Global Stamping Friends August Blog Hop Dog Days

 

Welcome to the Global Stamping Friends August Blog Hop as we celebrate Dog Days. Our theme this month can be interpreted in many different ways. Maybe as a way to celebrate your favorite pet or perhaps with a fun twist as the Dog Days of Summer with the hot weather we have been experiencing lately. Our wonderful Design Team is ready to share their projects and ideas to help inspire you to get creative with this month's theme.

Dogs have this wonderful ability to help you feel better when you are not feeling well. I am lucky enough to have two beautiful dogs and they have this knack of knowing when I am sick or just not feeling good and they are there to comfort me in an instant. So I thought for today's card I would create a Get Well card using the Pets & More stamp set and the Comforting Thoughts stamp set, both available in the Online Exclusives. I chose to use Copper Clay as my focal color as I wanted something warm and welcoming. For the background, I chose to use the Tartan Foil Specialty Designer Series Paper and I love how the tone on tone design adds wonderful texture to the background.

Products Used:

Pets & More stamp set (item #163607)

Comforting Thoughts stamp set (item #163691)

Everyday Details Dies (item #162864)

Bee Builder Punch (item #162553)

Tartan Foil Specialty Designer Series Paper (item #162332)

Copper Clay Cardstock (item #161721)

Real Red Cardstock (item #102482)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Copper Clay Classic Ink Pad (item #161647)

Early Espresso Classic Ink Pad (item #147114)

Natural 3/8" Polka Dot Trim (item #163465)

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Seqins (item #161627)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Copper Clay Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Basic White Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Detailed Circle die cut with the Everyday Details Dies

Sentiment Label die cut with the Everyday Details Dies

Dog image stamped with the Pets & More stamp set and fussy cut

Copper Clay Specialty Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

This card design is so sweet and I love the way the images in the Pets & More stamp set work to create both the outline and the solid image for each animal. To create my dog, I stamped the outline image using Early Espresso Classic ink onto Basic White cardstock and then flipped the stamp image over and used it to stamp the solid image using Copper Clay Classic ink over the top of the lined image, making sure to stamp off once on a scrap piece of paper to give a lighter tone. I used Paper Snips to fussy cut out the image and then attached it to the detailed circle die using Stampin' Dimensionals. For the sentiment, I stamped the image from the Comforting Thoughts stamp set using Early Espresso Classic ink onto the Basic White label. To create the card design, I layered the card front onto the Basic White layer and then attached the piece of Natural Polka Dot Trim around the bottom of the card front. I then attached the layers to the card base with Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. I centered the focal image towards the top of the card front and added the sentiment over the top of the trim using Stampin' Dimensionals. To add a pop of color, I punched out two Real Red hearts using the Bee Builder Punch and added them to the sentiment label. To complete the card design, I added a Gold sequin to the dog's collar for a touch of bling. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my cute card design will help inspire you to get creative and come up with your own fun ideas. There are so many possibilities to explore. 

Now it's time to visit Jan's blog and see what she has created for us. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.

Roll Call List

Kimberley Morris

Tricia Butts

Jan Musselman

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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