A Prickly Pun

Hi there and happy Monday morning to you all :)

I have another fun... or should I say 'pun' card today!! This time, inspiration came in the form of artwork on Pinterest so I take no credit for making this pun up but just loved the idea of using a couple of stamp sets to illustrate it :)

Yes its a 'Catcus' :) I know.... it's so easy to say, that I now can't not say it that way round!!

I used the plumpest cat from MFT's Cool Cats that would fit in a pot from the Sweet Succulents set and used a bit of masking to plant him up... I decided against including his tail because he didn't look right with it.

I used three shades of markers to make him look 'cactus like' and added spines with a white gel pen. To give him some company I stamped a couple of succulents in the background and set him on a black strip of card alongside the custom made phrase which I used alphabet stamps for. Sometimes its okay to not put a sentiment on a card.

I did think of doing a whole group of cat shaped cacti but I didn't think the

 pun worked as well in the plural... what do you think?

  

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

All Prickles

Hello and happy Monday to you :)

I've been enjoying some colouring again this week and pairing up a couple of MFT stamp sets that were made for each other.... Sweet Succulents and Happy Hedgehogs.

It amused me to think of this shortsighted little fellow thinking the potted Cactus was another hedgehog.. Lol :) Once I'd coloured and cut out the two images I scratched my head on how best to display them on my card... anyone else have this dilemma sometimes??  I decided on a group of cacti in the background but left them uncoloured so the main characters were still in the limelight :)

I masked the different plants to create the scene... I also stamped the round cactus again on the background so it could keep the spines I'd trimmed off!!....

The Sweet Succulents set has a great sentiment that works so well with the hedgehogs too...

Oh how I enjoyed assembling this little scene.. I love the autumnal feel, I even snuck a couple of conkers into the shot .... I still have to pick them up this time of year. I cannot resist them especially if they're still sitting in their spiky case!!

I made a similar style scene to the first card with greenery in the background and then layered the coloured images on top... I just love his expression :)

                

Well I hope you enjoyed a dose of hedgehog cuteness this Monday morning.. thanks for stopping by and catch you again next week :)
Jenny x