I just couldn’t put away the\u00a0digi images from Vera Lane Studios<\/a><\/span>\u00a0before making one more quick project — they are just so quirky and whimsical! The little girl and the pup on the right on this Index Card (IC) are from the Curly Girl digi stamp set<\/a><\/span>, and the poodle (yes, I drew another one to represent\u00a0my sweet Biscuit), I doodled, mimicking Vera Lane’s style.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The background of the IC (measuring 5″ x 3″), the digital images, and the doodled poodle were all printed on Strathmore Bristol Paper<\/a><\/span>. Then the background was watercolored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers<\/a><\/span> and a Pentel waterbrush. I used Light Blue and Cobalt Blue for the sky and Light Green and May Green for the grass. The edges are checkered for a funky frame with a Fine Point Sharpie Black Marker.<\/p>\n

The Poodle was water colored with Pale Pink, Light Pink and Oatmeal for the body; Pink and Light Violet for the flower around the eye; and Light Blue for the eye balls. The goofy pup on the right I colored up to represent my Bandito with\u00a0brown markings using Oatmeal. The girl jumping\/dancing up into the air (representing me) is colored with: Skin: Flesh, Pale Pink; Hair: Black with dot detail added with a\u00a0White Uniball Signo Gel Pen<\/a><\/span>; Eyes: Green and Light Blue; Dress Bubble Polka Dots: Geranium Red; and Flower around Eye: Orange and Pink.<\/p>\n

I girl and the pup on the right were printed directly onto the background and drew some jumping up lines beneath her feet and arms with a black Uniball Pen and the White Uniball Signo Gel Pen<\/a><\/span> to give a sense of action.\u00a0I also added some fun Prima\u00a0“Say it in Crystals” bling from the “Lady Bird Collection” in the same areas to emphasize the feeling of lift with some sparkle.<\/p>\n

The IC\u00a0is a cartoon-ized portrait of me and my fur babies. The sentiment, which is also from the digi stamp set says, “Whatever is good for the soul… Do that.” I printed that out and added some doodled lines around the phrases to help them stand out from the background. With the past month being so rough health-wise for my sweet Biscuit and for my dad (who was finally discharged from the hospital with a new pace maker today — YAY!), crafting (and supportive and encouraging crafty friends) has been good for my soul, so this IC speaks to my frame of mind and emotions right now in many ways. I feel like flying\/jumping for joy with so much gratitude bursting from my heart for my Biscuit and my father coming through all these illnesses.<\/p>\n

The following is a share of this IC and the prior post’s ATC:<\/p>\n