"Tis the season for birthdays! Between family and friends I need quite a few this month. I made this one for my brother, a crazy cat dad who likes to garden, following this sketch from Just Add Ink.
When I sit down to play with inks I will make a mess of backgrounds and figure out what to do with them later. Sometimes I only use part of one and keep the leftover scrap for something else. The background behind the cat was from a leftover bit made by smooshing Hero Arts Glimmer Inks in red, copper, and bronze on watercolor paper. As you can see by the second image they really do shine when you tip them to the light! The cat was cut using the Cat Collage die from Poppy Stamps and the vegetation with a die from Altenew's Leaf Mix die set. I gilded the edges by holding the paper vertically and pressing the edges into a versamark pad and then gold embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment with one from the So Many Sentiments set by Gina K Designs and embossed it as well.
I am also entering this in the Critter Crazy Special Birthday Bash Milestone challenge celebrating their 100th challenge and the Show Us Your Pussycats anything goes challenge.
Thank you for stopping by! Until next time, Hansi and