Don’t we all have those days when we feel like the hydrant? I think that’s just the nature of life. I made this card for my nephew who has been having some ruff days (pun intended) recently.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Once I had the design in my mind, putting together the card was a snap! I first stamped out the puppy raising his leg and the hydrant (both from the My Favorite Things You Make My Tail Wag stamp set<\/a><\/span>\u00a0— one of my favorites) on Strathmore Bristol Paper<\/a><\/span> (this is great for watercoloring as it absorbs moisture well without warping and is as smooth as cardstock, unlike a lot of watercolor papers). Then I stamped the images onto post-it note paper and fussy cut these images out as masks. Next, I placed the DIY masks on top of the images and then stamped out the Docrafts Brickwork Background Stamp<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to create the background. WOW, once that background was stamped in, the whole scene came to life!<\/p>\n

For the highlighted focal point of the card, I watercolored a pee-rainbow using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in: Geranium Red (029), Orange (070), Yellow (050), May Green (047), Cornflour Blue (037) and Deep Violet (084)<\/a><\/span>. Using a Fine Pentel Waterbrush<\/a><\/span> made it really easy to blend and fade out the pigments to create the splashy rainbow. I thought the pee-rainbow could represent how sometimes through adversity something good can come. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The sentiment from the You Make My Tail Wag stamp set<\/a><\/span> reads, “Some Days You’re the Dog, Some Days You’re the Hydrant.” That cracks me up every time I read it. I wanted it to be clear and pop from the rest of the card but not distract from the mostly black and white card design, so I used VersaMark Ink<\/a><\/span> to stamp it on black cardstock and heat embossed it with Ranger Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder<\/a><\/span>. I trimmed down the cardstock and popped it up on double-sided foam adhesive toward the top right side of the card.<\/p>\n

Disclosure<\/span>: Many of the supplies I\u2019ve used for today\u2019s project are linked.\u00a0Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!<\/em><\/p>\n

This card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nAddicted to CAS Favorite Stamp Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nSimon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday Stamptember Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Masculine Card<\/a><\/span> – this is for my nephew – WINNER<\/a><\/span>
\nPenny Black and More Close to Nature Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Make Your Own Background<\/a><\/span> – brick and rainbow-pee background
\nJust Keep on Creating Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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