Happy Cockapoo!

Today I have two makes with the gorgeous "Happy Cockapoo" stamp from Crafty Individuals. 

The first is a decoupage card, and the second is a take on a "See No Evil ...." card. There are videos for both - just click on the photos.

Decoupage card

The stamp has some quite defined white areas around the face which make this perfect for decoupage. And the design of this with the zentangle, means you can play with colours! 

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

I used my X-Cut Circle punches to create the glasses and the headphones.

    

And this is how I created the bone, and then cut into the muzzle of the dog for it to sit in.

  

  

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Happy crafting,

Cxx

Circles and Furry Things

Morning. It's another new week. I've just kind of bumbled through this past one, with plenty of baking and tidying keeping me occupied in the not so nice weather.

And a new week means a new challenge over at Use Your Craft Stash. This week it's Furry Critters and/or circles. So any animal with fur or just use circles - whichever is easier. And of course, we would love to see any type of craft within the theme. 

I chose to use this Darkroom Door Eclectic Stamp called Sitting Dog. It was a gift from a good crafty friend of mine, and I'm ashamed to say that I've never used it before.  And to stamp it, I dug out another piece of stash which wasn't even out of the bag - this Crafter's Companion Stamping Mat.  I stamped the image using Gathered Twigs Distress Ink onto Neenah Classic Crest Card.

I marked out the circle I would be cutting out, so as I didn't bother colouring too big an area. I used water to move the Distresss Ink and added a little more detail by going back in with the ink on a brush. The tongue was coloured with Watermelon Aqua Pencil (Crafter's Companion) from the Florals tin.

The background was created using Charcoal Brown Aqua Pencil from the Essentials Tin, and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. To keep with the theme, I mounted it onto circles of card - all from my scraps box.  The large piece of brown card at the back has an aperture cut into it (where you can see the white) and was embossed using Crafter's Companion Textures Distress 8x8 folder.

We look forward to seeing what you come up with this week. 

Take care,

Cxxx