Sunday 23 January 2011

Just Purrfect!

This card makes me sooooo happy,I'm more than a little pleased with it. The image by Meljens I chose from my win there a few weeks ago. Thought I'd try my hand at "tabby" it's not quite right,it's more like ginger but I'd be happy to have a ginger tabby cat to cuddle! I also fancied giving a spotty background a go,I've tried it in the past,but googled "Spotty Copic Background" and found a You Tube demo where the lady starts using 0000 numbers,now I only have Ciao so thought I'd try the same technique but using my blender to pick up the various colours and then dot it onto my paper.
Obviously the dots aren't so perfect done this way but I rather like it anyway! Not sure of the name but the scrummie,colourful paper is by Bo Bunny. I cut a few of the flowers out to add interest and coated them with 3d glaze.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
TCSP9,Relax,26.1.11
CC42,What's new,New Digi,New technique,31.1.11
Secret Crafter 118,It's a couple thing,29.1.11
FFF44,Birthday,28.1.11
TFWC5,Animal anything goes, 4.2.11
Stamp Something,Cute something,28.1.11
Totally Papercraft 50,Add a heart,28.1.11
Digi Doodles 43,Anything goes,27.1.11
Fab n Funky 56,Animal Magic,26.1.11
I hope you've had a lovely,restful weekend,
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

24 comments:

Sue U said...

Wow, lovely card and the background is amazing!! Fab image too :-)
Sue xx

Mel X said...

This is soo sweet.

Thanks so much for sharing this with us at the Secret Crafter and Totally Papercrafts. Good luck.

Mel X

Jeannie said...

Love the imagage and the shading is brilliant!
Jeannie x

Sharon said...

What an adorable card.
Thanks for joining in the animal magic challenge at Fab 'n' Funky this week, hope to see you again next time.
Sharon x

scrapperjulia said...

What a sweet cat! Love the papers too! Thanks for joining us at The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge!

Sue said...

Your cat and mouse scene is adorable! Colored beautifully and love the pouncing around the image for shadow!! Thanks for joining us at the Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge this month.

Hugs
Sue

Unknown said...

Ahhh, This is just sooo sweet.. That image is to cute.. You know I am a big cat lover..

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!!

Hugs, Linda

Vicki Romaine said...

This is exactly what my dog does all day--relax. However, I hope there is not a mouse on his back! this card is so cute and it is perfect for the Let's Relax" challenge. I just love the image.

Thanks so much for enter the challenge at the Cheerful Stamp Pad and hopefully you will be a regular submitter.

Erum Tasneem said...

it IS a very cute card, it makes me happy too! And your dots are just perfect, that is the first thing I noticed... I was wondering what it is and how did she do it! LOL

Annika said...

omg, I can't believe how perfectly you have coloured the fur! amazing!!
Hugs
Annika

Margreet said...

what a gorgeous card....your colouring of that sweet image is awesome....it looks so real!...thanks for playing with Fairy Fun Fridays' Birthday Challenge!....hope seeing you next time again!
xxx Margreet

downrightcrafty said...

oh what a fabulous pair and a gorgeous creation, thank you for playing along with the SCSC this week
Hugs Kate xx

Keep It Sweet and Simple said...

Gorgeous card - your colouring is awesome and I love that dotty background. I will have to look up that technique. I have the Ciao's too, so thanks for your tip with the blender. :-)
Thanks for joining our 'heart' challenge at Totally Papercrafts.
Caroline xxx

Suzanne said...

Fab card. I'm well impressed with your dotty background and Tabby cat colouring. Love it !
Hugs Sue x

*❀* said...

purrrrrfectly lovely! =^.^=

andrea said...

Love the background image,fab card thankyou for joining us at fab'n'funky
andrea

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

So sweet!

Thanks for joining our "It's a couple thing" challenge on SECRET CRAFTER SATURDAY CHALLENGE :)

Hugs Jane x
SCSC DT

Julie said...

So cute! Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Hugs,
julie

pickle said...

Love this card especially the background..puuurfect!

Kylie said...

Awww - puuurrfect! I love your image, fabulous card.
Thanks for playing at TFWC this month,
Hugs
Kylie

Melissa 'meljen' Jenkins said...

This is so sweet! I love all of the little color dots! You did a wonderful job with coloring. :-) Thank you for sharing this with me, Julie!

Jennifer Moore said...

Awesome coloring on the cat.

Carolina Girl (Cely) said...

Darling card....love the image and how you presented it. I want to make one now!

Cheryl said...

I saw this over on the Meljen's blog and had to stop by. Gorgeous card! I LOVE how you colored the kitty.