Out Challenge:)