Our precious Walter dog left us on December 3rd. To say that he was Dave's constant companion was an understatement to say the least. He loved it when we came to Auburn because it meant that Daddy was home all the time! Except he got very confused when Daddy wasn't holding him the entire time, or when he was outside doing community duties.
Whether playing, sleeping eating, at the computer, you name it, Walter was beside him.
Before we came to Auburn and Dave had to work outside of the community, Walter would go in to his "happy dance" when Dave got home from work. He ran around, rolled, jumped in the air. It was the best time of his day for sure!
When we went on hikes Walter was right at his side in his carry pouch. I even have one picture of them in Marysville with Dave doing the mowing on the rider with Walter in the bag.
When he was younger he loved his toys, but as he got older he was definately more attached to his blankies. When we went on camping trips he had to have his own chair. Dave bought him this bed and it was so huge huge, but it gave him the room to toss around and get the blanket "just so."
This soft black blankie now sits on Dave's chair. The only thing that he wanted to keep that was Walter's. He has been with us in our homes in 5 different cities since Carla and David gave him to us when he was just a youngster. He left us as a very old man, and has left a huge hole in our hearts, but has also left us with so much love. I want to believe that God has made a special place for our furrie babies to wait for us until we come.
I am not very good at coloring in stamped images unless it's with ink, but these just scream for color. I found a ton of colored pencils that I haven't touched in years, so tried them. Did a little shading on the pink ones, it turned out okay I guess.
This was a lot of fun. It is the Brick Wall technique from Splitcoast stampers. I really like it and it was a lot of fun putting together. You have to be really careful to keep them in place after you cut them up or it's like putting a jigsaw together.
The closure for the little card is attached with double pop dots so that it holds the card together but you can still open it without damaging the closure. The stamp set is Close to My Heart.
I wanted the deer to look like he was in the forest. He actually has longer legs but that wouldn't fit in the globe. He is heat embossed in gold.
Lights are painted with smooch inks. I really like that stuff and happened to catch a sale last week at the scrapbook store. Should I add "wire" to the lights?
I don't so much like the snowman that came with the set, so used this one from Close to My Heart. He is also painted with Smooch. I say paint but it's not paint at all but ink. It comes in a little bottle that looks like fingernail polish with a nib like a stiff little brush. I stamped him with archival ink and then got as close as I could with the Smooch without covering detail lines.
I finally figured out how to tie a descent bow. Not that they are perfect however. I was tieing a not and then tieing the bow, which apparently is wrong because when I quit doing that, and just twisting it they came out fine. 
