Hi there. So I am very excited, Sweet 'n Sassy has gone back to selling clear stamps too! They had stopped them for a while and went all Digi, well back by popular demand is the clear stamp sets! I like digi images, but there is something about the actual act of stamping with ink and rubber that I just love. I also find that with digis I can't use some of my favorite coloring "tools". I really like watercolor crayons, and with digis it smears on me all the time. So...I ordered the entire new release sets. I got 6 sets that are just great! Well last night Sweet 'n Sassy celebrated with a release party, complete with challenges and games. It is was a lot of fun, and I decided to play along with one of the challenges. Truth be told...I had already started working on this card before, but didn't feel like finishing it...until I spent some time being inspired by the great SNS DT! Well here is the card I made using the Woof You clear set.
Isn't this doggie so cute???!!! I colored him with watercolor crayons, and used fun flock around the "edges" I paper pieced the bandanna on his neck. I made him a black doggie because I have a black doggie. I had him all made and decided I need some inspiration for what layout to use. I got the idea of a house from the PaperCrafts Go-to-Sketches magazine (current issue). I thought how cute he would look in a dog house. So I put it all together, and used a white gel pen to make "shingles". I added the little bone which is another stamp from the new clear SNS set. I used the same PP to make a little name plate for the dog house. I came up with "Paw Pad"...for some reason I had the bachelor pad idea stuck in my head. I was thinking of using this card to send to some friends of ours that just bought a new house. They are dog people, and actually have a new black puppy too. I thought they would get a kick out of this. Here is a close up of Woofie with his fun flock. 
Isn't this doggie so cute???!!! I colored him with watercolor crayons, and used fun flock around the "edges" I paper pieced the bandanna on his neck. I made him a black doggie because I have a black doggie. I had him all made and decided I need some inspiration for what layout to use. I got the idea of a house from the PaperCrafts Go-to-Sketches magazine (current issue). I thought how cute he would look in a dog house. So I put it all together, and used a white gel pen to make "shingles". I added the little bone which is another stamp from the new clear SNS set. I used the same PP to make a little name plate for the dog house. I came up with "Paw Pad"...for some reason I had the bachelor pad idea stuck in my head. I was thinking of using this card to send to some friends of ours that just bought a new house. They are dog people, and actually have a new black puppy too. I thought they would get a kick out of this. Here is a close up of Woofie with his fun flock. Well that is it for now. Stop back tomorrow for QKR Stampede Thursday!
I actually colored this image a while back...well at the beginning of May. It is from 
I layered him onto some green floral print PP that I bought probably 7 years ago...lol. I layered that onto green paper that was from the same 7 year old stack. So my goal this summer is to try not to buy too much new stuff, and to use up the 10,000 pieces of paper I already have. NOT EASY, but summer time is always a tighter budget then normal around here, so I have to try! Anyway...I used some red polka dotted PP to make a little heart and tucked that under the floral PP. Last, I added some white flower with green gem centers, and some white pearls to the corners. 
So that is it...very simple, but I know he will love it. Now lets just hope he doesn't see this post...lol...keeping my fingers crossed.
While blog hopping today I saw a LO page with these colors, and wanted to try the same color combo. I remembered I had this PP left from a card a made a while back, and thought it would be perfect. The daisy image is a digi stamp from 
Now for the "twist" or Belli part of the challenge...a FLAT embellishment. We are looking for flat stickers, ribbon, felt, or whatever else you have laying around to spiff up that card. No knots, bows, jewels, or other 3-D bling...just flat to the card. Now...don't forget the "spirit of the Belli"...use something old on your card. Something you have laying around. So without further ado...I give you my take on this sketch and flat embellishment.
I stared at this sketch for a big trying to decide what to do. I was looking at it a different way at first...I was seeing the top as the "front" layer of the card instead of the bottom. Then for some reason my brain saw it different. I saw water! Almost like one of those optical illusion things...lol. I used an old Creative Memories ruler/tracer for the waves on the darker blue CS. I layered that onto some lighter blue CS. Then I added my "FLAT" embellishment...this felt wave. 
