Thinking of You Fish Bowl – Cat Lovers Hop Finale + Blog Candy

Here we go… the grand finale of the Cat Lovers Hop! It has been a fun week of all things feline!

Jamis, at Her Peaceful Garden, organized this fun hop and she and her four-legged friends deserve a huge round of applause, as do all of the fab sponsors!! Raise your paw if you agree!

(By the way, this paw belongs to Charlie, my friend’s Main Coon cat. If you want to see the rest of him, you can check out the post HERE)

I have a fun Thinking of You card for today:

Here it is open. I really love that adorable kitty by Stampendous! And I think it’s funny that he’s looking at the fish and ‘thinking of you.’ lol! I debated stamping Thinking of You again on the inside to match up, but decided that would leave me with little room to write a message, so left it as is.

This was my first attempt at coloring on acetate with Copic markers. It was a learning experience! Since the ink sits on top of the acetate, they do not blend. You can, however, get some neat texture with a little practice.

Unfortunately my first attempt was too dark and you couldn’t see the cat very well through the fish bowl. Back to the drawing board!

The other thing you have to remember when using Copics on acetate is that the colors come out MUCH lighter than the do on paper. It took me several tries to get them dark enough to be seen.

 

This time I put Glossy Accets over it for water and it turned out MUCH better. Of course had I wanted NO bubbles, there would have been oodles of ’em. There were still a few and they look terrific.

I put glossy accents on the cat’s eyes, too for a little more realism. You can’t hardly tell in the pictures, but once I added the Distress Inks, I sprinkled some water over the card, so there are water spots as if someone’s naughty little paw has been splashing around in the water!

Materials used:

• Stampendous stamps: Feline Curious, Sushi Bowl Party, & Jumbo Thinking of You
• Staz-on solvent ink – Jet Black
• Judikins Permanent & Fabric Ink Cleaner
• Copic Markers:
  • Fish bowl: B29; BV08; E37; G19; R29, 89; V06; Y17; YR07
  • Cat: C1; E000, 00, 02; R20, 22, 32; YR02, 21, 24
• Wink of Luna Gold (Cat’s eyes)
• White Gelly Roll (adds dimension to white ‘fur’)
• Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents
• Versamark Ink
• Recollections Clear Embossing Powder
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Broken China
• Misc. cardstock, acetate, adhesives

I’m playing along in the following hops and challenges:

• The Cat Lovers Hop: http://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-cat-lovers-hop-is-here.html

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Throwback — March Lion (that you can find HERE )  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=3130

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-20/

I hope you’ve enjoyed the Cat Lovers Hop and my cards this week! Hopefully we can talk Janis into organizing this again next year! >^.^<

Oh, wait… I said we’d go out with a bang, didn’t I… Perhaps I’d’ve been better off saying we’ll go out with a ‘pop’…

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Now, don’t everyone run out and buy Rice Krispies to try this! lol! And if your dog DID try this, just remember…

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***********    giveaway now closed    ***************

Well, hello there! Are you still sticking around?! I reckon you – like your four legged furry friends – think you deserve a treat, eh?! I DO have another small blog candy package up for grabs:

A ‘Meow!’ Cat magnet, a foot of paw print ribbon (yes, I DO see the irony in that!) and a couple of kitty embellishments for your next cat card.

If you’d like to have a chance at winning this little package, pay close attention: Leave ONE comment on this post telling me: What’s the most cats you’ve had at one time? (I think Janis will win in quantity, but the drawing will be random!). You must leave your comment before 11:59 p.m. PACIFIC time, Sunday, November 1, 2015. If you don’t tell me the highest number of cats you’ve ever had, I’ll assume you’re not interested in the blog candy. If you are (or become) a follower of this blog, you can make a SECOND comment telling me so for an additional entry. On November 2, 2015 I will use Mr. Random org to draw a winner from the comments that qualify and TRY to announce it here on the blog. I will be in an area with spotty internet, so if there is no announcement on November 2nd, I will announce the winner on November 10, 2015. The winner will have 72 hours to contact me with their snail-mail address or another winner will be chosen.

Well, it’s been a fun week I hope you enjoyed your visits here and hope to see you again! I’ll sign off now as Tigger would:

TTFN (which, for those who have forgotten, stands for Ta-Ta For Now!)

-D.Ann

akkk… now I’ve got the Tigger song running through my head… ‘their heads are made out of rubber, their tales are made out of springs’….  I guess we DID have a ‘bouncy, bouncy, fun, fun, fun, fun’ week hopping around, didn’t we?!! >^.^<

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One last one….

pps… don’t forget Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday: