Ericraft Stamps "Toby"

Well I have procrastinated enough over this digital stamp, created by Erica.  She drew this in honour of Toby, her dog for many years that recently went to doggie heaven.  As soon as I saw this beautiful tribute and the love she put into the image, I thought immediately about a recent loss (around the same time as Erica) my daughter's family had - their beloved family pet, Scruffy.  Here is a photo of him, my daughter rescued him when he was young while she was living in Narrabri, NSW.

As soon as I saw Erica's image, I thought I would give this a go, to colour it, along the lines of Scruff.  Well, you can easily think it, but doing it is another issue.  I had originally printed the image on Copic paper and thought later, how am I going to be able to do that wiry coat with Copics.  I tried and after a bit more advice from the Ericraft DT members and Erica came up with this.  Erica suggested the addition of pencils, well I found they did not like the Copic paper and pens so instead I went with a lead pencil.  Here is my attempt.

At the moment my project is the square, (the dots are just the back of my planner). If I am printing a digi on digital paper, which this is, I place the image on the paper where I want it. do another copy of the exact image so I get the size right and put it next to it.  When I have coloured the image on its own, I then fussy cut and place the coloured image over the original one with foam  on the digital paper to give it the raised look thus creating the shadow.

I intend to use this square on a tribute double page scrapbook spread of Scruffy, but first I have to find the right paper (I know I have heaps of dog papers, just have to find in my stash) and of course more photos.  The one I showed you above I scrapped already quite a while ago.

One day hopefully in the near future, I will get myself organised enough to find these items, but as you all know cleaning and organising your craft area/room/rooms is a never-ending project lol.  It is certainly the case with me anyhow.

If you like Erica's image, maybe Toby reminds you of a dog you know, it can be purchased here and it is still the special price she puts on new releases, but be quick, she has added a few more since Toby, so who knows how long it will stay at that.  A bargain at AUD$1.65 at the moment!