Doggies Need to Stay Hydrated Too!

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I have some dog themed shaker cards for you.

These did not set out to be shakers.
I had cut the dog out with my circle dies and had
intended to leave it just like that with a matte around it.
I still had my snow globe domes out from last week though
and noticed that they would fit perfectly around this little guy.

After stamping and coloring the image I used Diamond Stickles to drip water

out of the tumbler onto the floor.  You can just ignore the little dog hair 

that attached itself to my dome...lol! 

(We'll just say it's there for authenticity)

I have always cut a circle frame to put around the dome when I've 

used it in the past but I didn't this time because I wanted to be able to 

see the entire tumbler. I used the paw print die to cut a stencil out for the

tumbler. Once I had the die cut OUT, I used a black marker to stencil the 

paw onto the tumbler.

I love finishing the insides of my cards as well.

I have so many friends that are dog lovers that will enjoy

this card. I hope you do too!

Copics used:

RV000, RV52, B000, B00, B01, E23, E53, W00, W2

Pet Sympathy cards with NEW Art Impressions Nested Heart Dies

 Hello Ai fans!

I recently had two friends lose a pet and I wanted them to know
that I was thinking of them.  I lost my precious Boomer a few weeks
before Christmas so I understand the hurt they're feeling right now.

I wanted to use the new 5721 – Nested Heart Dies
because I know how much they loved their pets.

I mounted the new hearts on the 5064 – Circle Double Stitched Dies.
Before mounting the hearts on the circles I cut out the dog image.  Then I cut

the dog using red paper and inserted him into the cut out space so he was flush

with the heart shaped paper.

The dogs are from 5337 – Dogs Mini Dies.
I cut all of the animals names out using 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.

Since Joey's name was shorter, I was able to use a die from the 5543 – Journal Template Die Set
to put his name on.  The cats are from 5333 – Cats Mini Dies.



All of the patterned papers are from 5712 – Christmas Journal Paper Pack, 

which shows how versatile they are because these cards aren't Christmassy at all.

I hope that my friends will soon only remember the happy times spent with their pets.

My heart aches for them.

Happy Meow-loween! from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a Halloween card that I made using the new Art Impressions Halloween and Cat and Dog Mini Dies.  The fence is from the watercolor line. 

5333 – Cats Mini Dies
5337 – Dogs Mini Dies
4967 – WC Fence Dies
5328 – Halloween Mini Dies

I used a faux leather paper to make the cat and the bat. I wanted them to have some texture like the real animals do.

I used the Art Impressions 5135 – Hexagon Double Stitched Dies.

The paw prints are from the dog set and the moon is a circle that I covered with Crystal glitter glue. I put some metallic silver paper behind the paw print cut outs from the dog set.

On the inside I used a verse and an image from 4941 – Spooktacular Set.