Hi there! It’s Cards in Envy challenge introduction day! For the next two weeks we have a theme challenge of Puppy Love.  Show us your A2 sized cards featuring at least one dog.  Remember to keep your cards flat enough to fit in an envelope and be mailed at the first class postage rate.

I don’t have a lot of dog stamps or digital images, so choosing which one to use wasn’t too difficult.  I decided to make a little scene with him.  Instead of stamping him on white cardstock and coloring him, I opted to stamp him on some off-white designer paper that has some subtle color variation in it.  I did add in some color to his nose, collar, and tag.  Fussy cutting him wasn’t too difficult.  I added a scrap of designer paper behind his head as a shim, since his rear was raised up from the blue panel by the grassy strip behind him.  That helped give him a little more separation from the blue sky.  This week’s sketch from Freshly Made Sketches provided the layout for my card.  For the smallest rectangular element of the sketch, I decided to use a quote balloon stamp that resembles a cloud.

The puppy also ties into the February ODBD challenge at the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog.

If you need additional inspiration, please go check out the Cards in Envy site and see what the rest of the design team has made.  What kind of puppy card will you create?  Share your work with us on the Cards in Envy site by 7:00 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, March 1.  We’d love to have you play along with us!

Supplies:
Stamps: Critters in the ‘Burbs, Chit Chat (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Basic Black (Stampin’ Up); designer papers from Ambrosia and Oxford 6″ x 6″ paper pads (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Whisper White craft (SU)
Other: Grassy Border die (Lawn Fawn); white embossing powder (Stampendous); markers (Copic)