Little things?

Hi Everyone, my card for you today is for the Outlawz progressive challenge, we were given a wonderful image of a dog, I really wanted to bring him to life.
By chance and a little playing, I did something I haven't done before in PS and I am really pleased with the result....

I used a digi paper - I added the stamp to the paper as you would do with a rubber  or clear stamp, then shaded where needed and more lines (a lot) to him. I used a plain PS brush to add the green under him and to the tennis ball, well it was in the middle of Wimbledon when I made him. It took a long time to colour him, but worth it to me.

dog - Anne Fenton

digital colouring

dp used for dog - Hugware no longer available

I have shown what paper I used, it may come

 in handy to use something similar yourself?

all other dp - Marisa Lerin Pixelscrapper

sentiment - CREATE with TLC

Tonic scallop layering dies

ribbon from stash

3D gloss used on eyes and nose.

Here is a close up, I also made it a little lighter so you can see the texture of the paper clearer.

Don't forget

Summer Fun Blog Hop~! ...........

YAY!  we haven't done a hop in a lonnnng time~!

For those of you that are familiar with our hops....there will be lots of freebies along the way.  A Freebie at each stop.  So get ready, empty out those folders....the hop starts Sunday, July 23nd 

LIFE IS BETTER IN SUMMER~!

Hippo get well!

Hi Everyone, I have the most exciting new for me anyway, I have been a fan of of Paulette at Create with TLC for a number of years and you may have seen me taking part as Guest Designer recently in her blog hop. WELL - I am thrilled to say that I have had the chance to become one of the DT and I am over the moon.

My card today so happens to include the sentiment from Create with TLC, it is a Get Well card for a friend of mine who was on an away day, helping people with arthritis to get around (she's nearly 80 but quite active). She had a bad fall and was taken into the local hospital where she had an emergency operation to insert a new hip! her husband had to travel 200 miles and stay in a B&B until she could come home 10 days later, after succumbing to a chest infection after her operation.

Anyhow the card - you know when you say you have uninked stamps? well this is one of a few hundred (at least) of digital stamps I haven't used. It's by Anne Fenton, I have had it for 5 years, shame on me.  I thought it apt with the sentiment from Create with TLC and a note added from me! I hope the cheery colours in the DP's by Melo Vrijhof cheer her up and get her on the road to recovery.

DP's by Melo Vrijhof at Pixelscrapper.