I was so honored to be asked to be a guest designer for Through The Craft Room Door (TTCRD)<\/a><\/span><\/span>. Could things get even better? Yes! I got to pick out these wonderful doggy digis from\u00a0Deedee’s Digis<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0to use on my project. I picked the “Bulldog” from the Darling Doggies stamp set<\/a><\/span><\/span> and the “Fall\u00a0Bulldog” FREEBIE<\/a><\/span><\/span> to make this get well interactive peekaboo card. \u00a0I made this card for my hubby’s aunt who’s been feeling under the weather and who LOVES\u00a0bulldogs. \u00a0She’s had a few over the years, but she currently doesn’t have one. \u00a0She\u00a0has been thinking of adopting one from a rescue recently so I thought I would try to help nudge her in that direction. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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<\/a>To construct the peekaboo card (tutorial video below), I used\u00a03 pieces of brown DCWV shimmer card stock:
\nFront panel:<\/strong>\u00a05\u00a03\/4″ x 11\u00a03\/4″and scored at 4″ (1\/3 of length of the middle panel and equal to the width of the image plus 1\/2″ for window framing space)
\nMiddle panel:<\/strong>\u00a05\u00a03\/4″ x 12″ and scored at 6″ (1\/2 of length of this panel)
\nBack panel:<\/strong>\u00a05 3\/4″ x 8″ (2\/3 of length of the middle panel) and scored at 7 3\/4″<\/p>\n

I also made my own patterned decorative papers with yellow and green card stock, a Darice\u00a0paw print embossing folder, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Wild Honey and\u00a0Peeled Paint. The following are the measurements for these papers:
\nFront panel decorative paper:<\/strong> 5 1\/2″ x 7 5\/8″
\nTwo\u00a0middle panel decorative papers:<\/strong> 5 1\/2″ x 5 7\/8″
\nI used the\u00a0Diemond Dies Circle Nesting Dies<\/a><\/span><\/span> and Diemond Dies Scalloped Circle Nesting Dies<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0to cut out the peekaboo windows and scalloped frames.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I printed out the digi bulldog images to approximately\u00a03\u00a01\/2″ x 3\u00a01\/2″ (this is really the largest the image can be for a peekaboo card using\u00a0standard 12″ x 12″ card stock) and colored\u00a0the sky and grass with\u00a0Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass for sky and Bundled Sage for the grass. I also added grass blade details with a Bundled Sage colored Tim Holtz Distress Marker.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The rest of the images were colored with these\u00a0Copic markers:
\nDoghouse roof and interior:<\/strong> N7, 9, 10
\nDoghouse:<\/strong> R22, 24, 27
\nDoghouse\u00a0sign (on which I printed “Ruff Day?”):<\/strong> W1 and 3
\nBulldog muzzle and inside ears:<\/strong> RV000, W1, W3
\nBulldog brown areas:<\/strong> E31, 33, 79 and white areas:<\/strong>\u00a0W1 and 3
\nBulldog tongue:<\/strong> RV52 and W3
\nLeaves:<\/strong> Y35, YR04, R05, R27 with clear Wink of Stella for shimmer
\nI also added\u00a0Glossy Accents over eyes, nose and paw pads to add some shine.<\/p>\n

To embellish the card, I used\u00a0large white Artisan Flowers from pinkpaislee that I sprayed with Heidi Swapp spray in Mustard,\u00a0Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Penny, and\u00a0Recollections spray ink in Yellow Shimmer. I also used some medium size Recollections paper flowers in coral and orange as well as some tiny red-orange roses that I purchased from the\u00a0OnlyOneLifeCreations Etsy store<\/a><\/span><\/span>. \u00a0I also inked up some green card stock with\u00a0Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Forest Moss and used the Diemond Dies Natures Flourish Die<\/a><\/span><\/span> to tuck in some delicate leafy flourishes behind the flower clusters. I also printed out a couple of sentiments on my computer, used small circle dies to cut them out, inked them up with Peeled Paint, and framed them up with scalloped circle frames from some left over brown shimmer card stock.<\/p>\n

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The following is a tutorial video featuring the\u00a0tip to tip Copic coloring technique and the construction instructions of the peekaboo card:<\/p>\n