Meowy Christmas!

A few weeks before Christmas, I stamped an adorable little kitten holding a stocking.  I had planned to colour it and use it to create a Christmas card for one of my cat-loving friends.  Other demands were made on my time, I put that adorable stamped image aside and, until yesterday, forgot all about it.  As I've mentioned, I'm doing some tidying and sorting and what did I find?  Well, you know all about the kitten by now. 

I decided to use my image for a challenge, knowing that otherwise it might disappear for good before I used it next Christmas.  Looking through my lists, I found that the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge is all about creating a Christmas card using pastel colours.  Okay, so pastels it would be!

I used my Soft Sky, Mint Macaron, Sweet Sugarplum, Peekaboo Peach, So Saffron and Smoky Slate inks and my AquaPainter to colour in the little kitten and stocking.  The soft colours worked beautifully.  For my base I used the Heavy Whisper White and then a layer of So Saffron and Soft Sky before adding my stamped layer.  After stamping my sentiment using Basic Black, I stamped the little paw-prints across it using Smoky Slate.

Don't you just love the expression on the kitten face?

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

     Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #275 - a pastel Christmas
 
     Addicted to Stamps & More #277 - Make Your Mark (inks and watercolouring)

     Fab & Funky Challenges #379 - Christmas