Christmas kitty

The last Christmas card of the year and one of my favourites. One of my other half’s nieces got a new kitty cat earlier this year and she has turned into a self-confessed crazy cat lady and absolutely adores Tommy. So, when I came across this digi stamp I just had to try and turn it into a kitty portrait. But first I had to do a bit of digital editing: the original digi isn’t a Christmas stamp and has hearts around the edges rather than stars.

Tommy has taken to exploring the Christmas tree, so I made a fir tree pattern behind the kitty. I kept the colouring of the present simple, adding texture on the red with the very tip of a 0 marker and tiny dots on the ribbon. I looked at all the photos and video clips of Tommy that I could find to get his tabby colouring right, and finished it off with a bit of texture on the fur using my Polychromos pencils.

I was so pleased with how it turned out, and it seems that I did a good job with the markings. We got a call as soon as it was delivered: “it’s got a cat on it… it’s got MY cat on it”. She was so happy and that absolutely made my day.

I hope you’re all having just the type of Christmas that you’d hoped for. For us that’s a quiet day with good food, presents, and talking with family.

Copic markers:

background tree – YG03, YG93, YG17, G07, G29
present – R39, R46, R27, 0
ribbon – YG05, YG03, YG01
kitty – W00, W1, W2, W3, W5, W7, W9, E31, R000

Polychromos pencils:

101 white, 271 warm grey 2, 273 warm grey 4, 275 warm grey 6, 178 nougat

Supplies:

• digital stamps:
  Lili of the Valley – kitten present trio
• pens:
  Sakura Glaze – black
  Copic multiliner – cool gray – 0.1
  Molotow liquid chrome marker – 2mm
• paper and card:
  Neenah solar white 216gsm
  Papermill Direct – pearlised grey