Dachshund Christmas Card

Every holiday I find an image to create a card featuring little Dachshunds. Yes, I have talked about them before so if you don't remember I have two of them.

I found this image on Etsy and finally broke down and purchased it. It did not come with the sentiment, but I thought the one I chose fit as it looks like any little child trying to wait up for Santa!

I wanted the focal of my card to be the image, so I did not embellish too much. I used designer Christmas paper and an embossing folder. I think I may need to make a few more of these and have them as my Christmas cards this year.

Here was my inspiration:

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

• Creative Card Crew #74 Christmas Joy (week 1)
• Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge  - #217 - Holiday (Week 1)
• Papertake Weekly  Anything Goes
• Party Time Tuesdays - #188  - Anything Goes
• Dream Valley Challenges  Christmas 
• Whoopsi Daisy -  Add a Sentiment
• Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - 12 months of Christmas

Dachshund (Weiner) Christmas Note Cards

CJ & Dot

CJ as a puppy

Happy Wednesday! We are mid way through the week, only two more days to go until the weekend! Hang in there.  I wanted to share with you  my latest card, along with my photo inspiration. While I only have one son, I am a mother to three. Yes I have two Dachshunds and I love them like they were my kids. They are the sweetest and most annoying little dogs. I say annoying, as they truly think they are human. We found CJ last night tucked into my sons bed with his head on the pillow. He did this himself. And boy do they have attitude when you put them outside for a while. They just don't understand why they have to be locked up outside when the rest of the family is inside. My neighbor bred both of these cuties..She has five Dachsunds, and yes she calls herself "Grandma" to these little pups. She has been "hounding" me to make some Dachshund cards, so I thought I would surprise her.

Dot as a puppy

 I plan on making a matching card holder box to house these cute little note cards. I have a paw print stamp that will work perfect for that.

I purchased the digi stamp from an etsy shop called paperaddictions.

• White card stock for base of the card. 
• Embossed black card stock with cuttlebug - houndstooth
• Paw print paper from Recollections
• Santa hat from Recollections

I would like to enter my "weiner" dog cards into the following challenges:

Ends Nov 25 - MIM - Anything Goes
Ends Nov 24 - Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes
Ends Nov 24 - Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes
Ends Nov 21 - 7 Kids College Fund - #86 Anything Goes
Ends Nov 26 - Fab n Funky - #194 Anything Goes
Ends Nov 25 - TTCRD - Anything Goes
Ends Dec 9 - Anonymous Stamps - Anything Goes
Ends Nov 25 - HMFMC - Favorite Things
Ends Nov 24 - Scrapbook Stamp Society - Embossing
Ends Nov 30 - Without Words - Getting Ready for Christmas
Ends Nov 21 - Moving Along with the times - Furry Friends