Billy's box

Hello it's Billy here, Jane's cat.

Jane hasn't spotted me asleep on the table cover in the garden............

 I know how much everyone enjoys my occasional posts so as Jane had some samples on Visible Image Stamps' Create and Craft TV shows at the weekend she has allowed me to post today as some of her projects were cat themed.

Come on down to her garden studio.

She made a mixed media wall hanging using the awesome  Curious cat stamp set ,

 Create to escape quote

 , strobes stencil 

and mesh-ellaneous background stamps.

This mixed media wall hanging started life as a very brown, very ordinary tomatoes packaging box. .....little did I know what she had planned...it involved a lot of paint and ink and I nearly changed my white feet to multi coloured.

It was a bit too small for me...I prefer much bigger boxes....like this one

 This is my sleeping place, when I'm not on Jane's bed...I even have a blanket that she crocheted just for me.

So back to the tomato box.....

this is what Jane got up to. She blended some autumn inspired distress inks and added gold metallic ink through the strobes stencil.

Blended acryllic paints around the edges of the box

and  added some patterns using stamps from the Mesh-allaneus set.

She also stamped little paw prints around the edge.

She altered some coffee stirrers with acrylic paints to make fence posts

and made a really textured backing using corrugated card, inks, gesso, gold paint and crackle paint. 

Of course the nose was coloured pink...just like mine 😻 Do you think this look suits me?

So then it was time to put everything together and make her "Billy's Box".
Here it is complete with ribbon to hang....and me to swing from...

a side view

and some close ups...there's my friend Blackie who comes to visit me and walks along the trellis in the garden.

and one more view

Jane would like to enter this into the following challenges...goodness me my paws are getting tired from all this typing..

Simon Says stamp Wednesday anything goes

Rhedd's Creative spirit October

Pixie's Snippets playground week 305/6

Rubber Dance animals

A vintage journey crazy for autumn colour
Creative inspirations autumn/halloween

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That's me done then, I will no doubt be back soon as it's very nearly the time of the year when Jane starts bringing trees inside the house..something to do with the Man in the red suit I think. If you would like to see what happened last year take a look at this post from last December.  I'd better keep a look out. Mind you I think it's Halloween tomorrow night so I think some broomstick riding is more likely for me. 😺

Well actually, if I'm being honest I'm more likely to be snoozing here 

 Bye for now,

Billy (I'm the one with the pink nose) 

and Jane x