BBTB2 Paisley Dachshund Challenge

This week our BBTB2 Challenge was chosen by our sweet Melissa in honor of her adorable pup, Spooky. We're using the dachshund cut from the Paisley cartridge, but if you don't have Paisley, choose another dog from any cart to play along. I wanted to try something different than my usual and was inspired by the sentiment I chose. I decided to make a sort of "missing you" card for my good friend and next door neighbor who dissappears from January 1st through April 15th because she's a tax attorney and estate planner. I cut two of the dogs but in this case I didn't weld them.

I did my usual multiple layering including adding glasses, also from the Paisley cart. The embellies included Prima flowers and adhesive pearls and I scored the edges of the doggie sweater with my MS Score Board to make it look more like ribbing. Because the shadows are so BIG with the Paisly cart, I decided to doodle around the entire thing. As you can see in the pic, the shadow and regular layer of the front dog is actually cut apart.

So the card could open and expand. The hard part was figuring out how to keep it closed. I cut two of the sweaters and trimmed them so the back part could slip under the front part of the sweater and the front could slip under the back ribbing. Inside I added an accordian pleated strip attached to the center of the back and to the edges of the front dog at the edges where it is cut apart.

Full opened, you can read the sentiment which is how this card came about. Ya think she'll get it? I used Plantin Schoolbook Roly Poly font (my fave from that cart) and cut them twice and glued them slightly offset because that font has no shadow. I couldn't get a pic with the card fully extended because it was too long. Cloes the card is (about 9 x 5 1/4" closed and almost 20" wide when fully extended.) I really was hoping I could fit it in a legal envie, but cutting the dog any smaller (she's cut at 4 1/2") made the inside expandable strip too narrow and fragile. As it is, it's only 1 1/2" wide by 11 inches long. Fortunately it will be hand delivered. LOL Now go have a peek at BBTB2 at the fabulous project by the rest of the team, and remember, you have 2 weeks to complete our challenges. Hope to see you play along. I"m also entering this in the Fairlytale Challenge Blog where the theme is green and pink.

Tiddly Inks Fall Princess (and Princes) Challenge

This is my second post of the day, so scroll down to see my Cuttlebug Spot project for this week.

We're celebrating glorious Fall this week at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog with a challenge that will run for 2 weeks. We've brought out our Princes and Princesses and decked them in Fall colors, and if that isn't enough, we've added backgrounds as well. I have used the romantic As You Wish (tell me that phrase doesn't give you tingles!) along with Gothic Window. The loving couple was colored with Copics. I couldn't quite imagine coloring the window background, so instead I printed it out 3 times in coordinating DP's and fussy cut the individual stones. Through the open window (again, cut out by me) you can see their Castle in the Sky. Can't you just tell this fairytale will have a happy ending?




I've made the scene dimensional with foam and strewn some autumn leaves about, cut and embossed with the Disney Halloween Cuttlebug combo. The sentiment label is from the Cuttlebug Fancy Labels Embossing Plus folders.

The sentiment itself is a Tim Holtz stamp; "A dream is a wish your heart makes". I believe in dreams and that if you wish hard enough, they're bound to come true, don't you? xx

There is also a new blog called the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and I'm also entering this in their very first challenge which is Anything Goes.

Now take a moment to see the glorious projects the rest of the Tiddly Inkers have made, and lucky you, you have 2 weeks to complete this challenge, so upload your entries by November 23 for a chance to win.