Yes, I'm back. We had a lovely six weeks river cruising in Europe. Crafting withdrawl is now over! We had northern summer temperatures of +30 most days (whew) and up to 42 deg; now reality bites with the southern winter (around 10 deg C).
Miss Froggy and her itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini - says summer to me. It looks like she chose a tropical holiday... let's go there!
I wanted a CAS style so the embossed background is ink sponged just on the edges to show up texture, then a smooshed splash of water added for her lilypad to float on. She is coloured and fussy cut, with added gold dots as frogs are usually adorned with.
Image: QKR Stampede
Sentiment: Colorado
Also: Distress inks, gold pen, white pen (eyes), Copics
Shared on challenges:
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tictactoe-252 diagonal foliage-free-green/yellow
Your froggie is great fu Carol, many thanks for sharing with us at We Love Stamping challenge.
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Too cute. Glad to see you back. Glad you enjoyed the Northern summer!
ReplyDeleteThat cruise sounds like bliss - it's something I have dreamt of...
ReplyDeleteLoving Miss Froggy, and how you have kept your card CAs to really show her off! Now that song is going around and around in my head!!
Blessings
Maxine
So good to see you back after your amazing trip, wow, sounds fabulous.
ReplyDeleteLove your card, that frog is so cute. xx
Such fun card! That frog with her polka dot bikini really makes me smile! Beautiful clean design too! Thanks so much for joining us at We Love Stamping!
ReplyDeleteYour image cracks me up!
ReplyDeleteIsn't she the cutest.. Love this card. So glad you shared over at Alphabet challenge
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic fun card I absolutely love it the image made me smile I love the embossing as well a super card thank you for joining us at Allsorts
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lolo x
Such an adorable card! I love your frog's polka-dot bikini! Thank you for joining us at the Inspiration Station Challenge this month! ~Alexandra
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Your River Cruise sounds heavenly! And your CAS card is sweet, especially with that cheeky frog! Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us at The Inspiration Station Challenge.
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Very fun card. You did well with the temperatures and perhaps didn’t visit the UK which has been very cold until recently, something to do with a weather front just below us keeping the warm air down! Thank you for joining in the fun at Papercraft Challenges. X
ReplyDeleteYour sassy frog made me laugh, I love her attitude. Your holiday sounds magical but we have arranged perfect weather to help you stay inside and craft. Welcome home! Thanks for playing and sharing with us at Tic Tac Toe Challenges.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute frnoggie. Many thanks for sharing with us at We Love Stamping Challenge Kate DT
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