Sunday, 29 March 2026

A visit to the Louvre

The meerkats are having a day out in Paris so of course a visit to the Louvre is in order. They’re so excited by seeing the Mona Lisa that they just couldn’t resist a photo bomb — one for the album! They’re joining in with Lost Coast Designs’ current challenge to “make it funny”.

This was originally intended as a one layer card but I managed to smear watercolour in several places so I ended up cutting out the image and giving it some photo corners on a new card base. 

I seem to be almost incapable of making a card without masking at the moment! The meerkats were stamped and masked before Mona was stamped. She has a hazy watercolour background and the meerkats are also watercoloured as I used Versafine ink so needed to lay off the Copics!

I've used Glossy Accents on the meerkats' eyes and done a few decorative scattered dots as well, just for some textural interest along with the scored lines so I'm linking up at Time Out too where the current theme is to use a clear element. 

Stamps:

No Hat Mona (Lost Coast Designs)
Les Surikats (Katzelkraft, no longer with us)
Sentiment (Cornish Heritage Farms, no longer with us)

Paper:
Bristol board , scrap of black

Ink:
Versafine by Tsukineko (Onyx Black)

Other:
Watercolours
ATC Corners die (Tim Holtz/Sizzix)
Glossy Accents
Corner Chomper





4 comments:

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Really got a chuckle out of the photo-bombing meerkats, Joanne! Love your design too with the scored lines and photo corners!

Jaydee said...

Ah, yes, I know all about smearing watercolor, but your save was fabulous. I love the little clear elements and those photo bombing meerkats! So lad you shared this with us at Time OUt this week
Jaydee

Stephanie Lanzalotto said...

This really made me giggle! Mission accomplished with "funny" and clear. Thanks so much for playing with us at Time Out!

Deepti Aggarwal said...

This is such a fun card. Made me giggle 🤭 .. Thank you so much for joining us at Time Out. Hugsxx Deepti