Saturday, September 30, 2023

Surrounded by love and more

 

I am joining Elle from Empire of the Cat, our host this month at Art Journal Journey for my final entries, of which I have four today.  I am definitely going to miss Elle's themes, which are Books, Cats, Tea. Had it not been for her themes, I would still be procrastinating creating my Cats altered book.  Not to worry.  I will still be working in my Cats AB, and will show more pages as they become available and complete.

This sleeping kitty is Surrounded by Love.  Don't those heart pillows go great with the sleeping kitty?  I have detail shots, too.
 



This started as a page from a calendar.  To it, I added lots of heart stickers around the outside of the spread.  Sadly the pages are larger than the scanner.
 
My second entry is the word Cats I added to the front of the book.  Below are the details.




I didn't realize how many cat stickers my foodie friend Sally had given me until I started spelling out the word.
 
My third entry features a Faux Bleubeard.  He has wise words and I have detail shots.



Life is measured not by minutes, but by moments.  Faux Bleubeard had the right idea.  The cat was in a calendar.  I fussy cut the beautiful cat that reminds me of the wonderful face of our blog.  I then added the sentiment I found in a magazine.  Since Elle's theme included books, I thought the book page behind the cat was the perfect background.
 
My final entry today is another fairly quick entry in my Cats altered book called You found me.  I have detail shots, too.



When I first saw this cat in a calendar page, I thought s/he looked startled.  That's why I came up with the sentiment.

I want to thank Elle for this wonderful theme and for allowing me to share a few pages in my Cats altered book.  She has been a wonderful host, both creating many awesome pages for us and for leaving comments on everyone's journal page.  Thank you so very much, dear Elle.
 
Bleubeard and I hope you will join us for our last entry at Art Journal Journey this month with your own take on Books, Cats, and Tea.  You still have time to join us today.


17 thoughtful remarks:

Elephant's Child said...

You have rocked this theme. Each and every post.

kathyinozarks said...

Love your pages Elizabeth, awesome theme challenge too

Iris Flavia said...

Love them all!
But... who says "You found me."?
I often read that the cat chooses the human, is that correct?
So the human speaks these words?
Either way... one day... one maybe finds Ingo!! And then he has no chance to say no! (but only when we stop traveling, I could not bear to leave a loved one to a stranger for too long. Just had a chat on that with a female colleague).

Tom said...

...surrounded by love sounds divine.

My name is Erika. said...

You had some fantastic last pages for this month, and I do hope we get to see the rest of your cat AB. I like how you spelled out cats with cat pictures. That makes a great front of your book. And those other cats are all very cool snapshots? Are you going to include Bleubeard and Squiggles in your book? Or is that Bleubeard sitting there on the life is not measured by page? He is such a handsome guy. I hope September ends(ended) in good way and you have more sunshine than we do right now. "See" you tonight. I'm ready to roll. hugs-Erika

Jenn Jilks said...

That is perfect! What a cute face.

Christine said...

Lovely cat themed post

Divers and Sundry said...

Such sweet kitty faces :)

Rita said...

Lovely pages! Wish we all felt surrounded by love while we sleep. ;) The world would be such a better place.

Empire of the Cat said...

Oh gosh what a way to finish off the month, four pages, all beautiful and maybe two are my favourites from the whole month? The one with Faux Bleubeard of course, that cat is so regal and beautiful, and the one with all the cat stickers spelling out CATS. Glad to have inspired you to start working in your Cats AB, looking forward to seeing more pages. I'm afraid my final page was yesterday's, hope you like it, the kitty girl is feeling poorly again today so there was no time to make a page today. Thanks for making so many pages for my theme this month. Thanks for joining me for the Books, Cats & Tea September theme at Art Journal Journey this month. Happy Journalling! Elle xx

peppylady (Dora) said...

Such lovely kitties.
Coffee is on, and stay safe.

Linda said...

Sweet! I love the picture of the cat on the leafy background.

CJ Kennedy said...

Sweet pages. Wow, to be able to spell out CATs, you sure did have a lot of stickers.

craftytrog said...

I love all of your cat-themed pages Elizabeth! Great how you spelled out CATS with all those stickers.
Thanks for your comments on my Wanderlust live art. You might still be able to access the videos if you go to the Everything Art website, as I think they're around for a while.
Alison

Jeanie said...

Wow, Elizabeth. You are rocking the cat challenge! Well done!

Anne (cornucopia) said...

Great cat photos. I love tabby cats, so those are my favorites, especially the kitten, and the one with white mittens.

Debra said...

I loved this!