More frogs!

These frogs are not altered much. I actually did them before playing around with the frogs for the last card.

For the stamped background I used SU Shapes & Shadows, doing the Double Time technique by overlapping complementary images and leaving some white space, then cutting a piece for my card. Then I ran it through the Cuttlebug with the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder.

I used the Swiss Dots folder on the frog pieces and the Forest Branches folder on the yellow cs. Almost everything is textured!

I colored the frogs with Copics. I just can't seem to use anything else as the Copics are so gentle and smooth on the paper.

Thanks for looking! Today is my birthday and I'm meeting a friend for lunch. This card will be for her. I hope you enjoy it!

Recipe:

Stamps: SU Unfrogettable, SU Shapes & Shadows, SU Upsy Daisy

CS: Pixie Pink, Black, Summer Sun, White

Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery, Summer Sun

Other: Copics, Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls, Forest Branches and Swiss Dots embossing folders, Nestabilities circle, inverted scallop circle and rectangle and scalloped rectangle dies, black organdy ribbon, foam tape

SC182 challenge

As I had hoped, I have been reaching for my new SU Doodle This set over and over again. I'm always happy when I get a lot of use out of a set. I have many sets that see little use, and I always wish I had known I wouldn't have found them as appealing before I had bought them! Plus, I'm looking for ways to use the SU Ginormous Flowers set, which I used with the Doodle This set on the squares.



This card is for sketch challenge SC182. You can see other samples from this challenge here.

I was inspired by this card's use of designer paper. I loved the card over all, but the designer paper was the thing that really caught my eye. I didn't use those colors, but I created my own "designer paper" in a sort of double time method.

I designed the paper using Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal, and Green Galore inks, plus Basic Black for the Doodle This images. Then I punched out the squares by turning the punch upside down so I could see what I was punching and line the design up the way I wanted to each time. Once they were punched out I ran them through the Cuttlebug using my favorite folder, "Tiny Bubbles". Boy, do I use that thing a lot! I hope I don't bore anyone with it. I just love the look!

I then ran the squares through my Xyron Create-a-Sticker (permanent adhesive) to get adhesive over the whole backs of the squares. I adhered them to black cs. Then I adhered that to Green Galore cs.

For the center piece I stamped a sentiment from SU Happy Harmony first using the Stamp-a-ma-jig to make sure it was placed just right. Then I stamped the big flower from Doodle This. I stamped it again on a separate piece of white cs, cut it out, and colored it with the Tempting Turquoise marker. When it was dry, I patted it face down on my VersaMark pad and sprinkled Ultra Thick EP over it, tamped off and heat embossed it. I did this twice to give it a glass-like appearance.

I cuttlebugged the Green Galore cs under the sentiment and glued that to the black. Then I adhered (I need to find a few other words for this!) the sentiment piece to it. I used Mini Pop Dots to adhere the turquoise flower to the center piece. Then I colored the little doohickeys around the flower with the Green Galore marker. At first I just made a second copy of the flower's center, colored it and Pop-Dotted it to the center. Then I had the idea to add the gem. So I glued a large yellow gem to the center of the flower. It added a bit more "wow" than just the flower center popped up.

I used Dimensionals to put the center piece on the card. I *heart* Dimensionals!

This was a fun card to make. I think this design leaves a lot of room for creativity.

Thanks for looking!

Recipe:

Stamps: Ginormous Flowers, Doodle This, Happy Harmony
CS: Green Galore, Black, White
Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Apricot Appeal, Basic Black
Other: Square punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder "Tiny Bubbles", VersaMark ink, Clear ultra-thick embossing powder, Large gem, Mini Pop Dots, Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Xyron Create-a-Sticker (permanent), Tempting Turquoise marker, Green Galore marker