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Hi there,

The Blog Hop over at Sparkle N Sprinkle was last week, and I had made two cards for it, but decided since I had a little tutorial on masking and stamping on flocking, that it was maybe too long to add the second card, so I decided to hold this little doggie one back 'till now!

I'm loving playing with all the different width tapes and Adhesive sheets with the Flockings and Sparkle N Softs. Did you know you can stamp directly over the top of them with Staz-On or Memento black ink and you have a fuzzy colored-in image?  This of course works great on the animal stamps, which by the way are still on sale this month, so if you've had your eye on any of them, now's the time to pounce!

I had used a cat image for the Blog Hop, so I decided to go with a dog for this one.  My brother used to be a game-keeper in Scotland, and had a black lab at the time.  Mack was such a loyal lad!  I had him in mind when I made this card:

For the background, I used the Bird Call embossing folder and embossed with Clear embossing powder before coloring with a dye ink wash.  Here are the full directions for the card.

Such a cute, fuzzy pup - don't you think?

Thanks for stopping by.

July Sketch Challenge at Sparkle N Sprinkle

Hi there,

Getting back to the summer rhythm, after a weekend of good craziness at the Scrapbook Exhibition, in Somerset, New Jersey.  Thanks to all who came by our sparkly booth, I have to say, I'm still wearing glitter!

So a new month and a new challenge.  Here is the link for this month's sketch.  Have a look and then give it a try for yourself.  Here is what I came up with  using the Super Adhesive sheets, flocking and Sparkle N Soft.

Did you know that you can stamp directly on top of flocking?  Using another cat image from the new Wild Cat set - here is my take on the sketch - full of fuzzy goodness!  Click here for all the details.

Why don't you give this month's sketch a try?  You could win a stamp of your choice!