Clean and Simple Cat in Christmas Window

Good Saturday morning.  I am a little late getting my project posted today but I had so much fun making it this morning.  I told you how much I love all the new Poppystamps windows.  Today I have a clean and simple white on white Christmas window to share with you with pops of green, brown and a little red. 

I started by tracing around the inside of the window die onto the card base.  I used my craft knife to cut just a little on the outside of the traced lines so the edges of the opening would be hidden when I attached the window die.  Did that make sense?

I crimped a separate piece of cardstock for the siding, cut around the window opening and attached to the card base. Have you noticed how the crimped paper makes a statement with the pop of dimension. I love my crimper. You may want to get yours out and dust it off.

I cut two windows one for the outside and one for the inside.  I wanted the inside to look neat and crisp as well.  I attached the front window with mounting tape.  I attached a small tab of cardstock to the back of the sitting cat and then attached the tab to the inside of the window.  I wanted as much of the full cat to show as possible so attaching with the tab allowed me to do that. I attached the second window flat against the inside and over top of the tab on the cat.  It made the cat appear to beitting directly on the window sill.

I die cut a white border to use as a blind and then traced around the top outside portion of the die and then cut it out and attached to the inside window.

I die cut several pieces of pine and holly from my new Impression Obsession Twig Wreath set to create a window arrangement.  I used a dry brush swiped directly across a brown ink pad and lightly stippled brown on the branch area of the pine to give a more natural appearance.  It is hard to see it in the photo. I attached the pine pine to the window and then attached a multi loop gingham bow.  I added a few pieces of holly and a few red berries to finish. 

This could definitely be a scene from my front window as we have four cats.  That’s why I couldn’t resist the new cat dies.   And yes….it is lots of cat hair to deal with.  LOL!  Thanks for stopping in today and I hope you are having a great weekend.

Paper:  White, Wild Wasabi, Imaginisce Garden Party   Accessories:  Poppy Stamps Small Madison Arched Window, Sitting Cat, Impression Obsession Twig Wreath, Border Duo 2, Crimper, Glossy Accents, Mounting Tape, Stylus, Mat, Brush, Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Glue Dots, QuickStik, Brush