* Winter Cats

 

Hello

One of my Facebook buddies has an Etsy store where she sells handmade bookmarks, tags and cards and more recently she has added some digital collages for us to download, print and create our own magic. Her store is Wendylynn's Paper Whims. I do hope you'll take a look. The printables are 50% off at the moment.

I spotted these gorgeous Winter Cats in the style of Van Gogh.  Now, cats and Van Gogh are two passions of mine, so I knew I had to purchase.

I downloaded them after midnight and I couldn't wait to get printing, cutting and glueing, so I made a couple of digital collages just to see the artwork in context. I hope you like what I made:

I gave this one a mixed media background which resembles a snowy winter's day. I added a gold wreath motive behind the image and some gold splatters, along with lavender stars. I framed with black and gold on both the image and the background, and I found a Van Gogh quote to tuck beneath the image and the word 'Shine'. A metallic embellishment and some wonky, gold stitches finish off the piece.

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Again I chose a mixed media background representing dark, winter sky. I used a transparent mask to add more detail and texture to the background, along with gold splatters and sparkly blue snowflakes. The pine cluster embellishment is from a set by Raspberry Road. The gold, diamond-shaped studs were arranged as a frame along with some black and white detail. To finish, I tucked a wintry sentiment beneath the cluster.  

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Next, I added both cats (fussy cut away from their backdrops)) to a wintry background:

Winter Cats

Thank you so much for looking.

SUYP Challenge #96 AG with Cats 31/01