I think these puppies are so stinking cute!  I’ve had a set of rubber stamps mounted on foam called Doggies since, well… forever… that sadly had never been inked up.  I tripped over them… almost literally when a rack I use to hold stamps tipped over… and left them out on my desk to play with.  Take a look at what I made with them:

I should make time to color every day because I find it so therapeutic!  Anyway, all the stamped images are from that set, and were colored with Promarkers. I think I nailed the fluffy look I was going for with the one on the right, but I still need to learn to make fur more realistic.  The one on the left just looks stringy 😉  Didn’t help that I wanted him to look black too.  All the images were popped up on foam tape.  The background was made by repeating a chevron border cut file from the Silhouette online store.  I skipped a couple of the lines to leave space to stamp a sentiment.  I went with “Congratulations” so I could use the card for a friend adopting a dog.  What does it say that within my circle of friends that they are SO much more likely to adopt a dog than to have another baby?!?  It says I’m getting old!!!  hehe!  Here’s a look at the inside:

I used a couple chevrons from the front to decorate the inside, as well as a couple more colored stamps.  I think the color combo works great as a masculine card, but the chevrons add enough design flair to make it work for a woman too.

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Hiding In My Craft Room – Freestyle –
• Just Inspirational Challenges – Pets –
• Creative Card Crew – Animals –
• Addicted to Stamps and More! – CAS –
• Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes –
• Divas By Design – Anything Goes –
• Charisma Cardz – Anything Goes w/ Die Cuts (background) –
• Open Minded Crafting – Animal Antics – ends 4/11 (winners announced 4/19)
• The Sisterhood of Crafters – Animals –
• 4 Crafty Chicks – Color a Stamped Image –

Today’s card is not my typical style, but the mojo was flowing so I tried very hard to go with it and not question it 😉  This card was inspired by this week’s sketch at Fusion Card Challenge:

The patterned paper is from My Mind’s Eye 6×6 pad called My Girl. The chevron design is the reverse of the butterfly paper.  Its brighter than I would normally make, but I guess with Spring right around the corner I am making more colorful projects. 🙂  The butterfly is clipart, which I imported into the Silhouette software and cut out using a scalloped cut file.  The image was colored with Promarkers and popped up on foam tape.  The white copic paper was too sharp a contrast to the patterned paper, so I colored the background with a Promarker too. The ribbon was from my stash… probably Target dollar spot, if I had to guess.  Here is a better view of the front:

For the inside, I used scraps from the front to match the front. Another clipart was cut with the Silhouette and colored with Promarkers. The digi sentiment was imported into the Silhouette software and cut with a label shape.  I love the sentiment by VIBGYOR Krafts… perfect for someone who is having issues and feels like it won’t ever get better. Here’s a closer look so you can read it clearly. You can click on any of the pics to make them larger.

Thankfully I don’t know anyone in need of this card right now, but its nice to have it in my stash so I can send it out immediately when it is needed.  I’m submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Fusion Card Challenge – sketch AND image –
• Card Making Mamas – Stack it Up – 
• Crafting Musketeers – Butterflies –
• Digi Galore – Things with Wings –
• Eureka Stamps – Add a Butterfly –
• Hiding in My Craft Room – What’s Buggin Ya? –
• Love to Create – Anything Goes –
• Passion for Promarkers – Make it Digital (clip art & sentiment) –
• Pile It On – Thinking of You –
• Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes –