I did not have a dog stamp (boo hoo, must go shopping!)... so I found this digi stamp at Bugaboo Stamps. I printed twice on basic grey brown paper, and popped up the head. Printed on Blushing Bride for the nose, mouth and pads on paws. Inked it all. Ice cream cone is from Sock Monkey accessories. Even if you don't like the sockey monkey, his accessories are cute!
The dog house I was excited about! I traced a dog house die cut onto Poppy Parade cs, then cut out. Then I had a plastic woodgrain "mold" that is from the cake decorating aisle at Michaels. I bought it a couple months ago, and never opened the package till now. It was suppose to be for frosting... putting the embossed pattern on the fondant sheets. Well, I inked up the plastic, and ran it all through my big shot, and it worked!! I really like the result. The plastic is a flexible type, not like the texture plates. So I wasn't sure if it would hold up going through the big shot. Printed "Andrew" using computer font and punched out with modern label punch.
Sewing machine was still out from a couple cards ago, so I tried stitching again. Ran out of bobbin thread halfway through, and didn't notice right away, so I had to make sure that I stitched in all the holes the needle made! I have bad luck when I sew!
Cloud was cut on the cricut using Make The Cut software. I needed a cloud and do not have any of the dies. I guess now I DON'T need them!
This was a fun card to make, and I am going to get it in the mail today for Andrew!
TFL!
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 GMT Views: 2602
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Stamps: sock monkey and accessories, digi dog image from Bugaboo stamps
Paper: early espresso, baja breeze, poppy parade, basic grey, white
Ink: early espresso, creamy caramel, choc chip, bashful blue
Accessories: cricut for cloud, woodgrain texture plate from cake decorating aisle, felt ribbon, texture plate (dots), sewing machine, modern label punch, traced dog house die from boxer scrapbooks, stickles
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 @ 4:48 PM
Wow! I am going to have to favor this one, soooo many cool things you did, don't want to forget any of them. This is over the top adorable! Love that dog house, love that DOG. Awesome sweet card for Andrew. You done good! TFS :0)
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Registered: April 23, 2006 Location: Looking For Teapots! Posts: 59742
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 @ 6:02 PM
OMG! What the heck? A cake decorating thingy makes that dog house? Whoo Hoo Girl! You are amazing...how creative and fun! What a precious card Kris! I love the ice cream idear!! What baseball team doesn't like ice cream treats after the game?
Hey, we have sumthin' in common! I don't sew well either...I have weird stuff get stuck to stuff when I am sewing. You know what I mean, when I sew I never know what's getting sewn.....So happy you are here this week......and what a great card for Andrew! I love it!
Registered: April 14, 2009 Location: in my own little PINK sparkly world Posts: 12150
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 @ 7:49 PM
way to go with thinking outside the box....or out of the kitchen...lol!! that tech really worked great...this is one fun fun card and sure to make him smile
Registered: July 20, 2009 Location: California Posts: 33483
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 @ 7:57 PM
Love this dog and the dog house! So cute. I had the same problem with my new machine, only the very first time I used it, it broke!!! Ackkkk. I'm a sewing disaster. My husband took it back and I've called about a used heavy duty machine with a 3 year warrenty. lol. Love the molding, that is so creative. I have thought about selling my sock monkey and accessories, but I really love the accessories too. lol.
Registered: February 12, 2007 Location: Aurora, Colorado Posts: 13642
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 @ 9:07 PM
your big heart shows in the creation of this awesome card. love all the little and big things you did to make this card for Andrew. Can fellow teapartiers get in line for ice cream too. you made me crave ice cream....thanks alot. It is 10:06 pm in Colorado and now I want ice cream!!! what's an old lady got to do......
great card....love it. tfs.
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