Love is All Around

Love is the appropriate theme of this week’s 52 Snapshots of Life photo challenge. This challenge is hosted by TLPB and open to anyone on social media. It’s a coincidence that I have more Valentine’s mock-ups or art pieces that any other holiday except maybe Christmas. This is odd cos I’m a confirmed bachelorette. I have many mancats and love them all.

Over the years, I’ve received Valentines from my favorite mancats: Buzz Lucas, Parker S. Kat and Spitty. They’re all special to me. They’re all cherished, which is the theme of the other PhotoHunt. Can you read the message Buzz wrote on the first heart?

Above all, I have a special relationship with my Pop. He’ll always be my favorite guy. Shortly after I moved in, he had major, major, major back surgery (his surgeon’s exact words). We bonded once he got released from hospital. Even though I wouldn’t let him touch me, he talked softly to me during the six weeks he was recuperating. I learned to love him and his voice. He’s the only one who can pick me up.

For the Caturday Art Blog Hop, I’m using the very first Valentine’s art image I ever made back on 2/11/10. It’s probably the first art image I ever made. Unfortunately, the online photo editor I used is no longer in existence. Blingeasy was great because it had an entire tab for just those sugar message hearts that they sell in stores. This is still my favorite among all the images we’ve created. Another of my favorite images for the Anipal Olympics was also created in Blingeasy.

Back then, I didn’t have PhotoShop and I didn’t know the difference between a jpg and a png file, which is why TW had to delete all the white around the hearts. I didn’t quite know what a gif was but Blingeasy did it for me. I was so young and innocent. HAH!

I don’t often use pics that are in focus and keepers for my art but I made this new art image by using the Desire sketch action in PhotoShop. Then I went to PicMonkey to add a pink tint to the background and a pink scalloped frame. This pic was taken the night before the image above. TW had to do two separate photo shoots cos the evening one was a little dark.

Happy Sweeties Day to everybuddy. I’m sending a big, sloppy kiss to all the male cats and a little kiss on the cheek to the ladies. I’ll be waiting at the mailbox to collect this year’s cards and gifts.