Friday, January 23, 2015

Friday Flashback: Ruff Day

Happy Friday!  It's time for another Friday Flashback, and today's randomly-chosen retired stamp set is Ruff Day.  Let's get to it!

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Why is it that for baby clothes, all the boys' clothing has dogs on it and the girls' has cats?  Oh well, I thought this puppy made for a cute baby shower card anyway.

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Here's a kick up your heels birthday card.

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And a St. Patrick's Day card.  I bought Tag Time specifically for that tiny four-leaf clover.

Also features And Everything Nice, Background Basics

One more baby card that I made a couple years ago for a friend, who loved it and said it reminded her of a song in Labyrinth where David Bowie sings about snips and snails and puppy dog tails.  Love Labyrinth : )

So here's today's brand new creation!


I knew without even looking that I hadn't used this dog in the beret yet so he was a natural choice for today's card.  And I did take French for, like, seven years; when I was in high school, we used to speak French with an intentional (and terrible) Texan accent just to make our teacher holler at us.  So bone jour, y'all!

I used the colors from Colour Q:


Though I added quite a bit of black, and the only Chocolate Chip is on the dog's spots.  I used retired Watercolor Wonder Crayons to color in the dog, and then watercolored the beret and the "ground" with ink pooled in the ink pad lid.  I miss WWC!

I also used the fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:


Wonderful sketch, right?  Super easy to work with.

Anyway, I think maybe it's stopped raining so I should take my pups out for a walk.  Otherwise we will have a Ruff Day :)  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Ruff Day, paw print from ?
Ink:  Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush
Paper:  Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Accessories:  Chalk Talk & Circles Framelits, Neutrals Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Neutrals Candy Dots, Black EP, Dimensionals
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6 comments:

  1. CCsMomJanuary 23, 2015 at 3:30 PM

    OK, so I'm SLOOOWLY scrolling down through the blog as I'm reading and I come to that last card. I'm thinking to myself, "Why does that dog have a beret on?" Then when I scrolled down a little further and saw the sentiment, I almost lost it. TOO FUNNY! Just GOTTA LOVE IT!!! Very cute.

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  2. Kim SJanuary 23, 2015 at 4:11 PM

    The puppy and his beret are absolutely charming! I love how you used the sketch for a dramatic backdrop in bright colors and paw prints. Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

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  3. Jen MitchellJanuary 23, 2015 at 8:39 PM

    Nothing quite like a dog in a beret! I love your new take on an old stamp set. The little paw prints are so cute! Thanks for joining us at colourQ and Freshly Made Sketches!

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  4. KarrenJanuary 24, 2015 at 2:55 PM

    What an adorable image and the paw prints in the background are so cute! Gorgeous card! Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.

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  5. Kim HegginsJanuary 25, 2015 at 11:56 PM

    Sweet card...love your cutie pie dog all decked out in a beret, just too darn cute. Thank you so much for playing along with us at ColourQ, hope to see you again next week.

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  6. Dora B.January 26, 2015 at 9:09 PM

    Saw your card on Freshly Made Sketches...in fact ithe colors of the background popped out and I love the little dog.

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