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The Featured Stamper on Splitcoaststampers Sunday challenge is StampingPam and she has a fun gallery to pick inspiration from. I especially like her layouts. Here is a link to her card that I chose to work from. I made my card square and my image layer is a little larger but the layout concept is the same. My colors are different but I used designer paper and a fun critter image as well. Gift Frog is one of Anna Wight’s (SweetMissDaisy) new images and can be found at Whipper Snapper.
I stamped my image with Brilliance Black Graphite and painted with Adirondack reinkers. I sponged the grassy area around the froggy, painted some stems and then filled in grassy and flower texture with my fern stamp. I cut out an additional stamped image of the package and the flower , painted and popped them up but I don’t think it shows in the photo. I decided to add the fun little "Love" sentiment tag to a flower stem for a touch of whimsy and the gingham bow is just the perfect touch of embellishment. Of course, gingham is the perfect touch for almost anything…well except elegant stuff. I rarely do that. Anna’s images are so much fun to play with and the froggy is no exception.
Stamps: Whipper Snapper Anna Wight-Gift Frog, Love is in the Air SU
Paper: Rose Red. Watercolor, Memory Box Holiday Collection
Ink: Black Brilliance, Adirondack Dye Inks and Reinkers
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Gingham, Glue Dots, Brushes, Sponges
Gardening
I love creating garden and outdoor scenes and Rubbernecker has these wonderful images to play with. I stamped the images, painted and cut out to pop up over the grassy background. I sketched the little clay pots and the fence along the edge of the grass and added little pink flowers to the greenery to match the wheelbarrow full of potted plants waiting to be planted. This was lots of cutting work but I enjoyed every minute of it.
Stamps: Rubbernecker-Garden, SU Watercolor Minis
Paper: Regal Rose, Celery, Watercolor
Ink: Brilliant Black Graphite, Adirondack Dye Reinkers and Distress Reinkers
Accessories: Watercolor Brushes, Sponges, Artist Pen, Glue Dots, Dimensionals
Sweet….Love everything about this!!!
OUTSTANDING! You’re one creative artist!
Your cards are just beautiful Kittie. As always, your scenes are adorable and super sweet. Have a great week, Jennifer 🙂
wow i love your work. very cute
Really great Kittie! Wish my “just playin” turned out like this! Have a great week-
These are so adorable Kittie! You always make the most perfect bows, I just love your cards.
Both cards are really sweet. I love the scene you concocted with the wheelbarrow, and the frog — what could be sweeter. Okay, so frogs aren’t really sweet, but I was looking for a word that would work for both and couldn’t. So the frog is really cute and kinda sweet cause he is bringing a rose and gift to some special frog out there. That’s sweet, isn’t it?
These cards are so cute!
Oh I love them both Kittie, but especially the wheelbasrrow and geraniums. I am trying to winter mine over, keep your fingers crossed for me!
Kittie, your cards always put a smile on my face. That frog is too cute.
I just love coming to see what little creative scene you have built next. Just thought I’d let you know that something changed on your blog and now you only have a partial feed going out. With just a short time alloted for computer time it really is easier to read in google reader and whatnot when you are in full feed. Maybe you hit a button by mistake, so just thought I’d let you know what happened.