Christmas Cards - using Oh Kitty Tree Stamp Set

Oh Kitty Tree Card

I was given this stamp set as a gift when I first ventured into the world of papercrafting and cardmaking. Today I figured I should make use of it. I'm pretty sure it's Mama Elephant's "Oh Kitty Tree" which I recently saw in Jennifer McGuire's video (https://youtu.be/Vcc95_cmslE). I've made a few cards and even stamped the images on watercolor paper then let my toddler have a  go at water coloring so you'll have to excuse some of the random color choices!

I started off by stamping the main stamp of the tree made of cats onto 300 gsm watercolour paper using Jet black archival ink, this is a waterproof ink so perfect for watercolouring. I've used a cheap watercolour paper as I knew my toddler would be helping colour the images and well sometimes he manages to make holes in the paper! I also stamped a few of the individual cats and coloured them in too.

"Oh Kitty Tree" Stamp set and Other Tools Used

By watercoloring, I mean I used a brush and water with watercolor markers I purchased off Aliexpress. A review of the STA watercolor markers can be found here or click on the video below.

I apply a few streaks of color onto a plastic lid or non-stick paper - just whatever I can find  - and add a bit of water to get the colour flowing.

I carefully and painstakingly paint each individual kitty cat; in this case I admire the joy and spontaneity of my son as he just goes with the flow without a worry about lines or color matching.

My Son Watercoloring Away

My Son's Finished Masterpiece!

Once they were all coloured, I fussy cut them out and arranged them onto notecards and stuck them to card bases. As you can see I made various arrangements using the images my son had painted. I stamped "Season's Greetings" and "Wishing you a Merry Christmas" onto vellum using clear embossing ink and heat enmbossed. I also stamped "Happy Christmas" and silver heat embossed straight onto the cardstock.

I stamped in black the sentiment "Have a Meowy Christmas" that is included in the oh Kitty tree stamp set onto the thumbnail card. For the others, I used sentiments from the following pictured stamp sets. I don't know what the stamp set with the tree setting is called; I ordered it off aliexpress but the other set I used sentiments from is manufactured by My Favourtie Things and is called "Hand Lettered Holiday" I used a little set of stars stamp from this set too.

Mystery Stamp Set Bought off AliExpress!

My Favourite Things "Hand Lettered Holiday" Stamp Set

Oh Kitty Tree Cards - Merry Christmas!

Quite inexpensive cardstock was used for the card bases which is regrettable as I got quite a bit of warping. It was nice to make my son's artwork into cards and I know he'll enjoy giving them away to his friends and family as we all do.

I'm quite new to the cardmaking world so if there is anything you want to correct me on, have any advice to offer, or just have something to say please feel free to leave a comment I'd to know what you think.

Happy Crafting,

Mel Crafting