Design Spotlight: Pattiann Malynn

Today’s Design Spotlight comes from Pattiann Malynn Designs. What a striking kitty!

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This is by no means my best selling card, but it is among my favorites. This is my neighbor’s cat, who is allowed to roam the neighborhood at will. This cat not only digs in my gardens, but also takes great joy in teasing my Shi Tzu, Kirby, who is probably the same weight as the cat.

When I’m outside with Kirby on the lead, the neighborhood cats, this one included, take great pleasure in walking just beyond the lead, where Kirby can’t reach them. Although, truth be told, I don’t know what Kirby would do with a cat if he caught one — and neither does he! But Kirby thinks he’s a Doberman and has taken on the task of guarding the yard from those mean 🙂 neighborhood cats. Really, all he’s doing is amusing the cats. I can almost hear them snickering their little cat snickers as they walk away, finally bored by Kirby’s predicable reaction. “Stupid dog, he does it every time! Now let’s go see what the Gallagher’s dog is doing.”

To make this image, I layered a black and white layer of the image over a colored version. I then erased the black and white version over the eyes. I really wanted the eyes to pop and I think I succeeded.