Doggy oval

I've should have had a nice long day of crafting, but as seems to be the way of late, things didn't go to plan and even when I did finally make it to my craft room late this afternoon, my mojo seems to have upped and left me high and dry (probably as I've got some card orders to fill - it always seems to run away when I need it most!)  Anyhow, I thought I'd try my favourite challenges to see if I could dig up some mojo and I've combined the colour theme (black and white plus one of your choice) over at CASual Fridays with the theme (ovals) at Less is More with a new challenge to me - 365 cards (they do a new challenge every day and I picked one from a couple of days ago which is CAS with one embellishment)

I opted for a very simply thin black mat, a strip of black with an embossed birthday sentiment in white and a little black scottie dog embellishment framed in a pink spotty oval with a line of white faux stitching.   Not the most original of entries but I am pleased with the very clean lines and hint of pink.  The scottie dog has been in my stash for ages and is fluffy with a velvet collar.

http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/cfc70.html

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/week-85-theme.html

http://365cards.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/day-196-keep-it-simple.html

Time to make dinner - will catch you all later

Happy New Year!

Now I'm feeling slightly less like the creature from the black lagoon and have stopped coughing long enough to colour inside the lines, I thought it was time I made a card again, so I made a couple of Happy New Year cards for my mum and auntie.  I used a Mo Manning image of a little child asleep on his dog and made my own sentiment.  It reminded me of when I was a child and used to fall asleep on the dogs in the pub when my parents took me to the parties on Christmas Day Night when the pub was shut.

This image fits with the theme over on Mo's Digital Challenge which is "Bless the Beasts and Children" so I am going to enter my card into the challenge.  The image is called "Buds" and comes in 4 versions - the one I used can be found here but search for buds if you want the girl or aa versions.

As there is a child in the card, it also fits the theme of "C" on the Anything Goes Challenge Blog, so I am playing along with that this week as well.

I printed the image onto glossy card stock and coloured with copics - I should have added some texture to the fur with pencils, but I was short on time as I need to deliver them today, but I think the copic shading gives a hint of fur.  I double mounted onto plain card stock, added ribbon and a couple of buttons, and mounted onto patterned paper from My Minds Eye - Laundry Line.

Hopefully we'll be able to keep our eyes open for long enough to see in the New Year tonight, but if past performances are anything to go by, we might be emulating the little boy and miss it all again!

Happy New Year everyone - and here's to a very crafty 2011!!!

Woofs and Paws

It was my friends birthday last week and she owns an adorable little whippet who looks exactly like the whippet on this card I made for her.  I found the rubber stamp on eBay over the summer and bought it in preparation as I just knew she'd love it.

I stamped and coloured with copics, added glossy accents for a nice shiny nose, and mounted onto Die Cuts With a View papers from their Pet stack.  A craftwork cards sentiment tinted with distress inks and a bone ribbon rosette finishes it off.

As I knew she would love the image so much, I decided to make her a set of note cards as a gift.  I made a simple folder, covered it and added ribbon ties and a gorgeous sentiment stamp from Stempelglede stamps mounted using a nestabilities lables die.  (Actually, I should confess, I got my husband to do the measuring for the folder - I just cut it out!)

I used the same paper inside and yes, putting the flowers upside down WAS a deliberate mistake  ;-)

I then made 6 A6 notelet cards, same image but stamped on brown as I didn't have time to colour them all in, with the same bone ribbon as an accent.    Simple and elegant.