Hey y’all – it’s Sunday, which means I’ve got another fun challenge for you from the Paper Players – it’s Laurie’s Color challenge this week and it’ll for sure jump-start your creative mojo! I hope you’ll come and play along. 🙂
I’m really sorry I had to pull out of our video last night – I look forward to spending a little time with y’all. But…my back wasn’t having any part of my desk! So…wasn’t in the cards. As it were. 😉 We’ll try again on Thursday!
For the card I WOULD have shared with you last night, I pulled out the cute Pampered Pets bundle and…well – MOST of the entire suite of goodies, really! – to make it! And added the perfect sentiment from A Grand Kid. Take a look-see:
And here’s this week’s Paper Players Theme challenge! Hope you’ll join the fun and show us your projects! I can’t wait to see what you create!
I did have to substitute Pretty Peacock for Tranquil Tide since that’s what I had!
I also played along with the TGIF challenge…
And the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.
I started with a piece of Basic Gray card stock and cut it at 5 1/2″ x 7 1/4″. Then I scored it and folded it at 3″ – creating the trimmed down front panel.
I embossed a piece of Whisper White in the new Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder (see – the dog in the Pampered Pets stamp set looks like a Scotty to me. So…Scotty…Argyle… well, it made sense when I made it!).
I matted the panel on Pretty Peacock.
I wrapped a piece of the Real Red ribbon from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack around the panel, securing it in the back with Glue Dots. Then I popped the panel onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I used a heart die from the Stitched Be Mine Die Set and cut one of the pieces of Playful Pets DSP. I popped the heart onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
On a piece of Whisper White, using my Stamparatus, I stamped the Pampered Pets dog in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I colored him with my Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo – and the Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Write Marker for his collar. Then I cut him with the matching die in the bundled Pets Die set.
I stamped a sentiment from the A Grand Kid stamp set in Pretty Peacock on Whisper White and cut it with a Stitched Rectangle die. I adhered the sentiment to the heart with Liquid Glue – then added the dog die cut with a Dimensional and more Liquid Glue.
I used a Glue Dot to add a heart-shaped Playful Pets Trinket and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped a Pampered Pets sentiment in Pretty Peacock on a Whisper White panel, then I matted it on Pretty Peacock. I matted a strip of Playful Pets DSP on Pretty Peacock and adhered it with Liquid Glue.
I adhered the panel into the Basic Gray card base and the card was done!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another Pampered Pets pooch on the front…
…and some more of the Playful Pets DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! A perfect pupper to say happy birthday, courtesy of Pampered Pets and the A Grand Kid stamp sets!
I love that the Pampered Pets images can be cut out lickety-split with the bundled Pets Dies.
I hope you like – and are thinking THIS bundle might be the FREE bundle you pick when you decide to pull the trigger and join the team duing our awesome June joining special! 🙂
If you want to recreate this card – all the Stampin’ Up! products you need are listed down below along with the card cuts!
Now – before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:
The Paper Players Design Team
- Jaydee
- LeAnne Pugliese
- Claire Broadwater
- Joanne James
- Laurie Schmidt
- Anne Marie Hile
- Ann Schach
- Allisa Steinlicht
- Stef Perry
- Mary Deatherage – you’re here right now!
TTFN
M
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3 – 30 June 2020
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Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Basic Gray Card Stock: 5 1/2″ x 7 1/4″ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″)
Pretty Peacock Card Stock: 2 3/4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for card front); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for inner liner); 1 3/8″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for inner liner DSP strip)
Whisper White Card Stock: 2 5/8″ x 5 1/8″ (embossed card front); 7/8″ x 2 1/4″ Stitched Rectangle Die Cut (sentiment); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner); Pets die cut dog on front
Playful Pets DSP: Stitched Be Mine die cut heart; 1 1/4″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner DSP strip); envelope flap
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Finn Fan Fix
But. Let the cat get on my lap – especially if there’s also food in the equation – and…all of a sudden…there he is!
What – EXACTLY!? – is going on here??
Move cat.
And if THAT doesn’t work….
He brings out the BIG guns! The glooowwwwy eyes!!! 😉
TTFN
M
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Hope you are feeling better this morning. I swear back pain is the worst kind of pain ever! Your card is so cute and I love that paw print DSP. Wow, Finn sure does know how to use his eyes to express himself!
Yes – he’s a master at the eye-glow-eye-roll! 🙂 Thanks very much, Karen! 🙂
What a sweet card! Love the designer paper, cute puppy too! Poor Finn…always missing out on all of the good stuff. It’s not fair being the little brother. 😉
Nope – he’s pretty put upon, for sure! 😉 Thanks, Amy! 🙂
Hi Mary,
Adorable card. Can’t go wrong with dog inspired cards. Love the paw print dsp.
Hope you are feeling better.
Thanks so much, Gerri – and I am!! Thank you! 🙂
So sorry to hear about your back issues. My husband has suffered with back issues since we got married (1973) … annoying, painful, and limits your activities 🙂 !
Sure hope you find some relief and feel better soon !
Hugs,
Robbie
PS: Your card is very sweet !
Thanks, Robbie – yes, they do tend to be pretty focusing when they’re acting up! 🙂
There’s no question that this suite is a huge hit with the pet lovers among us! You card is adorable, Mary! I love the layout, and the textured background. Your envelope is the perfect accent to this awesome card! Have a wonderful week!
Thanks, Ann – I do think it’s going to be pretty popular!! Have a great week! 🙂
Hey Mary, I was SO sorry to read about your poor back giving you fits yesterday…..but as it turned out, I fell asleep in the afternoon and would have missed most of your video. when I woke up, I rushed to the computer to find that I hadn’t missed you at all. so…..glad I didn’t miss you……very sad for YOU. I guess I identify with Finn on hot summer days……
I do hope you are better today.
I’m happy you got a nap in, Faith – they’re good for us!! And thank you for the kind words – my back appears to be feeling better for a bit! 🙂
Just adorable! And I love the paw prints inside!
Thanks, Laurie! Appreciate it! 🙂
As always well done my friend, great card! I’m waiting for this suite to come, looks like fun. Was sorry to hear that you were not feeling well and hope that you are now on the mend. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Appears my back is going to behave itself for a minute, thanks!! You’ll love this suite when you get it, I know! 🙂
What a cute card! Love that darling puppy. Thanks for playing with TGIF Challenges this week.
Thanks, Tami – appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Super cute! Love those trinkets, they add so much to the card.
Thanks, Allisa!! They’re super cute, aren’t they?!? 🙂
I sure hope you are feeling better! Back pain is horrible! Warm hugs! Your card is adorable! I love the textured background and the adorable puppy! The envelope is perfect! Take care and feel better, My Friend!
Thanks very much, Claire! My back is much better, for sure! Appreciate the well-wishes! 🙂
That little pooch is getting a lot of love this week from the DT team, and for good reason, he’s so darn cute! Love your card design with the front shorter in order to show that the strip of pretty dsp. Awesome card, Mary, and I’m glad to see from your response to Claire that your back is better, that kind of pain is no fun (well, what pain is, right LOL?). Take care!
Thanks very much, Stef! Yes – this is an adorable little stamp and die bundle! And yes – my back IS significantly better, thank you! 🙂
The pup certainly was popular this week! I love it paired with the sketch from TGIF – so striking.
hugs
jaydee
He sure was! For good reason, I’m thinking. Thanks so much, Jaydee! 🙂
Love that bundle too Mary so as a dog lover I can totally see why you are all-in! I just love all of the co-ordinating elements on your card. Fabulous! Sorry to hear you are struggling with your back – hoping it has improved as the week has progressed!
It really has gotten better, Joanne – thank you so much! Yep – this is a wonderful suite with all the coordinating goodies we’ve come to expect from Stampin’ Up! 🙂 Thanks!
Well, you can certainly tell who the pet lovers are this week, right? Haha! Such a fun card, Mary. I love the fun fold to showcase more of that adorable DSP. Super cute!
For sure! Thanks so much, Anne Marie! 🙂