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Tuesday, 7 September 2021

Squirrel Watercolour

Hello lovely peeps


Today's make was going to be a card when I started, but I was so pleased with how it came out that I framed it instead.

My inspiration was the current 'favourite wild animal' challenge at As You Like It and I decided on red squirrel.  They're so beautiful and intelligent (not to mention cute) and I have fond childhood memories of watching Tufty the Squirrel in the road safety cartoons when I was growing up.

I have a few squirrel stamps in my stash but this was by far the largest - it's from an old Sheena Douglass stamp set called 'Little Acorn'. I inked it with Rusty Hinge and Fired Brick distress inks before stamping onto watercolour card and then I drew out the colour with a wet paintbrush.

The eye and whiskers were done with a very fine paintbrush and Hickory Smoke distress ink and then I painted in a branch with Gathered Twigs distress ink.

A few paint splats finish it off.


I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:-

As You Like It Challenge Favourite wild animal & why (see above)
Stemplegarten #108 animals
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) Stamp It in Stamptember
Double D Challenges anything with a tail 


Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x
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11 comments:

  1. Diane7 September 2021 at 12:56

    Adorably cute framed image, perfect for fall! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
    Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}

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  2. Darlene 7 September 2021 at 14:29

    Beautifully done Katrina! It was certainly worthy of framing! Great job! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Anything with a Tail’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Please stop in for a visit!

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  3. Fikreta7 September 2021 at 17:42

    Very nice card!

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  4. cotnob8 September 2021 at 06:55

    This is gorgeous Katrina, a fabulous image and great water colouring.
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
    x

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  5. Sue8 September 2021 at 13:22

    Gorgeous Katrina it's so wonderful in the frame! hugs Sue x

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  6. aussie aNNie10 September 2021 at 13:11

    Brilliant project, love the goodies added and colour for our current challenge, ANYTHING WITH A TAIL… Thanks for joining in at [aNNie Designer for Double D challenges
    https://thejourneyisthestarthere.blogspot.com/{My Blog}

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  7. Ashwini Rao10 September 2021 at 15:02

    What an incredibly cute squirrel!! Your coloring is absolutely fabulous, and I totally agree that you had to frame it! Thank you so much for joining us at the Happy Little Stampers Watercolor challenge!

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  8. Anke14 September 2021 at 06:20

    WOW WOW WOW I love your squirrell, Katrina. So adorable and you had to frame it, so beautiful. Your colouring is perfect.

    Hugs
    Anke

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  9. Brenda14 September 2021 at 06:34

    I absolutely agree, this is definitely frame worthy!

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  10. BAstelfeti15 September 2021 at 21:31

    Wow it is a wonderful squirrel watercolour.
    I love it.

    Greeting BAstelfeti

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  11. foleysfriend1 October 2021 at 04:25

    You're right! This work of art is definitely worth framing. Incredible work with the whiskers and tree branch. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers ~ Watercolour Challenge.

    sue n.

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