Oh my gosh, I had so much fun making these easy to make healthy dog treats, that both Biscuit and Bandito LOVE!!! I got the recipe (detailed below) from this fabulous book,Ā Eco Dog: Healthy Living for Your Pet
Then to be able to document this in my December Daily was crazy fun! LOL Seriously, I had a blast! Ā I made a little stencil using a Fiskars paw print punch. Then I mixed some brown acrylic paint with some latex caulk to use with the stencil to make it appear as though there were doughy paw prints up the page. I snapped a picture of the doggy cookie cutters and taped them in using some silver and gold glitter washi tape. I hand wrote in some thoughts I had about making these faux gingerbread dog cookies, and finished off the page using the border punch from the Martha Stewart Crafts Punch Around The Page Aspen Set
For the next page, I created my own background patterned paper by printing out a close up of the finished cookies (life size). Ā Then I decided I wanted to addĀ a traditional shaker (not a sewn acetate one like I’ve made recently). I printed out the cookies photoĀ again, a bit smaller so it would fit better in the Polaroid frame from the Sizzix Jillibean Soup “I Heart This” Die Set
I taped on some sheer teal ribbon to the sides of the page and tied a bow on the front. With the tails of the bow, I created a kind of net/pocket by taping those to the back of the page too. It’s a loose structure, but it works just fine to hold the shaker card in place.
The following is a video share of these pages:
Doggy Treat Recipe:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2 jars of organic baby food (a meaty flavor like beef with vegetables was a hit)
1 cup of wheat germ
Mix ingredients in a bowl and lay out on a lined cookie sheet in 1-2″ flattened balls OR use cookie cutters and use aĀ smallĀ silicone spatula to lay in the wet dough into fun shapes like these dogs
Bake for 30 mins. Let cool. Treat your dogs to healthy doggy treats!
The caulked doggy paw print page is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge
The finished doggy cookies page with the shaker is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Winter Inspiration Challenge (oh that doggy licking his chops is just adorable!)
Challenge Up Your Life Christmas Without Christmas Stamps Challenge #4
What a great page – I always love seeing December Daily ideas! Thanks for sharing, and for joining us this week at Simon Says Stamp’s Monday Challenge blog!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I really had fun with these pages. š Big hugs, Kristina
This was a fun project from start to finish! Thanks for sharing it all with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I really enjoyed making these pages and my dogs loved their healthy treats! We all won! š Big hugs, Kristina
How amazing – a great dog cookie recipe AND 2 fantastic pages from you š I LUV these š
Hugz
IKE in Greece xxxx
Your so cute! Everyone else can starve but the doggies get biscuits. LOL I personally should talk. I am the prepackaged microwave queen. (snicker)
perfect pages as I too made doggie treats today – I will have to try your recipe soon. thanks for so much wonderful inspiration.
Oh thanks so much Miki! If you have a simple doggy treat recipe, I’d love to try it. No pressure at all but if you get the chance to email it, I’d appreciate it. My email is kristina@craftypaws.us Thanks for stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
Such beautiful work! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!!! – Ashli š
Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving such a sweet note. Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and yours, Ashli! Big hugs, Kristina
Oh my! This is just the cutest!! Love love the paw prints!!! Just genius!! So adorable love that shaker element! Thank you for inspiring me!! Oh and for the we wonderful treats my fur babies would love these! ((Hugs)) Tfs! -Christine