Happiness is a warm puppy :)

At Craft Your Passion this week the challenge is Heavy Metal.We have the fabulous Kenny K as our sponsor too.Head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at the DT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job.

As soon as I saw this loveable,comical Happy Dog by Kenny K I just had to use him on my card XD Maybe it’s because he reminds me so much of my girl :

Such a happy dog 😀 She even smiles when she greets you,no,really!She is the sweetest,funniest girl ♥

Back to the card….

I wanted to give the image a feeling of being ripped from a notebook so I printed it onto this ledger style patterned paper.He’s been coloured with soft pastel pencils to allow the pattern to show through and on his dog tag I used a silver gel pen.A spot of white gel pen picks up the shine on his nose.I did apply 3D Crystal Lacquer on his eyes and nose but I’ve failed to pick it up with the camera 😦 Of course I had to choose some tree paper to go with him 😉 Our girl doesn’t have that kind of interest,naturally,but she does make us laugh when she tries to climb up them looking for squirrels 😀 LOL (you can just see one at the right hand  top of the paper along with a little wolf type character who looks remarkably like our dog sneaking up on him – it’s OK I’m sure she will never catch one – she’s so clumsy she’d trip up before she got near!) I ran a piece of woodgrain paper through an embossing folder to create more texture.All the papers have been Distress Inked around the edges.The bottom of each piece have been torn too.Everything has been mounted onto a card blank I made from some printed kraft card.As I have way too much craft stuff so I added loadsa metal items  😉 – see details below. Along with a little paper raffia and jute twine.I stamped the sentiment unevenly on purpose,honestly,then gave the paper the same treatment to tie in with the strip on the card.

Supplies :

Image : Happy Dog by Kenny K  

Sentiment : Her Arts Anytime Messages clear stamp set

Mediums :  Koh-I-Noor Gioconda Soft Pastel Pencils,Winsor and Newton Artist’s Fixative,White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen,Silver Gel Pen,Sepia Archival Ink,Rusty Hinge Distress Ink,3D Crystal Lacquer

Paper & Card : DP Grace Taylor Playtime Collection,Papermania 12 x 12 Kraft Basics

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Spellbinders Shapeabilities Office Supplies,Craft Concepts Woodgrain Embossing Folder,Big Shot,Mini Stapler (bargain from The Works)

To Embellish : Mini Staples (came with Mini Stapler),Binder clip (came in a Christmas cracker),Jumbo Paperclip from The Works,Metal Label Frames from The Works,Brads from Dovecraft Christmas Embellishment Kit,Paper Raffia and Jute Twine from stash

 

Some challenges this is for :

613 Avenue Create : Anything Goes

Kenny K`s Krafty Krew : Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time : Use a Digi 

Robyn`s Fetish: Use A Digi

A Gem of a Challenge : Let’s Hear it for the Boys (for my son’s birthday)

Catch The Bug : Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations :  All Creatures Great and Small

Challenges and Candies : The Colors of Autumn

QKR Stampede : Fall Colors

Sister Act Card Challenge : Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts : Bring Humor To Your Creations

C.R.A.F.T.  : Cats and Dogs/Pets/Animals

Cute Card Thursday : Signs of Distress

Moving Along with the Times : Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey : For the Boys (for my son’s birthday)

Shelly’s Images : Fall Photo Inspiration

Crafting By Designs : Anything Goes

Penny’s Paper-Crafty : Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges : Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Lisa x