poodle puppy bento

hello! another busy day.  ive got a new bento to share with you.  i usually ask my daughter for ideas of what she would like to see in her bento, and today she asked for a little puppy.  so, that's what she got :)

he turned out so cute! :)  i love making bentos.  and im glad that the new school year is finally here.  :)  im sure i'll fizzle out mid way through though. lol  thanks for stopping by!

christmas in july

hey everyone mo manning is still holding their new design team challenge this weeks theme is : in the dog house.  which means it need to have a dog or it needs to have something to do with being in trouble lol.  cute :)  this is what i came up with for this challenge....

he's such a cute little puppy! :)  im going to give this card to my parents, they had a little black lab just like this one.  green and red are my favorite christmas colors, and i love the vintage feel of this card.  i collect 1950's vintage stationary and i wanted this to seem like one of them :)

i got these cute chipboard elements from glitter dust studios off of etsy and i painted them white and dunked them into some glittering snow effects crystals that i got from hobby lobby.

i got this big giant metal flower at a flea market.  it was broken,  but it came with more metal flowers, in a big sack for a dollar lol.

here's the top swirl, there's more metal flowers, glass busttons, and a stick pin.

and here's a close up of that cute puppy!  i embossed his background with and embossing folder called candy cane, added some vintage trims behind him, and used puffy foams to mount him.

i hope you enjoy this card and that it puts you in the Christmas spirit! :)

i'm also entering this card in the following challenges:
it's all about the vintage challenge blog spot - theme is vintage anything goes

shelly's images- theme christmas in july
christmas challenges- sketch challenge which i rotated upside down
creative bellie blog- theme is christmas and using forgotten elements
stamp-n-doodle - theme christmas in july 
clear it out challenge- theme red and green christmas
flourishes stamps timeless tuesday- theme christmas
ladybug crafts - theme christmas
party time tuesday- theme christmas
tuesday alchemy- theme vintage
lexi's creations- theme christmas
lollipop crafts - theme christmas in july
crafty spot by kimberly- theme christmas in july
the cutie pie challenge blog- theme christmas in july
whoopsi daisy challenge blog- theme christmas in july
addicted to stamps challenge blog- theme christmas in july
crafter's companion monthly challenge- theme ho ho ho it's christmas