Sleep deprivation kicks in....

I am owned by a 14 year old beagle who has developed Cushings
and some of the symptoms of the disease is excessive drinking which in turn leads to ...... and since his Dad 'Doesn't hear him' I have to get up with him when he needs to go out ...sometimes its once a night, more often it's 2 to 3 times a night but for the past 2 nights its been every hour...can you imagine being woken up every hour, getting out of bed, letting the dog out, waiting for the dog to do what he has to do, turn around and crawl back into bed...no wonder I have suitcases where I used to have bags under my eyes....it is hard sometimes, particularly at 3 in the morning, to remember that I love my little beagle!

Anyway enough winging....I created a card using the weekend sketch that Beate has done on her blog and I also checked out the challenge over on Cute Card Thursday which is Girls Wanna Have fun.

I think this little girl is yesterdays card older sister, and she pushed him into the water!



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Recipe
Making Memories - Cheeky Pad Abby - words and stripes
Stamps - Missy B - Beach Baby
Ink- Brilliance Graphite Black
Copics
foam pads
Sketch - Beate's Challenge

Did you know that today is Freedom Day in South Africa...its to celebrate the anniversary of the first non-racial democratic elections of 1994.

It's Snoopy!

Snoopy is an extroverted beagle with a Walter Mitty complex. He is a virtuoso at every endeavor- at least in his daydreams atop his doghouse. He regards hismaster, Charlie Brown, as "that round-headed kid" who brings him his supper dish. He is fearless though prudently cautious about "the cat next door." He never speaks- that would be one human trait too many- but he manages to convey everything necessary in facial expressions and thought balloons. A
one-man show with superior intelligence and vivid imagination, he has created
such multiple personalities as: Joe Cool, World War I Flying Ace, Literary Ace,
Flashbeagle, Vulture, Foreign Legionnaire, etc. Taken
from the official Snoopy site http://www.snoopy.com/

I loved the Peanuts crew when I was younger and when I saw that HMstamps
had Peanuts Stamps I HAD to get some! and even my Monty is a beagle so you see its ingrained!

The challenge over on Cute Card Thursday the Thursday just gone was 'Planes, trains and automobiles' and I got Snoopy already for it but then between life and the Splitcoastampers Virtual Stamp Night I wasn't able to finish him, so when I saw this weeks challenge sketch on Poetic Artistry I was sold....!

I started by stamping Snoopy and Woodstock on some smooth white cardstock, and colouring them in with Copic markers. Since the image was so bright and cheerful I went for some vibrant patterned cardstock from the Shake It Up Collection by Rubbersoul. To make sure that the image was not overwhelmed by the pattern cardstock, I matted and layered with some red cardstock and then mounted onto some beautiful green Bazzill card. I added a bit of bling in the form of 3 gems on the left hand side, and I scattered some prima blooms that had been glittered.

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