Scrapbook Layout, Photo of the Day, Rachel Ann Miller Card

Photo of the Day

Poor Dakota

My poor Dakota had oral surgery yesterday. He had to have two of his teeth extracted. Just a little background on Dakota. He is crazy possessive about his treats. I don't know what his deal is. . .he was like this from the day we bought him from this family at 6 weeks of age. I honestly feel their kids didn't know how to care for a baby puppy. When we went over to pick him up, they were swatting him with a twig and were pretty rough on him.

Anyway. . .to make a long story short. The first few months after we brought him home, he would growl and nip at us whenever we came near his treats. He no longer behave that way but he still has a possessive nature . . .when we give him a bone or treat, he'll swallow it whole and regurgitate it then hide it. I think he thinks his brother Phoenix will eat it.

Well, the problem with Dakota is that when he has a bone or raw hide, he'll chew on it like a mad dog. I kid you not. .. . .like a savage. He chews on them like he is in a trance. He'll gnaw at it like there's no tomorrow. Unfortunately, his constant gnawing caused two of his teeth to split in half! Can you believe it? The poor guy. Well, after awhile, his teeth was impacted and with one of the teeth, the nerve was exposed so out they went!

I decide to take a few photos of him after his surgery and he wasn't amused. He had this weary look. . like "mom, can't you see I'm not in the mood"! Yeah, poor guy. .. he had to tolerate my taking photos of him.

In this photo, he is licking the bandage where the IV was inserted. The good news is he is doing really well. He recovered from oral surgery so nicely. He is back to his bubbly and happy self.

Okay, that's my story of the day!

Here's a card I made the other day! The goal of this card was to not to use any designer paper! Whoohoo! I'm so dependent on designer papers to help me with me cards. Rather than using a designer paper, I decided to use a CB embossing folder to create the background.

I colored the Rachel Ann Miller with my Copic Markers and added a bit of Stickles to parts of the image.

Here's a closer view of the card. Not much shading or highlighting on this card. Sometimes when I color. . .I get really lazy and just want to color the image and finish it. During these times, I don't really work on the shadings. With Copic markers, you don't have to be good a shading and highlights to color an image nicely.

Anyway, hope you all have a fantastic day!!

Card Details:

Stamp: Rachel Ann Miller

Paper: SU Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, More Mustard

Ink: Copic Markers

Accessories: American Craft Element Ric Rac, SU Crystal Effects, Stickles, CB Embossing Folder, Natural Accents, SU Scallop Edge Punch