Love is... Chew Bonz from Grammie!

Hi there!

Hope you're all having a great Sunday!  We went driving around our area to see all the

beautiful colored fall leaves!  That was amazing and of course I took piles of photos!  :)

Today, I'd like to share a layout that was submitted at Soul Scrappers for their

October Inspiration Club - Stitching http://soul-scrappers.ning.com/.

You can use whatever type of stitching you'd like, hand stitching, machine stitching, etc.

I chose a sketch from Scrapbooks, Etc. (April 2008) http://www.scrapbooksetc.com/.

This is my layout:

This is Max, our daughter's dog.  What a funny little dog with loads of character!

Since we used to watch him one weekend per month because Lynn was drilling, I was

determined to teach him to stay in our yard without a leash.  So, when he wasn't busy playing

with our dog, Zoe, I gave him a chew bonz to keep him occupied.  He loved these things

so much!  

Max did pretty good for awhile, but then at his mom's place, he had to be tied because of

living in the city with wild traffic close to her place.  Eventually, he began to "run" at our

place too, so now he has to be tied.  :(

Since we've never had to tie our dog, this is new for me.... a dog that bolts away

whenever he can!  Wow, can that little bugger run!  

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV

Twill: Forever in Time

Dog Bones: Hand Made

Embroidery Floss: Making Memories

Inks: A la mode Brown & A la mode Black

Foam Dog Paw Print (stitched paw pads and painted)

Fire Hydrant Die Cut

Folk Art Paints

Shimmer Mist: Tattered Angels

Marker

Mini Alphabet Stamps

Stitching Template: Bazzill Basics

Metal Tag

Small Dog Paw Embellie

Tag Template: Miss Elizabeth's

EK Success Border Punch

Smooch Spritz

Computer Font: Of Wildflowers and Wings

Paper Piercer

After printing the tag on white cardstock, the tag was traced and cut.  I lightly inked all over the tag to tone down the bright white and hopefully make it blend more with the layout.

I pierced the holes around the three sides and stitched around it.

I used the stitching template to pierce the holes before embroidering. 

A closer look at the embroidery.   

The fire hydrant that once was bright red!  Since the red didn't look good on my layout,

I painted it with gray paint and left some spots of the red showing.  I spritzed it, but since I

had to go over it again with paint, you can't see it.  I added the cute little paw embellie. 

I really wanted to use this foam paw print, but it was a bright blue color!  Ugh, what was I going to do with 

that?  I started off by stitching around the paw pads and later decided to paint it and see

what that looked like.  I really like how it turned out!  So cute! 

I made these several years ago and was so pleased to find them in my stash!  I hand cut the bones and

used a black marker to trace around it and then stamped random "dog" words.  The edges of the

bones were inked.

I punched the edges of this paper and added a small strip of twill, folded in half and 

peeking out from behind the photo.  I shredded the edges of the twill with my fingers.

I also "roughed up" the punched border with my fingers so it wouldn't just lie flat 

against the page. 

Love these cute little metal tags. 

Here's a better look at the foam stitched and painted dog paw print.

 Here's a closer look at my stitching.

Have a wonderful day!

Libby  :)