Sharing....

Those of you who stop in regularly probably know that this sweet pooch is my beloved friend and fur baby, Ice. It has been pretty sad around here for the past couple of days because I came home from work on Thursday afternoon to find that my sweet girl had died rather suddenly and completely unexpectedly while we were at work. She did have occasional seizures and it looks like this may be what happened to her but we will never know for sure. I have to say that the whole ordeal has been easier to bear because I have the most wonderful friends a girl could ask for! At work, in my stamping circle, in cyberspace...ya'll are the best!!! One of the most touching things I had happen was receiving the card below that was made by my dear friend, Bonnie. She had a bunch of the girls from the LSS sign it and had it ready when I arrived Friday afternoon to prep for my class on Sunday. She had also made a sweet little acrylic photo tag using the same picture.

We are missing Ice terribly right now and I am sure there will be another dog in our lives very soon. When the right situation happens, we will know it and I'm sure we will have no choice in the matter as our fur babies have always chosen us, not the other way around. For now, we are trying to carry on and get back to normal, especially for the sake of my granddaughter, Kyli who I worry will be very upset over losing Ice. They had gotten to be quite the pair! Today she was practicing using my Scor Buddy while I was finishing the prep work for the Sunday class. (I didn't have a very productive evening last night)

I was amazed at how well she handles this tool at only four years old!!
Well, thanks for stopping and "listening" to my ramblings. Looking forward to more cheerful posts in the future!

Dog Days of Summer

In celebration of the end of summer, I made this card for a swap I was participating in. The image is a digi that I knew I had to have the minute I saw it! I colored it using Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I've been using this coloring technique a lot lately because my Momento black ink is hiding from me, so I can't use my Copics!! I like the Prismas well enough, though...especially since I started using Neehah white card stock...very smooth!!!
Nothing real fancy about this...just added some dimensional glaze to his glasses, nose, and drink. Here's to the end of summer and a little cooler weather ahead!! Too bad it's followed by the winter cold! Happy stamping, all!!!

Friendship with Max and Whiskers

I needed a friendship card and I thought this cute image from My Favorite Things was perfect for the occasion. I love all the MFT images with the big pooches in them. Decided to use my newly purchased Max and Whiskers papers to go with it. I have to admit, the layout is completely borrowed from a card I saw on Splitcoast Stampers, but as it was one of several I printed out on one sheet of paper, I don't know who to give credit...I'm sorry! Card stock used was Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, and Bermuda Bay. Perfect colors for the Play Date Cafe color challenge. Image is colored with Copic markers. Thanks for stopping in today.

TSMONDAY21 Hawt Dawg in Polka Dots

The challenge this week at Totally Stampalicous is to use polka dots and ribbon on your card. My first thought was to use one of the feminine images, but when going through my TS sets, I stopped on Hawt Dawg and so it began! I colored Dawg with Copic markers and stamped him out again on this cool orange dsp that I found in my scraps. It was double sided, so the coordinating stripes were easy! I used another dsp in a pretty teal color for my layers and Dusty Durango card stock for the base. The ribbon is from Bo Bunny and matched the other papers perfectly. Tucked a bone under Dawg's arm and a couple more for the sentiment, a few blings, and there he is! Had a lot of fun creating this guy. I'm thinkin' that someone has put something in my coffee lately to get me using all the bright colors. But I'm likin' it!!
If you want to play along with the challenge, head over to the Totally Stampalicious blog and use Mr. Linky to add your creation, or if uploading to SCS, use TSMONDAY21 in the keywords. TS is also having a guest designer call. All the deets are on their blog! Happy stamping!

Where was my head?

 

I made this card for a swap I am doing in honor of the Iditarod dog sled race. The swap called for the card to have a dog and snow for its content. Right after I posted the swap, I found this cute digi image. Of course, most of the digi companies don't ID their company in the name of the file, if I can't change the file name myself, I often cannot remember whose image it is. Such is the case with this guy! Love it though, and thought it was perfect for the swap!! I used a sentiment from My Favorite Things on the inside. It says "Where was my head.....I forgot your special day." The sentiment is from one of their slightly naughty sets of sentiments which are too stinkin' funny!!

The rest of the deets on the card:

Digital image colored with Copic markers. Added a little glitter to the snowman. Used a new SU! corner/border punch combo to make the scalloped layer under the image. Kraft taffeta ribbon from SU! The dsp is from the SU! free Sale-a-bration paper pack. Card stock is Kraft, Bermuda Bay, and Melon Mambo. Final touch was a few black blings on the top and bottom corners. Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful Sunday!!! I'm off to pick up Kyli for the day. Supposed to finally have some warmer temps this afternoon with lots of sunshine!!

Some cards for the St. Jude's card drive

Kyli fell asleep while we were watching Finding Nemo..actually I nodded off a little, too. She was on my lap, so I eased out from under her and ran off to the stamp room for a little bit. I finished up a couple more cards and got a photo taken while it's bright and sunny outside....not even 40 degrees, but very sunny. I used some pup and kitty images that I have had stamped and colored for years. These stamps were some of the very first ones I owned. Very inexpensive from JoAnn.com. The papers are from Stampin' Up! and called Candy Lane. The border punch is from Martha Stewart. The scallops around the center puppy image was done by punching 1/2" circles from scraps of chocolate chip card stock. Added some blings and heart stickers to some of the cards. I hope to get a few more made up. Winter is collecting cards until the end of January. If you want to help her get the cards she needs for her card drive, you can jump to her blog by using the link on the previous post or the linked badge near the top of my blog page.