Two Paw and Company Designs

Glenda Schoonmaker, (CEO) Creator, Educator, Organizer
handmade greeting cards for celebrations, love/affection, thoughtfulness, snarkiness
plus a line of environmentally friendly cards

Encouragement-hang in there-M18

18-Encouragement-followup 2 cat making bad ideas

Those “bad idea” times really can make some super memorable times–(notice I didn’t say some of the best times).

    When I was very young in the last millennium, I always envisioned that I wanted to have as many experiences in life as possible so that when I was old, I’d be able to sit in my rocking chair, rock back and forth, and smile while thinking about all the memories I experienced in life. 

     I feel like I’ve had many memorable experiences; we do have rocking chairs outside on the deck, but I haven’t quite yet reached the point of just sitting while rocking back and forth. Maybe later.

18-Encouragement-followup cat making bad decisions

This card was made using an A7 Kraft folded card with sort of ugly brown card stock over the Kraft card. I didn’t want to use background cardstock that was bright and cheerful–that’s why I said “ugly brown.”

     A stencil which I’ve had forever (don’t know the brand) was placed over white card stock and daubed with grays, beiges, and brown dye inks. 

      

18-encouragement-home

I stamped the Katzelcraft cat image with black Distress Ink onto the stenciled background. 

     The Katzelcraft sentiment is also stamped with black. A few raindrop looking clear beads were glued randomly on the card.

     I frayed the corner edges of the stenciled cardstock before adhering it to the rest of the card