Pet Sympathy

Good Morning everyone

Recently Ive had to make 2 pet sympathy cards, Ive kept them both fairly simple and used a lovely paw print die by cheerylynn (I think)

First one is for a cat.  I used a rich gold pearl cardstock for my base which has a leafy design in it, i cut to 6x6" and then die cut the scalloped border & paw print from the front edge.  I added an insert from a rainbow print paper and stamped the sentiment onto the insert so it shows on the front.  I stamped the cat onto left over rainbow paper, cut him out and added to the front. 

Just showing it side on, you can just about make on the design in the pearl cardstock, its years old from payper box 

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and onto a dog design

6x6" white linen base card.  I used a heart paw print stencil on the front with distress inks in cracked pistachio and evergreen bough, i also lightly inked the edge around the outside of the stencil which gave me an inked edge to the card.  I then die cut the paw prints from the middle and stamped my sentiment in grey ink.

I stamped the dog in grey and lightly watercoloured with distress inks shaded lilac and seedless preserve, cut him out and added to the front.  I used a ombre paper for my insert, added gold paint through 3 of the paw prints and edged the cardblank with more gold paint - sadly the photo doesn't show that up very well.

This photo shows the gold up much better.  I ended up doing this as glue was showing through one of the paw prints which wasn't good, the gold acrylic paint covered it nicely.

Items Used:

Paw print die

mft scalloped edge die

Paw print stencil

Tim Holtz mini crazy dog stamps

Katzelkraft cat stamp

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Distress Inks

Paperartsy gold paint

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a good week.  Hugs Emmaxxx

 

Its raining cats and dogs

Good Morning everyone

When i saw that the challenge this month at countryviewchallenges was cats and dogs I just had to join in, although i only have cats now, I love dogs just as much and make the most of my time with my families dogs....i do miss having one but as i can't walk much wouldn't be fair on a dog.  Although having said that 2 of my cats do join me on my short daily stroll, they walk with me until the path comes out on the road and then they wait for me to come back round and we all walk home together.

Anyway onto my card, i have lots of cat and dogs stamps and was working through ideas in my head, i had also been discussing the lack of rain with the family as its a worry for the farm crops etc (hurray we have rain this morning)...after that i just had that odd saying in my head 'its raining cats and dogs' Is that a worldwide saying or just here in the UK? 

I made a cardbase from acetate and cut to 7.5x5.5", i then stamped the crazy mini cats & dogs stamps over the front of the acetate with black stazon ink stamping some upside down and side on to look like they are falling through the air.  I die cut 2 sizes of rectangle frames, the larger one i added with foam tape.  The smaller one i glued onto my sentiment which had been computer printed onto vellum.  I then added the glue to the back of just the frame and adhered to the middle of the card - adding the glue to just the back of the frame meant no glue showing through the vellum.

I stamped the fab katzelkraft cat onto white card and watercoloured with distress inks, i went with a orange tone to contrast and stand out against the background. I then cut him out and adhered to the front with glue gel.

  I added a white paper insert and a fab patterned paper that has a rainbow of colours running diagonally that to me had the feel of rain and rainbows so i cut that to fit the insert leaving a white edge around the outside....normally when i make my acetate cards i just used a full colour insert but it felt a bit lost this time so adding the white helped lift it and tie in with the white frames.

To balance my cat  and add a little bling, I added 3 teardrop gems which also look like rain drops, they were clear ones which i coloured orange with an alcohol marker.

Just a close up, i decided on the vellum for the sentiment so that the cats and dogs still showed up and of course i had to add glossy accents to Mr Toms eyes & nose

Items Used:

Katzelkraft cat stamp 'mini 74'

Tim Holtz stamps 'mini crazy cats & dogs'

Stitched rectangle frames

Distress inks ' lemonade, honey, vintage photo, pistachio, lilac'

Hunkydory acetate

12x12 Patterned paper 'ombre effects' B&M

Printable vellum

Thank you all for stopping by once again. The roof is progressing, finally started getting the new tiles on.   Hugs Emmaxxx

Id love to enter the following

https://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-2022-cats-dogs.html

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http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/05/challenge-269-4-legged-friends.html

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http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/week-675-favourite-stamps-andor-dies.html - this katzelkraft cat stamp is one of my favourites that i go back to year after year as its ideal for male or female cards and young or old so very versatile

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https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2022/05/challenge-62-anything-goes-with.html

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http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2022/05/challenge-61.html

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Creative Artiste...

Good Morning everyone, welcome to October.

I was honoured to be offered a guest designer spot for Creative artiste Mixed Media for this month.  As it was for october my first thought was maybe a halloween mixed media project but then i saw this bone shaped mdf and thought it would be ideal for those Crazy dog stamps from Tim Holtz

Mdf bone size 12x7"....  after doing the background (see last photo below) I stamped the tim holtz crazy dogs and a couple of zinksi art dogs, coloured them with inktense pencils and cut out.  I covered them all with mod podge to give them a bit of protection.  

From an empty pet food box i die cut my alpha's with a sizzix bigz die, covered with black paint and then glossy accents to give them an enamelled look.  I die cut some circles from card, painted with yellow paint, drew on lines to make them look more like tennis balls and again covered with glossy accents. 

 I then got arranging it all - this took longer than you might think getting the dogs in an order that i felt worked best and actually i didnt glue them down for a couple days to make sure i was happy with this finished arrangement!  I added a few Tim Holtz ideology bones, a couple of them i cut in half as you wouldn't see the whole bone anyway and made them go further. 

A metal tag added above the be happy to finish which reads 'live in the moment' which i think alot of dogs do.

After a few days i felt it needed something to balance the heavy black letters so i stencilled some black paw prints around the edge to look like one of the dogs had been off for a wonder following a scent trail as they do😁.....and it made all the difference.

Of course i had to add glossy accents to the dogs eyes and noses too

and onto my background

 I stencilled texture paste through a paw print & diamond stencils and once dry covered it all with black gesso.  I then added patches of crackle paste and once all was dry i built it up by dry brushing on white and cream acrylic paints adding a touch of diamond to the top layer that twinkles in the light.  I found an old tim holtz grungeboard heart in my stash which i again added texture paste paw prints to, covered in red paint and then again dry brushed on the white and cream acrylic.  I then added that to the bone and edged the bone with black paint.  This bone came with a stand but i wanted to hang it so just cut off the tabs and sanded back and punched some holes in the top with my crop o'dile.

Items Used:

MDF Bone  'dog bone on stand' from Craftshapes.co.uk

Stencils - paw print, diamond

Golden texture paste

Crackle paste

Tim Holtz crazy dog stamps

Paperartsy Zinkski art dog stamps

Derwent inktense pencils

Tim Holtz ideaology - bones, metal tag, grungeboard shapes

Sizzix Tim Holtz word play bigz die

Various acrylic paints

Thank you all for stopping by and to everyone at creative artiste mixed media.blogspot for welcoming me to join them this month.  I hope you all have a good weekend.  Hugs Emmaxx

 

Who let the dogs out?

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing a mixed media picture.  Years ago i did a cat picture and had in mind to do something with the crazy dogs - i finally got around to it.  

As you can see someone let all the dogs out and they have escaped to play in the woods among all the undergrowth and foliage. 

Size approx: 6x12"

So i first made a background base layer with brusho's in lime & lemon.  Once dried i stencilled on paw prints with silver paint and flowers with a gold pearl texture paste.

I stamped and coloured in my crazy dogs with inktense pencils and fussy cut them out.  I went with crazy colours.

Then using all those little pieces of card left from backgrounds over the years i die cut lots of different foliage, i then got arranging my greenery and dogs - which took some time getting a placement that worked for me.

I computer printed my title with a typewriter font, cut on a wonk and matted onto black, I used dies for the word 'dogs', i then covered them all in glossy accents to give an enamelled look.

Close up, the dogs all have glossy accents on their noses and eyes

And lastly the answer as to who let the dogs out....this guy reminds me of mutley....he is sitting on the sideline chuckling at the chaos he's caused😁

Now Mutley is showing my age for those of you who don't know he was/is the side kick of dick dastardly of whacky races

Items Used:

Tim Holtz crazy dogs mini stamps

Tattered lace fern die set

Various leaf die sets

Alpha tile die set

Inktense pencils

Brushos, Oxide & wink of stella for all the foliage

I hope my little piece of wall art has made you smile this Monday morning and that you all have a good week. Im having to rest my hands from wire working so i expect i shall be papercrafting this week.  Stay safe. Hugs Emmaxx

Id love to enter the following:

https://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/07/july-2020-do-what-makes-you-happy.html  - Creating these little scenes with stamps makes me very happy and this one had me singing along too with the song....who let the dogs out😁

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https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/challenge-190.html

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https://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com/2020/07/welcome-to-creative-artiste-challenge-62.html

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https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2020/07/challenge-40-sponsored-by-jans-digi.html

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http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2020/07/challenge-40.html

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Kitty-Bea

Good Morning everyone, i hope you are all doing ok.

For all my nieces I've made them some wall art with their names on it.  So this is the one i made for Kitty-Bea's 2nd birthday.  She has a natural affinity with animals and never happier than when out about the farm with all the animals.

So ive come up with this colourful menegerie

(Size approx 20x6")  I stamped Tim Holtz crazy cats and dogs & katzelkraft farm animal stamps and coloured with oxide inks in a rainbow of colours. I went with the rainbow colours as unlike my other nieces Kitty-Bea doesn't have a favourite colour.  I then cut them all out.

I die cut the letters using a bigz die and thick black cardboard & white card, the white version i coloured in a rainbow, i layered the coloured ones over the black off setting for a drop shadow and covered them in glossy accents to give them a lovely shine.

I first added splashes of ink to the background to add interest. I then got to arranging them all - this took a while.  Once i had them all glued into place i doodled in the ground for the to stand on and added green for the grass.

Close up, you can see the shine on the letters here, id also added glossy accents to the animals eyes and touches of glitter - what young girl doesn't like glitter

I really enjoyed making this and it was well received. 

Just showing it in its frame, the black really makes the colours pop.  Sorry for the reflection in the glass😀

Items Used:

Tim Holtz crazy cats & dogs stamps (mini)

Katzelkraft farm animal stamps

Tim holtz sizzix wordplay bigz die

Oxide inks - various colours

Glossy accents

Stickles - unicorn, twilight, diamond & crystal

Thank you all for stopping by.  The days all seem to merge into each other.  Stay safe. Hugs Emmax

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Id love to enter the following:

http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-123-tiere-animals.html#.Xq591KhKjIU

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https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-38-may-2020-sponsor-fabrika.html

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http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-38.html

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Thank you

Good Morning Everyone

Today im sharing a small set of one layer CAS stamped thank you cards.  I used my ombre ink pads - i decided before chrismtas i need to use them much more as they are years old and they are so effective. 

5x5 White linen cardblank. Using the ink pad ive stamped the crazy cat stamps and their accessories randomly over the card and then stamped the sentiment - learning from this first card i stamped the sentiment first on the next one to get it more central - for this first card i had orginally planned to stamp the greeting seperately and die cut into a shape but after stamping the cats i thought it would be a shame to hide them. 

2nd version using the crazy dogs.

and 3rd version using Hobbyart linocut hare stamps and the cappuccino inkpad. I also doodled in a stitched border with a co-ordinating fine liner pen.  Was pleased how effective the inkpad was on a more solid design than the crazy cats/dogs.

These are the ink pads, looking at the open one, the little tab to the left you slide and it slides the different ink colours together so that you get a seamless join inking up stamps, then you slide them apart for storage so they don't seep into the colour beside.  Im not sure why i haven't used them more but this year that is changing!

Items Used:

Tim Holtz crazy cats & dogs mini stamps

Hobbyart 'lino cut hares' stamp set

Stampin up 'sassy salutations' sentiment stamp

Kaleidacolour ink pads - caribbean sea & cappuccino

CraftUK ltd white linen cardstock

Brown fine liner pen

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you enjoy the rest of the week and weekend.  Emma

Id love the enter the following:

http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-50-cas-clean-and-simple.html

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http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2020/01/389-anything-goes.html

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january-challenge-something-new-or- old   - ive used something old - the ink pads

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http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/january-favourite-stamps.html - my fav stamps are the tim holtz crazy cats & dogs

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Pet Sympathy card

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing a sad card to make, for a good friend who had to say goodbye to her furbaby. 

6x6 white linen cardbase.  I first stenciled the heart pawprints onto the card base using original distress inks in grey and black.  I die cut a heart that was big enough to cover the large paw print to the right and stenciled the large paw print with red ink and then the rest with grey.  

I then die cut the paw prints across the middle of the heart keeping all the little 'waste' bits.  I added a piece of patterned paper to the inside of the card.  I then closed the card and piece by piece and alot of patience i glued all the paw prints pieces back into place, so that they are glued to the inside of the card but when closed line up with the original die cuts on the front of the card - photo below will make more sense hopefully.  I had to close the card and glue them in through the paw print die cut so that i could line it all up.

I then lined the die cut heart up in place on the front.  I then stamped the crazy dog stamp twice and coloured him in, this is the stamp that looked the most like a little westie dog.  I then fussy cut him out and added to the card front.  Stamped sentiment to finish. 

Hopefully you can see the heart behind the dog better here

a close up and this shows better the paw print apertures

And the inside. I picked a piece of sea patterned paper as the little man used to love his daily walks along the sea front.  I added the second stamped dog here.  Hopefully this photo helps make sense of how i glued the paw prints back into place so that when the card is closed they line up on the front of the card with the stenciled heart. 

Items Used:

Elizabeth crafts paw print die

Paw print heart stencil

Heart die

Tim Holtz crazy dog stamp

Distress inks hickory smoke, black soot, fired brick 

Bobunny paper

Justrite sentiment stamp

Thank you all for stopping by as always.  I hope you all have a brilliant week. 

Id love to enter the following:

simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/2019/05/ch-149-

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craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-51 - anything goes

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crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/218  - stenciled my own background

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craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-26 - anything goes with an animal