* Cat Lovers Hop: Mooch

 

Hello

Welcome to the Cat Lovers Hop 2022.

A big hello to all my furry, feline-loving friends!

The Cat Lovers Hop, for those that don't know, is a fantastic annual event, hosted by the lovely Janis over on her blog, Her Peaceful Garden. 

This is its eighth year and an awful lot of work goes into its planning and preparation. The community of cat loving crafters is one of the best I have come across and I look forward to this event all year long.

If you like cats pop over and have a look at the fun games and awesome prizes that Janis has organised for the next few days. 

You'll find the link up and all the beautiful projects here. 

If you enter, make sure you sign up here to be eligible for prizes.

My first card is a winter card that I'll probably send it as a Christmas card - I am way behind on making them, as usual!

It features the lovely Mooch, a silhouette cat, from Lavinia Stamps:

Lavinia Stamps is a company founded by Tracy Dutton, the artist behind the beautiful stamps. It has grown massively in the last few years and now has an international following and fan base. Tracy owns a magical shop in Ruthin, North Wales and I'm hoping to visit this weekend for her Hallaganza Open Days :)

I have been watching quite a few Lavinia You Tube tutorials on how to create wreaths from small stamps and this is my version.

I used a circle stencil to create the centre, using torn paper and ink to create snow mounds for Mooch to sit upon. The wreath was stamped using foliage stamps (Pound Stamps) and Versamark inks - some second generation stamping was included to produce depth. I blended some light green ink around the foliage and coloured the holly berries with a red Posca pen. I stamped the Fairy Charms to give Mooch something to gaze at. The rest of the card was inked in Della Blue Elements ink and the very edges in black. I added some water droplets to bleach out some colour and splattered all over (apart from Mooch) with white acrylic.

Some Icicle Stickles was added to the snow drifts and some Lime Green Stickles to the wreath.

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Critter Crazy Challenge #67 25/10

* Crafty Animals #66 AG Animals 28/10 TOP PICK

* SUYP Challenge #82 AG Cats 31/10

* Most Magical Time of the Year #1 31/10 Top Pick

* Lost Coast #154 Cats &/or Dogs 31/10

* Winter Wonderland Challenge Let it Snow 04/11

* Crazy for Cats Challenges #1 AG Cats 25/11