Pet Sympathy

I couple I know had their pet dog Hank pass away this week. I just felt I needed to send a card.  He was a good dog.

I found a outline graphic on line which reminds of Hank.  You can find the graphic here.

I printed it on card stock as well as the sentiment.  I chose chalk pastel to color the image and integrate the sentiment. 

I adhered the focal element to the front of a warm teal textured card. I aligned it to the left.

The sentiment was adhered above the image with 3D foam tape after I flagged the ends. Aligned to the right.

Cards - Special Granddaugther Christmas cards

A friend asked me to make special cards for her granddaughters from a couple of the Christmas cards she received last year.

As they were large cards to start with I chose the half sheet size card size at 5.5 x 8.5 inches.

Doggie Reindeer

I trimmed the card front. I then chose a deep espresso card base to coordinate with the large reindeer antlers which I scored at half of the full letter sized card stock and folded.

I placed holes in the recycled card to the left and right of the central image with the Stampin Up Slot punch.  I ran a red cotton ribbon through the doggie card front through slots then across the inside of the card and knotted it along the edge of the right hand edge of the image. 

I created a special greeting which was printed in green on white card stock.  I created the banner with the Stampin Up Banner Triple punch by layering the greeting onto a red card stock layer leaving a small border.   The greeting is adhered to the card front with 3D foam tape.

Doggie Elf

I trimmed the card front a bit to have it fit on a half sheet card.  You can see the iridescent glitter in the top left corner so I wanted to work with that. 

I chose a kelly green card which I scored at the half to give me a 5.5 x 8.5 inch card. 

I found some wide ribbon in my collection with an iridescent strip which matched the recycled card front. I cut 5 pieces of ribbon and flagged the bottom ends.  I placed double sided tape onto the card and then placed the ribbon at different lengths across the card as shown. 

I adhered the doggie card aligned the card top with 3D foam tape.  I printed the special greeting onto white card stock and created the same banner greeting as before with the banner punch.  It is attached to the card front with 4 tiny red brads in each corner.

I included white inserts with a special sentiment.

Dog Treat Boxes

It's that time of year again for our annual fundraising Easter Bake Sale.  I made dog treat boxes again this year. This time I made ones with carrot and apple.

I wrapped my tea tin boxes in bright Easter/Spring paper. It's bright blue with colorful dots with a hint of reflective prism.  I placed the treats in plastic bags and tied them closed with bright yarn.  I added a color printed tag with the important details.

There will be some happy puppies tonight!!

Dog Treat Boxes

I made Peanut Butter Pumpkin dog treats for our fund raising bake sale on Thursday.

I started with Starbucks Tazo Tea Tins which I covered with this great Christmas Dog decorative paper.  Their scarves and jackets have glitter on them.  I trimmed the paper to the height of the box and used double sided tape to stick it to the box and wrapped it all the way around (about 14").  I then used washi tape in red and ivory hounds tooth to finish the top and bottom edges.  I created tags for each box by printing the details on kraft card stock and punching it out with the Stampin Up! decorative label punch.  I layered this unto a punchie of the same in red paper.  I cut it in half across the width and trimmed the points and glued them offset on the top and bottom.  I then punched another layer from the decorative paper to cover the back of the label.  I placed the dog bone treats into a bag, tied it with heavy red cord and then added the tag so it would hang outside the box lid.  The bottom picture is the treats cooling on racks. These will make a great gift to bring to a hostess who has furry friends at home.

Card - Cute Dog

Still working on card for my craft sale at work tomorrow.  Here's an adorable dog on it's silk pillow wanting to wish you a Merry Christmas. 

I printed the dog image which is from Graphics Fairy on white cardstock and trimmed it.  Then I layered it with a piece of turquoise card stock to match it's silk pillow.  I then cut a piece of gold card stock to match the gold tassels.  The greeting is printed directly on the card in a deep turquoise color.

Card - Pet Christmas Greetings

Here's a Christmas card for our furry friends. 

I started with the dog stamp by Magenta.  I stamped him on white card stock with Versafine black onyx.  I added a greeting in Glorious Green with a clear stamp.  I selected a card in green to match the greeting.  I layered a piece of white card stock in 3.75"x5".  I wrapped a piece of washi tape in Christmas plaid.  The dog is mounted on the card front with 3D foam tape.

Dog Treats

We had a fund raising bake sale at work today.  Last night I made dog treats in the shape of dog bones. I made 2 different kinds - peanut butter and the other fruit based.
On the left, I cut a designer paper with doggie words and images with the TH Ornamental die, folded it in half and added a color printed tag.
On the right, I wrapped metal tea tins with designer paper and I added the red label with the ingredient details which bridges the shortage of the DP.
We had a very good sale but doggie treats were not as popular as last year. 

Card - Pet Christmas 3

Here's my third Christmas cards for pets.  I selected a kelly green card which matched the foil paper I had selected as a background.  I layered the dog onto another piece of the same card stock.  The dog image is from MelonHeadz Illustrations.  I colored him black with pencil crayons and made the bow red and green for Christmas.  I punched a SU! Modern Label punchie in the kelly green and layered a SU! Word Window greeting onto it.  The greeting is stamped in red with a small clear stamp. 

Let me know which of the three cards is your favorite.

Would you prefer to have your own pet's picture on your cards?

Card - Pet Christmas 2

Here's my second card for pet Christmas cards.  I let the designer paper provide the greeting for the card.  I have selected a light blue card which highlights both Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays in the DP.  This dog is colored brown with pencil crayons and the bow in the same red and green. The dog image is from MelonHeadz Illustrations.

Card - Pet Christmas 1

I'm venturing into an area of subject matter I've not done before.  I had someone ask me last year if I made Christmas for pets which could be given to their vets, groomers, caretakers, etc.  I have to say it was not something I had thought of so this year I'm jumping in!

The image is from MelonHeadz Illustrations.  She has some great images. I printed the dog and then colored him with pencil crayons.  I chose to color the bow in red and green for Christmas.  I colored some black and some brown.  I did color them all before I decided on a card design.  I may have adjusted the bow and dog color with a bit more forethought.  Here I have selected a white card with some plaid designer paper.  I have added a forest green gross grain ribbon and added a smaller piece to create a bow.  I layered the dog on forest green then adhered it over the ribbon.