Hello there, Dearies!
Ahhh........I finally got a bit crafty today and it felt oh, so good. Well, first let me back up a little and say that I spent the better part of the day a tad concerned about our little puppy boy. Took him to the vet this afternoon and turns out the little guy has a bit of an eye infection....just a little virus of some sort. SO, once I knew he was ok and we came home -- eye drops in hand -- and he sacked out in the studio, I got to work whipping up this card!
I used more fun patterned papers on this one -- they're all from Basic Grey's Hello Luscious 6x6 pad. Isn't that green scrumptious?!
Next, I stamped a little text background that also served as the sentiment for the card. This "friend" definition stamp is from Hero Arts' Dictionary Greeting clear stamp set.
Lastly came that fabulous flower! Both flower stamps as well as the pretty leaf stamp are from Hero Arts' Lotus Leaves clear stamp set. I stamped each leaf and both the large and small flowers (in dark chocolate and ripe avocado inks) and then cut them out with paper snips.
I added a pair of Papertrey's ripe avocado buttons that I tied together with button twine and tucked the small flower behind the buttons. To finish things off and to add another bit of pop, I added some Hero Arts olive green gemstones to the tips of the large flower.
When you get stuck and aren't sure what to create next or you can't think of a great color scheme on your own, don't forget that you can pull out a pretty patterned paper and let that dictate the colors you use on your card!
Hope you have a great weekend!! I'm looking forward to holing up in this house with my sweet husband and our puppy boy.
Smooches,
P.S. PUPDATE (That's "puppy update", and yes, I just made that up) --
For those of you that might be wondering, Win was an ANGEL in his kennel last night!! We worked with him all of last evening on the kennel thing. We brought the kennel out of the laundry room and right into the middle of the family room where we were hanging out watching tv. We left the door open and let him come and go in it at will. We fed him his dinner in the kennel and we also made a game of going to find treats (cheerios) in the kennel. By the end of the evening, he was going in the kennel on his own and laying down! (You should have seen us looking at each other and silently air-high-fiving each other across the room when he went in on his own! Haha!) THEN, we took the kennel up to our room and put it right next to my side of the bed with the door facing the bed. That way he could see us and hear us and knew that he wasn't alone. We also put a little oscillating fan in the corner of the room that I keep in the studio (he'd gotten used to it in the studio) and let that blow as well as create some white noise. When it was bedtime, (after we'd let him chew on his toys for a good 10 or 15 minutes to tire him out a bit more) we put him in the kennel, he curled up, laid down, and went right to sleep!! Success! (I think I almost heard the angels singing!) :) He fussed a teensy bit a couple times in the night, but one of them was because he needed to go out. (Baby bladder can only go about 3 hours max right now)
Sooo....mama got to sleep in bed with daddy and puppy got to sleep in the room with mama AND daddy and everyone was HAPPY. :) Let's just hope it sticks and we can get a repeat of last night, tonight!
Stay tuned for more PUPDATES, as our little guy grows. Did you know that he will double his weight in the next couple of months? Ack. They don't stay little for long. In fact, he's already grown a pound since we brought him home on Monday!
Thanks again, for all the puppy love you all have showered on us. We appreciate your tips and your concern and all of the sweet comments you've left for us.
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