I’ve had this sweet Stampendous wood stamp called Puppy Present in my stash for years, and although I’m probably just as guilty of wanting the cutest latest release stamps, I do try to rotate through my older stamps from time to time.
This oldie but goodie is absolutely adorable and super versatile. I think it may have been originally designed as a birthday stamp, but by just changing around the colors of the present a bit, it makes a wonderful holiday stamp too! For this CAS (Clean And Simple) card, I used one of my favorite holiday color combinations: blue-green, red, tan and white and these are the Copic colors:
Blue-green: BG32, 23 and 15
Red: R22, 35, 37 and 59
Tan Puppy: E50, 51, 31 and 55
Cast shadow: N1, 3 and 7
I added some highlight marks with a Sakura white gelly roll pen, and I think those few lines and dots really make the image pop.
Lastly, even though I wanted a very CAS look, I decided to finish off the opening side of the card with a couple strips of washi tape. These are two from the 6 pack tube of Heidi Swapp washi that I picked up at Michaels for $3 during their 70% off sale a couple days ago. I love it when I can also use something immediately after buying it at a great price! (seems to justify unnecessary craft shopping a bit–LOL).
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Christmas Critters
Penny Black and More Anything Christmas Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge – WINNER
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Any Holiday Challenge
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes Challenge
Just Keep On Creating Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes w Optional Use a Sentiment Challenge
Addicted to Stamps and More Photo Inspiration Challenge – used red, tan and green (mine was blue-green) 🙂 for a Christmas card
wow, such a cute card, your coloring is fabulous!! Just makes me want to grab my pens and gfet a dog – I could be in trouble!! Thank you for sharing your talent with us at Word Art Wednesday Ginny M, DT
Awww thanks so much Ginny! Yes, I highly encourage grabbing pens and getting a dog! 😀 lol TFStopping by and leaving a sweet comment! Big hugs, Kristina
What a sweet puppy, don’t we all wish we could find him under our tree? Thanks for playing in our critter theme at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!
Oh yes, puppies are the bestest! 😀
Love the bright colors and the pop of silver glitter. The white accents really finish the image well.
Thank you for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner for our Any Holiday challenge.
awww thanks so much Rae Ann! I loved keeping this card super CAS while still making it fun and festive! 🙂
A very pretty Christmas creation and such an adorable image, many thanks for joining in at Penny Black and More challenges.
B x
Thanks so very much Brenda! I love this old stamp and being able to use it for any gift giving occasion, especially the holidays!
Oh this is so cute! Thank you so much for sharing it with us at Addicted to Stamps and More.
Emma – DT Member
Thanks so very much Emma! I love this cute little stamp and being able to use it for holidays or any gifting day! 😀 lol
lovely cute card thanks for sharing with Creatalicious Rachel DT
Thanks very much Rachel! TFStopping by and leaving a sweet comment! Hugs, Kristina
This is an adorable CAS with fantatic coloring work. I want a puppy for Christmas too… LOL!
Thank You for playing along with Addicted To Stamps & More – Photo Inspiration Challenge!
awww yes, wouldn’t it be lovely if we could all have puppy love for Christmas! 😀
Adorable!! Love the CAS look. You nailed it. Thanks for joining us at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges for our latest challenge. {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges}Good luck and join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara
Awww thanks so much Barbara! I really enjoyed just focusing on coloring up the image and leaving the rest of the card very CAS. 🙂
Absolutely adorable! Love the colours and the simplicity. Thanks for sharing at Craft Your Passion and hope to see you again. Good luck.
– Khushboo Gandhi, DT
http://snowflakesandlilies.blogspot.in
Thanks so very much Khushboo Gandhi! I love this stamp so it was really just a matter of letting it shine on a CAS card with some Copic coloring and a few simple design details. TFStopping by and taking the time to leave a sweet comment! Big hugs, Kristina
So sweet card! Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion Challenges!Good luck and hope to see you again. Valentina DT
Thanks so much Valentina! I love this sweet doggy stamp! 🙂
A wonderful card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional use a sentiment” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
Thanks so much Melanie! Big hugs and happy holidays!