Friend Fur-ever

Creating this card was a bit challenging for me, as you know from my past posts, I don't do clean and simple cards.  I find myself feeling like I'm missing so much because I finish so quickly, and then I start to look at it more and more and think it's missing so much.  But it's not, it's perfectly okay, yet because there are no layers and so few embellishments, I feel as if it's so plain.  So, yes, it took a lot from me not to add a layer or two of pattern paper, LOL!  I also really wanted to start making some use of my background stamps, I don't ever use them.....so this was a good start.

On to this card......For the base, I used Papertrey Ink card stock in Vintage Cream. The card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (top fold).  The doggie die cut is from an adorable Stamp and Die set from My Creative Time called Loyal Friends.  Me being a dog lover, I had to have this!  I cut one of the dogs using Papertrey Ink card stock in Fine Linen and the other using True Black, (I have to add a small note:  I did not want both of the dog tails to be pointing the same direction, so for the black dog, I cut the tail and reversed, so that it is pointing in the other direction, cute ha?), the collar for the black dog was cut using Papertrey Ink paper in Hawaiin Shores and the other collar was in Pure Poppy.  For the silver hearts, I used the specialty paper that I purchased from my local Michael's.  Using the Hero Arts Ink Pad in Wet Cement I stamped the Hero Arts Background stamp Envelope Pattern onto the Vintage Cream card base, I then began to assemble my pieces.  I stamped the sentiment from a stamp set called Puppy Pals by My Cute Stamps (I'm sorry, but this company is no longer in business, so I am unable to provide a link for this one), however, it was the perfect sentiment for this card.  I cut the Fishtail banner using the smallest die from My Favorite Things Die-namics Fishtail Flags.

If you'd like to see the me creating this card, click here to go to the video on my YouTube channel

Thank you so much for stopping by and for sticking by me.  I hope you will enjoy my future posts and continue to visit me.....

Supplies/Materials Used:  Papertrey Ink cardstock (Pure Poppy, Hawaiin Shores, Vintage Cream, Fine Linen), My Creative Time Stamp/Die Set - Loyal Friends, My Cute Stamps stamp set - Puppy Pals, Hero Arts Ink Pad - Wet Cement, Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts Stamp - Envelope Pattern, 12" x 12" Silver Specialty Paper from Micheals Arts & Crafts, Memory Box Die - Cherished Border (for the small hearts)

Sending Bunches of Love

If dimension is what I was going for on this card, I definitely accomplished that! LOL!  I started off with stamping the bunny onto a piece of grey paper from the Love Note 6" x 6" paper pad by Fancy Pants, then fussy cutting him out.  I used copic marker C0 to somewhat give it a little bit of a shading in the areas I thought it needed it.  I went on to stamp only the section with the hearts three more times onto a piece of pink paper from the Authentic 6" x 6" paper pad collection - Delight.  Using copic marker R81 I added a little bit of shading to the hearts (again, where I thought it needed it, although I knew I was going to be adding glitter to them, I still wanted to do that), then using Zig 2-way glue pen (the one with the chisel tip), I applied glue to all of the hearts and sprinkled my FAVORITE colored glue, did I say FAVORITE already?...yes, my favorite glitter from The Art Institute Glitter, it's called Art Glitter in Transparent Ultra Fine 6gr.  The color I used was Miss Muffet #144.

I cut out one batch of hearts, then I cut out the second one, however, this time, only cutting out the 3 larger of the hearts, then I cut out only the large heart in the middle.  Using Stampin' Up dimensionals along with Glossy Accents (as my favorite glue), I added a little bit of glossy accents to the dimensional, since I knew just the adhesive on the dimensional was not going to be enough, since the glitter was going to make it difficult adhere, using glossy accents definitely helped.  I did the same thing for the rest of the random hearts I used all over the card.

Using the My Creative Time - Stitched Scallop Heart Die Set, I cut out the outside heart and the inside heart.  I adhered the larger of the hearts with the scallops using Stampin' Up dimensionals and glued the middle heart to the card.  I stamped the sentiment onto Papertrey Ink - white card stock and cut it out using My Favorite Things - Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX die, I ran it once thru my Cuttlebug and then turned the fish tail end around and cut out the other side, so both sides have the fishtail ends.

Here's my YouTube video that shows how I put the entire card together:

Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Silvia


Materials/Supplies used:

• Cardstock:  Papertrey ink - White

• Card Base:  Folded Tags by The Paper Company (5".5" x 4.25") purchased at Tuesday Morning

• Pattern Paper:  6" x 6" Love Notes by Fancy Pants

• Stamps:  My Favorite Things - Flopsey Bunch of Hearts

• Dies:  My Creative Time - Stitched Scallop Heart Die Set; My Favorite Things- Die-namics Fishtail 

• Flags STAX

• Punches:  Martha Stewart border punch - small scallops with hearts (not sure the name of it or if it's even still available)

• Misc:  Martha Stewart craft detailed scissors, Stampin' Up Dimensionals, Glossy Accents, Art Glitter - Miss Muffet #144, Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink, Copics, Zig 2-way Glue pen (chisel end)