The Perfect Cat

Confused by the title and the image?!!

I combined both Monday Split Coast challenges in my card today. The CAS challenge was to use humor - the Try a New Techinque challenge was to use a different shape for your card.

I found this cute little scottie dog template in Papercrafts Magazine on line. Isn't he just adorable?!

I cut the dog out of a textured Bazzill paper, added his little jacket, stamped the sentiment, cut it out and tied a bow around his neck!

The sentiment is from Rubbernecker.

I used to be just a dog person - we had a sweet cocker-springer spaniel mix dog growing up and later I had the most wonderful great dane, but years later someone gave me a little homeless kitty and I became a cat lover too.

Now we have two beautiful Russian Blue cats who are sisters, named Scout and Boo. I have to say, they are a lot easier to take care of than a dog......

Scout always sits with me when I stamp - so I had to explain to her that I really didn't mean what I stamped on the card ....... LOL!!

This sweet little pup will fit in a regular size envelope in case you're wondering!

Stamps: Rubbernecker - The Perfect Cat is a dog #77-11
Paper: Black tie Bazzill Basics, More Mustard - SU, DP OCtober Afternoon/Modern Homemaker Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: wrinkled seam tape - http://www.prairiebirdboutique.etsy.com%20shop/, brad - Imaginesce, template from PaperCrafts Magazine

The King of the Yard

Hi my stamping friends! Phew - it's nice to take a breather after the mad rush of the Waltzingmouse release!

My card today was created for three challenges!

Teapot Tuesday

Taylored Expressions Sketch TESC127

The Shabby Tea Room Week #27

Teapot Tuesday this week is all about the dogs - inspired by a teapot decorated with a frolicking pup - we are to bring whatever kind of dog we have to the tea party. We also need to help provide enough sanitary facilities for all these canines - hence my row of leafy trees! My sentiment is a fun sticker by EK Success. The cute little pooch is Rag Dog by American Art Stamp/Emerson Quillin and the trees are Teeny Trees by Waltzingmouse (I told you I can't stop using this set!!).

I used Taylor's fun sketch for my card and the colors of cream and greens inspired by the Shabby Tea Room photo - to be inspired by Nature and Green!

Thanks for stopping by today! I'm back to work this week - but surprisingly it's ok!!??

Oh - and I keep forgetting to tell you all! My new little Grand Nephew arrived 10 days early - Landon Holmes Caggiano was born on 9/7/10 (due 9/17!) and since I was home on vacation - I was able to go to the hospital and wait with my sister for the arrival!

Landon's middle name (Holmes) was my father's first name (his mother's maiden name). My dad died suddenly at the age of 66 when I was just 28. Only my son (who was 3) knew grandpa but we always talked about him to our kids. So my sister and I were in tears when Katie told us Landon's full name (they had kept the name a secret until he was born). Landon is my sister's first grandchild and my first grand-nephew!

Here he is about 7 hours old!

And here's the new little family! Katie, Landon and Greg

Thanks for indulging me!!!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Teeny Trees, Rag Dog - American Art Stamps/Emerson Quillin

Paper: Bazzill Green Dots, Rustic White & Dark Chocolate - PTI

Ink: Ranger Distress - Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage, Crushed Olive, Wild Honey, Barn Door, Memento Rich Cocoa.

Accessories: Vintage buttons and satin ribbon - PTI, Nestabilities - Circles & pinking circles, Sticker - EK Success Phrase Cafe, Copics: Y26, YG63, R35, foam dimensionals.

Birthdays are for Spike!

This is Spike and he is just thrilled to be on this Birthday card today - can you see his big friendly smile?!?!?

I had a busy day Sunday - with church in the morning, then teaching a card stamping class there in the afternoon with two friends. We had 12 people signed up this month which is a full class so we were all excited! I finally got home around 3:30 and wanted to pack away my Christmas decorations (yes, they are STILL up!)

But I always like to do the Featured Stamper challenge over on Split Coast so first things first right?!?!? This week it was WeeBeeStampin. I cased her cute pumpkin Emma card. I made mine a birthday card - used Spike instead of sweet little Emma - changed the sentiment and added a ribbon and some dry embossing. I did use her overall card design.

I cut the sentiment using the Labels Eight Nestabilities and just cut it off above the words. I embossed the background with the Diamonds in the Rough Cuttlebug folder.

Be sure to check out the stamps over at Rubbernecker - they are all on sale "preinventory" right now!!

So now I have no excuse for not packing away the decorations - or is there another card I need to make ...............

Thanks so much for coming by!

Stamps: Rubbernecker
Paper: vintage cream - pti, basic black - SU, DP DCWV The Pet Stack
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: foam dimensionals, Labels Eight & rectangle Nestabilities, saddle stitched ribbon - PTI, Silver Spica Pen, Copics: E11, E33, E37, BV23, BV31, 100

Not A Creature was Stirring........

OK - so can you tell what this is on my card????!!! Here's a clue - I made it for the Moxie Fab World challenge - to incorporate a critter into your card. So - this is my kittie Scout - sitting happily under/inside the Christmas tree!

And here's the story - we had just put up our tree - no ornaments on yet - and I walked out into the kitchen - and when I walked back into the livingroom- there she was - a headless kitty sitting under the tree (actually with her head in the branches of course!) - it just CRACKED ME UP!! I grabbed my camera and took the shot - I was so glad she stayed there long enough!

So I thought I'd make the picture into a card for the challenge.... The sentiment is computer generated - I thought it was kind of 'tongue in cheek' funny for the pic! I added a lacey punched edge, some gems as ornaments, a button with punched ferns behind it over a ribbon - and good to go!

And while I'm sharing pet stuff - thought I'd show you what I made for the dogs in the family that will be coming over for Christmas Day. I made some dog biscuits in the shape of a moose and some shaped like bones.

Not sure if you can see the moose in the package - his antlers are at the top left - and there are two bones behind him. (I forgot to take a pic before I sealed them all up!) I slipped them into cellophane bags and wrapped a piece of twill around it that I had stamped with 'woof' and a dog paw print. I got the dog biscuit recipe from Bullwrinkle.com

I think they will be happy crunching on these!

Stamps: Paw print - Art Impressions Clear Stamps, Woof - Pet tootie sentiments- Cornish Heritage Farms

Paper: Handsome Hunter, Black - SU, White - PTI

Ink: Dark Chocolate - PTI

Accessories: Edge punch - Martha Stewart, adhesive gems - K&Co, vintage button - PTI, fern punch - Martha Stewart, pure poppy satin ribbon - PTI, printed picture, computer generated sentiment, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, putty twill - Martha Stewart

The Cookouts Over - The Dog Cookies were a Success!

Our cookout on Sunday to welcome Mini to the family was a great success - it was pretty hot and humid but we had a couple of fans going under the canopy and plenty of cold punch/beer to keep us hydrated!

So I thought I'd introduce you to the characters of the day.

This is the star - the reason we were all getting together - Mini - a rescue dog who came all the way from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts to find a family! She is a beagle/Jack Russell terrier mix and she is just the cutest thing. My sister had a little cheerleader outfit on her when she first arrived (Yikes! the poor thing !) but she didn't seem to mind it! She was one cute happy little camper with her new family and took well to the extended family too!

And here is her older brother Gus - another rescue dog that came to Mass from somewhere in the southern US. Another beagle/Jack Russell Terrier mix who is about twice the size of Mini but looks very much like her!

The other canine characters at the party were my grandchildren - my son Josh and his fiance April's bassett hounds. Here is little boy Roscoe checking out our kayaks.
And here is Daisy with April keeping cool in the shade of the canopy.

The dogs LOVED the dog cookies that I made and the humans loved their little boxes that had sugar cookies in them. You can find all kinds of dog biscuit recipes here. Check out my post below for more details and pics about the treats I made for everyone if you missed it!

And now I'll introduce the human attendees at the cookout.

Here we have left to right - DH Kent, neice's husband Nate, and sister's husband Bob ( with Mini in front) Here are (l-r) niece Katie's DH Greg, my son, Josh, BIL Bob, niece Christie leaning over and her DH Nate shading his eyes.
At our table are (Left to Right) niece Chrstie with DH Nate, DH Greg with niece Katie, and lifelong friend Cilla who is moving to FL in November where her sister, already lives (boo hoo).
Here is Cilla again with my sister Marcia - holding Mini.
And here are the red hot dogs I was telling you about! - we grilled these along with some marinated chicken, had macaroni salad and delicious carrot cake for dessert - Yum!!!

Tomorrow I'll have a card to show you! Thanks so much for coming by - hope you enjoyed the pics!

Give Your Dog a Bone

My sister and her husband just adopted a rescue dog so I had a little cookout at our house to welcome Mini into the family. In honor of the occasion we are serving red hot dogs. (have you ever had those?! they are bright red, have natural casings and a little bit of spice)

They already have Gus (another rescue dog) and my son has two bassett hounds - so they will all be at the party along with my two nieces and their spouses and a close girlfriend who is moving to FL in a few months. We have two cats in our house - they will be hiding upstairs while we are all celebrating! (they are a little anti social when company comes!)

I wanted to make some kind of treat for all the pooches so I googled 'dog cookie recipes' and I found a whole slew of them! I finally settled on a Milk Bone Biscuit since it was pretty basic and looked healthy. I had picked up this fun dog bone cookie cutter somewhere in my travels many years ago - just because I knew I would want it someday LOL!!!

So here I am cutting the dough -

And here are the 'cookies' 50 minutes later!

I decorated these cellophane lined brown bags using heart Spellbinder dies and dog poem stickers. The paper is from Die Cuts with a View The Pets Stack - they are shiny hearts with paws in the center of some of them - very cute and shiny IRL!

So then I wanted to make a treat for the humans attending the party too! Some of us own cats and some of us own dogs so I made boxes for each. The boxes are one of Lauren's Timeless Templates called Rounded Wrap up by Papertrey Ink. I needed something that would be cute but quick to make 6 of and these fit the bill. The papers are from the same DCWV The Pets Stack. The boxes themselves are Spring Rain card stock by PTI.
I made sugar cookies using the same dog bone cookie cutter for the human's boxes.

The dog boxes have a cut out dog label (My Favorite Things Friends Fur Life set) that I stamped with the names of the receivers. The dog tag stamp in the circle that says I Love my Dog is by Inkadinkadoo. The little bone stamp along the top of the box is by Uptown Designs.

For the cat owner boxes I stamped a fish (Brown & Co Stationers) for the tag. The fish skeleton stamping along the top of the box is by Stampendous. The ribbon on both is double stitched Enchanted Evening by Papertrey Ink. I had some cute little chipboard cat shaped sentiments by Daisy Hill that I put on each box.

I know that the sugar cookies are delicious since I HAD to test them to be sure they were ok before serving them (right?) - but the dog biscuits have not been dog tested yet - I'll let you know what they think after the cookout!

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have enjoyed seeing my little pet crafts! I'll have some pics of our little party to share soon!

Just One Word - Treats!

Today's ways to use it challenge on Split Coast was to use 'just one word' on your project and to use at least a touch of pink in honor of cancer awareness week.I made this dog treat bag to sell at my church fair this weekend. I created the word on my label maker and colored Brutus' collar pink (because he really is an old softy under that gruff exterior!)

The dog is by Rubbernecker (I guess his name is really Spike!) and the paw print is from the Top Dog set by Artful INKables.

Remember - you can get 10% off your total Artful INKables order by using my code SAVE10JA when you check out. It's also in the Artful Inkables box in the right column.

I'm off to bed - I'll be at the church fair Friday night and all day Saturday - so I need to get a little rest now if I can!!

Thanks so much for coming by today!

Stamps: dog - Rubbernecker, pawprint - Artful Inkables: Top Dog
Paper: lined bag - Clearbags.com, naturals Ivory & choc chip: SU
Ink: onyx black versafine, dark chocolate: PTI
Accessories: distresser, prismacolor markers, Brother P-touch label maker, dog treats

Doodle Masquerade - Artful Inkables Design Team Challenge!

Welcome to another Artuful Inkables Design Team Challenge! Kristin was the hostess this week and her instructions were to make a card 1) using the masking technique and 2) to do some doodling on your card. And....... this week because she is hosting she is offering a prize - Kristin writes: "Anyone who participates in the Artful INKables challenge this week will be eligible for ONE FREE Artful INKables STAMP SET OF THEIR CHOICE!! Dont be nervous though...this is NOT a talent contest! " check it out here - but remember to come back to see my card!!

I used this wonderful Top Dog stamp set for my card today. I first stamped the little guy in front - then I stamped him on a piece of Eclipse masking tape and placed it over the image. I stamped the two larger pooches over the mask. When I remove the mask it looks like the bigger dogs are behind the little dog!

I colored them in with my Prismacolor makers - outlined them with a light blue and drew a scroll doodle around the edges. I added the dew drops in three corners and the popped up sentiment in the 4th corner. I sewed the designer paper to the teal panel and attached that to the white card. I used foam dimensionals on the image panel so it's popped up off the card a bit.

To give it a little dimension - I stamped the head of one dog and the scarf of the other on white scraps - colored them in - cut them out - and layered them to the image with foam dimensionals.

We'd love to have you join in on this techniques challenge!

Make a card using the masking technique and do some doodling on it - then load your card on your SCS gallery and use the key word ARTINK so we can all check out what you create!!

If you don't have an SCS gallery then just link your card to the Artful Inkables blog in a comment here. We're excited to see what you come up with!

You can see the other Ink Girls challenge cards on their blogs below - please hop over and check them out!
Beth
Jenn
Pam

Terri
Kristin

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

and remember to check out here how you can win a free stamp set of your choice from Artful INKables!

Stamps: Top Dog - Artful Inkables

Paper: White - PapertreyInk, Taken with Teal - SU, DP - Basic Grey: Mellow Harvested

Ink: Onyx Black versafine

Supplies: Black micron pen, sewing machine, dew drops, foam dimensionals, oval punch, circle punch, Prismacolor markers.

The Daily Question

My dear husband and I are always asking each other this question - either during the work week after supper or anytime during the weekend - We always have the best intentions of walking EVERY day! And sometimes it actually happens!!! So this card would be a fun one to sneak onto the table next to the remote where he sits!

This leash and sentiment stamp are just two of the many stamps in Heather's new set called Doggy Years.


I had this perfect designer paper by Autumn Leaves with the paws printed right on it! I stamped the sentiment directly onto the DP.

I cut the image panel and scallop frame with my square Nestabilities and colored in the leash, collar and bone dog tag with my Prismacolor markers. This is a fun little card measuring 4 1/4" x 4 1/4". This card also fits the colors challenge on Split Coast this week - to make a monochromatic card - I used pure poppy with a neutral vintage cream.

Be sure to check out all the H&M design team's cards they will be doing all this week - you can find the links to each team member here on Heather's blog.

And this is where you can check out and purchase this fun Doggy stamp set.

Tomorrow I'll be showing you a cute little farm scene I created using the new set Kiddie Farm!

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit!

Stamps: Doggy Years: S & M Stamps
Paper: Vintage Cream, Pure Poppy - PapertreyInk, DP - Autumn Leaves Stack
Ink: Onyx black versafine
Supplies: square nestabilities, cuttlebug, foam dimensionals, Prismacolor marders: Crimson Red, Cinnamon Toast.

Let it rip! and a White Dog

It was difficult for me to make this Ways To Use it challenge card - we were to tear something - and that's not my usual style.

I stamped my Rustic Branches from PapertreyInk on a white panel - cut a circle out of an Aqua Mist panel with my nestability, then I embossed with with a Cuttlebug folder - distressed and tore the edges, sponged them - layered it over the white panel and sewed the edges. Phew! I added a piece of vintage lace under the sentiment. The lace is from a box that my dear MIL gave me when she moved out of her house into assisted living so I'm happy to be using it!

Then I layered 2 primas in the corner with a piece of ribbon and a brad. The base card is Kraft card stock. This is a 4.25" x 4.25" card. I'm starting to get a little more comfortable with this shabby chic style!

Stamps: Rustic Branches - Papertrey Ink
Paper: Kraft - SU, White, Aqua Mist - PTI
Ink: Dark Chocolate and Aqua Mist - PTI, River Rock - SU, Onyx Black versafine
Accessories: sponge, lace, brown brad, foam dimensioinals, glue dots, prima flowers, sewing machine, leafy branch folder, cuttlebug, circle nestability, oval punches, dark choc twill ribbon - PTI, distresser - Heidi Swapp

Here is my card for Kelly's (Schirmcat) VSN challenge (Virtual Stamping Night) over on Split Coast. The challenge is described below:
" for this challenge the book we will be focusing on is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?". This book was written by Bill Martin Jr, and illustrated by Eric Carle.

The story goes something like this..."Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?""I see a red bird looking at me.""Red bird, red bird, what do you see?""I see a yellow duck looking at me."It ends with a teacher seeing children who are all dressed up like the animals listed in the story.

So for my challenge...you need to make a card featuring one of the animals and it's color, as written in the story. Choose one of the following animals, then make your card as colorful, and brilliant as can be! Be creative, and use any stamps, templates, cut-outs, or art materials that you want!

Here is the list: Brown Bear Red Bird Yellow Duck Blue Horse Green Frog Gold fish Purple Cat White Dog Black Sheep "

I chose White Dog - using this cute puppy stamp from Artful Inkables fun new set called Top Dog . I stamped his cute little head on a scrap - cut it out and layered it over the main image. Then I outlined the whole image with a Grey Prismacolor marker to make it pop a little. Doesn't it look like he's really missing you!?!?!

I stamped the sentiment in black then sketched over it with the same gray marker - punched it with my circle punch - layered it to a black circle and added the brads and ribbon piece. It's attached to the card with foam dimensionals.

Kristin is offering free shipping for orders over $35.00 for the month of August and she has some fun new charms and acrylic blocks now on her site. So hop on over and check it out! might as well save some money right!?!?!?

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll look for you tomorrow - same place!!!

Stamps: Top Dog - Artful Inkables
Paper: White - PTI, Basic Black - SU, DP - Autumn Leaves
Ink: Onyx Black Versamark
Accessories: sewing machine, resin paw sticker - Karen Foster, foam dimensionals, rectangle nestabilities, gingham ribbon: SU, circle punches, gray prismacolor markers, brads, paper piercer

An Adventure Drink and A Paw Print on Your Heart!

I decorated this fun Coconut Beverage holder to highlight the new stamp set by Artful INKables called Paradise Island.

I found this cute coconut cup at my local I Party store on sale for 99cents! - what a deal. Wouldn't this be a fun way to serve drinks at a party!?!?

First I cut out a 2 inch strip of Creamy Caramel card stock and ran it through my crimper. It needed to be 14" so I had to cut out another strip and add it on ( I only had 8x11 paper) - I attached the ends with tacky strip to be sure it held. Then I sponged the edges with Close to Cocoa ink - tied several pieces of raffia around it and slid it over the coconut.

I colored my images with Copics and Prismacolor markers, cut them out and attached them to the band with thick glue dots. I attached the dancer to the straw with a piece of tacky strip.
This picture shows you how the band slips off and how the Coconut opens.

I also stamped the images on some green napkins to be used at the party along with the cute beverage holders! And "thanks' to Dunkin Donuts for the pretty coordinating orange straw that I used here!

So next time you're at your local party shop - take a look at the party items and think about how you can 'stamp' them up for your next gathering!!

Stamps: Artful INKables - Paradise Island

Paper: Creamy Caramel - SU, White - PTI

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine, Close to Cocoa - SU

Supplies: paper crimper, large thick glue dots, sponge, tacky tape, plastic coconut - I Party, raffia, napkins - I Party, straw - Dunkin Donuts, Copics, Prismacolor markers.

I made my second card for the featured stamper challenge over at Split Coast. Knightrone (Jessie) has a lot of beautiful cards in her gallery! I chose this one to case today. I changed the colors and stamps used but loved her layout which worked perfectly for my pretty new puppy stamp from Artful INKables set Top Dog.

I colored him with close to cocoa re-inker and my aquapainter. I used this fun pet designer paper for my background, two different ribbons and heart brads. For the sentiment - I punched 2 scalloped circles and a white circle and then layed them together with the scallops off set so you can see both colors.I stamped the scarf on a scrap - colored it and attached it over the main image with foam dimensionals. The puppy panel and sentiment are also on foam dimensionals. You can purchase this set here and there's free shipping durung the month of August for orders over $35.00!

Congratulations Jessie! enjoy your fun FS day!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think of my Coconut drink cup!

Stamps: Top Dog - Artful Inkables
Paper: White - PTI, Ruby Red, basic Black - SU, DP - DCWV the Pets Stack
Ink: Onyx Black versafine, close to cocoa - SU, Espresso - Adirondack
Accessories: brown gingham ribbon - Michaels, Dark Chocolate Twill - PTI, scallop circle punch - SU, circle punch, aquapainter, heart brads, Prismacolor markers, dimensionals

A Double Dare, Two Dogs, and Trying Copics!

I have 3 cards to share with you today - I was so busy this week doing Sneak Peeks for Artful Inkables that my other cards have been piling up!!

I made this 5" x 5" card for the weekly Double Dare Challenge I do with a group of SCS friends. This week I was the hostess and I sent everyone 2 Magnolia stamped images (an Edwin and a Tilda) and they had to pick one and use it on their card. I chose Edwin the skier for my card.

I colored him with Prismacolor markers and used Copics for his face. I added punched photo corners that I embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder then topped with dew drops. The Let It Snow is a silver sticky strip by Stampendous. I had the acrylic word sticker in my stash and don't remember where it came from (!) - there are 7 or 8 of them with different words or snowflakes - all in white and blue. This is the first time I've used one of them!

You can check out the other challenge cards here and you'll see some of the Tilda's.

Stamps: Magnolia
Paper: White: PTI, Wild wasabi: SU, Plaid DP - DCWV Christmas Stack
Ink: Onyx Black bersafine
Accessories: Prismacolor markers, copics, dew drops, Class a Peel Stickers: Stampendous, photo corner punch: SU, acrylic word sticker, glue dots, cuttlebug, Swiss Dots folder, foam dimensionals

I made this b'day card for my future daughter-in-law, April - who's birthday was 8/10. She was away visiting her mother in NC on her birthday so I will give her this when she gets back.She and my son have 2 bassett hounds and so I'm always looking for anything with basset hounds on it.

This cute puppies image was a RAK from Mrs. Noodles over at SCS (thank you Dina!). The middle puppy is a basset hound. The fun sentiment and puppy stamp are both by Inkadinkado - the paw print with the heart in it is part of a new stamp set called Top Dog by Artful INKables

And these are the real thing - my 'grandchildren' (!) 7 month old Roscoe and 4 year old Daisy - and yes - the 7 month 0ld is already bigger than the 4 year old! (Trouble - right here in River City!)

Stamps: puppies & sentiment: Inkadinkado, paw print: Artful Inkables
Paper: white - Papertrey Ink, choc chip: SU, DP- DCWV The Pet Stack
Ink: Onyx Black Versafine, Espresso - Adirondack
Accessories: Prismacolor markers, brown satin ribbon, foam dimensionals, circle punches.

Here is my card for the Ways to Use It Challenge at Split Coast - to use Copic markers to color an image on a card. I have about a dozen copics but haven't used them much yet not having a lot of colors - I usually use my Prismacolor markers and don't do a lot of shading. So my image today is colored with a combination of both kinds. I was quite surprised and thrilled with how the coloring came out - I have had this Kinkade stamp for ages - but have only previously stamped it monochrome - afraid to attempt coloring it. And for my first try I think it came out well - and will only improve as I practice and get more colors!

Here's a close up of the colored image. For some reason the colors look a little bright here - it's more subdued IRL!

Thanks so much for coming by today! If you leave me a comment I can come by and visit you too!

Stamps: Thomas Kinkade - Cornish Heritage Farms, Healing - Verses Rubber Stamps
Paper: White - PTI, Mellow Moss - SU, DP - Autumn Leaves - Manhatten: Pied a Terre
Ink: Onyx Black versafine
Accessories: ribbon: PTI Spring Moss, foam dimensionals, Copics, Prismacolor markers, decorative edge scissors

Bad to the Bone - Artful INKables Sneak Peek #3

I have such a fun set from Artful INKables to give you a sneak peek on today!

This sweet little dog and sentiment are from the new set called Top Dog. There are 2 other cute pooches along with 4 canine related images as well as 4 sentiments in this super set! All 4 of the new sets will be available for you to purchase on Thursday, August 14th - just two more days wait!!

All of Kristin's stamps are deeply etched red rubber and come to you in a clear CD case - already mounted on cling mount, cut out and ready for you to pop onto your acrylic block and get stamping!!

I've decorated a lined coffee bag as my project today - to hold some fun doggie treat for your best buddy! Or maybe your friend's best buddy! I've made these to sell at my church fair and they have been very popular - there are a lot of dog owners out there!

Look at that sweet little face! Who could resist giving this little guy/gal a healthy little bone treat?!? This is a plastic lined brown paper 'coffee' bag that you can buy here. If you want to buy larger quantities less expensively look here.

I stamped the little bone stamp from this set randomly on the bag with caramel ink - then stamped one on a scrap with Espresso, cut it out and layered it onto the sentiment with foam adhesive.

You can hardly tell from the amount that's showing - but the designer paper behind the puppy has paw prints and dog bones on it! I used my rectangle Nestabilities to cut the image and DP.

I stamped the sentiment on Naturals Ivory card stock then cut and embossed it using my Spellbinders ribbon tag trio die. I threaded the brown gingham ribbon through the tag, put foam adhesive on the tag and tied the ribbon around the back of the bag.

And there you have a fun little gift for a canine friend or for your next craft sale!

Now - hop on over to the other Ink Girls (Artful INKables Design Team members!) and see which images they used from this set for their sneak peeks!

Beth

Jenn

Kim

Pam

Kristin

I'll have one more sneak peek for you tomorrow (Wed) so be sure to come back to check it out!

Then all the new sets will be released at Artful INKables on August 14th so be sure to have the list of your favorites ready!

Stamps: Top Dog - Artful INKables

Paper: Naturals Ivory - SU, small lined coffee bag, DP- Die Cuts With a View: the pets Stack

Ink: onyx black versafine, creamy caramel - SU, Espresso - Adirondack

Supplies: Nestability rectangles, foam dimensionals, Spellbinders ribbon tag trio die, Prismacolor markers - cinnamon toast, walnut, sky blue light, copic markers - blush and flesh, gingham ribbon