What's Up? Dog day afternoon...

Hello!

Wow, it's been a few days since I last posted!  Life has gotten a bit more busy and I've been less active in the creative realm.  I don't know if it's the weather or the long hours at work, but there seems to be no interest in creating when I get home, it's as if my mojo has gone on vacation.  Sigh!

I realized that I never posted about this project I made for one of my friends.  It's actually a watercolor/die cut scene/portrait...

Obviously some of my mojo was working here.  hahaha!  I started out with the blue backdrop using gelatos and water on some Canson water color paper.  I believe the cute dog flying over the city is Silver from Tiddly Inks Flying High clear stamp set.  My friend has a dog, who resembles Silver a bit so I tried to color him the same.  I used multiple dies from LLLC and MFT to create this scene.  I also used a word backgroud stamp from MFT for the buildings and the tree.  Love the effect, it kinda looks like I used a newspaper.

I need to put this in some kind of frame so for now it's with me until I finish it.  I did show it to my friend and she loved it.  Yay!!  Here's a look at the annual birthday card I made, another adorable image of Silver and I actually decorated the envelope!

The sentiments on the card are from Paper Smooches.  Oh and in the background some wispy clouds made with Distress Inks.  Maybe this will jump start my mojo?!  We shall see!  I might need to go-around to everyone's blogs too, so I'll be sure to hop on the ole' computer when I get home to do some hopping!  Well breaks over, I better get back to "work".  Take care and thanks for stopping by!

Won't you be my...Valentine?

Hi everyone!
Hope you are all having a terrific weekend.  I'm up to my ears in paper, markers, stamps and Spellbinders and I'm having a terrific time!   Still working on a few things for next week so hoping this post is pretty quick. 

Now I don't normally use animals in my cards, but I couldn't resist purchasing Silver Valentine from Tiddly Inks.  He's adorable, I mean how can you not want him, right?  hahaha.  He's also perfect for a sweet Valentine's day card.  Now I'm really not sure if Silver is a female or male, but for this card I thought being a male would be fine even if the card is mostly pink.  (lol)  This is my first time merging digital images too.  I used one of two free cute heart digis from Birdie Brown as a backdrop.  (Click here to get the free images)  I think it looks pretty cute especially when it looks like Silver is surrounded by hearts.

I used a pearl pen on the hearts and then using two Copic markers tried to make them look like pillows.  Not sure if it worked but that's what it's supposed to be.  I doodled around the edges and added fake stitches to the sentiment, main image and the heart.  Here's a close up.

I handwrote the sentiments.  Trying to keep it nice and clean.  I redid the sentiment heart 4 times before I was satisfied with this one.  CAS is definitely better than too much.  (lol)  I plan to make another card using this adorable little guy and use the other hearts from Birdie Brown.  Let's see how long it take to finish it.  (lol)

Alrighty, Mahalo for stopping by today.  I truly appreciate all the support and comments.  They keep me inspired and thankful for wonderful friends like you.  Don't forget to link up for my give-a-way.  You have until Friday to enter.  Stop by tomorrow for my Lollipop Crafts challenge #67 share.  Until then enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Challenges:
Tiddly Inks: #79 Valentine

Supplies not mentioned above:
Black, dark pink cs & pink/white striped dp (Recollections); white cs (Neenah solar crest); dark pink ribbon & buttons (stash); heart & scalloped heart dies (Spellbinders); border punch (Stampin' Up)
Copics: