Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Four-Legged Friends Tags using Dina Wakley's Metal Rimmed Tags and Tim Holtz's Funny Farm Stamps

We are celebrating our four-legged friends for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  I've got to admit that as a kid, my run-in's with four-legged creatures were not always positive.  I was scared to death of a snarling Chihuahua that lived next door and my eyes swelled shut from playing with a kitten one time before I knew I was allergic to them.  But I do love animals (sometimes from afar) and maybe in another time and another place, I would enjoy having a little pet pig by my side.

I started my project with Dina Wakley's metal rimmed tags.  I covered them with paper scraps.  I used some patterned paper, then made my own from stamping Tim Holtz's Remnants stamps in orange and teal and also stamping some pink dots from a Wendy Vecchi stamp.

All that was left to do was to stamp the animal images, color them, then fussy-cut them out and glue them onto my tags, which I did.  These animals' stick legs are adorable, but were challenging to cut out!  I colored my animals with Distress Watercolor pencils.  I also added the sentiments.

Here are the supplies I used, which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

• Dina Wakley Metal Rimmed Tags
• Tim Holtz Funny Farm Stamp Set
• Tim Holtz Remnants Stamp Set
• Wendy Vecchi Open Dots Stamp
• Spring Song Patterned Paper - La La Land
• Distress Watercolor Pencils, Set 1 and Set 2
• Dina Wakley Paint: White, Stoked
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
• Distress Carved Pumpkin Ink
• Distress Peacock Feathers Ink

We'd love to see your creations that incorporate four-legged friends!  Upload them to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.