Beautiful eyes

I created this 12×12 scrapbook page to welcome our latest team member Mytens to the team. And for the June 18 blog challenge White with 1  – Space frontier deep gray

The advantage of working in monochrome is that you can concentrate on design and texture.  Design was sorted with the sketch which I followed.

Texture was achieved through; stamping on linen effect card, Tim Holtz tissue paper, Prima You and me deep grey paper with torn edges, soft layers including thread, lace and cheesecloth dyed with Tim Holtz black ink.  Using black stars glitter paste through an ink blot stencil, delicate line rub-ons and stickers for a deeper crisper design.

The text element is from the Collins book of quotations about Cats, including Macavity, the poem quoted in my husbands favourite film ‘Logans Run’.

I made some florals from layers of book paper, with gold and teal mica powder and deep ultrathick glossy accents to give a wet look. My husband thinks they look metallic.

The sketch inspired me to add an acetate butterfly. Every layout should have a butterfly.

Introducing Mytens

Mytens was advertised by Cats Protection as being 8 years old, she is actually 3. Her black is a deep velvet black with a russet undercoat. She is very cute but fiercely independent having spent time as a street homeless cat.  She has such delicate feet with little white mittens on, and a string tail, though I am sure it will grow. And she has beautiful creamy Jade eyes, with a dot in the right eye.

She has been trained to get up on the dining room chair to receive her treats which makes life much easier for my wheelchair husband who cant bend to the floor.

And she curls up to cat nap on my lap.

I always wanted a lap cat.

Selected by white with 1 for June Highlights