What a cute challenge! I love dogs. Don't have any at present but I've had lots of memorable ones. Like Freckles, the bird dog. He was something. One time a neighbor went hunting and apparently Freckles drug home part of the trophy and hid it in the flower bed. For days we couldn't figure out what that smell was.
Anyway, this little dog I'm calling Spot (or should I say, Spots) from DRS Designs was originally all white but I added the dots and tan spots. This started out to be CAS and it was going really well and I guess that should have been my first clue that it was all about to head south. I had made a pretty quick background on the tan c/s using just one stripe of the woven plaid border. I was attaching Spot to his layer and I dunno...something that looked like ink...don't know where it came from...smudged the upper right WHITE corner of Spot's little box. I was able to save Spot by cutting him out and attaching him to another white layer (I washed my hands first). But by then it wasn't really CAS any more.
So I punched the lower edge of the greeting panel then used pinking shears on it. I used a 1" circle punch on the button ribbon slide and threaded thru some left over thin strips of bg. I attached it to a slightly larger die cut circle and my 4.25 x 5.50 card was finished. Not exactly CAS but not too involved either.
Thanks so much for looking! One of my birds is sick and not doing very well so he has to go back to the Dr. He actually learned to bark from the last dog we had. Poor little guy...he's 28 yrs old and we've had him almost that entire time.
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Registered: May 10, 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 27879
Thu, Mar 15, 2012 @ 1:32 PM
Omgoodness, I didn't realize you owned birds! My sister has the coolest African gray...Simon. He is full of himself and has the mental capacity of about a 3 year old. My dd Bailey would like to steal him! So full of silly antics! I love your card and the tale that went along with it! Simon calls my sister's dogs just like she does....says their names and whistles.
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Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Thu, Mar 15, 2012 @ 2:16 PM
I just love reading how a CAS card turns into a masterpiece like this. WOW! What a beauty. Love your spotted dog AND spotted faux button with those strips of dp. Your bg is awesome. Love this whole card top to bottom! TFS :0)
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132005
Thu, Mar 15, 2012 @ 2:27 PM
The monochromatic colour scheme is just great - love all the dots and Spot and the little button-style embellishment. Sorry about your bird - it's tough when a pet falls ill, especially one you've had that long.
Registered: November 3, 2008 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 12269
Thu, Mar 15, 2012 @ 4:57 PM
Julie, you always come up with the neatest things to add to your cards and stamped images. I would never think to add some spots to this puppy, he looks great with those spots!! Great background too!
Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44975
Thu, Mar 15, 2012 @ 6:20 PM
What a cutiepie!!! I love your background too!
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