Holiday Treats for our Furry Friends

I started making this year's pet themed holiday treat packets last weekend, and was able to put the final touches on these three last night.

We don't have a lot of kiddos in our family, and only a few of my friends have kids, but there are lots of furry friends between us all! They are always on Santa's "Nice" list, so we put a little something in their Christmas stockings!

I used this cute little dog from Whipper Snapper (Wriggley) to create "toppers" for small clear envelopes that I tucked a couple of small-dog friendly chews in. I used papers from the recently released Holiday Style paper pad by Cosmo Cricket for the die cut layers. I used a Martha Stewart punch to create the holly leaves (one of my favorite holiday punches!), and one of my small tea-dyed tags for the sentiment.

The images were stamped in Memento ink and colored with a combination of Touch Twin and Copic markers.

I used my trusty Karen Foster Snap Stamps to create the sentiment on the tags.

I have no doubt these will be enjoyed come Christmas morning, if not sooner!

More critter themed treat packets to come!

Comments

[diane mcvey]

Oh, Anna, these are just the CUTEST! I love the idea of doing these for friends with critters. How fun! Your toppers are all extraordinary, I just LOVE them! How awesome to come to your blog today and see all these cute creations! Thank you for sharing, and for wonderful inspiration! :D

[Troy Louise]

Wow, have you been a busy elf lately. As always, these are too sweet! Love your snowman magnet/tags also. (Your Dad is so funny, maybe he should write a book!) Hugs to you, Alan & all the critters.

[Suzy]

What a little devil your dad was. Or maybe still is???? :)

[Shala Carter]

Your dad's comment reminds me of when I used to snitch dog food as a kid and cow feed as a teenager.

Speaking of snitching, I snitched one of your photos from this post for my wallpaper. Very festive!

[Cynde]

The Treats are all so Cute! Remember you always want to get to the establishment before your Dad, no telling what he may put in the basket next time....tee hee.

[DK Wight]

Nice! Shellie's comment reminded me of an amusing thing that happened some time back when I was working on a job in Seattle and was unable to get a ticket to the Sonic's game that night. I was waiting to meet some friends across the street in a nice bar with my little sister Andrea. I had been playing with her setter that day and had a bag of dog treats in my jacket pocket,seeing some various crackers in a lovely basket on the dimly lit table I hatched a plan, the devil made me do it,I added a nice big handful of buiscuts to the basket. Smiling all the while. It was a lovely evening and I had the best time snickering when the gang dropped in! There were several nice comments about the nice crackers and how good they were with the little pieces of cheese... Ha Ha Ho Ho... It was a week before I had the gutts to fess up. Purina has some good cookies!.... Love, Dad

[Shellie Daniel]

Such stylish treats! Your coloring is awesome. I'm sorry to say, though, that I would need a different kind of treat in my package . . . beings as I'm a vegetarian and all. ;-)

[Danielle]

Oh Anna! How stinkin' cute these are!! Love it!

[Lisa Kind]

I'm a sucker for my furry friends, so I love seeing posts like this! What a great idea and so cute too! :-)

[Sherri D.]

C-U-T-E!! Oh, can you send me your email! It won't load from your "Email Me" tab. Saw a photo that reminded me of you! Just perfect for next year's garden!! I'd like to send you the photo! ;)

[Dee in N.H.]

Cute, cute, cute!

[Carol Dee]

Great way to package treats for the furry ones. I was planing to baked some dog cookies for the family pets this year. Hugs...

[Gabriela Divine]

Anna My Anna - your dog treat gifts are adorable. What furry friend wouldn't love to be the recipient of all that goodness? Your coloring is top notch!