I have a dear crafty friend who loves her pug dogs so much that she signs all of her notes, “pugs and kisses!” So when I saw the Joy Crafts stamp set called, “Love Dogs” that is completely
dedicated to pugs, I knew I would be making her a special card with it.
I first stamped out the cute pug couple with Momento Tuxedo Black Ink in the lower right corner of a plain white card stock card front and used the following Copic colors to bring them to life:
Pugs: E51, E81, E84, W5 and W7
Bow and heart: R22 and R27
Ground shadow: C3
I also cleaned up the bleeding markers along the edges of the image with 0 Copic, a 0.03 pt Copic Multi-liner Pen, and a Uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen.
To add a little interest, I die cut a fancy lower edge to the card front using a die from the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2 Die Set. Then I cut off about 1″ off the top of the card front to make some room at the bottom of the card front for a scrap of plaid patterned paper from the Graphic 45 Good Ol’ Sport Collection.
I adhered the whole card front to a kraft card stock card base, because I thought the kraft would add a nice coziness and coordinate with the warmth of the pug colors. For the inside liner of the card, I used another scrap of the Graphic 45 plaid paper as a mat and used a scrap of white card stock for the message area. The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things “You Make My Tail Wag” stamp set, and I used some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen to stamp out some small paw prints.
As finishing touches and a little sparkle to the card front, I coated the heart with Cranberry Stickles and added a handful of Champagne Gold Stickles dots around the pug couple. I added Glossy Accents to the pugs’ eyes and noses for a tiny bit of shine and dimension too.
The following is a process video sharing the step by step process of making this card:
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Monochrome Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Add Sparkle Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Monday You’ve Got the Edge Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Not Just Cards Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes Challenge with Optional Summer
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
This is so sweet, love the two cute doggies. Wonderful colored, so pretty. Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra
Thanks so much Sandra! I love these little pug dogs too!
Such a cute card!
Thanks so much Ann!
Such cute little pugglets ;P
Aren’t they though?! These little pugs won me over, even though I’m a poodle and Havanese girl. š
Gorgeous CAS card! Those little pugs are adorable.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Mandy xx
Thank you so very much Mandy! Yes! Those little pugs are the cutest! So fun to let them just do their “thang” and be cute for the whole CAS card! š
Such a cute CAS czars! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner!
Thanks so very much, Judy! CAS is tricky for me, but I really just let the cute pug dogs do their cute thing. š
Great CAS card and Just love the cute pugs—-Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create
Carol DT x
Awww thanks so much Carol!
Such a cute card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional summerā challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as wellā¦
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy before I left for my 5-week-trip to Africaā¦