A Sad Occasion

 Sadly, a friend of mine recently lost her beautiful pet Dachshund and I made this card for her. I always visualize our pets going to the rainbow bridge when their time on earth is done, so I sponged some clouds and added a rainbow  and clouds done with Lawn Fawn dies and snippets of paper. I added a little shimmer to the clouds with some Wink of Stella. If you look closely, you can see the image of a dachshund that I stamped with iridescent ink at the end of the pawprints. I stamped a tiny red heart on the card next to the sentiment.

This is what I put inside the card. I've had this dachshund stamp for quite a few years. I bought it when we used to have a dachshund of our own, and I remember our Bitzi every time I see this stamp. The sentiment is from PTI.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a good week ahead.

Carol

Pet Sympathy

I needed to make a pet sympathy card and this is the result. I used a PTI stamp set for this (2008) and die-cut 2 stitched hearts for the main panel. The background is a soft printed dsp in pastel shades of pink, blue, and white, and I embossed it with a Darice Paw Print background ef. On the large heart I stamped some soft paw prints with a $1 set of stamps I've had for years) and Platinum ink to give a soft look. If you click to enlarge the photo, you can see that detail. The sentiment panel was cut with a Chalk Talk framelit die from SU! and stamped with Smokey Slate ink, and I added a tiny stitched die cut heart for an accent. I added a strip of silvery sheer ribbon beneath the heart and cut the ends into fishtails, and for the final touch I added some tiny pale pink Nuvo drops randomly.

I'm entering this into the Retro Rubber Challenge rrcb122 which is "sketch time" and uses the following sketch...

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Pet Sympathy Card

A friend of mine recently had to put her beloved Rottweiler down, and I wanted to make a card for her to let her know I care. I googled for silhouette images and found this one, so I printed it out and added some Copic color around it. The background is a soft aqua color, and I stamped it with brilliance ink using a pawprint stamp. The rainbow was done with scraps to represent the "rainbow bridge" where dogs go to play after their life on earth is done. I put one tiny heart on the image because it just looked like it belonged there.

I'm entering this into the MFP Speedy Fox & Friends challenge #245 which is to create a rainbow.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope your Tuesday is a great one.

Carol

For the Loss of a Beloved Pet

I found out today that my neighbor had to put her 5-yr old chocolate lab down last night after he developed kidney failure and went downhill really fast. It's so sad, and he was too young to be gone so soon! I remember when she got that pup in early December 5 years ago as a surprise Christmas present for her husband. My husband and I kept the puppy for several weeks until Christmas day so her husband would be completely surprised. They named him Bosco because he was the color of chocolate, which is why I used that color for this card.
I used a MB pair of butterfly dies, and pulled out some of my precious retired SU! Parisian Breeze dsp and used the sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches #70. I used an older punch I've had for a long time to make the paw print and used some baja breeze card stock along with chocolate chip. The sentiment was computer generated.

Carol

RIP Smokey

Sadly, my son & DIL lost their precious Yorkie "Smokey" over the weekend so I made them a card and dropped it in the mail to help comfort them. I used this adorable image called Yorkie Post from Stamp-n-Doodle. The Cool Caribbean panel was embossed with a CB ef, and I added a SB diecut heart done in soft stone card stock from PTI. The sentiment and pawprint images are also from PTI and were done in Pumice Stone distress and Basic Grey ink. The dog bone clip and cream-colored ribbon are both from my stash. Losing a precious pet is never an easy time, and I know they're going to miss that sweet dog for a long time to come.

I'm also entering this into the September 19th Anything Goes challenge at the Stamp n doodle blog.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Carol

For a Beloved Pet

Friends of mine lost their beloved dog recently, so I made them this card. I used a PTI stamp set for the sentiment and paw prints on the heart. This was done with white and cool caribbean card stock, adding a spellbinders fancy tag die for the sentiment panel, along with 2 small punched hearts. The embossed hearts background was done with a Sizzix ef, and I used the Scor-pal for the lower panel. The dog bone clip is from my stash.
Losing a pet is such a sad time, especially when you've had a companion for many years - which was the case here. I hope this card brought some comfort during such a difficult time.
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Carol

Remembering Miss T

Sadly, I had to make a pet sympathy card today for my best friend's sister. I took this photo of her precious dog on New Year's day, and she clearly wasn't feeling well then. Yesterday her owner had to take her to the vet and later that day, she joined all of our other beloved pets who are now playing on the rainbow bridge. It's just so sad to lose a pet and I understand what she's going through.
For my card I used the Sweet Stop Sketch challenge #91 with an added spin of embossing. If you look closely, you can see I lightly embossed the heart-shaped picture of the dog. I tried to keep the soft look, so I didn't want to add a lot of embossing. It's also for the Speedy the Cat's Friends challenge #38, which is to add hearts to our card. I thought a heart would be the best shape to use for the photo, so I matted it with a scrap of cranberry cardstock, using the Spellbinder's heart dies. The papers are from the Paper Studio called Mirabelle and I stamped everything with True Thyme ink......a gorgeous retired SU! color. The card base is Rustic Cream by PTI and the stamp set I used is also by PTI called pet sympathy. I made 2 bows from 2 different ribbons and added a punched butterfly that was covered with Glossy Accents and some MS pearls. The pearls on the card were colored with a Copic to match. I stamped off a couple paw prints on the top of the main panel and popped everything up on dimensionals.
Having lost 3 dogs of my own in the past few years, I know how comforting it is to receive pet sympathy cards, so hopefully this one will bring Miss T's owner a little bit of that comfort.
Thanks for stopping in and have a great day. Give your pet an extra {hug} today too!

Carol