Aug 07 2008
Moon Light Cool Cat - Tutorial
A couple times a year I have to get this old Stampin’ Up set “Cool Cat” out and work with it. Love this cat! This morning I felt like getting out the bright colors to liven things up a bit.
Let’s get started. 
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin’ Up “Cool Cat” |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black & Tempting Turquoise |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up Tempting Turquoise, Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Basic Black & Wild Wasabi |
| Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Coluzzle, Tim Holtz Distressing Tool and Ruler, Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen, Bordering Blue marker, Blush Blossom Marker, Black Marker, Sponges |
Cut a 2.5″ circle with my Coluzzle out of card stock.
Note: This morning I used a circle cut previously and used in a different project. Nice to keep these things on hand and re-use them.
Used the circle as a mask for the moon. I just held it in place as I worked.
Traced a fine line around the mask with a Bordering Blue marker on a 4″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White card stock.
Sponged on some Summer Sun ink.
Sponged on Some Tempting Turquoise ink.
Sponged on some Wild Wasabi ink.
Sponged on some Ruby Red ink.
Sponged on some Chocolate Chip ink.
Removed mask.
Sponged some Summer Sun ink inside of the moon to the left side.
Using my Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement, stamped Cool Cat with Basic Black ink.
Sponged some Black ink at the bottom of the card stock.
Used a white gel pen to color in the whites of the cat’s eyes.
Colored in the Cat’s ears with a Blush Blossom Marker.
Added some dots to the background to look like distant stars.
Figured out what layout I wanted to use and cut my panels.
Distressed the main image panel and the Tempting Turquoise panel with a Tim Holtz distress tool.
Dragged the edges of all sides of the main image panel over the black ink.
sponged Tempting Turquoise ink around the edges of the Tempting Turquoise panel.
Drew in lines using a Tim Holtz ruler and White Gel pen to create a look of brick.
Drew a black line under the cat to create the top of the wall and colored in the top bricks with the black marker to make it flow better from one layer to the next.
The Tim Holtz ruler has holes in it that you can use your piercing tool with to create a faux stitching look.
Punched my holes around the edge of the card stock and then used a white gel pen and ran it from one hole to the next to create the stitching.
Here you have it the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.
May your day be sunny and your night sky be bright!
Until my next post. . . . . . . . .
Hugs,
Michelle
wow..so cool… i wish i can do this but its look like for a moment i cant.. hehe.. i have to find all the tools and stamps b4 i can start one by one the tutorials..
zindorf, thanks for sharing all great tutorials.. i enjoy reading it…
Very nice card Michelle. I love the colours in the background. Thanks for sharing with us. ~Debie
Gorgeous! Great Card!!
how cool is this card? Really great.
This is soooooooooo cute… I love your cool sky, goes so well with your “Cool Cat”…
Thanks
Debbie
I too love this little cat!! and what you have done with him
Debra
Lovely, Cat on a Hot Brick Roof! I like that Tim Holtz ruler with the holes. Thanks for sharing any tool that might be new to some of us. Have a great day
Who would have ever thought to use Wild Wassabe and Tempting Turquoise and then add Ruby Red!!! I’m diggin through my stamps right now to see what I can come up with as I don’t have this cat. You are so awesome to share your talent, THANK YOU.
You always amaze me! Awesome card Michelle.
Thanks,
Cyndi
This is too darn cute, I love this cat have used it several times, but nothing as cool as this scene. Love the colors you used.
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Evelynn
That is one cosmic cat, Michelle! Wonderful Tutorial. Will have to get out my Cool Cosmic Cat and try this, too!
Stamp yourself a beautiful day!
Eileen
Too Cute!!!!!!
Have a great day!
Teresa
My cat adopted me (she was homeless and my precious black cocker spaniel had recently died after 13 years of loving devotion). That was three years ago and it has been a love fest ever since. Her name is Tigger - I wasn’t a cat person and thought she was a male! Giggle! She is now the Queen of our home.
This card is too cute and even though my Tigger is an orange tiger, that innocent look and curled tail are so her. I MUST HAVE THIS STAMP! It would’ve made a great b’day card for my son who has two kitties.
Michelle, you are the best. Your cards and tutorials have inspired me to create projects I would’ve never attempted. I know it takes a lot of time and effort to post these detailed tuts complete with all the pics. As a loyal fan I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Hugs, -mary
Very cute and cheery!
Oh Michelle, I love COOL CAT. I was going thru your blog the other day and say the one you did using that set earlier. I think I’ll have to try one of these. TFS
I love cool cat so I am glad to see you use that stamp and give me more ideas and uses.
Have a perfect summer day.
I love that stamp set!!! I love the card! Alway’s an inspiration to all of us!!
Okay, I can’t take it anymore, I’m going to try this blogging thing. Beware, I’m new at it, so forgive me if this is goofed up.
All I can say is WOW! Just love this cat, and the colors! Thanks for sharing the ruler with us. I just love to know about tools that actually WORK! I have so many that never lived up to their promise! LOL
Another great piece Michelle, thank you for sharing it!
Wow ! Your card is so beautif ! I really like your tutorials. Thanks for your work ! (excuse my english, I speak french and my english is not good)
This is so cute Michelle! I got a note from Lisa about your next visit - I am so there!!! Have a great day!
This is a fun one!
Awesome! Will be looking for this stamp set!
I think this is my favourite of ALL the cards you have made. I love it. And I don’t even like cats
dog girl, me 
Hi Michelle, Sylvie here. Lovely as always.
What ever happened to your stamping pad search? WHere you ever able to replace it?
SG from Toronto
Sylvie asked “What ever happened to your stamping pad search? WHere you ever able to replace it?”
Sylvie, Oh yes, I replaced it, thanks to all the lovely people who left comments telling where to order one from.
I love that cat image!! Your tuts are always so inspiring, Michelle! They make me want to run to my craft studio! I can’t believe you find time to do all of this and then go out to work! You must have boundless energy! :o)
Question: What kind of sponges do you use? My ink never seems to “flow” from my sponges as well as yours does. I wonder if my sponges are too dense?
Thanks for the inspiration!
Ursula
Ursula asked “What kind of sponges to you use?”
Ursula, here is a link to a post that tells all about the sponges I use:
http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/04/23/tool-time-sponges/
And to think I just mailed Cool Cat off to a new home this afternoon. I can’t believe that you can even do cutesy well. I guess I can actually, you do everything well!
What FUN! You’re such a jewel to always do tutorials! You ROCK!
So you are just back from vacation and I feel like all is new and I can start gushing all over you again! First of all, “what no EP?” I kept looking and thinking okay she must emboss the moon, no, well then the cat, no, what the heck! After I got over that I just sat in amazement that if I picked yo yo yellow, tempting turquoise, wasabi green, and ruby red for my night sky, it would look like my dog did it. There are still two things that never cease to amaze me and maybe part is because I am looking at your tutorial and not your mind. The first is it seems like you grab a plain piece of white cardstock and randomly place your first stamped element, but it never seems like you are off. You never seem to cut a little off this end or a bit off that end. How do you do that? The second is that you start grabbing colors that on a good day at my house would just not turn to mud. But they go together and make whatever it is you are making. How do you do that? Maybe that’s what it means to be an artist! Thanks for another great tutorial!
I LOVE THIS! Cool Cat is one of my faves and you have just created a masterpiece (A…gain!) Love the bright colors too!
I hate to ask, but your brick wall is just SOOOO cute…
what are the dimensions of the bricks? I tried to do this on a scrap piece, but they don’t look proportionate to my main image like yours does. Thanks, Michelle!
Love your kitty… You can even make whimsical stamps look awesome!!!
This is so fabulous. Thanks for sharing your awesome talent..
Hugs
Tejal
very cool, bright background! like all the distressing too!
Ich finde diese Karte mit der Katze und den Farben unheimlich schön und habe mich auch mal daran versucht!!!!!!!!
Ich muß noch reichlich üben, um Ihre wunderschöne Technik zu beherschen!
Ich wünsche ein schönes, bastelfreudiges Wochenende und sende viele liebe Grüße
Gisela
I simply had to copy the card in my way.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Michelle this card is so cool. I adore cats have 4 of my own. You use so many techniques in your cards. I think your card making is more of a ‘work of art’ than just stamping and embellishing. thanks
how do you use the tonic paper distresser
thank you so much
absolutely in love with your tutorials
JoAnne