Happy Tails

The Happy Tails stamp set is perfect for a sympathy card of a fur-friend. Our new dog groomer Sam lost her puppy, a beautiful black German Sheppard that was only eight months old. I do not know the details, but no matter what they are, it is never easy to lose a beloved pet. It is even harder when they are so young. I know because we lost a kitten Fiona at just about six months old too. Metastatic cancer of her abdomen took her from us. Watching her starve to death was so painful. It became a relief to put her to sleep. She was no longer in pain. She lived a rich life in that small amount of time with us. So much so, she got the nickname “Jazz Hand McFearless.”

 

 

This beautiful animal is what inspired me to make this card — Sam’s beautiful Sheppard. You can check out Sam’s shop called Sammi’s Happy Tails. You can check out her Facebook page here. Dr. Pepper loves her, and he looks fantastic.

 

The Card

 

 

This card has four layers including the base. Here are the instructions. 

1. The base is 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″ of very vanilla cardstock
2. this layer is 4″ x 5 1/4″ of Soft Suede embossed with Pinewood Planks 3-D embossing folder and sponged a bit with the soft suede ink
3. this layer is 3 3/4″ x 5″ of Crumb Cake Cardstock embossed with the Subtles 3-D embossing folder. Stamped at the edge with ink colors of Real Red and Soft Suede for the hearts and paw prints from the Happy Tails. I also tore the bottom and sponged with Real Red ink.
4. This layer is a piece of Real Red gingham from Toile Tidings DSP cut to 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ torn and has a piece of paper pumpkin copper twine this is leftover twine that I had you could use any twine here that matches with your color scheme.
5. The dog is also stamped and punched out on Very Vanilla cardstock. I stamped it in Soft Suede and colored in with Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends.
6. My sentiment is stamped in Delicata Metallic Copper ink.

 

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I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

Happy Craftin’,

Amy