BYOB - Bring Your Own Bone

 

I'm suffering from severe post-holiday depression. I've only been away from work since Tuesday but it seems like a month. It's been such a wonderful few days in good company, not to mention wonderful weather (apart from today). Now I have to deal with going back to my overflowing inbox and all the problems I have pushed out of my mind, not to mention getting back to the diet and exercise regime. How I wish I would win the lottery and never have to go back to work again. 

Today I have spent most of the day in the craft room, creating and stuffing my face with sweets. I had so much fun making this card, which was inspired by the H is for Hounds challenge over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. I was also inspired by the fun Punny Time challenge over at Lawnscaping (this is my second card for this challenge). I'm also linking up with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge where the theme is Make for the Border as I used quite a number of border dies on this card, not to mention adding the scalloped border behind the scene and with Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge where the theme is Summer Fun.

I got out my Gansai Tambi watercolours and started by colouring bits of watercolour paper for the background die cuts - blues for the sky, yellows for the sun, reds and oranges for the tree border and a darker and lighter green for the two grassy backgrounds. After the backgrounds dried I die cut pieces using the Lawn Fawn Forest border, Stitched hillside borders, Grassy borders and Stitched rectangle dies. I also die cut the sun and cloud using Spring Showers dies. Next, I stamped the dogs and accessories in Versafine Onyx Black, coloured using watercolours and die cut with the matching dies. I also stamped and die cut the letters for the sentiment in Stampin' Up inks. Last, I die cut a piece of Perfectly Plaid in colours matching the scene using a Scalloped rectangle die and stamped the sentiment inside the card.

Card: 300 gsm linen textured card, 190 gsm watercolour paper

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park and matching dies, Owen's ABCs and matching dies, Party Animal and matching dies, Clare's ABCs

Ink and colouring: Versafine Onyx Black, Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Pear Pizzazz, Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours

Dies: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle dies, Scalloped Rectangle dies, Forest border die, Stitched Hillside die, Grassy border die, Spring Showers die

Purple floral hugz

Looks like my back is recovering quite quickly thanks to lots of stretching and rollering, so I was able to sit down and create a bit today which made me very happy! I decided to try and make a small dent in my huge stash of patterned paper I was moaning about earlier. Although, I also worked out that I have at least 250 sheets of patterned paper in my stash. And that's just the nice paper, not the stash of papers I'm ready to get rid of up in the loft... So to be honest, this one card really didn't make much of a dent in the stash. Also, have you noticed how the two sided patterned papers always have all the nicest patterns on on sheet - so you want to use both sides. Or alternatively, you just don't like either side of them. So you never get sheets with one side you like and another side you don't like. Sods law!

I wanted to create something for the lovely purple floral image over at The Card Concept and the sketch over at CAS(E) This Sketch. As many other cards, this started out somewhere completely different and ended up somewhere completely unexpected, but I'm quite happy with it anyways. I started by die cutting the background paper and cutting it according to the sketch. Then I die cut the Paper Smooches Adorable Array die in a few different purples. I really love this die! Last, I stamped the sentiment from Owen's ABCs and die cut with the matching dies. I added a few adhesive rhinestones as embellishments. I'm also linking up over at Crafting When We Can where the theme is Add Flowers, Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge and Going Grey With Scrap-Creations where the theme is spring/flowers. 

 

Card: 300 gsm textured card, 240 gsm coloured lilac and purple card, 
Paper: Stampin' Up Colour Me Autumn, Design Series Paper Patterns Stack Brights Collection
Ink: Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Owen's ABCs and matching dies
Other: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die, Paper Smooches Adorable Array die, Papermania Adhesive Gems Capsule Heather