ATC World - Cats & Dogs

Cats, Dogs or both ............ both I think as one of my first swaps was Cats.

So I searched through my digi folders and found some suitable images and, after having so much fun making backgrounds, I decided I will use some 'homemade' for this swap.  

 I love this image from Bugaboo Stamps and can never get enough, doesn't mean I can remember how the colours go (after googling it I was ok!  Doh!)
Not long ago I made some backgrounds by embossing pieces of aluminium tape so I thought I would use one of these to show off Dr Seuss' Cat.  I watercolour painted the image and fussy cut it.  When the paint and glue had dried, I covered the cat with crystal glaze.  I am not too sure about the slight colour run and wrinkles but then it may mean that the ATC is just like me!!

I love the image of this cheeky street cat!  They are in a collection of digis shared on another Group but no credits were given.  I must admit that I thought that she was the artist but now I'm not too sure, so if any images on this page are yours please let me know so that I can credit you.  I used a background picture from my 'magazine' play - I chose several and those I never used I saved (recycle?!?).  After colouring the cat and using a white gel pen to exaggerate the details, I fussy cut the image and glued him to the trees background.  I covered the whole card with my new PVA mixture and left to dry......... and dry.............and dry............ and dry.  It didn't, it just remained sticky...... dry but sticky.  So I covered the whole with some Crystal Glaze and next day the whole card glistened....... dryly! 


I chose one of my backgrounds with some of the green paper to show off the brown dog and the ginger cat.    Once again my mixture didn't dry like my old mix did so this time, using Crystal Glaze, I striped the background like sun's rays emanating from behind the animals and covered the animals with a deeper glaze.  Perfetto!

Now imagine the second day of 'drying' the above ....... imagine the panic setting in cos I would 'miss the post'..........imagine the time spent trying to find these images on my PC...... it's all there .......... except for the joy on finding them!!
I coloured up the cat and the pair of animals and another image of two dogs, thinking I would not be able to save the previous three.  I am now rushing to make the ATCs, sorting out the wording, adhere it to the cat & dog and cover the whole with a different make of PVA glue.   Oh! No! I forgot to fussy cut the image ..... I forgot the words on the previous ones anyhow!!
I am in such a tizz, I leave the card to dry overnight and close the workroom door!
The next day I now have five - five - ATC cards to back and complete.  The first three cards are dry and shining beautifully.  The second cat & dog card is dry and has a 'ribbed' effect on the surface and ...... I just left the twins as they were..... no glazing at all.

I will enter the first three into the swap and save the others for 'a rainy day'!
UPDATED:-

The centre is a photo of real cats.
Thank you Leslie.

Cute Iris Folded dog.

Thank you Lucie.

A silhouette with torn and script paper.

Thank you Miki.