N.E.A.T.

Happy Saturday everyone! Our son has a BDay party today with a friend he's had almost since birth.  There is a group of 4 of them that we've either been in Small Group with their families, or at church together for a lot of years.  The four boys call themselves N.E.A.T. which is an acronym of all their names together.  They really are great young guys that we love and I treasure the friendship they have with each other.

So I thought I'd get a little creative with the BDay card today....this Birthday Boy of the 4 N.E.A.T. guys has dogs.  So, I pulled out the adorable TSG set Puppy Love and used the TSG92 Challenge this week for inspiration.

I knew I wanted to also create a dog house (which I've seen Holly do before, bless her creative heart...).  So I drew it out in pencil and then outlined it as closely to the style of the puppy in Copic Multi-liner before I colored it up.  Trying to keep as closely to the feeling of whimsy as Torico had drawn.

Then I also put in the N.E.A.T. letters on the sign.  WAY adorable hey?

I've added some pointillism to link the grasses together.  I love how those pretty dots just soften an effect.

I stacked the images in different layers so you get the feeling of depth and height.  (so double Dimensionals under the pup and sign and single Dimensionals under the dog house.  And I tucked the grey of the inside of the dog house on dimensionals too so you feel like it's something you could go into, it has some depth.

Now I know he won't care about all the intricate work I put into it, but it got 2 thumbs up from my son :) And I had SO much fun making it!  I love that about this craft - that you can customize something specifically for someone!  

Stamps:  TSG - Puppy Love;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie;  Paper:  Flourishes Classic White, Basic Grey, Pumpkin Pie, SU! DSP;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Deckled Rectangles, Copic Markers, Dimensionals, Black Twine, Sewing Machine.  

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N.E.A.T.