One of the things on my need-to-do list for the weekend was to make a birthday card for my dog-loving brother-in-law. I won this fun Cosmo Pups stamp set by Gel-a-tins in a blog candy giveaway. I don't have a dog, so I probably never would have thought to purchase these stamps on my own. However, they turned out to be perfect for this project.
I also say on Tanis' blog that Triple the Sketch is giving away a $30 gift certificate to Cut Card Stock.com, so I had to give that a try. There are quite a few elements to fit into a 5 1/2" card, but I think I pulled it off.
The DP is from K&Company's recycled mat stack by Carolyn Gavin. All of the images were stamped in Chestnut Roan Chalk ink. I highlighted the dogs with a touch of Sakura glaze pen and added small gold round paperclip & ticket corner punched corners to finish the design.
When the card was almost finished, I managed to drop the open ink pad right on to it, leaving a brown smudge. I tried figuring out different elements to cover it, but finally decided to just use it as a design elements. Dogs can be messy … so I decided to make my card messy by adding a few more paw prints and using Stampin' Up's bitty background stamp all over the card to mimic the muddy splatters that often fly when they shake off after rolling in a puddle. Now I can't even tell where the smudge was.
Oh Steph how very cute. I just adore all dog images, but these are just too sweet. You did a fantastic job with this sketch and your color scheme is perfect.
OH so CUTE STEF!!!
Those puppies are adorable, and so is that FABULOUS paper!!
Glad you could play at TTS!
Too cute…what fun paper for these images! And that sketch looks impossible!
very cute card stef, I love the cute puppies!
These dog stamps are really cute – love the colors you used for this masculine card – fun sketch to use too!
This is so cute! Thanks for playing at TTS blog!
Oooh, your card turned out SO cute! Just love what you did with the sketch! Thanks for playing along!
This is ADORABLE!!