Once Upon a Time GDT-Cat in the Hat

Animals, Bugaboo Stamps, Child Friendly, Clean and Simple, Encouragement, Ocassions

Hello friends!  I can’t believe that February is gone and we’re moving onto March!  That month went by quickly, but now I can look forward to Spring coming, which is a good thing! 

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I had won a guest spot over at the Once Upon a Time Challenge blog in January, so I’m sharing my project for the March month’s book title:  “The Cat in the Hat“!  I remember this book so well as I read it so many times as a child!  You can be inspired to create with this book/book cover to make your project for this challenge:

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I chose to use the cover photo for my inspiration and I remembered something that I had which went perfectly with this theme in mind too:

I kept my card simple because the book cover photo was simple as well.  This is a digital image by Bugaboo Stamps (no longer in business) that I’ve had in my computer for a long time.  I still pull one out from time to time as they’re so great to color with!  The file name on my computer was “Cat in Hat“.   Really love that quote from Dr. Seuss!

I printed the image out twice.  Once to cut out the entire image panel and then another to color just the cat’s head, cut out and pop up over the image for dimension.  I felt compelled to color the background behind the cat in blue to match the cover photo.   It was easy to color because the cat was done in black and white with a pop of red color in certain areas.  I also added some glossy accents over his nose.

The image panel was layered over a piece of red scallop and then attached to a top folding white A2 card base.  I thought it would be a great card to send for encouragement to someone.

I hope you can play along in the challenge as I’d love to see your take with this book!  Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing some time with me!  I’ll be back shortly with another challenge post, so stay tuned!

Challenges:

  1. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – Anything Goes PIP2408
  2. Simon Says Stamp Monday – Fur or Feathers
  3. Digi Choosday – Anything Goes
  4. Gem of a Craft – Anything Goes
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19 thoughts on “Once Upon a Time GDT-Cat in the Hat”

  3. Congrats on you GD spot Vicki and I adore your fun and cute card and love that verse..my teeth nearly fell out saying it, but loved it all the same.. Have a great weekend..

    luv CHRISSYxx

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  4. Congrats on your GD spot and what a great take your card is on the challenge. I like how the cat is hanging over the quote from the book and that vivid blue background looks fabulous too. It’s been a while since I’ve seen that book, but it brought back many memories from when my children were little and loved to read all the Dr. Seuss books.

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  7. So glad to see a Bugaboo image again. Was so glad to have been in their DT team and so sad they stopped.
    Your card is gorgeous!
    xxx Margreet

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  8. OMGoodness, what an absolutely adorable card! Love that image – always happy to see people using Bugaboo images. I have a ton of them but I just don’t seem to use digis much anymore. But you’ve inspired me to rifle through mine to see what/who’s I can create something with! And congrats on the GD gig!

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  10. This is perfect for the theme, congrats on your GD! Like the background and this image/sentiment. I still have a big file of Bugaboo.

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  14. I think you made a super Cat N’ the Hat card. He’s even cuter than the real cat was. And I like that quote too.

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  15. Perfect image for the inspiration photo! Bugaboo – one of my favorites. I agree, that verse can be very encouraging indeed. Great GDT contribution.

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  17. Brilliant card Vicki I love both the image and the sentiment I think everyone knows Dr Seuss a super make

    hugs

    lolo x

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  18. I really like your non-uniformly colored background. It fantastically directs attention to this clever cat. Great design for this challenge.

    xx

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  19. Awww…..what a fun card! Congrats on your GDT spot – they were lucky to have you! I miss Bug-a -Boo stamps!

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