Thursday, August 25, 2011

Lawn Fawn + PageMaps Sketch = Cowboy Pup?

I was wanting to make a card for my uncle who recently had surgery and as usual I had not a creative clue. So I did what I always do when I'm clueless (and yes I am blonde, it's a problem)....I look at the blogs and photostreams of my oh-so-not-clueless friends. I found some real beauties over on Lin's blog, she's been my unofficial muse lately. She did a bunch of cards using the sketch from Page Maps and it was just the spark I needed to do something fun.
Now normally I don't play nice with sketches, I like to mix 'em up and take things out or add things; but I challenged myself to let this sketch dictate and I followed it exactly. I knew I wanted to use the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn set, On the Mend so I searched through my paper stash and found some manly prints from Cosmo Cricket's Wanted collection. My uncle is a friend to dogs so the little pup from Critters in the Burbs came out to play...and to keep with the western theme of the paper, I put a rugged cowboy hat on him from Hats Off to You.
The chipboard letter stickers are from the Wanted collection.
Thanks again, Lin, what would I do without you!


I'm also entering this in the Wee Memories Challenge #64- Masculine.  As I was linking this at Wee Memories, I noticed the card before mine uses papers and chipboard from the same CC collection, it's a great card too. Such a co-inky-dink!

 ~ Psalm 40:4 ~
"Oh the joys of those who trust the Lord,
who have no confidence in the proud....."

blessings,
nancy




14 comments:

  1. Absolutely fantastic Nancy! I love the masculinity of the card, such beautiful papers! And I adore how you used the dog!

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  2. Gorgeous masculine card Nancy. Love how you put the hat on:) TFS

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  3. You are such a sweetie, Nancy! I LOVE these warm colors - your uncle will be all smiles when he gets this - just adorable with that dog and his hat!

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  4. Hey have you been sneeking around my art studio!!! Super cute, we must have been channeling each other :)

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  5. Such a fun card Nancy, I am sure your uncle will love this.

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  6. Really fabulous card, Nancy! I've always liked that collection very much! Great blonde joke! lol I love that verse from Psalm 40...thank you so much for sharing it!...Nancy :o)

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  7. I LOVE it!!!! Country theme and a dog, how can you go wrong?? You can't. I am so exited as I have this stamp set. Soooo cute. Thanks for sharing Nancy.

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  8. I'm so glad you found some inspiration from Lin and may I ask, "Who doesn't?" She has been a go-to for me many times also. Love the way you used the sketch, Nanc! I think your uncle is gonna love this! Adorable dog!

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  9. Adorable card Nancy. Guaranteed to cheer up your uncle.

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  10. What a fab card! Your uncle is sure to love it & looks like you got just the spark of creativity you needed! Thanks for playing with us at Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge!

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  11. extremely cute! you gave the lawnfawn dog such personality!

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  12. Adorable!!!!Thanks for playing along with us at Wee memories!!!

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  13. Wonderful use of the sketch and that pup with the Wanted papers is perfect! Adorable card!

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  14. Nancy, this card is AWESOME! I love the colors, the design, so cute! Thank you so much for playing along with us at Wee Memories. :)

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