Ella's Birthday

 HI Everybody,   

Today is the second birthday of this beautiful creature that is sat on my desk while I work.

This is Ella and she has appeared in some of my videos in the past.

She is a very small Tortoiseshell and at two years old she is not likely to grow any bigger. 

Although she is beautiful she is not very accepting of strangers and if any one visits me she makes a dash for the upstairs.

She loves to sit in the wardrobe and heads for that space whenever the door is open. And if she is missing then  that is always the first place to look for her.

She has free access to my back garden and it has high walls, but she has never made any attempt to get out and explore the world. So I don't worry about her going into the garden as I know she is safe.

Ruby tolerates her and they get along quite well unless Ella wants to get close and then Ruby will growl at her and chase her off. But they do sit on the settee togehter, even if there is a big space between them.

They both sleep on my bed at night, in their own areas and that is fine as they don't bother each other.

I tried to get Ella used to wearing a harness so that I could take her out with us but all she does is collapse onto her side when I put it on and she will not move. It's quite funny really and as soon as I take it off she is fine again.

Oh well it was worth a try !!!!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Lazy Cat ... And a floral card

Hi Everybody,

Here is Ella, sprawled across the floor, and taking advantage of the sun streaming through the loft windows in my craft room.

They say cats don't like having their bellies exposed but mine does and she loves a belly rub too.

I have bought her a harness and I am slowly getting her used to wearing it. But at present when I put it on her she just collapses on the floor. 

Drama Queen

You would think it weighs a ton, But we will persevere and then I can take her out for a walk too.

This is another of the shaving foam cards, that is not in my usual colour scheme. But never the less I like it, and the flowers add that special touch

I used a circle die to cut out my panel and added it to some silver mirror card and then onto an embossed layer that is also on silver mirror card.

It is much prettier in the hand and although a bit messy this is such an easy technique to do, and you will never get two to look the same, even if you use the same colours, so don't try.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx