Have Fun!

I combined two challenges on this card, Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #74 and the Corrosive Challenge #20 (all about dogs).

I haven't used a Poochie image in a loooooong time and this was a perfect opportunity to dig out one of these little cuties! I decided on Poochie Frankie from The Cat's Pajamas and paired it with a sentiment from American Art Stamps (LOVE that sentiment!!!).

I started by stamping Poochie with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Snow White then I coloured him with copics. I honestly thought I'd only use a few markers because there's so much black from the solid image stamp...hmmm...I seem to have gotten a little carried away with shading. Oh well...that's why I have the markers, right? Although that one Ciao marker in my collection drives me crazy when it's time to photograph my colours...I may have to replace it with a Sketch. And those who know me know I'm not kidding. ;)

After he was all coloured I cut him out with square Nestabilities and layered him onto Prism Intense Teal. I slipped the sentiment circle under the image panel before stitching around the image. Then I added a little glitter to the water and use my new clear glaze pen on his shades. A few people have been raving about this glaze pen so I just had to try it for myself, and I LOVE it! You get essentially the same look as crystal effects with a waaaaaaaaay shorter drying time.

I loved how Taylor used punched out stars on her sample for this sketch so I shamelessly cased her idea and used buttons in the same manner. The purple ones are from my button bin and the green and teal ones are from the Whirligig Bag-O-Buttons. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye Penny Lane line and I layered it onto Prism Frosted Kiwi before stitching the edges and adhering it to the white card base.

Have a fabulous weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Karen

A Sweet Dachshund Card

My friend Janet (I linked to the post where she introduces Abygail) got an adorable new puppy for her birthday earlier in May. She's a little Dachshund with the sweetest face...eeeeks...I just wanna reach through the computer and hug her. Of course, a new puppy deserves a hand-made card.  :)

I knew I didn't own any dachshund stamps so I had to get a little creative. What I did have was the bowl/bone image and the saying, which just cracks me up! Being a dog owner myself, I know this saying is true! I THINK the stamps are by American Art Stamps but I can't be sure because there's no company name on the wood block. When I was looking through my stash of paper I realized I had a sheet with different dogs on it and there was a dachshund...how perfect!

So I started by stamping the dog bowl with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Snow White and coloured it with copics. I cut it out with my Labels 3 nesties and layered it onto real red. I stamped the bowl a second time and popped it on dimensionals so it would look like the bones were inside it. 

The fun papers are from the S.E.I. Park Buddies Line. The dachshund is cut out from one of the papers. I added a Tiny Twinkle flower shape to the dog's collar cause she's a girl and needs a little sparkle. I turned the sentiment into a banner and added a chocolate button to the left side. And yes, that's summer sun...eeeks! It's sooooo bright, but the perfect shade for this paper. 

I know Janet loved this card cause she received it the other day. I've been holding off posting it here cause she always visits my blog and I wanted it to be a complete surprise.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Snowman for a Snowy Weekend!

Between shoveling, shoveling and more shoveling yesterday, I didn't get a chance to stamp. And it's snowing again today, but I was feeling the NEED to stamp...the snow will still be there later. :)

In honour of our inches and inches of snow, I dug out my American Art Stamp Snowman, which I've had since October. Told you I had a lot of uninked rubber! LOL! 

The layout for this card is from Jen's Sketch For You To Try. 

The image is stamped with Memento black onto Gina K pure luxury. I cut it out with nesties before I coloured it this time...see...I'm learning from my own mistakes. It's coloured with copics, cause I just can't seem to put them down. But, I'll tell you, this image has plenty of little nooks and crannies so it was a little tricky to colour. 

For the top hats, the darkest grey I have is W3, which just wasn't cutting it, but I didn't want them to be completely black. So I used my W3 marker to pick up a smidge of black from my 100 copic, removed most of the black onto a piece of scrap paper, then used what was left on the marker to add a darker shadow to the hats. I really like how it turned out. 

The patterned papers are from the Basic Grey Wassail line. The solid green layers is Always Artichoke and the card base is Gina's 120lb pure luxury white. 

The embellishments in the bottom corner were fun to play around with. It's just punched circles of patterned paper layered on Artichoke. 

The other is a dark green button with a Martha Snowflake punch, topped off with a small brown button threaded with linen thread.

To me, this card has a real masculine feel, and that's what I was going for, so I didn't want to add any glitter or shimmer. Hubby really liked it when I showed it to him...maybe it'll be his card for next year.  :)

I think I'm going to move off Christmas cards now and on to other subjects, but I've got a good head start for next year.

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen