I am a homebody, so my way to relax is to sit on the couch with my dog, however, my dog is a big German Shepherd rather than a little white fur ball. I needed a special card for my sister, which is why I used this little fluffy dog. The photo over the fire place is a real photo of her dog that I shrunk. It is a pure bred something or other that I can''t spell. It is hard to tell in the photo, but this is a paperback book with the center cut out. I used the computer to take 4 images and adjust the sizes to make this scene. It looks a lot like my sister's house and I colored it in her colors. There is a lot of fussy cutting and several elements are popped up with pop dots. These altered books are lots of fun to make. Come join us in this week's relaxing F4A challenge. TFL, Francie
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016 GMT Views: 1007
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Registered: March 8, 2005 Location: Halfway between Dallas and Houston Posts: 23370
Thu, Nov 17, 2016 @ 8:36 PM
You love your sister a lot to take all this time to make this for her! It turned out fantastic! Love the colors and the photo of the doggie was not missed! She will love it! I would love to see it IRL!
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51853
Thu, Nov 17, 2016 @ 8:37 PM
Oh my goodness Francie this is so incredible. I have been sitting here for the longest time taking it all in. Your digi work is amazing and your colouring is super duper fabulous, as always. I love what you do with altered books!!
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22590
Thu, Nov 17, 2016 @ 8:44 PM
Wow! I could not even begin to design something like this much less personalize it so beautifully with the photo on the wall being her dog. I can't even imagine how long it took to color all that! Francie, this is fabulous. What a beautiful card for your sister and one she will cherish.
Registered: July 25, 2004 Location: Hog Wallow, KY Posts: 38248
Thu, Nov 17, 2016 @ 9:10 PM
Wow, I love the room. I'm in love with the table image. Antique furniture is my thing and I've never seen a claw foot table stamp image. This room is calling my name.
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46421
Thu, Nov 17, 2016 @ 9:15 PM
Wow Francie, that is ONE reason why it looks so 3-D, it IS 3-D. I was wondering how the heck you did that!! I have GOT to try the altered books cards! This is beautiful so I would say that your sister's house must be beautiful!!! What a fantastic job you did on this!Thanks for being on the team and making gorgeous samples!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 123005
Thu, Nov 17, 2016 @ 10:29 PM
I think your altered books are truly amazing, wonderful and beautiful, Francie; real works of art. The dimension in your scene is amazing, it reminds me of the toy theatre we used to have.
Registered: July 12, 2005 Location: Hugging a golden and stamping' in PA Posts: 21219
Fri, Nov 18, 2016 @ 4:56 AM
I feel like I am actually walking into this room as I view it, Francie! This is so meticulously designed and gorgeous. I would love to be able to relax here!
Registered: January 20, 2016 Location: Freetown, Massachusetts Posts: 30581
Fri, Nov 18, 2016 @ 5:42 AM
Ah! Francie, this is over the top fabulous! So super duper fun and I love how personalized it is. Come on--the photo over the fireplace--I just can't stand it! FAVED!
