I finished this card and have it sitting on my desk so I remember to write my blog post.  It makes me smile!  I keep looking at it and see all the smiling faces and I smile right back.  I think I’ll just keep it there all week. Do you want to see it too and see if it makes you smile?

See all those smiling dogs – aren’t they so happy looking?  I hope it brings a smile to your day today.  This is my card for the UDI color challenge this week – #56.  Here is the inspiration picture that we had for these colors –

These are all in the Neutrals Collection – Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.  After looking at the colors the first thing that came to mind was dogs and the fun little stamp in Not So Seriously stamp set.  So that is what I decided to use.  Then I decided it would be fun to put a big bone on the card.  Well did you know that you can make a bone from two hearts and a rectangle – yep you can.  That was what I did – I opened My Digital Studio and added two of the heart punches to my page – then I made them bigger and added the rectangle in between.  With My Digital Studio I can line them up nicely too – so I made the bone the size I wanted and printed it out to create a template which I traced onto Very Vanilla card stock.  Then I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink and stamped it with the Wonderfully Worn stamp.  That gave me a big bone for the front of my card.

The base of the card is Chocolate Chip and also stamped with Wonderfully Worn.  The dogs were stamped on Very Vanilla and watercolored with the Neutrals WaterColor Crayons and an Aqua-painter.  I did use the Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write marker for the collars and the spots.  I punched them out with the 2-1/2″ circle punch.  Then cut a 3″ Soft Suede circle with the Big Shot.  Layered those and trimmed off the bottom and attached to my bone.  I tied some Crumb Cake seam binding on the side.  They still make me smile.

Click on this link to go to the  Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog.   There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:

• Card stock:  Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede
  
• Ink: Jet Black Staz On,  Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip ink and marker
  
• Stamp sets: Wonderfully Worn, Not So Seriously
  
• Accessories:  Big Shot die-cut Machine, 3″ Circle die, 2-1/2″ Circle punch, Crumb Cake seam binding, Aqua-painter, Neutrals Watercolor Crayons, My Digital Studio

To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.