This is for Robin's fun Free for All challenge....red and green as the dominant colours.
I don't wish to alarm you, but I have a very, very limited supply of Christmas stamps. I thought this cutie putootie would be perfect to adapt for Christmas.
I had a lovely sentiment chosen, but I messed up her eyes big time. One eye was looking towards the south pole and the other eye was looking north. Sunglasses made with black micron pen solved the problem.
Working with coloured pencils on paper is great when you forget to add enough highlights. Use an eraser to remove most of the colour, then use a white pencil to cover most of the remaining colour. This result is harder to achieve on cardstock.
After fussy cutting and adhering her to the card with a glue stick, I realised my original sentiment wouldn't work, but I knew this sentiment would be perfect! It is old, lovely thick rubber and I'm thinking it might be Unity Stamps.
I cut one frame in white and one frame in black and offset them on the hammertone cardstock base. The black frame is the inside of an Adli coffee pod box.
I cut some leaves and popped them behind the flowers and sentiment. Thank you for looking and I hope you get a chance to join in.
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2019 GMT Views: 1355
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Stamps: Paper Mill girl, sentiment old and unknown
Paper: Image stamped on copypaper, hammertone cardbase
Paper Size: 5 x 7ish
Ink: Versafine
Accessories: MISTI, Prismacolour Pencils, blender pencil, Zest it Pencil Blend, Micron pen, white EP, Martha Stewart leaf punch, green pearly paper, MFT frame die, red and green Stickles
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74752
Fri, Dec 13, 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Love your pretty lady, Susie. But, I did want to see those eyes....how funny she must look without her sunglasses. Fun and very creative card!!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131570
Sat, Dec 14, 2019 @ 1:01 PM
I'm sure I'll be seeing this sweetie often during the notifying! I guess you could have left her wall-eyed, but she looks great in her sunnies and I just love the roses and foliage for her "hat".
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82482
Sat, Dec 14, 2019 @ 1:55 PM
So fun. I LOVE the sunglasses and the sentiment is fabulous and fun, Susie. Very creative and very cool! Hugz
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Registered: March 13, 2011 Location: Langley, B.C. Canada Posts: 32107
Sat, Dec 14, 2019 @ 2:18 PM
Your sunglasses look cool. One would never know you did this to save your image! This girl is super cute in that wonderful rose hat too! Love the offset framing. Totally fun card, Susie!
Registered: May 23, 2003 Location: Ontario, Oregon Posts: 9431
Sat, Dec 14, 2019 @ 3:31 PM
Oh my goodness, this is wonderful! When I saw this little lady with greenery and flowers in her hair paired with that sentiment, I burst into laughter - I knew right away that she was a wild child! After reading your story, I laughed again - she created all kinds of havoc in your stamp room....tee, hee....I can picture her eyes pointing in weird directions, that happens to be my way of doing it too! Sunglasses are the PERFECT solution - I’m adding this to my favs so I don’t forget all the fun details.
Thanks for sharing this little smile-maker!