I think I am finally getting the hang of these pocket letters. I am still not able to whip these out like some folks in a couple\u00a0hours, but this one only took me one full day (that’s a huge improvement from 4 days!). This one was made for my sweet friend, Bev (YT: NewCrafterBev) who loves dogs and has a poodle that looks so much like my Biscuit. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

<\/a>I used pups from three different stamp sets but tried to keep them all relatively similar in their simplicity and cartoon style. I used “Puppy Pals” from My Cute Stamps, “Paws and Claws” from The Paper Company, and “Critters in the Dog Park”<\/a>\u00a0from Lawn Fawn<\/a>.\u00a0I colored them with the following Copic colors (clockwise from upper left) and fussy cut each of them out, edging them completely with a black marker to eliminate the white paper edge, and adding glints of eyes and shines on noses with a white Gelly Roll pen.
\nShaggy Dog: E51, 52 and 53
\nHarlequin Great Dane: W1 and W7
\nChihuahua: E50, YR20 and YR31
\nAustralian Terrier: E51, E11, E13, W5 and W7
\nPug: E50, E51, E53, W5 and W7<\/p>\n

<\/a>For each of the backgrounds, I used the Tim Holtz Alterations Movers and Shapers ATC and Corners Die Set and scrap papers I’ve been gifted (sorry I don’t know the names of the collections). Because the patterns were very busy, I die cut hearts from cream colored scrap papers using the third smallest heart from the Diemond Dies Nesting Hearts Die Set<\/a> and framed each\u00a0pup in a\u00a0heart. \u00a0To give a more finished vintage look, I inked the edges of the hearts and the cut out ATCs with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Photo.<\/p>\n

I filled the center column top and bottom pockets, with\u00a0poodle buttons, glittery dimensional paws, and fun shaped doggy love metal paper clips. For the center pocket, I used my new fuse tool to create a shaker, which I filled with sequins, gold glitter, dog bone punch outs from vellum and kraft card stock, and the word beads “play,” “&,” and “run” from Bead Landing. To add something with movement, I added metal dangles of an adorable little pup and a\u00a0dog head charm with twine and yellow and white bakers twine bows.<\/p>\n

The back of each pocket is filled with more fun doggy embellishments and crafty goodies, which you can peek at in the following share video:<\/p>\n