Woo hoo a new post at last

Well the weather is getting a lot cooler now so my thoughts are turning to creativity once more. The conditions were right, the sun was streaming through my window and I had my sweet Miaowski for company. My drawing pad and pencils all ready and I had a really nice picture of a fox for inspiration ....

Of course I had to take some pictures of Miaowski who was looking really cute.

But also looking a bit bored.

And maybe I should have heeded the warning signs. Cos she was also looking a bit annoyed because I started sharpening my pencil. She got all interested as the sharpener made a scratchy sound on the pencil. I don't know, maybe it just frazzled her ears. So I started drawing the ears of a fox. I haven't drawn in ages so I was just scratching a few marks on the paper. Maybe it was the sound that annoyed my furry friend. But within a flash she was up from her sleepy position and attacked my hand viciously and gave me a good prod with her sharpened claw. As you can see ....

Evidence of blood beginning to oooze! Ok, not much but still, enough. Oh yes and the sudden attack made me drop my pencil thereby making it blunt again :-/

It's a shame about the quality of these pictures but it's difficult when the sun is shining through. I was in a great mood for drawing. But now, I have a painful hand and a blunt pencil. And then the plant gets knocked over ...
Does Miaowski care? Nope, and here we have the innocent Angel impression....

She doesn't like the picture of the fox either.

I will show the picture of my fox tomorrow when I get a better picture of it. Think I will have to scan it. It's not great though. I haven't drawn for ages and it's quite scribbly.

My lovely cousin Lynn (check out her fantastic blog here http://pinneyandpnut.blogspot.com/)made me a beautiful recipe book and covered it in material and embroidered a cool design on the front. And just look at Miaowski using it as a new cushion. Honestly, that cat has such a cheek! And you know what? She gets away with just about EVERYTHING!

Charlie me darlin

Okay, I've been slacking ... ha ha, I know I said I'd post this picture yesterday. But instead other things cropped up and I totally forgot.

Well, this is Charlie (I'm sure it's Charlie but it might be Jack). I'm going to re-draw this picture because I struggled like crazy with his nose. First I got the length right but the angle completely wrong. When I re-drew it I straightened his nose and then shortened it. Poor dog!

I'll do it again and hopefully get it right. Meanwhile I've been working on another drawing of one of these beautiful greyhounds and I'm hoping to put that up over the next couple of days.

I'm gonna have to draw a picture of a cat soon because Miss Miaowski is having her nose put out of joint by all these doggie pictures!

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by ....

Music Cat

Woo hoo I'm back! Where have I been? Ha ha nowhere too exciting!

It was my friend Kate's birthday so this card was for her - the clue is in the sentiment. Anyway this cute Penny Black cat stamp is called 'Toot the flute'. I did a music theme because Kate sings. Okay she doesn't play the flute but it makes a sound and so does singing so there's the link. Anyhoo I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the music background (it's called 'Allegro' I think). And the die cuts are Nestabilities labels.

I might have a couple more cards to show this week so watch this space... I've been a bit lazy in the card making department lately. It always happens, I go through phases where I just can't make anymore cards as all my inspiration disappears. Plus we've had a few days of sunshine and I just have to be out and about.

Here's a pic of Miss Miaowski looking cute.

She hasn't made an appearance on the blog for at least a few posts so thought you might like to see her. See how sweet and innocent she looks. It's all fake, believe me. I might show a pic of my hand after she bit me the other day, it all got swollen and infected. Don't think she understands that playing is supposed to be fun, think she thinks she is some kind of ninja who has to fight to kill.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back soon ....

Colour Pencil Cat

Ok you can see by the date I did this 2 years ago! I'm having internet and phone issues at the moment so I couldn't upload any photos from my phone. Hopefully I will be able to sort something out soon.

I drew this cat from a picture that was on a diary I had. I love colour pencil, so much easier than using water colours. I was pleased I managed to make the fur on this cat look furry :)

I might be taking a few days off blogging while I sort out my phone. And I need to rejuvenate my creativity. Sometimes taking a break from card making does the trick. Also I really need to practice my drawing so I have something more recent to show rather than my old art work.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back soon xx