Category Archives: Just Sayin’

Sometimes we have good days.  And yes, sometimes we have bad days. Yesterday for me…not so good in the creativity department.  I’ll save myself the embarassment of telling you how long it took me to make this card, but let’s just say it took way WAY longer than it should have.

Sometimes You’re the Frog

That frog looks like how I felt.  I tried so many different layouts and papers, inks and embellishments.  This is what I finally ended up with.  The punches were still on my table so I used those to create the flowers.  (I would have used Primas if I had more than one brown one.)

I stamped the fly twice onto vellum, cut out each and adhered one over the other, bending up the top set of wings.  One of the punches has a little swirly/springy thing on it so I used that to “prop” the fly.

I watercolored the frog with SU’s Old Olive (reinker).  I outlined the frog with a gray Copic and then “attempted” to feather the edges with Copic’s colorless blender pen.  Here’s a great  tip for using the colorless blender pen:  Before touching the pen to the paper, make sure it is in fact the colorless blender pen and not one of the gray markers.  (You know how I know this…)

I used a clear gel pen on the eyes and spots, and some leftover scraps made a quick matching envelope.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And today may you be the frog…or the fly.  It depends on how you look at it.  🙂

Stamps:  Starving Artistamps   Ink:  Adirondack Pitch Black, SU Old Olive   Cardstock:  Prism Suede Brown Dark, Herbal Garden Light, Natural Smooth, Vellum   Patterned Paper:  October Afternoon   Accessories:  McGill punches, Basic Gray brads, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Making Memories trim, brown marker, Sakura 3-d clear gel pen, waterbrush, pop dots.  Card size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

We (everyone) constantly give our children advice about the way to do or say things.  Afterall, we want them to grow up to be responsible, respectable adults.  And then, inevitably, they do what they want.  I remember being the same way with my mom.  Sometimes I just didn’t listen, other times I did listen, thought about it and then made my own decision which was usually not the one she recommended.  Live and learn, right?  I pretty much think mistakes are okay (within reason) if we learn from them. 

So this card is in honor of all the times I did not listen to my mother…and all the times my children will not listen to me.  Hopefully when they’re older, they will realize that moms (and dads) really do know what they’re talking about…most of the time.

Listen to Your Mother

I started out just coloring the curlers but then decided it might look interesting to add eyelets in those spots.  For the small burgundy flowers, I used a new punch called Petite Petals by McGill, adding a little French knot in the center of each.  I found both stamps at Addicted to Rubber Stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope the rest of your weekend is fabulous! 🙂

Stamps:  Rubber Romance “Lulu”; sentiment by Renaissance Art Stamps   Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black   Cardstock:  Prism Crabapple Dark, Super Smooth White   Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey Sugared 6×6 paper pad   Accessories:  Copic markers, American Crafts eyelets, McGill Petite Petals Punch, white string/needle, sewing machine, pop dots.  Card size 5” x 5”.