Monday, 13 February 2017

Colouring with Cats #17 ~ Getting Your OM on with Mandalas on Mondays! PLUS OUR NEW FREE DOWNLOADABLE COLOURING BOOK!


Supurr Monday greetings beautiful furriends

We hope mew've had a pawesome lovey-dovey pre-valentines weekend and here's to feeling all lovey-dovey calm and nicely chilled fur the next few days, but if mew're not we know we can assist mew in getting your Zen Harmonies happening and that fuzzy feeling of zen-ness back.

 Let's begin with our little breathing exercise, we're sure mew know what to do but if mew've furgotten: purrlease take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

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As many of mew know I've not been well and have actually been in the pawspital since last Thursday with a pancreatitis flare-up.  Anyhoo, I've been a really good kitty and have been getting my meds through I.V. and hopefully by the time mew read this I should have been discharged - well that's the plan, home fur Monday afternoon and back with The Heathen Hoard.  Now we've just got to sort out a long term maintenance plan as I don't want this to happen again, so it looks like my diet will be radically radicalized this time.  So I'll update mew with my progress as I continue on my healing journey.

Now let's talk about something far more fun than illness and pawspitals....

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Oh wow guys, we were talking with one of the P.A.'s furriends the other week and they said, mew should really turn those beautiful mandala's into a downloadable and printable colouring book, and then we remembered what The Tabbies of Trout Towne said ages ago about making a book, so guess what we did?

We made mew a downloadable and printable colouring book just fur mew!  How cool is that, so epically cool and here it is, with 16 gorgeous mandalas, 15 of which mew have neffur seen before so they are totally exclusive to the book, LIKE OMC we're just so excited to share this with mew! MOL 

The supurr Hard Wurking Editorial Team @BionicBasil selecting designs fur the book, and we listened to the P.A. when she said she really didn't like colouring books with a pattern on effury page as it meant that if mew used anything other than coloured pencils the ink went through the page and ruined the design on the reverse sheet and even on the opposite page!  So we've made our book with one design per page so mew can print it off and have no wurries about what kind of medium mew colour it in with, plus mew can use whateffur type of paper mew like to try different effects.   Plus there's a good selection of mandalas, easy through to hard, so there's something fur effuryone.

And we even made a cute book cover and effurything! 


Just click the link below to go and print or download your copy now

Colouring with Cats Ebook @BionicBasil



The Dash Kitten Crew did a lovely review fur us on Friday and mew can read it by clicking here:


Thank mew so much Phoebe, we loved what mew said!!!

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If mew have missed any of the previous mandala's and feel the need to colour, here's the links:


All the mandala's featured are designed and made by us, unless otherwise stated.



So without further adieu here's this weeks Mandala and as it's Valentines Day tomorrow we thought we'd do a lovely heart fur mew:

Just right click the image to save and print it...


And here's the P.A.'s finished colouring, she said that she left some of it uncoloured as she really liked the patch-wurk effect. Not that she was being lazy and couldn't be bothered to finish it - The Kitty Jury is still deliberating on that! MOL 


Coloured using metallic, mat and glitter gel pens.


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If mew'd like to share your peeps pawesome artwurk feel free to post it on our Facebook page at:


as we'd really, really love to see your interpretation of today's mandala.



And just before we go, as it was the P.A.'s birthday a week last Sunday we're giving away beautiful colouring book which also has a wurdsearch on effury page and a gorgeous semi-precious gemstone bracelet designed and made by the P.A.. 

To win these fab prizes just leave us a comment on last weeks post, yes mew've still got time and we'll draw a name out of the hat later this evening.  

Our Give-Away is Open WORLD-WIDE





So on that note we'll say bye fur now and see mew on Wednesday when Amber is here sharing this weeks top book pick!

Until then

Keep Calm and Colour OM!

Bestest chilled and most soothing purrs

Basil & Co xox


33 comments:

  1. I love how the heart turned out, it's absolutely stunning. I like the use of white space, I don't think there was any laziness involved, rather strategic I'd say!

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    1. Hi Jane, thank mew furry much, we'll tell the P.A. she did a good job!!! MOL MOL XOX

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  2. Brtilliant. THIS IS AMAZING. I updated our blog Basil and am already colouring in!!!!

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    1. Hi Marjorie, thank mew so much fur effurything, and we're delighted that mew're loving it and getting your OM on! We'd love to feature one of your finished mandalas sometime, let us know if mew'd like to share? XOX

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  3. Paws crossed that you are home today, Basil!

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    1. Summer I'm home - woo hoo - I just got back half an hour ago and thank goodness I did, as the Hoard were out of control! MOL XOX

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  4. We are purring you will be home this afternoon!

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    1. Thank mew Angel, Kirby & Max, I'm so relieved to be back in my home with my own litter boxes and my own beds and my own effurything!!! MOL XOX

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    1. Hiya Lone Star Cats, I'm home at last, though it seems like I've been gone fureffur! XOX

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  6. Hi Basil, I hope you are home and feeling better. I would like to invite you to my birthday party, but don't want you to strain yourself when your health is not good. If you come, you can use one of my cosy places and lie down whenever you feel tired.

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    1. Hey Sasha, thanks so much fur the invite I just popped offur to your pawty a few minutes ago, though I am tired so I'll have a bit of a snooze if that's ok with mew? And here's wishing mew a furry, furry Happy Birthday! XOX

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  7. Hi Basil! I'm purrin' and purrin' AND PURRIN' you've been released from hospital and are resting, comfortably, at home. PURRS.

    And the colourin' book? BEAUTIFUL!!! purrs

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    1. Hi Seville, just got home and believe me when I tell me I haven't stopped meowing since I got here and I refuse to let the P.A. out of my sight! I'm feeling better and am having a little snooze on the silk sofa in the office while the P.A. does my admin, like a good little P.A. should! MOL XOX

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  8. dood...how total lee awesum oh de PA ta due thiz for everee one ~~~ 984 pawz up two her for make inn theeze; then sharin....N her iz rite bout stuff bee in one one side onlee....we apurreciatez de gift veree much N we all sew hope ta cod bye now ewe iz HOME and chillaxin N colorin yur own mandela...we think itz kinda kewl de PA leeved sum spotz open on thiz one ~~~~~~ st francis' blessingz two ewe dood....EAT!!! ♥♥♥♥♥

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    1. Tabbies, guys I'm home at last, it was dreadful, they shaved my front legs for the IV & blood tests and even my tummy too fur the ultra-sound, it feels furry drafty under there now. But I have put on 210 grams in the last week, so that's great news. Oh I'm delighted mew like to colouring book and today's mandala, I hope mew enjoy getting your OM on fur many days to come! MOL XOX

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    2. dood....parsley kneadz ta knit a bodee soot for ewe :) we iz buzzed happee yur home.....now stay ther.....oh kay ♥♥♥

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  9. We sure hope you get to come home today and we are sending tons of purrs and prayers your way. Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

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    1. Hi Brian, sorry we were a little late to the Thankful party but we got there in the end! XOX

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  10. Gotta do this mandala RIGHT NOW!!! And maybe even a SECOND time because there are endless ways you could use colors on this one. Okay, okay, and the other 16 too. The perfect present for a dreary Monday. We hope you continue to feel better, Basil. Bear Cat and I are sending love (to you, your PA and the rest of the Heathen Hoard) and healing wishes (for you).

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    1. Hi Momma Kat & Bear, oh wow, can we see when mew've finished? We are so glad mew like it and the new colouring book. I'm home and convalescing, plus the p.A. won't let me eat anyone elses food, I'm restricted to the vets special diet food only... boo hoo!!! XOX

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  11. Basil, we are happy to hear you are home.
    Purrs you do not have to go back to the hospital any time soon!
    Your PA does a great job with those mandalas :o
    We really like the heart.
    Maybe our purrson may do one to see how she likes it .
    That could be funny ;)
    Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ

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    1. Hiya Georgia,Julie and JJ, thanks we are so purrleased that mew like the mandalas and I am so so so happy to be home! XOX

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  12. That was sweet of the P.A. to make such a nice book. Great job! The heart came out very nice.

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  13. What an amazing ebook ! Your mom is talented ! We cross our paws that you come home today. Purrs

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    1. Hi Swiss Cats, thanks so much and yes I am now back at home thank goodness! XOX

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  14. Well Basil, we sure hope and purray you get all better real soon. 'Course we plan on keepin' ya' in our purrayers as we do every day anyways. We still don't have any idea what a mandala is, but da heart sure is purretty. Dat was so nice of ya'll to make a colorin' book fur da furee. When mommy has some ink fur purrintin' we'll have to check it out. Fank you, she really has wanted one of those kitty colorin' books dat everypawdys' been showin' off. We're sendin' big luvvin' hugs and purrayers fur all.

    Luv ya'

    Dezi and Raena

    PeeEss: We would luv to win your give away ifin it's open to us. We furgot what we was s'posed to say. MOL

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    1. Hiya Dezi & Raena, thank mew so much fur the purrs and purrayers, mew are so kind! Glad mew like our valentine to mew all and we entered mew into the give-way ❤️ XOX

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  15. Oh, wow ! Book!! And what a super duper heart coloring you did! So intricate and exquisite!

    Oh, we do hope you are back home now, Basil. POTP to you!
    ((((( ♥ )))))

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    1. Hey Pipo & Minko, yep we made a cute colouring book, like OMC we can't believe it either!!! MOL MOL Thanks mew for POTP, mew are so kind!!! XOX

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