by Elina Stromberg

The best way to brighten a grey, rainy autumn day is to play with a set of cute stamps! These adorable dogs and cats by Waffle Flower are a great choice for various card projects, but these furry friends will also look super cute on your planner pages. The set contains lovely sentiment text stamps, and there’s also a great selection of additional elements you can use to decorate your projects with. Those birthday balloons, cupcakes, and party hats will take you to a happy festive mood in no time at all!

Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour

Directions

Step 1

Stamp the dog images on white paper. Color and cut out with scissors. When coloring with alcohol markers, use water-soluble Memento ink for stamping. This will keep the fine lines of the stamp intact. When using watercolors or watercolor pencils, use VersaFine Clair in Nocturne.

Step 2

Take two scrap pieces of green cardstock and cut with Waffle Flower “Scenery” die set.

Step 3

Stamp sentiment “You are” text with the small heart using brown Pinecone VersaFine Clair ink.

Step 4

Paint green grass on the light color cardstock using green Memento inks and a cotton swab.

Step 5

Stamp white clouds on the light blue background paper using stamps from Waffle Flower ‘Layering Marble’ set.

Step 6

Build card background scenery by layering the decorated pieces of light blue and green cardstocks. Trim to desired size and mat on dark blue background. 
Glue dogs and bones on the card. 
Use two-sided tape for attaching the card front to the folded white card base. Trim off excess.

Supplies

Imagine

• Memento Inkpad – Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy
• VersaFine Clair – Pinecone
• StazOn Pigment – Snowflake
• On Point Glue
• Craft Mat

Other

• Waffle Flower – Pawsome Stamp Set 
• Waffle Flower – Layering Marble Stamp Set
• Waffle Flower – Scenery Die cut
• Acrylic Block
• Promarkers for coloring
• Two-sided tape
• Scissors
• Cotton swab
• Pieces of white, light blue, and green cardstock
• Folded card base
• Paper trimmer
• Sizzix Die-cutting Machine