Potty about Beatrix Potter

I can't say that I have ever read the books ..... hiss, hiss, boo!!!  BUT I have watched the film, lots of times, and made my children sit through it!!!  That Mrs Tiggywinkle gets me every time.

This swap is a must!

Then I found out that Royal Mail had issued some stamps earlier in the year so I sent an order in for a set .......

While waiting for the postage stamps to arrive, I discovered some stickers in one of the boxes I happened to be sorting through.  Stickers, stamps, I will have to make a decision here!!

I chose some backgrounds from the web and printed them out, finally selecting these four to paint.

After looking at the postage stamps I decided that I couldn't use them as they would take up too much room on the ATC.

The stickers were also large, being false postage stamps, but I would be able to use them if I fussycut each image.

So that is what I decided to do ..... 

I painted the backgrounds  on watercolour paper with paints and pencils.

I think this one has more pencils than paint and, after sorting through the stickers, I decided that Tom Kitten was perfectly suited for this background. 

I printed out the sentiment on my PC and cut round it with a pair of my fancy cut scissors.

I love Jemima Pudleduck (not as much as Mrs Tiggywinkle but close....) and this is her background so here she is ....

The sentiment produced as before.

Sticker Peter Rabbit was perfect for this background! 

The sentiment, produced as before, was perfect!

The Squirrel Nutkin Sticker was not suitable for the fourth background so I fussy cut Pigling Bland and Alexander and placed them on the 'path'.  I printed and cut round the sentiment as before but this time I also split the words.

I thoroughly enjoyed creating these cards, I am posting them off in the hope that they are suitable .... mixed media?

UPDATE:
Super returns came through the post.



Beautiful handrawn/painted Kittens, Moppet & Mittens.
Thank you CiCi.

Superb use of text paper.

Thank you Tellurien.

 

Love this mixture, especially the gessoed & varnished lace.

Thank you BexMadeMe.

A really special Thank You card, lovely vintage feel to it.

Thank you LucyMc.