Colorful Cat Party ATC

I made this ATC for (surprise!) the Craftster Ongoing ATC Swap! It's titled, "I want to go!" Yeah, if I got an invite to this cat party, I'd probably want to go. Anyway, I hope everyone had a wonderful Tuesday!

Little Watercolor Monster Bookplate

I painted this little monster guy as a custom bookplate for a swap! Do you like him? I think eventually I might play with the colors a bit on photoshop for to make a print out sheet of multi-colored monsters. I have sooo much to learn on Photoshop, but luckily my tablet came with a disc of lessons. I need to get cracking on those...

Here's a Peanut update: He's doing really well, pretty much back to normal. One weird change though in his behavior: He hasn't squawked ONCE since he's come home, and I don't know why. He still chatters and talks and hoots, but no ear-piercing sun conure squawks. It's actually kind of nice. Sigh, I can't help but remember how lucky we are to have him home everytime I look at him. Happy Monday!!!

Yet another little book

I've been making inchies books like crazy! This one is actually 1.5'' x 15". I cut out a bunch of little watercolor squares this size with my cricut, then did the same thing to cut the bases out of cereal box. Keeps 'em nice and substantial!

This page is my favorite, even though the octopus only has 6 legs. Who's got room for 8 legs, really? I need to start experimenting with drawing other little animals... I tend to fall back on the tentacled creatures and birds!

And the book unassembled. I think the next one I make will bind at the tops, kind of like a calendar... Or I'll just make a mini-calendar! That would be fun. Happy Saturday!

(Oh, and a side note for the awesome folks who started doing the Swagbucks thing to get some free stuff: The best way to get the stuff you want is to redeem your points for amazon.com giftcards. You can save em up, then just order whatever from Amazon.com. It takes a little while to accrue points, but that's how I got my tablet. And thanks for signing up! You're gonna really like it! Oh and, I don't really usually like to link to stuff here, because I think you guys pretty much just want to see crafts, but I've really gotten a kick out of this Swagbucks site, so I wanted to share the free goodness :) So don't worry, I won't start... like... spamming you guys.)