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I have a friend who has been 'adopted' by two cats - one just appeared, the other the owners moved without it.. recently she posted a photo of one of them lying curled up in a plant pot, regardless of the flowers... this was my starting point for this card! (which she loved!)
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I created the background fence by scoring lines to a set point on the card stock, masking below them, then applying ink directly to the card.
I then moved the mask to cover the 'fence' and added some greens to form the lawn.
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All except the cat are dies that I some I received in an order from Gummiapan recently, and as they are so tiny, I could cut them from snippets of card!!
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The die cuts were coloured with polychromo pencils and with some ink on the light green leaves
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The cats (I think the Memory Box dies are now discontinued) I used chalks on as I am not that confident in colouring them.
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The 'shrub' behind the black and white cat is the same die cut as the other plant, (this time cut from dark green card) and dissected before being added the other way up than intended
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The sentiment is part of a larger stamp, that I masked, stamped and then embossed with rich green EP, then cut down into two double ended fishtail banners, and mounted on foam
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The inside was finished with a floral washi tape.
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I used the flowers
24 comments:
What a fun card Maxine.What a great scene you created. it perfectly highlights the cats. Great job.
A fun and colourful card with the Cat Maxine, many thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts 'Add a Sentiment' theme this week.
B x
Great die-cutting and colouring to make this garden scene.
Thanks for sharing at the Snippets Playground. Come and have a cuppa and some hot buttered crumpets in the Sunday Morning Breakfast Club xxx
Fabulous and fun card!
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts,-))m
Lots of fun snippets and a cute, cute card! Love the little kitties. I have a picture of Rambo curled up in one of our flower pots outside.
Lynn
Your card is gorgeous - love the kitty on the flowerpot :)
Beautiful card, and love so much how you coloured the cats!
Love the scored lines in the background, that really adds to the scene, very clever! Lovely scene too with the kitties and the pots. Lovely card. Hugs, Wends xoxo
Our daughters cat does the same! And... the plant died but we let the pot stand and she loves to lay in it after the sun has wornth the soil...
Love the card; so perfectly personolisted! Hugs. Gerrina
Gorgeous card Maxine. I can see that your friend would love it
This is a PURR-fect birthday card, Maxine. So pretty!
Great use of dies to create your scene. Thanks so much for joining in with my "Add a Sentiment" challenge at Allsorts this week.
Pauline xx
This is such a fun scene- and I am sure the cats would do this IRL too. DS, DIL and GS have adopted 2 cats- they are so adorable and fun to watch them out in the yard hunting for bugs. One brings them in the house...lol. Back to your card- a great Bday card for a cat lover!
Hello Maxine,
What a lovely card you made .
And love the story behind it .
Only the part where the neigbours left the cat when they moved out.
But eventually it turned out very well for the cat happily.
Hugs and Creativity
Cinderella
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This is such an awesome scene you've created here. We can all picture it, right? It's such a natural sight we see all the time, and you really captured it. This feels life-like somehow. Really a lovely card, my friend.
Very apropriate for a cat. They certainly do the unexpected. love this card.
Hugs and Blessings
Hahaha this one made me laugh - isn't it funny how cats love to do that? CarolG
Such a lovely card...you created a neighborhood look) andgood for your friend adopting these 2 cats...
The way you coloured that black and white cat is just perfect - it really is just as if it was real.
Loe the idea of the fencing behind the garden scene and your colouring is really fabulous.
A super card, no wonder it was well received.
Blessings, Neet xx
What a fabulous card Maxine - it's perfect! No wonder your friend loves it - so much attention to detail. Ha, even the decimated flowers are so right. But who could move house and leave a cat or any other pet behind? That really makes my blood boil - so glad they both have a loving home now.
Hugs
Di xx
A cute fun card. Thanks for joining us at Alphabet Challenges for Nature. Caz. DT
A super card. Your fence looks fabulous and you've created a wonderful scene with the die-cuts.
Thank you for joining in with our October challenge "Anything Mixed Media Goes" at Creative Artiste Mixed Media. Good luck x
Lovely cat card! 🐈 the fence with pots are perfect 🥰
What a fabulous card. I love how you personalized the birthday card for your friend with two cats. Your chalking of the cats is amazing. Thanks for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and More!
sue n.
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