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Monday 1 July 2024

Dog birthday

Good Morning everyone

Today Im honoured to be guest designer over at Critter crazy

where the theme is anything animals/critters goes

I wanted to make a fun birthday card for a friend who has 2 bonkers dogs so dug out these old Katzelkraft dog stamps and my kaliedacolor ombre ink pad and had fun.





approx size 6.5x6.5"  I made my white cardblank using spellbinders grand label 1 dies.  See below for how i made the background which i then cut to a smaller label to fit the card front and lightly inked all the edges with black soot distress ink and attached the front. 

I die cut 2 scalloped spellbinders labels 1 from white card, on the larger one i lightly inked it with black soot distress ink adhered the smaller white one and added to the card front with foam tape.  I stamped the dogs with the ombre ink, cut out and added with glue gel.

I die cut the birthday sentiment 4 times from white card and adhered together to give a chipboard feel, the top one i inked black and then adhered in place just under the dogs feet so it looks like they are stood on it. 

Just a close up 

and the background...
On white card i stamped the 2 Katzelkraft dogs with the Ombre ink, then stamped the bones & ball from tim holtz crazy dog stamp set.  I stamped 'happy dog' words from aall&create 'happy dog' stamp set in grey ink along with some text stamps.  I then stencilled paw prints with tumbled glass & pistachio oxide inks which you can just make out.  Finally i added some ink splats.  I enjoy using lots of different brands to make my own unique background and its great fun. 

Items Used:
Katzelkraft dog stamps 'solo 30 & solo 31'
Mix of little stamps from tim holtz & aall&create 
Ombre ink - Kaleidacolor 'Caribbean sea' 
Spellbinders Labels 1 & grand labels 1 
Birthday sentiment die
CraftUK ltd smooth white card

Thank you for stopping by.  Hop over to critter crazy to join in the fun. Emmax


Id love to enter the following:



https://www.stampingsensations.uk/2024/06/june-challenge.html - used the dog and colour blue from mood board









 

15 comments:

Linby said...

A fab design. It's got a really overall contemporary feel to it. Love how you used the stamps for the background.
Thanks for supporting Stamping Sensations and We Love Stamping challenges.

Sarn said...

Great dog card. Love that image and how you have used it in the background as well as the focal point x

brenda said...

What a fab and fun card Emma and a super colour palette, many thanks for sharing at Stamping Sensations challenge.

B x

meg said...

A brilliant fun card as always Emma,love your sense of humour and creativity,great stamps and colour palette

coldwaters2 said...

Wow this is fantastic Emma I absolutely adore the doggy stamps the background design is amazing a superb card
hugs
lolo x

Dora said...

Beautiful stamping. Beautiful card with the dogs. Thank you for joining at stamping sensations.

Liz Williams said...

Love your wonderful background paper and those cute dogs are so unique and fun!

Julia Aston said...

A fun collage of stampings and stenciling for your background Emma - love the mix of blue/greens, the die cut shape of your card and that super cute pup! Thanks for sharing with us at Inkspirational: stencils! Julia xx

Kirsty said...

Brilliant card Emma, love the ombré stamping colours, must get mine out again, if I can remember where I put it.🤣🤔 Big hugs Kirsty. X

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

What a fabulous card Emma, love the dogs and the ombre ink, a great design too. Thank you for being our wonderful GDT this month. Faith DT CCC.

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

SO creative, fun and sweet card Emma! Love so much your attention to the details. The greens of the ombre stamps are really pretty and love the faux dimension you gave to the shapes with the light ink around the edges! The back is fabulous too!

StephW said...

Totally fun make with those dogs along with the bones & balls, great colours too ... Steph x

Gerda said...

What a super cute card!! Love the color combo, the adorable dogs and the fabulous background!!
Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up challenge!
Have a great day.
Gerda

Heather said...

This is very cute!! Fabulous background and I love the colors you used! Your dog-loving friend will love it! I'm so glad you were able to be our guest designer at Critter Crazy Challenge.

Anonymous said...

Fabulous and fun! LesleyW