It's a bird, it's a plane... (post 2 today)

*This is my second post today, so if you want to see the first one for the TAWS challenge, scroll down.*

Yep, it's a plane!   Remember how I said I loved masking, well I love it more and more each time I do it!  Today I used masking to create another scene for the Lawnscaping Challenge #59- Coloring.  I used the jet plane fromt the Bon Voyage set but masked out the jets, windows and top of the plane.  Next, I added in the clouds and kitty from Critters in the Burbs and hand drew the rest of the cockpit and colored everything.  Finally, I added a brad in from the back to make it look like a propelor (which felt like a stroke of genius...though was probably just luck!).  All in all, I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.  Though it is technically makde in the likeness of a war plane, it isn't, Mr. Meow is just taking a joy ride...I am pretty sure he wouldn't hurt a  fly mouse!

For the layout, I took my cues from the Seize The Birthday sketch #18.  As you can see, it has stars for the main shapes.  Obviously, I didn't follow suit but since I had incorporated stars on the plane it seemed only right to add more.  So I used the star (from A Birdie Told Me) to the backdrop as a watermark and on teh circle with the sentiment.  I then went in and added my twine and wood chips.  I wasn't sure if this would turn out when I was working on it, but it did, so to echo Mr. Meow- "Yay!"

This card is also masculine, so I am entering it into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge for this week.