Hot Diggety Dawg!

Today I decided to break out my Copic markers and play a little.  Now, I am definitely not an expert colorist. I'm still learning how to color with my Copics, so I find small images like this are a little easier for me.  I thought this little dog was so cute and he really came to life fast once I started adding color. 

One thing I like about coloring the smaller images is that I only need to use two shades of each color for a good blend.  I have also learned that I don't have to have a perfect blend for cartoon images. I like the affect of leaving a little definition in the shaded areas.  Once I accepted that idea, coloring became a lot more fun for me.  And seriously....who wouldn't have fun coloring this little guy......?

Isn't he adorable?  For the background I did a little light ink smushing with distress ink.  Then after adding the clouds I mounted  the little pup onto the card front  with dimensional tape to give him the illusion of floating.  I thought this sentiment by CAS-ual Fridays was perfect!  I made up a few of these cards and left them blank inside.  This way I could go in as needed and add a "happy birthday" or "congratulations" or any number of different sentiments that would coordinate well with this "hot diggety dawg".

For this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Exclamations (CAS-ual Fridays), His & Hers Flying High (Art Impressions).
Ink: onyx black (Versafine), tumbled glass (Ranger Distress ink), Copic markers
Paper: white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah)
Accessories: In & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies (My Favorite Things), Scribble Clouds dies (Poppy Stamps), clear embossing powder (WOW), dimensional tape (3M)

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