Make Dog-Inspired Encouragement Card for a Friend

Looking for a super adorable card to send to your bestie? Check out this fun scene full of encouragement and puppy smiles!

We are kicking off November with this fun creation by our designer, Lisa. Lisa said, “You know I love the 2018 The Scenic Route 6×6 Paper Pad By Melinda Stearns, but sometimes it’s fun to add a little scene within a scene to a great background paper.” We agree, this paper pad truly is wonderful and are forever in awe of Melinda’s incredible watercoloring talent, and the talent of our team to utilize the paper pads in fresh and new ways. Follow along as Lisa shows us how to make a dog-inspired encouragement card for a friend and peep some fun stenciling action as well!

How to make this card:

I started by cutting a panel from one of the scenes using the largest die from the 5013d Nested Rectangle Small Stitch-die-set.
Next the dog from the 5414-02d Set Of Dogs Die was cut from white, black, dark brown and light brown cardstock and pieced together.
Then the 5414-01d Dog House Die was cut from white woodgrain cardstock and brown cardstock. The white woodgrain was colored with yellow and then mocha ink for a warm wood color. The rest of the pieces were assembled with liquid adhesive.
A scalloped oval was cut from green vellum and a slightly smaller stitched oval was cut from white cardstock using the 5030d Nested Scallop Oval Nested Dies and 5014d Nested Oval Small Stitch Dies.
After adding the ovals to the card front I realized I had forgotten to create my background. It turns out the leftover paper from cutting the dies out makes a great mask. I placed it back over the oval on the panel so I could use the 4011 Clouds Stencil 6×6 and the 4211 Oval Circle Mask 2 Part 6×6-stencil to create a background on the oval.
Then I arranged the doghouse and dog over the mini scene and added them to the card with thin foam tape.
Finally I die cut a Tag from the 5704d Nested Tag Dies and stamped a sentiment from the 3334 Best Friend Set 4×8 Stamp Set and popped it onto the card.