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Sweet Pea Kitties!

Today I am sharing with you a card I made for a cat loving friend. I can’t say who it is though…since she hasn’t gotten the card yet! It’s the first time I’ve used Purple Comfort; a Sweet Pea image from ching chou kuik. I just love these sweet kitties! Look at their teeny wings!



This picture makes the contrast between the doily and the image very obvious…but it’s subtler in person. I probably should have chalked the doily first, but…after spraying it with a ton of Glimmer Mist, that wouldn’t have been a good idea. The image was colored exclusively with Distress Inks, and I think it came out really pretty.



This photo shows the colors much better. See how much paler the image is here? I used a bit of Liquid Pearls on the cats’ wings.



Look at all that pretty glimmer! I used Patina and Tattered Rose on the doily. I hope my friend likes the card. I think she’d be happy with anything with kitties though! Have an inspiring day!

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Kelli Green aka Cajunstampingqueen said…
You Think it came out great!!!! They way you color with distress inks RAWKS MY SAWKS!!!!!!

AWESOMENESS!!!!! LOVE IT!
April 12, 2011 at 7:45 AM
Laura said…
This is gorgeous, love the colouring !!!!
April 12, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Jen Shults said…
This turned out fantastic Alison! I think using distress inks is your calling... it looks awesome!
April 12, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Rosa Witten said…
Beautiful!!! The distress inks are sooo cool, I just started coloring with them.
:) Rosa
April 12, 2011 at 1:42 PM
Sparkly Engineer said…
So very pretty. The soft colors are just beautiful.
April 12, 2011 at 10:46 PM
Micki said…
ok, one word wow.... love the colors and love how you colored that hair!!!!

I keep meaning to use doilies but never do, lo.

Wonderful card girl!!!!
April 13, 2011 at 4:51 PM
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