Hello Ai fans!
It's no big secret that I love cats. I have a few cats, but there are still days that I feel like this lady. There are days when my cats all want of my attention. No matter how many times I look at this image, I still laugh at it! Today, I used Cat Lady TF 4340. It's part of the TryFold collection, but I kept it as a one layer card. I like to use the TryFold images in many different ways than they were first intended. It stretches out the life and value of your stamps.
I started by stamping all three parts of the stamp set onto Canson XL Watercolor paper with Jet Black Archival ink. I used my Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils and the fine tip Tim Holtz water brush to add color to my images. I pulled color directly from the tip of my pencil with the tip of my water brush. I added it to my image starting in the darker areas and spreading the colors out. I added two layers of color. Once everything was dry, I can in and added in shadows with my Prismacolor colored pencils. I used Gamsol and a blending stump to spread out the pencils. I used a black glaze pen on all of the open eyes to add shine. The background of the card is patterned paper for the from American Crafts Cedar Lane 6x6 paper pack. I fussy cut out all three of the images and added them to the background with different heights of foam tape. I added the greeting onto a string and "hung" it on a brad to make it look like a picture.
Watercolor Pencils Used:
Face - Burnt Ochre, Burnt Carmine for blush
Cats - Cool IV, Black, Burnt Ochre, Burnt Umber
Brown furniture - Walnut Black
Blue- Prussian Blue
Red - Madder
Prismacolor colors used:
Sienna Brown, 945, French Grey 70% 1074, Yellow Ochre 942
I started by stamping all three parts of the stamp set onto Canson XL Watercolor paper with Jet Black Archival ink. I used my Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils and the fine tip Tim Holtz water brush to add color to my images. I pulled color directly from the tip of my pencil with the tip of my water brush. I added it to my image starting in the darker areas and spreading the colors out. I added two layers of color. Once everything was dry, I can in and added in shadows with my Prismacolor colored pencils. I used Gamsol and a blending stump to spread out the pencils. I used a black glaze pen on all of the open eyes to add shine. The background of the card is patterned paper for the from American Crafts Cedar Lane 6x6 paper pack. I fussy cut out all three of the images and added them to the background with different heights of foam tape. I added the greeting onto a string and "hung" it on a brad to make it look like a picture.
Watercolor Pencils Used:
Face - Burnt Ochre, Burnt Carmine for blush
Cats - Cool IV, Black, Burnt Ochre, Burnt Umber
Brown furniture - Walnut Black
Blue- Prussian Blue
Red - Madder
Prismacolor colors used:
Sienna Brown, 945, French Grey 70% 1074, Yellow Ochre 942
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