Fur babies can enjoy the winter holidays as much as their human parents. This little pup doesn’t want Santa to forget her. She’s got her Santa hat and lights on her house as well as a sign asking Santa to stop.

The card front uses the dog from the Dog House Tiny House Add-Ons cut three times to make her stand out from the busy background paper. Dog bones from this set were also added to hint at what is to come on the inside.

To create the dog house, cut out and assemble a red Tiny House. (See assembly video.) I used the same red lightweight cardstock for the side panels from the add-ons. I choose not to ink the dies to print the siding lines, but rather to emboss them and then, using a white ink cube, to add a powdery dusting of snow.

For the colorful lights, use the lights from the Holiday House die set. (I used shimmer paper and colored them with fine-tipped markers.) The wreath is also from the Holiday House. Pup is added to the front of the dog house with a thick foam dot.

The snowy look on the roof was created by painting a thick coating of glitter gloss and using Effect Snow around the edges. To hold up the “Santa Stop Here” sign, a grassy strip from the Mushroom Tiny House Add-Ons set was cut, Effect Snowed, and glued to the card base and dog house. The sign is made from three of the school signs from the Church and School Tiny House Add-Ons set.

White octagons from the Bam Box Pop-Up die set are placed in opposing corners like snowballs for personal messages. Snowflake borders cut from shimmer paper using the Long Nature Edges 2 set.

Card backs are just as important as fronts. This one is decorated with left over strips.

The back flap of the envelope hints at what’s to come with the Santa capped pup.

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Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Bam Box – 1222
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Dog House Tiny House Add-Ons – 1221
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Church and School Tiny House Add-Ons – 1220
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Long Nature Edges 2- 1178
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mushroom Tiny House Add-Ons – 1158
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tiny House Pop-Up – 1157
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Holiday House – 1144
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Christmas Animals – 1061
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 3 – Holiday – 1022

Papers

• Echo Park Paper Co. – 12 x 12 Double-Sided Cardstock – A Perfect Christmas by Lori Whitlock – Christmas Collage – APC135008
• Red Light-Weight Cardstock – 8.5 x 11
• Colored Cardstock Scraps
• White A7 Envelope

Pens & Inks

• Blue, Red, Yellow and Blue Fine-Tipped Markers
• Gelly Roll 08 Pen – White
• Pigma Micron 05 – Archival Ink .045mm – Dark Brown
• American Crafts – Metallic Markers – Silver

Miscellaneous

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Die Cutting machine
• Pokey tool
• Nellie’s Choice – Effect Snow – EFSNE001
• Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss
• Foam squares