Last Day for the RAKy Giveaway....and Next to the Last Day of the Dog and Cat Cards

I've been creating dog...and cat cards, this week...

for my friend John...who is a vet...

When we talked the other night...

he mentioned that he'd also like a group of cards...with both a cat and a dog on it...

(All of the other cards that he requested were either dog....OR cat...)

While John is always opened to color on cards...

I wanted to keep card a little bit guy-friendly...

as far as the color palette goes.

and..

I wanted to use one of my favorite PTI card stock colors

"Confetti"

even though it really isn't a "color"...

It's so beautiful...

It's off white.....oatmeal looking...

and

it has little flecks of what looks like fiber throughout it...

it looks so natural...outdoorsy...

It seemed like the perfect card stock for this card.

The embossed layer..the image layer..and the base card 

were all done with this beautiful Confetti card stock

I needed to make quite a few of this card...

so I cut and ripped everything first

and then I put the cards together

Yes, that's my Marsupial Layering Tool....

ready to roll!
Did you watch the video that I did showing the Marsupial in action?
If you missed it..you can see it HERE
The video demonstrates how to use the Marsupial layering tool...
AND...I'll also give the discount code for $10 off of your order!
There's also more info in yesterday's blog post.

Now back to the cat and dog card...

This is what I came up with...

A cat

and

a dog

on one card...

with a guy friendly color palette

some beautiful natural looking card stock

and 

a little bit of stamping

embossing

and water coloring

 I got out some oldies but goodies...

 Spellbinders scalloped rectangles..

Regular rectangles..

and a Darice embossing folder with a lovely tree on it..

I water colored by picking up some Stampin Up marker ink

that I had scribbled on an acrylic block.

The dog and cat dies seemed perfect for this card.

I really love the retriever...he's got some nice die cut detail...

(although, it's not very visible in the photo)

I used my Marsupial Layering Tool to do the matting...

I made LOTS of cards today...

(lots of these..and others)

So my layering tool got quite a workout!

And so did I !

By the end of the day I had created 37 cards....

15 of which were this cat and dog card.

I am winding down now on making John's cat and dog cards...

I've got one more to go...

and then they'll all be on their way to a very kind, generous and thoughtful Vet..

my find John...

who epitomizes what a dedicated, caring vet is all about.

And finally...

Today is the last day to enter the giveaway!

I'll pick a winner this evening...

and will post the winner's name, here on the blog tomorrow morning.

To enter the giveaway...

for this stamp set...

just leave a comment below 

AND 

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Card loving friends: I created a few extras of this card...and they are now available for sale 

at The Bellissima Card Shop

Card making friends: The supply list is posted below.

Thanks for visiting....

and don't forget to leave a comment and subscribe... for the giveaway!

Michelle

Supply list

Stamps: In the Meadow

Ink: Altenew Crisp Ink & Stampin Up (markers)

Card stock: PTI and Stampin Up

Embossing Folder: Darice

Dies Frantic Stamper (Retriever) and Impression Obsession Cat)