Hoppy Birthday, Gabriel

 

 

Friday is my sweet nephew, Gabriel's, third birthday and I needed to get a card together for him.  Jessie told me green is his favorite color, so I immediately knew I was going to use my "Unfrogettable" stamp set.  Additionally, I wanted to play along with the Paper Players and this week's sketch challenge.  You see, while color challenges are difficult for some, sketch challenges are the ones that make me stretch my creative abilities. 

I absolutely struggle with sketch challenges...give me colors or inspiration photos any day of the week and I'm good to go.  I know, I know, bass ackwards, right? :shakes head:

But, I did it!  I'm pretty pleased with the results too. :o)

This card uses (all SU! unless otherwise noted):

Stamp Set: "Unfrogettable" (retired), Daisy wheel
Inks: Black Staz-On, Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake
Paper: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black
Accessories: Daffodil Delight taffeta ribbon, dimensional

Well, here's hoping Gabe-Man likes it...
--Rach

Water Color Paper

I came up with an idea for a card and decided to stamp the image on water color paper so that I could vary the color. I'm fairly pleased with the end result but have to ask myself, "What were you thinking?". Why did I ask myself this? Because I had INTENDED to glue the layout in a slightly different manner. The two strips of DSP behind the frog should be equidistant from the top and bottom of the card and the ribbon should be right in the middle. In other words, I wanted the layout to be in total symmetry. Oh well. I'll do it better next time.

Here's what I used to make this card:

• Really Rust paper
• Mellow Moss paper
• Very Vanilla paper
  
• Juntos DSP
• Really Rust stamp pad ink
• Mellow Moss stamp pad ink
• Creamy Caramel ink
• Water Color paper
• Really Rust Taffeta ribbon
• Mellow Moss Velveteen ribbon
• Unfrogettable stamp set
• Aquapainter

I stamped the images in Mellow Moss and then used an aquapainter and ink in the lid of the stamp pads to color in the frog, snail, and flower. I backed the Juntos DSP and the water color paper with Mellow Moss and attached them to the Really Rust card. Because the card is dark, I lined the inside with Very Vanilla. I cut and glued the Mellow Moss ribbon on top of the Really Rust ribbon, attached it to the card, and tied it in a knot.

If you click on the card you can see how water color paper lets you play with color intensity and shading.

--Lissie