Hey Bulldog!

Hello All,

The entire time while creating, editing, and now typing I had the Beatles song titled 'Hey Bulldog' stuck in my head. My earworm, of course, is the chorus, 'hey bulldog!'. The ending is what really cracks me up when we hear howling and barking made by the Beatles. So, here is my card for today, enjoy. Oh, I forgot to mention I will be playing along with City Crafter Challenge, Seize the Birthday, Naughty or Nice Challenge and Try Stamping on Tuesday. 

The bulldog was stamped on watercolor paper and then covered by masking fluid. When finished with the background I just rubbed off the fluid.

There are a ton of colors underneath the Black Soot Distress Ink.
They do seem to show through when picking up the ink with water.

I know, I know it is snarky but technically I am not swearing 😁.
I like this card because not all dogs are cutesy and cuddly. Some of them mean business. I thought it was a different way to look at dogs.
This sentiment is located inside the card; a section that I always seem to ignore.

Since we are talking dogs, here is my dog, Crown. He is a black lab rescued from Beruit, Lebanon. He was found with a broken leg and most certainly have died if Hearts of Hope didn't intervene. 

City Crafter Challenge: Week 393- Colorful Dog(s)
Try Stamping on Tuesday: Negative Space Coloring
Naughty or Nice Challenge: #47- Celebrate
Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes

 

And oh by the way, here is the song 'Hey Bulldog' for your earworm enjoyment.

Well, that should do it for me!! Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. We will see you soon. Take care and happy stamping.

Rejoice

Hello Readers!

Today starts a new challenge at Make My Monday Challenge blog. I do hope you can join us. The theme this week is 'Wings at Christmas'. The DT team did an excellent job of interpreting the challenge. Here is my inspiration card, Enjoy!!

The vellum halo reminds me so much of artwork of the past.
The stitched ends are the perfect touch.

I loosely added the vellum and black layer to the card.
To create the illusion the image is floating.

The angel was colored on black CS then colored with some Perfect Pearls
and Prismacolor pencils.

I choose the vellum sentiment to coordinate with the halo. 

Entering Challenges:
Naughty or Nice Challenge: NON#22: Show Us Some Wing



When I was a little girl I went to a Catholic School named 'Our Lady of Peace' in New Jersey. Every year we would travel through the church to see some of the stained glass artwork. I remember the angels with their halos over the Baby Jesus. This stamp is reminiscent of stained glass so naturally I went back to my memory banks and pulled the stained glass image from my childhood and here is the result. I hope I did it justice...

Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to spend with TheGrandStampede. I do hope you will join me again. Take care and see you soon.

All the Best,
Shawna

Cherish

This card comes from three challenge blogs. They are CAS(E) this Sketch, The Card Concept, and Naughty or Nice Challenge.  All three were so inspiring my head was spinning with ideas!! Kind of an overload...

Sending my card to:
The Card Concept #37 - The Butterfly Effect
CAS(E) this Sketch: CTS #128
Naughty or Nice Challenge: NON16

      

And here is my card.. Wow! was this fun to make.. A bit involved but well worth it!

The design elements are from the challenges which made for a
wonderful card.

Watercolor background was done using leftover
Distress Ink from a previous project. All I did was mop the ink up with paper
then let it dry for a year or so.

The understated sentiment embossed on vellum in silver
is an elegant touch.

Like I said earlier this card was so fun to make.. What I really like is it is exactly what envisioned in my minds-eye. This happens to be very, very rare I always seem to improvise. The panels are another element that have added interest with its angles at the bottom of the card. And lets talk about that larger-then-life butterfly which proves to be a pretty dominate focal point of the card but at the same time I feel it doesn't distract from the rest of the card.

How to (Reader's Digest style):

1. The watercolor panels were made about a year ago. It is leftover ink from a previous project. All I did was mop it up with this paper.
2. Cut it into three sections and applied it to the card.
3. Cut the angles at the bottom of the banners.
4. The larger-then-life butterfly was stamped with VersaMark Ink and then heat set in white. 
5. Applied Distress Inks to the butterfly and wiped of access so the white embossing powder would resist the color. 
6. Fussy cut the butterfly. 
7. Divided the butterfly into three pieces and adhered each section to a watercolor panel. 
8. Cut a strip of vellum then embossed the sentiment in silver and added a silver dot.

This took a lot of measuring, which it something I am not a fan of doing. I am also surprised that I didn't pass out from holding my breath most the time hoping all will work out. And thank goodness it did turn out. And I think the end result is beautiful. 

I hope you enjoyed your stay! Please if you would like leave a comment good, great, or otherwise that would be great!! Take care all and Happy Fathers Day to our guys out there!!

All the best,

Shawna