A Birthday Card with Cattitude - Dimensional Techniques
Channel: Catherine PaperArt
Date: 2024-02-29

Here's a sassy card - a card with Cattitude! - using various dimensional techniques without adding a ton of bulk.  By using texture and perspective to create visual dimension; multiple cardstock layers, and foam tape, these techniques and tools add depth and dimension to create different moments throughout the card.
I used multiple layers of cardstock:  3 for the tree house; 5 or 6 for the upper shelves,  3 for the bottom shelf with a layer of textured cardstock on top.  The middle shelves have foam tape behind them.  Half of the cats (and the mouse) have 2 or 3 layers of cardstock, some with foam tape behind them to provide support.  I used a simple, lightweight string (butcher's cotton) and dyed it using Distress Spray Stain in Antique Linen to create a 'Sisal carpet' on the scratching posts of the tree house.  This provides texture that visually adds dimension at the same time.  Lastly, the perspective of the cat die cuts and the cat tree house establishes visual dimension without adding bulk.
I had so, so much fun making this card!  Even my hubs and little one had fun watching this card come together!  I had some cats left over so, I think next week's lunchbag bag tag is going to have some Cattitude!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClU2ueez-Oo765i6-BA3oUQ?sub_confirmation=1

Products I used:
• Waffle Flower
—Cattitude Die Set 421544
—Cat Tree House Die Set 421545
—Pet Thoughts Sentiments 421535
—Pet Thoughts Matching Die Set 421536
—Subsentiments Cat Diecut SCP247

• Honey Bee Stamps
—Inside: Birthday Sentiments Stamp Set HBST-331

• Amazon
—Open Book Cutting Die

• Bazzill Cardstock 
—Card Shoppe Marshmallow 304575
—Mono White 309001

• Neenah Cardstock 
—Classic Crest 110lb Solar White NCCSWO4456

• Paper Accents
—Glossy Black Cardstock 12x12 MFBBLK1212-1

• Echo Park Paper Co.
—6x6 Paper Pad Day in the Life No. 2

• Generic Happy Birthday Word Die 

• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink
—Peeled Paint Re-Inker TDR57215
—Fossilized Amber TDR57086

• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray
—Kitsch Flamingo TSO72652
—Antique Linen TSS42136

• Tsukineko Memento Dye Ink
—Tuxedo Black Full Size Ink Pad ME-000-900

• June Gold 2.0mm Oil-Based Mechanical Pencils

• Scrapbook.com
—4" Mint Tape, Low Tack SBC-PTADH-6109

• Altenew
—Instant Dimension Foam Tape ALT4346

• Crafter's Companion Gemini Junior Portable Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

• My Sweet Petunia
—MISTI Stamping Platform msp-60021
—Precision Glue Press msp-36363

• Waffle Flower Grip Mat wfc-wft074

• Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Comfort Trimmer
• Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Retractable Craft Pick

• Gina K Designs Pick and Stick Tool

• Fiskars Deluxe Paper Trimmer

• Crafter's Essentials Easy See Green Tape

• BeeChamp Heavy Base Nonskid Desk Tape Dispenser

• Tonice Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive ton-200n

• Glassboard Studio White Glass Mat 18 x 24

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