Thanks for being Pawsome

Over the past couple of weeks, my daughter's dog has been to the vet and emergency vet a number of times.  As I write this post, the poor pup has spent 2 nights at the Emergency Vet so they can monitor her. My daughter asked me to  design a card for them, this is how I was inspired:

Edited to add: The grandpup is doing find now.

This combines a couple different products:

• Pretty Pink Posh - Winter Mug | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Get Well Additions | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Fall Mug Additions | die
• Lawn Fawn - Yappy Birthday | stamps + lawn cuts
• Lawn Fawn - Pawsome Birthday | stamps
• Lawn Fawn - Thanks Thanks Thanks | stamps

I colored that pup to look like my grandpup.  She a husky | chow mix. I'm pretty happy how the sentiment turned out.

Little details like the white gel pen and her tongue as things I added to personalize the card. We dropped off the card and 2 bags of snack foods from Trader Joes.

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Mixing Critters and Sentiments to Stretch Your Supplies

Happy Mix it up Monday again everyone! I hope this doesn't get old for you because I truly love it! My brain used to have a hard time reaching for different companies to put on the same card and now it's like a fun weekly exercise to see how I can extend the life of my crafty stash!

Today we're playing with cute critter sets that might not have enough or any sentiments in them. So go ahead, grab that other brand and go to town!

Today we're starting with watercolor and the Pretty Pink Posh Reindeer Friends set along with the new Mama Elephant Holiday Block set. I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, including the blender to keep things bolder today. If you wanted to tone down your colors, blend them with water which inevitably removes some of the pigment and lightens them.

Once everything was colored and dry, I used the coordinating dies from both sets to cut them all out. So great that the Mama Elephant dies cut the sentiments in the set too! I love it!!!!

For my background, I embossed a piece of white cardstock with the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder and glued it to a card base. Then I cut a piece of kraft cardstock 2 inches tall and glued it on top of that. I covered the seam with a strip of black cardstock about 1/4" thick and proceeded to add my images and sentiment with foam squares.

For finishing touches today, I added red twine wrapped around the top and tied in a bow and I also went ahead and added glossy accents in a couple of places - reindeer noses and the hearts in the sentiment.

I love how happy this card turned out! It's a little early yet but I think Christmas crafting is going to be extra fun this year!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

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Warm and Cozy

 How is your holiday card stash?  Here's another one for my collection.

Loads of white space and stitching.  Here are the products I combined for today's project:

• Mama Elephant - Holiday Block Bundle | stamp + creative cuts
• Mama Elephant - December Duo  Bundle | stamp + creative cuts
• Mama Elephant - Eyelet Frames | creative cuts
• Lawn Fawn - Backdrop Stitched Snowflake | lawn cuts
• Lawn Fawn - Stitched Snowflake Frame | lawn cuts

Stamping images in Lawn Fawn's Crunchy Leaf really softens up the card.  Did you know that Crunchy Leaf is copic friendly?

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Die Cut Mania - Getting Ready for Christmas

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Today I'm sharing more die cut creations but starting to sprinkle in Christmas with my Halloween and fall creations. This time I was thinking about how to stretch some of the products that might not be holiday and I chose the Pretty Pink Posh dump truck die set to start with!

I cut all the pieces from atypical construction colors and used liquid glue to assemble it. I wanted the bed of the truck to sit on top of the "frame" so I just used a little washi tape to keep them lined up while I was playing around with the other elements.

Digging for Christmas gifts to fill my truck with, I landed on the ones in the Spellbinders Delivery Joy die set. I cut the elements and used liquid glue to assemble everything. Then with the help of a little washi tape, I arranged everything taped it together on the front so I could flip it over and add dabs of liquid glue where things overlapped. After letting the glue dry for a minute I could carefully remove the washi tape and it all stayed put!

For my sentiment, I went with the Spellbinders Make it Merry banners and thought the "jingle all the way" sentiment was too cute with this truck load of gifts. I layered the black top banner over white glitter cardstock and offset them for a little extra sparkle. I popped it up on the truck with foam strips.

For my background, I cut 2 of the largest Spellbinders Emerald Cut Labels dies from white cardstock, scored one 1/2 inch from the top and adhered it to the back to create a shaped card base. Then I cut the inner label from teal cardstock and inked it up with the Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil and Lawn Fawn peacock ink. That is adhered with liquid glue and my truck is popped up on that with foam tape.

Isn't this a fun segue into holiday crafting? Now that I've filled this truck with gifts, I'm going backward to fill it with pumpkins and when Valentine's Day rolls around, watch out!!! We're going to have fun with this!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

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