HD It's A Dog's Life - Dachshund & West Highland White Terrier

 

Today I have several cards made from another Hunkydory set.  The kit is called It's a Dog's Life; the set is Dachshund & West Highland White Terrier.  Here's what the original set looked like:

 

As you can see, there was one sheet of die cuts and two sheets of AS (Adoreable Scoreable printed card stock).  And here are the 6 cards I made from this set:

 

And now for a closer look at each.

Card #1:

First up is the little "Westie".  I started by cutting the right end off the Westie AS.  Then I trimmed the far right edge and added to the left edge by taping it in the back.  I then realized I had cut the AS a bit wider than I had intended - so I sliced off a bit & added it top and bottom to it would be fairly centered on the center of my slimline card.  The join showed top and bottom, so I used a thin line Dazzle, in a similar color to the trim on the dog's coat, to hide the join.  Next I needed to make the sentiment border at the top.  To do that, I wrapped a wide silver ribbon around the card, then added a teal one before adding a bit more of the Jewel Dazzles.  Then I die cut a mat for the sentiment and realized I wished I had string the smaller ribbon through it before gluing it down!  So, I sliced the fancy edge to let me "hook" it over the small ribbon - and added the small bits I had removed because the die was too wide.  I added a bit of maroon color to the sentiment to make the gold less prominent and tie it together with the card better.  Last step was to add a bit of pink floss before gluing the entire panel to the front of the card.

Card #2:

I really like this shaped card for a masculine make.  Even if the dog DOES have a touch of pink on its coat, the maroon really tones down the pink.  As you can see, I added a gold frame between the focal mat and the background mat (all cut using the Modern Stationery set of dies from Spellbinders).  The sentiment is from the set.  I finished it off with a knotted set of raffia fibers.

Card #3:

This card is a "latched cross over card".  The left side overlaps a narrow flap coming in from the right - which has a sentiment attached on just its right side with foam tape to form a latch that holds the card closed.  After inking the edges, I added pieces of AS to each front panel before adding the border at the top, the focal, and the frame (which extends just a bit beyond the left flap).

Card #4:

I had thought I was pushing it to get 3 cards from the terrier.  I figured I could only get two from the Dachshund - until I thought of using the large frame to bring emphasis to the sentiment piece and allow it to serve as focal.  I backed the frame with a beautiful piece of shimmery gold velum before adding the focal.  Before I added it to my A2 card (with foam tape), I took gold ink to the edges of the card front.

Card #5:

Next up is a card made by cutting the left portion of the AS to give me a focal and lower border.  I trimmed it right above the dog's head and cut a matching piece from the top to give me a border at the top.  Then I covered this with ribbon to hide the join.  After inking the edges, I glued this to the card front and added the sentiment piece to the ribbon with foam tape.

Card #6:

For this last card I not only cut the AS panel in half to remove some so I could have a border top and bottom, I cut my die cut mat (same Modern Stationery set) in half and removed some so it better fit my focal & card.  I used a foiled border piece from my stash to cover those joins before adding my focal and greeting. 

Done with this set!