Dragon Torture... in time for Valentines.

Today, I was working on this card order... I had bought this new very detailed dragon stamp and soooo looked forward to playing with it. Then, I stamped it. It smudged. I stamped it a dozen times and the belly of this dragon just won't come out clear! What is wrong with this dragon... Then I pondered how to make his image crystalize into a nice scaley dragon without smudges. I finally had a fairly decent image, and I colored him in with my copic markers and he lost detail. Then I stickled him. Then I foiled him. Suddenly this smeared up piece of art came to life and I left him alone. Drying. On a shelf in a room by himself. I added ribbon behind him with double mats, and then stamped inside a cherry blossom limb, added FIREY red stickles to his tongue and eyes, and my dragon awoke from his sleep, and quite frankly roared! I am glad I am finished with the dragon--- I hope my customer likes him. I will take a picture and insert him when he is fully dried out!