How much is that doggy in the window ??

Hello fellow crafters,

Hello and happy Wednesday to you. This week it is my turn to host the Designers Challenge over at the Stampotique blog. Now if you are anything like me, you will keep all wrapping paper, cardboard and of course acetate (clear plastic). We all get lots of it : packaging. I particularly like acetate to use in my projects, whether it is to stamp on or use it in any other way. I just love it. So this week I would like YOU to use a bit of acetate. Let your imagination run wild and surprise me !!!  

Here is what I made :

I made this 'shop' out of a bit of packaging cardboard, I cut it to size, removed a rectangle in the 'front wall' for the window. I then made a box and glued it behind the window to make the 'shop window'. I then painted it, first with gesso and then with a grey acryllic paint. I drew the bricks on separate paper, coloured them and cut them out. I then glued them to the 'wall'. I rubbed the whole thing with some black soot Distress Ink to make it look a bit more weathered. I then glued some pattern paper in the shop window and made a cushion out of felt for Shoogy to sit on. Here's where the acetate comes in. I used the plastic that came with a clear stampset and cut a bit that was slightly bigger then the window. I used sticky letters to put the word 'petshop' on it. I then glued it over the 'shopwindow'. I used some woodgrain pattern paper for the 'windowframe' and glued it over the edge of the plastic. So now the dog is for sale in the petshop. I also used Carol's flower and stamped them on white paper, coloured them with colour pencils and clear embossed them. Lastly I printed the sentiment which is of course a song title and glued it on the panel underneath the shop. The whole thing was put together with chain and rings from my jewelry making days.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hope you like it.....