Sunday 4 May 2014

No Gun, No Getaway Car

Hello.  Welcome.  This very strange project started after I saw Lesley's post over at the PaperArtsy #3UP this week.  If you haven't popped over you are missing out.  There's even a little something from me.  Anyway. Lesley was doing very fun things with the cat from PaperArtsy EDY06 stamp set.  So I stamped a load of cats and coloured with sharpies, cut off their heads, their tails and legs, and put them back together is a very cute way.  No Frankenstein here you know.  Then one fell on this postcard


I was in Nille the other day.  That's a bit like Woolworths.  Reasonably priced household stuff.   Anyway I checked the crafty bit and they had had some new papers in including these packs of kraft with various black prints on them.  Ooh loverly.  When I got home I found one had this lovely print and it reminded me of Stampotiques Postcard challenge.  So I cut it a postcard size.  Then a cat fell out of the sky....


I decided I needed contrast.  I started by painting with gesso on the LHS and stamping with the flower heads from EDY06 but I didn't like.  So I stamped and fussy cut loads of the flower heads and then stuck them to the postcard.  Then I added the cat


I don't know.  Maybe he's a snow leopard.   I decided nonsense art was OK on the bright and sunny Sunday.  Thanks to Lesley for this inspiration and to all the brave #3UPers for such fabulous projects this week.  If you missed it start here and if you missed mine check out my post here.  

Joining the fun at

Thanks for dropping by and your lovely comments.   Off to weed.  Hugs

11 comments:

Julie Lee said...

This is really fun, Gail! I love the contrasts. It's a super, surreal piece of Mail Art! Julie Ann xxx

Janet said...

Brilliant card, love the cat

Etsuko said...

Oh that's Idea is fab! And lovely card.

Dotty Jo said...

Looks brilliant Gail! Jo x

Anonymous said...

I love it! The cat is VERY cool, she - I've decided she's a she :) - looks wonderful against the fab background.

Sue said...

Gail this is flippin' wonderful! I love Kraft card and the cat is perfect in all her bright colours. (excuse me while I put my Stampotique hat on)Thanks so much for joining in with the Stampotique challenge. Sue xx

Kay Wallace said...

I love how your brain works, Gail! This is just amazing. Such a creative and colorful design! A one-of-a-kind postcard, for sure! Thanks for participating in the Stampotique Designers' Challenge!

brenda said...

A great creation for our challenge Gail, thanks so much for sharing your lovely work with us at Stamping Sensations challenge.

B x

cheiron said...

What a fun colored kitty! Great BG paper too. Thanks so much for playing along with the Anything Goes Challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog this week!

Jackie said...

Love Kraft and black and white background, that cats just pops out! Thank you for joining us at stampotique designers challenge

Lynne K said...

Certainly different, Gail! What a great design! Thank you for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations this month.

Lynne