My Christmas Dog

My daughter was home visiting the week before Christmas and we were going through the Christmas decorations. My dog Penny was curious, sniffing out everything, and Julie very spontaneously decided to decorate her with some garland. I ran and grabbed the camera thinking Penny would shake it off any minute. It was so funny, she just sat there as if to say "What I have to do for my big sis!" LOL.

Anyone out there know how to change dog's eyes that turn yellow with the glare of the flash????? Red-eye reduction on the camera's edit system doesn't do anything at all.

Sharon
Dec. 30/09



Christmas Cards, late posting pics

These are two cards I made before christmas but didn't get around to posting the pics on my blog with the busy holiday season.

I received some vintage images from a friend on Cropstop.com and fell in love with this little girl. My sister really likes old fashioned images so I made this card especially for her. She was very pleased with it! I used some Stickles to add dimension to the snow and snowflakes around her head. I made this card late at night - must stop doing this 'cuz the lighting is not great at 3:00 am! The pic is mounted a bit off centre the white layer. I just know someone out there will notice this even if I didn't mention it. LOL!


The other card is for a "secret swap", so I'm not going to write too much about it, except to say there is white fun flock on the "fur" parts of her hat, dress, and dog's hat; Stickles for her earrings, bracelet,star ornament, and dog collar; and the image is coloured with Copics.

Sharon
Dec. 30/09

Butterfly Birthday card

This card was made back in late November, but I'm just getting around to posting it. Vellum Butterfly is a Spellbinders die which I covered with Stickles glitter, and two black rhinestone gems for dimension. I embossed the background paper (SU) and cream layer with the Stylized Flowers folder. On the cream layer, I rubbed Interference Green Pearl Ex over the embossing to highlight it; however, once it was done, the colour is a little "off" from the other olive tones. Sometimes a good idea doesn't work out....sigh!

Sharon
Dec.14/09

New Sizzix Bird die

These cards were made with a new bird die from a Sizzix Sizzlets set of three called "Seasons Greetings" #656286. The set also includes the verse seasons's greetings, and a leafy sprig with flowers (can be made to look like christmas or spring flowers). I think I will find this set very versatile!

The first card uses white Bazzill and SU silver paper layers, and a glittery background paper. The bird is cut on silver paper and covered with white Doodlebug sugar coating glitter. For the bird's wing, I first embossed the white paper with the Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy embossing folder. Then,I positioned the die over part of the embossing to look like layered feathers. The scalloped border is a punch from EK Success. The letters for the word PEACE are cut with Cuttlebug alpha dies which I also covered in the sugar coating glitter. The vellum snowflake under the ribbon is a Spellbinders die called "Snowflake Wonder".

For the second card, I used red paper for the bird and covered it in Stickles Red glitter. The background paper is embossed using the Cuttlebug Holly folder. The tag on the bottom is Spellbinders Shapeabilities "Fancy Tags" die on which I embossed the word Peace in Gold Tinsel EP.

Sharon
Dec.14/09