Patriotic Dog Cards for Service Men and Women

One of my YT crafty friends, Kelly (YT: kreativecuriosities) has a son in the army, and she asked crafty friends to create cards and send along snacks for her son and the men and women who serve with him. I couldn’t think of a better project to re-jump-start my crafting after my vacation.

I created these four cards using pictures of my sweet Biscuit as well as three other pictures I found online. All the pups are cute, of course, but that dog jumping into the lake looked like a flying superhero (the way the military men and women are real life heroes). 🙂

To give the cards a nice handmade quality, but not go crazy with embellishments (since these cards are likely to be thrown away after receipt), I cut out some die cut words of “thanks,” fussy cut out some banners using scrap card stock, and used a Marvy Uchida Paw Print Punch and an EK Tools Paw Print Edge Punch to create simple decorative elements. I also had fun using up some red, white and blue ribbons from my stash that I tied into single, double and triple loop bows with my Craft-Dee BowZ.

The following is a video share of these cards:

These cards are being entered into the following challenges:
Craft-Dee BowZ Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Wednesday Challenge
The Pink Elephant Appreciation/Thank You Challenge

Thanks for stopping by and remember to PAWS and enjoy the journey! WOOF

6 Comments

Vicki R. on May 4, 2015 at 4:40 pm

Fantastic card for a wonderful cause! I love your choice of ribbon for that awesome bow. Thanks for joining the Craft-Dee BowZ May Challenge, “Anything goes and include a handmade bow”.

CraftyPaws on May 4, 2015 at 8:53 pm

Thank you for a wonderful challenge. I love my Craft-Dee BowZ maker and how it takes all the guess work out of making single, double and even triple loop bows! 🙂 tf stopping by, Hugs, Kristina
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Jingle on May 5, 2015 at 10:39 am

These are adorable! Thank you so much for playing along with us over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

CraftyPaws on May 7, 2015 at 10:08 am

Thanks for stopping by and for another fun challenge at SSS Wednesday Challenge! Big hugs, Kristina
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CraftyPaws on May 13, 2015 at 9:54 am

Thanks so much for stopping by and for the wonderful open challenge!
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hoptownracer1 on May 9, 2015 at 5:42 pm

So adorable!!!

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Vicki R. on May 4, 2015 at 4:40 pm

Fantastic card for a wonderful cause! I love your choice of ribbon for that awesome bow. Thanks for joining the Craft-Dee BowZ May Challenge, “Anything goes and include a handmade bow”.
- CraftyPaws on May 4, 2015 at 8:53 pm
  
  Thank you for a wonderful challenge. I love my Craft-Dee BowZ maker and how it takes all the guess work out of making single, double and even triple loop bows! 🙂 tf stopping by, Hugs, Kristina
Jingle on May 5, 2015 at 10:39 am

These are adorable! Thank you so much for playing along with us over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!
- CraftyPaws on May 7, 2015 at 10:08 am
  
  Thanks for stopping by and for another fun challenge at SSS Wednesday Challenge! Big hugs, Kristina
- CraftyPaws on May 13, 2015 at 9:54 am
  
  Thanks so much for stopping by and for the wonderful open challenge!
hoptownracer1 on May 9, 2015 at 5:42 pm

So adorable!!!