The Canine Gang

Hi there :) 

I hope you all enjoyed the glorious sunny weekend?

I'm here to start your week off with a fun card, I seem to be on a MFT roll at the moment but I couldn't wait to share this card with you now these doggy stamp sets are back in stock :)

I needed a card to send to my friend who is a dog groomer and general dog lover, sadly she has decided 

to pack up her business to pursue other interests so this is what happened when I set about colouring these little characters!!

I wanted to include lots of dogs even though some of these hounds wouldn't need a trim!!

I made a long narrow card with the hinge along the short edge.

It was great fun thinking about colours and markings... my favourite has to be the brindle chap in the centre :) I needed to make them a scene to gather in so I used the English brick wall stencil and drew through it so the black outline style matched the dogs. I drew the fence which is just simple overlapping irregular rectangles and added a woodgrain with the coloured pencil.. in fact the whole scene is coloured using Polychrome pencils and the dogs trimmed out with scissors.

I wasn't sure how to do the sky so just went with pencil strokes and I think it looks okay and fits in with the whole colouring effect.The simple shrubs are made by tracing through a cloud stencil..... it's one I have in my stash but you can easily make stencils with any dies you have :)

  

It's the first time I've tried a scenic background and I'm really pleased with how
it turned out... keeping it simple is the key :)

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x

Puppy Love

Hi there :)

I hope you managed to get some crafty time in this weekend... I managed to fit a little in too and found a stamp set that hasn't seen much ink yet!! I decided to put that right and use most of the cute dogs from Playful Pups and do some colouring...

They look like they're having fun and have the 'ahhhh' factor so what better way to cheer someone up than putting them on a card :)
 After colouring them, I grouped them together on a white piece of card that had been cut with a stitched edge die and stamped with a paw print from the same set, in light grey ink. The sentiment is from MFT's You Make my Tail Wag ... I love that font embossed in white on black.
I chose a nice bright textured card to pick out the colour of the tennis ball as my backdrop and adhered it at a jaunty angle and distressed the edges a little.

Now that was a fun crafting session and a welcome sneaky break from the decorating too *wink*

  

Thanks for stopping by and catch you next week :)
Jenny x