Stitched Details Dies - Plush Friends Pup

Hey guys! Today I wanted to share a couple of projects with you featuring our newest little friend - Plush Friends Pup...or pig.

If this little cutie looks familiar, he should. He is also featured in stamp form in our Friends For All Seasons: Summer set. But, since he is in die form now, we can swap out his nose and he easily becomes a pig too! I'll have more on that a little later, but for now, I wanted to focus on him as a pup.

What I really love about these dies is their size. Die cut, assemble and you have a whole card front. He measures in at just shy of a full A2 card - which means he also fits into a standard A2 envelope.

I decided to use him as designed, holding the heart that he comes with. I die cut all of my pieces from cardstock and then did a simple straight stitch all the way around his body - I stitched his hands on at this point also, this way they are attached without being glued down. I won't be attaching him to a card base, so I will be making the heart he's holding my "card". His hands actually hold the heart in place and it can be removed and inserted freely.

I folded a piece of card stock in half and partially die cut it with the heart to create my notecard. I die cut another heart, decorated it with the flowers included in the set from felt and adhered that to the front of the partially die cut one. This creates the heart notecard that will hold my message.

To finish off the pup, I glued his nose and ears in place using liquid adhesive. For his eyes, I opted to use Nuvo Drops in Black vs. die cutting them out.

Now this die set is incredibly versatile. We can already use it to create a pup or a pig. We can use the hearts to create stand alone note cards and create floral embellishments.

But...you can also use just the accessories in this die set to create a completely different look and style altogether.

Sigh. If you've been visiting long, then you know I love a good dark card base with colorful florals. And the folk art lean this has - it's everything.

I cut several of each floral element from our wool felt. I also used one of the cactus flowers from Stuck On You as an accent. I added Stick-It to the back of black felt and then die cut the large heart. I arranged everything onto the heart and then hand stitched everything in place with DMC Floss. I didn't do any fancy stitches, just simple straight stitches. But when viewed all together as a finished project, it looks much more "complicated" than it really is.

I adhered the heart to a black 4 1/4" square card base and added my heat embossed sentiment from the Basic Labels stamp set.

As always, thanks for stopping in today!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Oatmeal Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Ranger Multi-Medium Matte Shop at: SSS
EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Plush Friends Pup Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Stuck On You Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Kraft Cardstock Shop at: WP9
Stick It Adhesive LARGE SHEETS 5 Pack Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Shades of Aqua Wool Felt Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Shades of Orange Wool Felt Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Shades of Green Wool Felt Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Shades of Pink Wool Felt Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Shades of Purple Wool Felt Shop at: WP9	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark Shop at: SSS	Tonic EBONY BLACK Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS
Wow Super Fine Bright White Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Basic Labels Shop at: WP9	Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS