For the Cat Lovers

 Hi everyone.  Happy Sunday.

My husband and I made it home from our big journey very early Saturday morning.  Our flight was delayed about 90 minutes in Chicago and so we landed after midnight on what was then Saturday. By the time we arrived at our house it was almost 2 AM. The dogs were waiting and happy to see us. And we were happy to see them too.  My daughter  was  definitely ready to go back to her house, as she left earlier that evening before we even came home. She had a tough week besides Pete and the skunk there was the water heater leak.  If she hadn’t have been there when our water heater let go we would have come home to a flooded basement and a big mess.  Good thing she’s a wonderful daughter and handled it all so well👍.

Yesterday I was busy trying to start some of the laundry we brought home, get my photos unloaded off my camera, take a  grocery store trip and give the dogs some snuggles. Plus relax and try to get back into the swing of “real” life again. After the travel excitement it was a dull but a wonderful day!

Today I have another journal page for Neet's challenge at Art Journal Journey. This month she is asking for us to journal about Fur and/or Feathers. I went with fur this time  because  cats with feathers would look pretty silly.

My page started as a piece of watercolor paper that I cleaned some brushes on.  I did have to add some more paint to my page to complete the look I wanted. I drew the couch, and I stamped the kitties.  I've had this fun set of cat stamps for several years and hadn't used any of them for too long. I left their fur white so they would stand out, but I did use a white pen to make them look more furry. 

I created the blanket and pillows on the couch using a piece of textured paper. The paper was tan on one side, and on the other side it was  rust colored. I used a brown marker on the tan side to highlight the texture of the blanket a bit, and I used a black Sharpie to make the pillows look different from the couch itself. The floorboards were drawn with a Sharpie, and then I used a second gouache wash as well as using a brown Stabilo pencil on the wet gouache to create my floor look.

I can just imagine this home with 10 white cats in it.  I bet at times it could be pretty crazy.

I’ll also remind everyone our latest challenge at Try It On Tuesday is animals, and you have a couple more days to join  us for that challenge. 

That's all for me. I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.  And also,  thanks for visiting.