WINTER FROGS

I know my title is cryptic. I wanted to do a card with dots as requested a week ago by the C4C group. The only "dot" paper I found that I thought was interesting had greens, teal, a dusty grey-blue, and were organized in concentric circles all over the paper. It cried out to me "Frogs, frogs!" (Honestly!) I found the three frogs stacked one on another and liked it and then because it is still winter in lovely WI, I decided to make it also reflect the current season...winter! I thought a lot about where I wanted to go with my chosen card theme, and in between organizing my craft area some more, I worked a little-at-a-time on it. I think I am finished with the card, but who knows...I may go back and add some bling to the snowflake shapes.

My circle paper is K& Company Girl Scout in teal. My CS matting is two shades of green, the darker being "forest" and the lighter one I must have peeled the sticker off at some point. : ( I tied a big green striped ribbon on the card front before sticking it down. I left the wire in the edges, and folded the ribbon in half so more of the image would show. The pink and yellow matched the frogs bellys perfectly in color. I stamped the image on white, colored with SU markers just like the top of the stamp, and used my MS snowflake border to punch the vertical edges. The word "winter" was done in SU marker ink, Always Artichoke, using a Little Classic Rubber Stamps mini Dots alphabet on pegs. (Those things are not easy to line up but I love the look.) I had just used the cut off portion of the white that had the snowflake on either end. I LIKE to use my scraps if possible. Inside I stamped the word "FROG" in Always Artichoke and wrote "getaboutit" to coin my own word "frog-getaboutit" in reference to the winter. I know it is a stretch but it made me laugh and I hope it tickles your funny bone too.

I think I am going back for more of the shoe box-sized bins in anticipation of getting some Copics this year. (Did you see my Copics blinkie I just got and added to my sidebar? Happy, Happy! ) My BD is in March and our 45th anniversary is the end of May. Sounds like a great time to give a really nice present, HUH? I had wanted some unique storage for the Copics, but will be happy with the bins. I can always use them for other storage needs.

I put up a copy of my Copic certificate to remember the fun I had taking the all day class. This was just a black/white copy but I added some color with pinks, and greens and purples and gave it a purple CS frame. Thanks for stopping by.