A two-fer

 

I have two entries today for Elle, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme is Books, Cats, and Tea. I am once again focusing on cats, because I have created these in my Cats altered book.

I created this at the first of the month, but I didn't like the shadows I got from the photo.  Eventually, I thought I would only show it and a couple others if I really needed them at the end of the month.  Then I got a brilliant idea: use my scanner.

I am SO much happier with this.  I have detail shots, too.

I had a package of matching and coordinating papers that included shapes in addition to the various papers.  These were very old from a company called Paper Pizazz.  If you are, or ever were into scrapbooking you know this is from Hot Off The Press.  These packages were 8.5 X 11 inches, where most scrapbookers prefer 12 X 12 inch.  My friend Sally (from T Stands For Tuesday) gave them to me.  She paid thousands of dollars when she got into scrapbooking and only created ONE scrapbook page that I'm aware of. I gave all the 12 x 12 paper to my friend Sharon, but she didn't want the 8.5 X 11 paper.  I was stuck with it, OR I could find a way to use it.  That is what I did.  The word Cherish was from a package of embellishments that were also gifted to me.

Although I created these several days (and several spreads) apart, I think they should be shown together today.  Again, I was most unhappy with the shadow on the page when I photographed it.

Certainly much better.  Detail shots are below.

I was going through a cat calendar when I realized that cat was in several of the photos.  It was almost too good to be true.  That's when I decided on this spread.  Again, all products were from the same as above.  This and the previous spread prove I would never, ever make a scrapbooker!  As I mentioned before, both spreads were created in my Cats altered book, which is starting to fill up nicely.

Thanks beyond belief for joining Bleubeard and me today.  We are so happy you stopped by.  We also hope you will join us at Art Journal Journey with your take on Books, Cats, and/or Tea.