My Scrapbooking Story: How To Make "Your Inner Cat" Card

Card Inspiration: Do you know someone who has an Inner Cat yearning to break free? Well, this is the perfect card for that special person! Try enclosing a gift card with it, and you have a unique gift for a birthday, congratulations, or thinking of you card! Use a standard A2 envelope, or make your own envelope.

Instructions:
This card depends upon two key elements, very clever stamps from Catslife Press, and beautiful, detailed papers from Graphic 45.

1. Create a standard 4 1/4" x " 5 1/2" side-fold card from Bazill cardstock.
2. Mount a 4" x 5 1/4" light blue paper block to card front. I used Steampunk Debutante, Ephemera Extraordinaire.
3. Cut 2 identical 3 11/16" x 5 7/8" blocks of floral paper. Try Steampunk Debutante Fantasy Floral. I used the left hand corner of the page-you pick whatever appeals to you! Set them aside, while you prepare the rest of your card.
4. Stamp Catslife Press Catslife Definition stamp inside your card. Try American Crafts Inks.
5. Stamp Catslife Press Cat With Crown, on a scrap of ivory cardstock. Trim down.
6. Use American Crafts Glitter Gel Pens, and bits and pieces from your craft table to decorate kitty.
7. Mount Cat With Crown to a scrap of corrugated kraft paper.
8. Free hand cut a banner from ivory cardstock. Mount your title "Inner Cat" with Glitz Design Brown Block Teeny Alpha Stickers.
9. Fold and layer May Arts Pleated Satin Teal Ribbon (secure the folds with glue dots) to your liking. Tack folds by hand stitching. You can allow the stitching to show, for extra interest. Mount the title banner on the ribbon. Adhere the ribbon to the bottom of one of the floral blocks. Mount floral block on card front.
10. Fancy cut flowers from the 2nd floral block, and place on top of identical flowers of first block. Decide where you want the cat image to be, before you adhere anything.
11. Situate and mount Cat With Crown .