Olympic Diving Kitty -Swan Dive- Scraps Of Elegance, Summer Haven

Welcome to the August Scraps Of Elegance , Summer Haven.  What a gorgeous and inspirational kit.  It features Kaisercraft, Teresa Collins and Fabscraps.   Melinda, our talented leader and owner is masterful at coordinating papers and cool fascinating embellishments. 

Our kits also showcase the beautiful and unique butterflies handcrafted by Renea Harrison. 

So let's talk about Kitty, shall we?

Olympic Diving Kitty - Swan Dive

Along with the entire world, Escape Kitty is all caught up in the Olympic hoopla.  Kitty dreams of the gold,   silver and bronze.  She fancies that her best sport would be the dive/jump.  She decided to give it a go.  It is very apparent that Kitty does not have the grace that is developed by years of training, but she's having fun and making friends. That's what is important.

Problem is that Kitty got a little excited when she heard the coach tell her to do the Swan Dive.   Swan?  Where?  Where's the swan?  Instead of doing a Swan Dive, Kitty's diving for the swan.  Ugh. 

So Kitty did NOT bring home a medal BUT she is the team's mascot.  And that's OK with Kitty.

PS - Kitty is still looking for that Swan, and still a little puzzled at how it got away so darn fast. 

This was also created using the sketch from Charlotte Jenkins, suepup.  Thanks again, Charlotte for your continued inspiration.

The white stuff in the background is white tissue paper all smashed up and placed over the patterned paper for some frothy texture.    

Here is the actual photo. 

Girl in midair during a swan dive into a lake

Girl in midair during a swan dive into a lake, from the viewpoint of diving platform, probably Washington State, ca. 1929-1932Photographer: Gorst, Vern C.

Digital Collection: 
Society and Culture Collectionhttp://content.lib.washington.edu/socialweb/index.html

Here's another photo of Kitty practicing with the team in warmups (as Mascot of course).

Three girls in midair each doing a different dive, probably Washington State

Three girls in midair each doing a different dive, probably Washington State, ca. 1929-1932 Photographer: Gorst, Vern C.



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