The Ways to Use it challenge is to put a critter on your card. Thanks, Lisa, for a fun challenge.
I have been using my stamps this month in ways that they were not intended to show my blog followers how to stretch their stamps. I definitely had fun with this little squirrel. The background was made with paints and a toilet paper roll.
If you want to see the picture of the squirrel before he became patriotic, you can see it on blog.
Registered: June 27, 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 25246
Thu, Jun 13, 2019 @ 12:25 AM
Shirley, this is just darn creative! Love your patriotic squirrel that you've created from an ordinary squirrel eating nuts! Adding his patriotic Uncle Sam hat and flag is inspiring. Love your background...would love to know the technique procedure...any ideas on where to find one?
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Registered: July 20, 2007 Location: Fergus, Ontario, Canada Posts: 52588
Thu, Jun 13, 2019 @ 5:37 AM
Such a fun blue squirrel. We don't have any blue squirrels in Canada, so he's obviously 'true blue American'. Great work, adding the tophat and flag to this guy. Fantastic background too.
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"Surely His salvation is near those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land." Psalm 85:9
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105271
Thu, Jun 13, 2019 @ 6:22 AM
I love that you are "stretching " your stamps. Great message to us all!
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Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Thu, Jun 13, 2019 @ 7:25 AM
You are so creative, Shirley!! Using the autumn squirrel for a 4th of July card in such a clever way! LOVE that background - am imagining HOW in the world you did such a cool look with a toilet paper roll! Wow! A+A+A+A+A+
------------------------------ SUE aka GREENIE - Twisted Sistah Handmade cards because..No one displays an email on their mantle, or saves a FB post in a box of treasures! Nothing is impossible with God!
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28929
Thu, Jun 13, 2019 @ 7:38 AM
I LOVE YOUR TIE-DYE EFFECTS ON THIS CARD!!! And a blue squirrel colored absolutely beautifully. I really love this card!! Our country needs more squirrels such as this one!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6