TodayÂ’s Ways to Use It Challenge is a tribute to National Puppy Day. While I donÂ’t have a dog in real life, I do have a cute one on my card & heÂ’s learned to put mail in the mailbox. What a champ! And on the subject of dogsÂ…the last dog I had was a blonde cocker spaniel named Tigger. We also had a conure (parrot) we named Odie. We called him Odie (after the cartoon dog on Garfield) because he thought he was a dog. He learned to bark from Tigger, but his bark sounded kind of far away. We realized he was imitating the dog when he was barking from the back yard. The parrot we have now is named Linus (after the character on Charlie Brown). He also barks because he learned it from Odie. Guess I also have a thing for cartoon characters, lol.
To make my mail dog card, I put together 3 different images..the dog w/ the fence is one. Originally he had a big stick in his mouth but I drew a letter to replace the stick. The lovebirds on the branch is another & the third is the mailbox, which originally had a big smiling daisy w/ a letter in its leaf. So there was some masking going on here. After I colored everything, I used a self made cloud stencil & sponged in the sky, & stamped a lines bg, tone on tone on the blue frame.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups & Copic colors are on my blog (as well a pic of Odie, the barking parrot.) The Write Stuff
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2017 GMT Views: 924
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Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 37094
Thu, Mar 23, 2017 @ 9:50 AM
This is just a delight and all your masking to make your images perfect for this scene is brilliant. That little dog is as cute as can be! I love the little singing birds and your layout is wonderful.
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Registered: July 17, 2005 Location: Staying inky in eastern Connecticut Posts: 79205
Thu, Mar 23, 2017 @ 10:13 AM
Julie....I love every detail on this doggy scenic....dogs sure do make your life whole, eh??? With all my medical issues the last few years, my 'pups' were my sanity....unconditional love and companionship
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105268
Thu, Mar 23, 2017 @ 10:17 AM
I love the cutting you did for this sweet card, Julie. If I thought I could have a dog do my mailing for me, I just might get one!! LOL!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132001
Thu, Mar 23, 2017 @ 11:38 AM
What a charming and sweet scene, Julie. That's so funny that the parrot imitated your dog as if it was in the distance - smart bird! I really like that grid stamping on the framing too, it looks great.
Registered: February 10, 2006 Location: Mid-Atlantic Posts: 13122
Thu, Mar 23, 2017 @ 12:07 PM
Not only is your design adorable, I loved reading about your pets Tigger, Odie and Linus! What a hoot!
~ Rita
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God demonstrated His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us ... being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Romans 5:8 & 9