Hello!
Have you heard?
It's the Cat Lovers Hop hosted by Janis at Her Peaceful Garden.
This year is the fifth hop and it's a crazy week filled with crafting, commenting and celebrating cats of all sizes. There are fabulous sponsors and prizes to be won, but best of all, friendships to be forged with like minded cat lovers from around the world. Why don't you come and join us?
Here is my seventh card.
Last year I made a couple of cards using Vera Lane Studio's Les Chats. Well this year I have a pre-coloured digital collage sheet of the same cats, called Cat Life, and I have made a couple of ATCs.
As you can see I had hoped to make other projects with these quirky cats, but it was not to be, so they are fussy cut ready for use some other time. You might also see that I add colour to the cats' eyes and personalise them with white dots and dashes. You can also add glossy accents, glitter, trim and colour over with pens and pencils, so that they become a fusion of pre-coloured image and your own artwork.
I started by making the background by braying acrylic paints in pink. I stamped over the painting an AAll & Create stamp and added white doodled marks with a Posca pen. I cut the ATCs to size and inked the edges in black. I added a piece of black texture trim and popped the cats on top with foam tape. I finished with stickers from Tim Holtz's Small Talk pad. Here are the 2 ATCs in more detail:
I must love Franoise the most as I've just realised I've used him in both ATCs!
I'm also going to pretend that the burgundy spots of ink on the above ATC's cat were intentional :) !
I'm also going to pretend that the burgundy spots of ink on the above ATC's cat were intentional :) !
Thanks for stopping by today.
xoxo
I'd like to play along in the following challenges:
* Crafty Animals #31 27/10
* SUYP #47 AG 04/11 (#6)
* Polkadoodle #43 AG 04/11
* A Gem of a Challenge #1 AG 05/11
* Cardz TV #101 AG 07/11
* Crafty Animals #31 27/10
* SUYP #47 AG 04/11 (#6)
* Polkadoodle #43 AG 04/11
* A Gem of a Challenge #1 AG 05/11
* Cardz TV #101 AG 07/11
I'd really love some feedback :)
I read and appreciate all your comments.
Wow!!! Wonderful ATCs!!! Colours are amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteQuirky and fabulous. Love the colours. Hugs ValeryAnne.
ReplyDeleteThese are such darling, quirky cats, Carole, and the "personalizing" with the white ink really works! I love all the different colors available on that one sheet. Great fussy cutting.
ReplyDeleteWow, these are so colorful and fun. Love the touches of white gel ink that give even more personality to these cats.
ReplyDeleteOkay, here you go again... I'll be broke before this hop is over, lol! I do love these - amazing work!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Leslie
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Awesome ATC cards! I need those images..
ReplyDeleteReally cool backgrounds and I LOVE your purr-sonalization of the pre colored images. Love those sentiment stickers, too. I can't live without them. Adorable! xxD
ReplyDeleteI love how you add your own color to a pre-colored image. It does really add life to it.
ReplyDeleteOMG, who wouldn't love to own one of these beauties?!
ReplyDeleteThey are all gorgeous; love how vibrant the colors are.
Fabulous ATCs and so your backgrounds!!
ReplyDeleteI'm totally in love with your style, these cats are so striking in colour! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteColorful creations.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning, so vibrant and fun
ReplyDeleteI love your ATC's using those great cat images! The added touches you give really do make a big impact. So much beautiful color brings lots of smiles! Will look forward to seeing what you create later with the other cutie cats!
ReplyDeleteoh these are so wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful and such gorgeous colours :-)
ReplyDeleteNeither of these Sheets are available in the Etsy shop either :-(
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You have a great printer because the colours here are so bright and vibrant! They do not look pre-coloured. Do you have to use specialty paper? Really love the look and how you add the accents to make them your own. Your backgrounds are always so beautiful as well! Gorgeous ATCs! I know what you mean - I wanted to make more kitty projects too but just ran out of time.
ReplyDeleteMy printer is nothing extra special, Kitty - an HP Envy. I use a smooth white card called Colour Copy for printing out my digis. It take alcohol markers a treat! Best of all it is inexpensive and in my opinion is as good as Neenah Solar White. I usually add to the pre-coloured images with either Copics or pencils, but generally I find VLS collage sheets to be bright and colourful enough without the extra input. Hope that helps. xx
DeleteLove all those kitties! Awesome ATCs and coloring!
ReplyDeleteAnother amazing collection. Thanks for playing along with us at Crafty Animals. Lisa DT
ReplyDeleteFabulous ATCs. Love the colour and the Vera Lane images!
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful, colourful and cheerful
ReplyDeleteJenny xx
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These are so fun and colorful.
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness.....I had forgotten about Vera Lane images. I LOVE THEM and have included them on my future sponsor possibility list. Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous ATCs. I adore how colorful they are and how you personalized the pre-colored images. Your backgrounds are fabulous!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for playing along in the #2019CatLoversHop!!!
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I love your ATCs. So much going on on them and all the detail to look at.
ReplyDeleteHugs Monica
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ReplyDeleteAwsome work I love it
Good luck with the challenge Anything goes at Polkadoodles Craft Challenge
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Love the cats, the colors the energy, everything! Thank you for play with us at Gem of a craft challenge, Good luck with your entry.
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