Puppy Love

Hi Friends!

I hope you are having a great weekend so far!  I have been having fun creating cards for the May 2016 MISSION- Cards for A Cause (Rose’s Fund for Animals- see details here) and decided to create a card using the Splitcoaststampers’ SC592 Sketch Challenge and the Free For All F4A323 “Dogs Are Kids Too” Challenge.

The Puppy Love Clear Stamp Set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps (SNSS) is perfect for all sorts of cards for your dog loving friends and I decided to pair the Puppy Love Clear Stamp Set with Grunge Elements Clear Stamp Set to design this card.

If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenge sites, I hope you will find time to do so- wonderful samples from all!

To create this card:

Ink the dog image from Puppy Love with Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto Very Vanilla cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Circle Framelits™ to cut out the image and cut another circle from Basic Black cardstock for the frame.

Using Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink, stamp the paw prints from the Puppy Love set around the dog image along with the lined image and splatter stamp from Grunge Elements Clear Stamp Set (SNSS).

Use a Faber-Castell® Pitt Pen Black XS Marker to add dots to the foreground as well as additional shadows.

Mount the die cut dog image onto the Basic Black cie cut circle frame and set aside.

Ink the sentiment from Puppy Love with Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto Very Vanilla cardstock, add a few paw prints with Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink, trim and add the banner points with the Hexagon Punch.

Mount onto Basic Black cardstock (again adding banner points with the Hexagon Punch).

Emboss a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Folder, trim and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim and mount onto the Real Red card base.

Emboss a piece of Real Red Designer Series Paper with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Folder, trim on an angle, mount onto Basic Black cardstock and add to the front of the card.

Add the Gold Trim to the card front, mount the dog image and sentiment with dimensional foam along with the Pearls to finish off the card.

Puppy Love 

Stamp Sets: Puppy Love, Grunge Elements (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink;Faber-Castell® Pitt Penn XS Black Marker

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, retired Real Red DSP

Grunge Elements

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain and retired Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Circle Framelits™, Hexagon Punch, Gold Trim, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope you have a fabulous week!

Puppy Love :-)

 Hello Friends!

I decided to join in on the Splitcoaststampers Cards for A Cause this year and the February Challenge is to send cards to the Tri-County Humane Society in St. Cloud, MN (see details here).

I knew that the Puppy Love set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps would be perfect for this cause and I also noticed that this week, The Paper Players PP281 Theme Challenge is “Raining Cats and Dogs” :-)

I have also linked this card to the Splitcoaststampers’ CC565 Color Challenge and the SC578 Sketch Challenge.

I hope you will find time to visit the above galleries and if you are inclined to do so, come join in on the Cards for A Cause card drive (this is a monthly card drive with a different cause each month- last year Splitcoaststampers sent over 6300+ cards to worthy causes- wow, what an honor to be part of that this year :-)).

To create this card:

Ink the Scottish Terrior dog image and the sentiment from the Puppy Love clear stamp set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps (SNSS) using Stampin’ Up! Black Archival Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock (I used my MISTI® Tool for alignment and repeated stamping to get the images nice and dark and I also used the Heat Tool to speed up the drying time for the multiple layers of ink).

Add a few paw prints from the Puppy Love set using Smoky Slate Classic Ink, trim the panel and use a sewing machine with a zig zag stitch to adhere it to a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Emboss a piece of Real Red designer paper (retired years ago from a Stampin’ Up! hostess pack), adhere to Basic Black cardstock using the zig zag stitch as well.

Layer the background panel onto Real Red cardstock, add the panel onto the Whisper White card base and mount the horizontal embossed/ stitched panel directly to the card front.

Stitch two flag banners to the upper left corner with a straight stitch and mount the focal image panel with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Fun and quick- this card should be flat enough to mail without additional postage.

Puppy Love 

Stamp Sets:  Puppy Love (SNSS)

Ink: Black Archival (Stampin’ Up!)

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, retired Real Red DSP (Stampin’ Up! hostess level I set)

Accessories:  MISTI® Tool, Big Shot™, Sizzix Plaid  and DiamondsTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folders,  Sewing Machine, White Thread, Hexagon Punch

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!