Cut it Up Challenge #283 ~ Animals on Parade

Hi Crafty Friends,
We are featuring Animals for our next Cut it Up challenge.Our theme for #283 is "Animals on Parade."  We need to see an animal and, of course, a die cut.
I wanted to play with an inky background and LaLa Land Crafts has the perfect dies to go with the scene I created.

I had so much fun with a circle mask and Distress Oxides.  I love paper so much that I forget how pretty ink blended backgrounds can be.  The sentiment and sentiment strip is from Jaded Blossom

I hope you'll play along with us.  Just follow the link above.