Old, Loved and Rescued

 

Hello TJ Crafty Friends,

In the November release was a sentiment that says ~ The Best Things in Life are Old, Loved and Rescued. Have you seen it yet?

Well, the first thing that came to my mind when I read that was ~ sweet old dogs. And on September 10, 2023 my husband and I adopted an 8 year old dog (he's the short one on the left), named Snoopy Snuffles, to add to our family.  Our 13 year old, Junior (on right), needed a companion after he lost his best friend.

I just LOVE THIS STAMP!  Can't you see this on animal rescue cards to donate to rescue organizations for fundraising?  I sure can.

If you'd like to make this card or one similar here's what you need:

White or cream color card stock size A2 (1/2 sheet of card stock folded in half)

3 neutral print or light tan buttons

Black ink pad

Vintage photo distress oxide ink pad (a light tan ink pad could be used also)

Brown, red, light sage and gray markers (or colored pencils could be used here)

Water pen or paint brush and water

Foam strips

Scissors 

Glue

Plaid ribbon

3 rubber stamps:  The Best Things in Life, Let's Roll (old dog in truck), Concrete texture

1) To begin I used the concrete texture background stamp with a vintage photo distress ink pad to give an aged look to the background of this card. I also used the ink pad around the perimeter of the card.

2) Next I stamped the Let's Roll (old dog in truck) stamp on the left side and the sentiment on the right side in black ink.  I wiped off the word Loved with a paper towel and used a red marker over the word. I did this to create an emphasis on the word LOVED.

3) I wanted a soft red look on the pick-up truck to go along with the old/aged theme of this card so I put a little red marker on my acrylic block and used a water brush to pick up some ink and color the truck. You could use a red ink pad on your block in place of the marker. I added a little gray marker to the door handle and a hint of light sage to the area in front of the truck (the area through the windshield and right upper corner of that stamp).

4) Next I cut out 4 strips of scrap card stock to make a photo frame to go around the old dog in the truck stamp (called "Let's roll").  Colored the strips with brown and gray, mitered the corners (cut angles) and put strips of foam tape behind them creating an old photo frame look.

5) To finish this up I glued on a bow and 3 buttons as shown.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card design. This one came from the heart. 

Comments always welcome.

Happy Stamping,

AJ & my old dogs Snoopy Snuffles & Junior

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