Party Kitty Shaker and Wand (Free Image, too)!

Warning:  Cute and sweet all over the place!  This kitty is adorable!  Just perfect for a birthday greeting or party favor.  Don't you think?  

Is it just me?  I always have trouble with shaker cards.  With this one, I wanted the confetti to stay to the right of the kitty.  What use is having cute confetti if all disappears behind the kitty, right?  Could I glue it all?  No, I decided there was no way.  (I did glue the blue star sequin, however, I wanted it RIGHT THERE!  Here's what I actually did:

I sprinkled confetti onto the blue and white background.  Stacked a piece of transparency on top of that and then the yellow gingham.  Then I VERY CAREFULLY took it over to the sewing machine and stitched what you see above.  It seems to have worked!  

Don't you want to have a party?  This would make darling cupcake toppers, too!

Here are the steps for the kitty wand:

Print and cut out the adorable kitty.  You might notice that the circles are the trash  negative space from making the shaker card.  Tie a ribbon around the straw and make the fringe.

I usually just glue the layers down the middle - you can sew it, too.  I really like the look of pinking the fringe.

I use Aleene's glue - hot glue works, too.

Let it dry a little and fluff it up - just scrunch it!  I also added a flag at the top and clipped it to a bag with a paper clip.  

Download the adorable kitty HERE.

I can't believe it's already July 12th!  How many days until Christmas?

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday!