Hello kitty

"Cats" is the current challenge at craft-alnica, in honour of the 40th anniversary of the famous Slovene children's book "Maček Muri" by Kajetan Kovič. One can say that gemerations of children - including me - grew up with it, but it was only years later that I discovered by chance it was my dad who translated it into German.

I've done quite a few cards in my post-exam crafting explosion, two of them featuring furry kittens. It's the same stitching pattern in both, but as they're stitched with different materials and arranged in a different way, the outcome is quite un-comparable.
First, a kitty stitched with regular cross-stitch yarn and kept brown-in-brown overall:

The fur is made in transitioning brown shades and therefore looks more alive, matching the swirly background. To fill the empty space between the fur hair and add some colour to the eyes and snout, I used colour pencils.

To complete the card, I added a couple of rhinestones, a dark brown background paper and a banner saying "All you need is love and a cat..."

The quote is from scribblesdesigns and I bet any cat lover out there knows how true this is ;)

p.s.: Let this card also remind you of the current fadengrafik-challenge: stitched image. There's still enough time to play along, so do join the fun!

challenges:

- craft-alnica: cats
- use your stuff: sentiment
- crafty cardmakers: stitching, real or faux
- clear it out: ATG
- fadengrafik challenge: stitched image
- crafty catz: stitching
- inspiration destination: ATG
- sisteractchallenge: ATG
- that craft place: ATG
- brownsugarchallenge: ATG
- glitternsparkle: ATG
- love to scrap: masculine
- craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper