Hi again! I'm back, as promised, with a special post for today. I'm excited to tell you that I was invited to be the guest designer for this month's challenge at The Sketchy Challenges! Of course, I said yes! The Sketchy Challenges have gone monthly from now until September and there is also a theme and a twist: to use the sketch or not.. The theme this time is "Christmas". I always love a chance to add to my Christmas card stash!
My card base and mats are SU Cherry Cobbler and the patterned papers are from a couple of Christmas pads in my stash. Sorry, I don't really know which ones. The gorgeous image is Scarlett Holly by ching chou kuik from Sweet Pea Stamps. I colored her with my Copics then added a bit of Shabby White Fran-Tage to the corners. The sentiment is from Create With TLC. A dimensional poinsettia sticker and a few pearls from my stash finished my card.
Thanks for stopping by again and thanks to everyone at The Sketchy Challenges for having me as a GD! I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend! See you soon!
Very pretty card, Carla. I love the Frantage. It really makes things look Christmasy. Enjoy your weekend.
What a beautiful Christmas card. I love that image and the Fran-tage gives it such a wintry, snowy look.
Congrats on your well-deserved GDT! And you did a wonderful job with this sketch! Love the pretty papers and image! Fab coloring and Frantage! :^)
Congrats on your GDT :-) I love a nice sketch... this is a beauty, and what you've done with it is FABULOUS; love the image, colours and embellies. Donna xx
Fabulous coloring and card design, I love it. Congrat's on your good news! Thanks for playing with us over at Loves Rubberstamps!!!
Such a beautiful design! Love everything about it!Thanks so so much for joining us here at Loves Rubber Stamps this time around!
Fabulous project! Thank you so much for linking up with our Anything Goes Challenge over at Loves Rubberstamps x
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One century ago in the 1915 trenches of World War I, a young engineer named Hugh Lofting was moved by the sufferings of innocent horses and mules drafted into the horrifying vortex of human destruction. Needing something to say in letters home to his small children, he invented a certain doctor to minister to the beasts. This remarkable man could, Lofting explained to his children, talk with animals. He would name his doctor “Dolittle” and place him in Victorian England amidst all that period’s rich discoveries of the living world.
The last century has been the worst in history for relations among humans and between humans and non-human animals. Perhaps we might look ourselves in the mirror and ask whether we should still aspire to talk to the animals—who doesn’t share Lofting’s dream?—or whether we should aspire instead to turn down our chatter and do a better job of listening to what animals need us to hear.
Dr. Dolittle was one of my earliest heroes, now at the age of 75, but I didn’t know how he originated and am delighted to learn this. I am also delighted and profoundly thankful that Carl Safina and all like-minded and hearted people have existed and exist now. We need them so badly and so few realise that still. Some little progress is happening, I pray it will be enough and soon enough.
We must “plant seeds” of awareness and understanding of the Animal Kingdom where and when we are able, and it would be excellent if schools worldwide were to incorporate in their curriculum not only the scientific aspects of animals, but also how to relate to them and how they relate to each other. With that there must be far more making young minds aware of how they depend on everything which exists naturally around them and, if insufficient effort is made to conserve and treasure it all, they too will suffer.
Animals and creatures do, of course, “talk to each other” only we have not wanted sufficiently to understand their language. Some progress has been made in that respect with dolphins and whales, but not on those on earth and in the air.