A fellow pet therapy volunteer lost his sweet Golden Retriever last week, and I wanted to make him a sympathy card in honor of his sweet girl.
I used an old doggy bone patterned paper scrap from the Daisy Hill 8.5″ x8.5″ “Top Dog” paper collection along with some other scraps from my scrap box. I Copic colored the Golden Retriever image with Y11, Y26, and YR24 and fussy cut it out three times. I stacked each pup on 3M double sided foam adhesive to create some depth, and inked the edges of the fussy cut image with a B point Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen to cover the white edges of the paper.
To make the Golden into an angel pup, I used a small bird gold metal charm, cutting off the tail, the branch and the hanging loop and glued it into place between two of the doggy image layers with E6000. Lastly, I die cut a polka dot vellum heart with the fourth smallest of the Diemond Dies Nesting Heart Die Set, inking the edges with Delicata Golden Glitz pigment ink to help the heart stand out from the background patterned paper.
For the inside, I used a sentiment that reads, “Dogs leave pawprints on our hearts” from the Sparkle N Sprinkle “Scratchy” stamp set along with a paw print stamp that my friend Jill (YT: luvmy2pugs1) gifted to me a couple of years ago.
The following is a video share of this card:
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Show Us Your Metal Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Family and Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Not Just Cards Anything Goes Challenge
Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Girls Creations Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge
So sweet. He’s sure to love it.
Thank you very much. Sympathy cards are always so hard for me, but I hope this will give my friend some comfort. tfstopping by
Your card is lovely, and so appropriate. It will be treasured, I’m sure. Thanks for sharing with us at 613 Avenue Create.
Thank you so very much, Sheila. I find sympathy cards are the most difficult for me to make, but I wanted to make something very personal for this special friend. TFStopping by, hugs, Kristina
How thoughtful! I love the vellum heart behind that sweet doggie! Thanks for sharing this with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!
Thank you very much Lin. I hope this card will give my friend a bit of comfort and perhaps a smile remembering his sweet girl. TFstopping by, Kristina
Very sweet! Thank you for playing along atCrafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge. Lisa DT
Thanks very much Lisa! Hugs, Kristina
A lovely idea for a dog sympathy card. The retriever image is perfect and the papers are wonderful.
Thank-you for joining in with the Crafts Galore Encore April Challenge “Anything Goes”. Good luck x
Thanks so very much Andree! Thank you for your kind comment. Hugs, Kristina
Such a sweet and thoughtful card.I’m sure it will be much appreciated.Beautifully done. Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week.
Lisa x
Awww thanks so much Lisa! I hope this brings a little comfort to my friend. Hugs, Kristina
A lovely card!! Love The design and The colours is perfect!!!
Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
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Thank you so much Cicci. I wanted to keep with the golden theme for the card. 🙂 TFStopping by and your kind and encouraging comment. Hugs, Kristina
so cute!!
Thank you for joining us at craft your passion!!
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Veronica
Thank you kindly, Veronica! Hugs, Kristina
beautiful sympathy card…it willbe a great comfort to your friend…thank you for joining us at SSS Monday Challenge…hugs kath xxx
Thank you so much Kath. I hope you are right and that this brings a smile and a fond memory to my friend. Hugs, Kristina
Not only is this a wonderful card to look at, but I think there is a real need for pet sympathy cards! Our friends also just lost their dog and it’s such a tender time for them. I thought it was genius of you to make a pet sympathy card and to make it so personalized for the recipient. I’m sure it did a lot to raise their spirits. Thank you for the inspirational idea and for sharing your work with us for this week’s Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
Thank you so much Andrea! Yes, our fur babies are members of so many of our families and finding sympathy cards is always difficult. I hope this card and the angel Golden will help raise my friend’s spirits a bit with the memories of his sweet dog and all the good work they did together. TFstopping by! Hugs, Kristina