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Don't be afraid to be great... kitten in flowerpot 5x7in card

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Don't be afraid to be great... kitten in flowerpot 5x7in card Hi Craft addicts! Well, I have been playing with colouring animals and have decided I need so much more practice! How I made this card I cut out the Kitten in a flowerpot topper out of white card using the free gift that came with the latest Tattered Lace magazine (Issue 75) and the set is called Hello Petal. I then used alcohol markers to colour the flowerpot etc in (leaving the kitten till last as i want to try something different). I realised that I wouldn't be able to get the right effect with the markers yet (also realising that I do need to move my light to the other side of where I work as the image is always hidden by my right hand lol) so I decided to try colouring pencils (the Colour Blend sets from Spectrum Noir) and I coloured her in using greys and dark greys. Once I was fairly happy with the result, I put it to one side and cut out the Oval shape in Green Mirri card (there is a double ed...

Cute Kitty with teddy bear friends 6in square card - Day 330 of my 365 day challenge

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Cute Kitty with teddy bear friends 6in square card -  Day 330 of my 365 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! Well I thought I would leave Christmas for one day and have made this cute hand stamped and coloured card... I hope you like it... How I made this card:- I first of all used a Tattered Lace Scalloped Edged circle die and cut out the mat in white linen effect card. I stamped the cat image (Best Friends stamp from Sweet Dixie) directly on to the circle using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the cat in using the markers in Prism's Cool Greys set (the three darkest ones) until I was happy (ish) with its' colouring and then used brown shades to colour in the teddy bears. I also stamped the XXXX image just underneath using the Memento Tuxedo Black ink again. I used Blue and Green Prism inks to colour in the background with separate sponge daubers. I then cut out the larger background layer using the Reach For the Stars die (from Paper Boutique's Celestia...