Cards for All Seasons IG Hop - Week 4

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week so far. I'm back today to share my card for this week's Cards for All Seasons IG hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. We are now on Week 4 and this week our theme is 'follow your heart'. which means either use a heart somewhere on your project; which is super easy, or alternatively create a card with something that’s near to your heart.  A really fun theme and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I decided to go with something that's near to my heart and I chose my pets.  We have a cat called Willow who is 3 years old and a puppy called Wesley who is 10 months old and they are full of fun and mischief and keep me on my toes but I love them dearly.  I found this cute stamp set in my stash and I'm not sure I've ever used it but it was perfect for today's card.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the adorable image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers and added some details with a white gelly roll pen.  I then used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I decided to have a kraft card base for a change and randomly stamped the two paw prints all over the front of the card base with kraft ink for a tone-on-tone look.  I went with a brown and orange colour scheme to compliment my image and cut a thin strip of orange card and also a strip of patterned paper and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I then added them directly onto the card base with double sided tape.  I die cut a white circle as a grounding area for my image.  I added the image onto the circle with foam squares and then the circle over the patterned paper with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment onto the same kraft card using acorn ink and die cut it with a banner die.  I adhered this under the image with foam squares.  I die cut a few hearts from the orange card and added them with liquid glue.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4' and added a strip of the patterned paper and a tiny strip of orange card along the left side with double sided tape.  I stamped 3 pawprints onto kraft card and used the coordinating dies to cut them out; I adhered them in the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  Finally I stamped the sentiment in the acorn ink in the centre of the panel.  The panel was added to my card base with double sided tape.  I really love this card and the image is just so cute.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark (coloured with markers)

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Calendar challenge - hearts

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional twist use a die

Creative Moments challenge - cute

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - cats and dogs

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or add some sparkle

My Time To Craft challenge - hearts 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - cute and cuddly

Tic Tac Toe challenge - kraft card stock, die cut, ink/markers/coloured pencils

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardsforallseasonshop2025 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you. 

I'll be back in the morning with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

MFT - forever friends stamp & die set - retired

MFT - friends forever stamp (for inside sentiment) - retired 

MFT - blueprints 27 (for banner die) - ? retired

MFT - tag builder blueprints 6 (for heart dies)

Spellbinders - standard circles large die set

Promarkers

Basic Grey - basics white 6x6 paper pad - no longer available

VersaFine Clair - acorn ink pad

Gina K Designs - kraft ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black in pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

Crafter's Companion - kraft card stock 280gsm

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card (currently not available)

orange card from stash