Welcome to the Marcy Jungle

For those that may not quite understand this title....I used the title of a fave song by Guns & Roses 

"Welcome to the Jungle" because Marcy, my Grand-kitty, looks like she's on the prowl and don't get in her way!  This totally awesome photo was taken by my daughter, Brianne, in April 2010 in our back yard. 

Such a gorgeous cat and quite the little bitch too >^..^<

But that doesn't deter my love for her.  

Don't you just love the natural 'eyeliner' that's around Marcy's eye?!

I've really loved this page for a long, long time and just never felt that I had the 'right' photo for it.  
This is Blue Ferns Studios Tranquility collection page named Patience.
I used another BFS page in the same collection under the photo.

Just a minimal amount of scrapbooking was needed 
because I love to use the beautiful print on the paper as part of my design. 

You have to know Marcy to really understand the 'huntress' in her.  

She can spot a lizard (lee-zard as we tell her) a mile away!  ha ha!

I decided to keep this layout simple and focus 100% on the beautiful photo of Marcy!

I randomly punched the edges and then under-laid the backside of BFS Serenity paper.

Stenciling was done with Versamark and BFS Imagine Ink embossing color Sand & Sea. 

Sand & Sea has a very dark concrete color base with a beautiful blue over-tone.  YUM!

I chose to use The Dusty Attic chipboard Branches & Berries to frame this gorgeous photo!

Heat embossing it in BFS colors - Sage for the leaves & Black Sand for the stems & berries.

As you can see, the Black Sand EP is a light mushroom color with jet black specks.

My flower choices were in coordination with the photo.

Marcy has a beautiful earthy tone in her fur, so I picked this same flower color and then enhanced them with Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst color Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold (retired color).  WOW!

To these I touched the petal tips with ColorBox Pigment Ink color Chestnut Roan.

Also I added some green wild roses that I touched the petal tips with Curry color.  Another WOW!

Below Marcy's photo I chose to place a beautiful Petaloo Anemone in Pistachio color.

Along with a white resin birdcage by The Paper Studios collection at Hobby Lobby, I painted it sparingly with Prima Finnabair art Alchemy acrylic Metallique paint color Brass Hardware. 

This was a very welcomed relief for me during a very heartbreaking time, which I will talk about later. 

Thank you so much for visiting and have a wonderful week dear friends,

Lisa : )

Products used:

Blue Fern Studios - Tranquility collection - 

main page - front under photo - back side

under photo - back side

Black Sand

Sand & Sea

EK Success - punch - 

Scroll & Dots

The Dusty Attic - chipboard - 

Branches & Berries

Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz layering stencil - 

Crossed

Petaloo Bontanica collection flowers -

Anemone - Pistachio

Wild Orchid Crafts - 

Earth Tone Curly Wild Roses -30mm

Earth Tone Hip Rosebuds

Green Mix Curly Wild Roses - 30mm

Prima Finnabair - Art Alchemy acrylic paint - Metallique Brass Hardware -

Recollections - Black pearls

Hobby Lobby - Resin Birdcages