Boxer

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.  The prize this month is an awesome digi pack containing several images and a paper pack too - how cool is that.

Challenge 245

Theme 'GRATITUDE' 

I think we often forget how much we should be grateful for, to show gratitude for as so often this world seems to me to be very materialistic.  I am grateful for so much in my life and do my very best to let that be know to those involved, from the tiny things of hubby telling me he loves me (still hahaha) to seeing flowers in all their glory growing wild and knowing they bring so much colour to my life, to my children and grandson and just seeing them grow into responsible and caring individuals, our pets which love us unconditionally, true friendship (not the fickle kind but the sort of friends who walk through life beside you), you get my drift :).

Continuing the jounals I am making for my daughters I have used the image Boxer by Beary Dust for a page in my eldest daughters journal.  She loves boxers and have had a couple for a few years now.  I know she totally loves her babies and is thankful for their companionship and unconditional love and I thought it would be rather nice for the dogs (via me) to make a page to that my daughter for the love she has given them, for being their guardian here on earth :)

To begin I coloured the image with Polychromos and then used Gesso on the double page.  Next I printed my text sections and glued them in place and then coloured over the whole two page area with Spectum Noir Tints.  It was then on to adding some clear texture paste with lots of texture and matching up with the fence on the digi.  A dog paw print stamp came in rather handy to decorate the top section of the page.

 For the bottom of the pages I added some green organza ribbon with gold trim then used a border die of flowers and grass - Tattered Lace Panorama Grass Small.

 Almost finished :) I wanted to add some flowers but most of the dies I have are to bulky for the journal.  The Tattered Lace Chrysanthemum die is perfect, not to much height but lots of busyness so very effective and will lie flat when the journal is closed.  Each flower was finished off with a gem.  To add a bit of bling I sprayed each flower and the top section of the page with Crafters Companion Gold Glitter Spray.  I think my daughter will love this page in her journal when she is eventually given it and I suspect by then her two boxer dogs she has at the moment will have left this earth for their next destination and if they could speak our language they would be saying this themselves :)

Ingredients:-

• Image - Boxer by Beary Dust
• Colouring medium - Polychromos, SN Tints
• Dies - Tattered Lace Chrysanthemum and Panorama Grass Small
• From my Stash - ribbon, gems, texture paste, glitter spray

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

• Crafty Friends Challenge 2W,(W2) - use a sentiment 
• Di's Digis Designs 3E,2W,SIO (W2)include a sentiment 
• Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W2 of 2) Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - W, 3E – #291 - Anything Goes
• Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No.104 -  Anything Goes
• Crafting with an Attitude - M, 1st Thurs, E3 - #7 Anything Goes (new blog owner)
• Moving along with the Times - 2W, E3 Cute Animal 
• Altered Eclectics (M,P1) Anything Goes (Altered Art/Mix Media only, cards or ATC will be deleted)
• Crafty Time  (M, P1, E3) Anything but a Card
• Digi Galore (M,P1) Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #76 Anything Goes/Use A Sentiment (Week 1 of 2)

Thanks for looking and hope you have a happy crafting day:)