A Father's Love is Priceless and Celebrate

Here are the other two cards I made the other day in my made card making day.

This one was a work of love. I bought the stamp which is from Technique Junkie and actually comes

with the little dog sitting next to the big dog and a sentiment about (Friends coming in all shapes and sizes) soooooo I did a lot of covering the little dog and sentiment, stamping and masking, I made 9 yes thats nine dog masks to include all my dogs.

If you follow me on instagram you know that all did not go perfectly with this card as anyone who does card making and masking knows and I was very close to throwing this little masterpiece in the bin. I had already done two copies, the first getting to five dogs when I realised I had forgotten to mask number 4 and number 5 was now obviously sitting wrong infant of 4 and to my eyes no, no good - bin. Start again. Next one only got to two stampings and I stuffed up and I was thinking maybe its not meant to be but then no........one more.

I got to the 11th dog and was very happy. As I'm looking at it I dropped the stamp, its faint but its there. I think to myself I can ignore it, I add the little dog, cover big dog and sentiment, ink and add and it looks great but all I can see is that shadow of the big dogs legs.

I put it up on Instagram, will I toss it or what, suggestions, cut around it or colour background. I decided to copic colour. I did very light this way and that patchy colouring and love how it turned out. The photo caught the shadow of the stamp still but when I look at the card it looks great to me and Im happy with it now.

I finished off my copic colouring of the dogs added some grass to camouflage the different heights of the legs gave dad dog a different coloured dog tag and added the sentiment and a 'Happy Fathers Day' sentiment on the inside. I'm really pleased with how it turned out and so pleased that @whippetgirl on Instagram or also known Lee Ann on Greyt Paper Crafts  who inspired me to buy the stamp and try this after seeing her fabulous cards with the same stamp. Don't forget to check out her blog and/or Instagram account.

Now my next card is just a card that came together after practicing pleats in copics on this wonderful Stamping Bella girl. I love her and her dress which is probably one of the easiest for practicing your first attempts at pleats as the skirt is so big - yeah!! I coloured her in and it was one layer.

But then that green managed to sneak out of the lines here and there so I decided to cut it out free hand. Then she sat there as I tried to decide what to do. I was looking through my backgrounds and this one just jumped out at me.

Isn't it fantastic, I just love it, I love the colours, its greens and yellows and it looks like tie-dyed and I think it just works with her. Like my girl and the waves alcohol background. You see it and want it.

I got these new dies that cut the rough outright like the Penny Black ones which I couldn't afford so I am wrapped. Die cut, glued down, glued girl in place. Added my die cut sentiment and happy as.

Challenges:

The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge Day 19

A Father's Love is Priceless

Muse Challenge #271

Isn't Kims card just brilliant and I love the puppy up in the corner

but I decided because my dogs were all so tall to put my puppy on

his hero's head.  Inspiration well all those dogs of course, I don't have that

stamp but made up for it I think.

A Father's Love is Priceless

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #297 Make Your Mark

A Father's Love is Priceless

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Bright and Cheerful

Celebrate card

Southern Girls Challenge  Team Lou Anything Goes

Celebrate card

Seize the Birthday Anything Goes Challenge

Celebrate Card

Thank you so much for coming to visit and I hope you come again soon.

And please if you have time take the time to comment. I do love to hear from you and know that you have been here. I love doing my blog posts and try to personalise them with little bits about the making of the cards or life and whats happening but sometimes I wonder if people are interested in reading what I am posting or if I should just post the pictures and leave it at that. Let me know, do you have time to read my waffles??? Prefer to just see the card??

xx Aileen