Saturday, December 31, 2011

My Last Post of 2011…

Another year…whoosh! Thanks to all who have stopped by!LittleSquirrelCorn

I managed to catch this cute little guy chowing down corn before he skittered away! They’re so fun to watch.

I have to share a couple of Christmas pics too, mostly to annoy my oldest granddaughter! She’s such a rebel, out of the entire family who cheers on OSU…she follows Michigan! So, for Christmas I made her puppy, Keeper… a Boxer, several sweatshirts. After all, Boxers don’t have much hair and he gets cold when he has to go outside! And yes, he’s still growing…he’s only 9 months old!

Before the festivities started, I kept Carmen busy while her mom and uncle dressed Keeper in his ‘casual’ sweatshirt.

CarmKeeperOSU resz

Of course Carm had to run put on her ‘M’ sweatshirt! I also made Keeper a more stylish one for when he wants to dress up.

CarmOSU

Can’t wait to see him in this one! LOL

CarmKeeper resz

I think he’s happy with it! LOL… smart dog!

Another surprise was a new puppy for Benjamin…just too cute! A Beagle-Blue Heeler mix. Awwww

KeeperPupBone2

And……………… a card to share too! Another look at what’s being released tomorrow, Jan 1 from ODBD!

GrungeCross Z clsd

This is Never Give Up combined with Grunge Cross Background, and the Grunge Cross with Grunge Cross Die! I love the grunge look…the more distressing, the better!

GrungeCross Z clsup

All the DP is Prima Moulin Rouge, dry embossed, sponged, distressed and over-stamped! The Grunge Cross Background is on the green layer, stamped in Distress Pumice Stone.
The Churchill quote is also in Pumice Stone on the cross layer.

This is a Z-fold card. The card measures 5x5. The top was scored at 2.5 and folded back toward the fold…then the grunge front was attached just to that part.

GrungeCross  Z fold

GrungeCross Z open

GrungeCross Z w-side resz

Kind of fun to break out of the normal side or top fold card! *Note to self*… do it more often!
I stamped the Churchill quote again in Pumice Stone on the inside strip then stamped the verse in black.

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for the release blog hop! Lots of awesome creations!

Have a safe New Year’s Eve!!

Thanks for stopping…
one more time!

Dawn

8 comments :

Becky Elliott said...

Beautiful Card!!! Love your blog!

Betty Benton said...

Fabulous card! and such fun pictures of your granddaughter and various animal friends! Best wishes for 2012!

Marilyn said...

Love the photo's and your card is beautiful...would make T!m proud (King of grunge)!
Happy New Year's to you and yours!

- dlm. said...

Dawn - Thanks so much for the wonderful pictures and of course sharing your stunning card. ( BTW, I think you DGD has fabulous taste in college football teams (S) )

jkreucher said...

This is Stunning Dawn.. I love all the distressing. Awesome work of art!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Hugs
Judy

Dina Kowal Creative said...

Gorgeous card, and Marilyn's comment made me smile! Thanks for your beautiful work with these sets. Happy New Year! When do we ever get to hang out?!

Euan said...

I love the squirrel and corn photo- have you seen the red ones too- they can be seen in Scotland!!

Hello from Australia!
We are trying to regrow our family friendly blog too with the New Year just underway!!
I’m following you now, and hope you’ll stop by and visit our blog sometime too!
http://beourbest.blogspot.com/

Euan

A Time to Design said...

Gorgeous card, Dawn!