When I saw that today's Ways to Use It challenge was all about variegated color, I immediately thought of my Kaleidacolor ink pads. My favorite image to use with a variegated ink pad is this retired set from The Angel Company. I think that the grass growing in a teacup image and the Fresh Greens Kaleidacolor pad were made for each other.
I went with a very quick CAS card today. Stamped a collage background--the bees were stamped with gold ink, the sentiment says "The one who plants a garden plants happiness." I stamped the teacup image on white cardstock and cut out around it. I realize now that I should have mounted it on dimensionals. Oh, well--next time!!
Thanks for looking!
Emily
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009 GMT Views: 453
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Registered: November 3, 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 10333
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:20 PM
Oh Emily, this is so fresh and fun, and very botanical! Makes me want to run out to the garden store and buy some seeds, hee! LOVE the image and your perfectly cut grass!!!
Registered: September 12, 2004 Location: Redmond, Washington Posts: 54471
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:28 PM
This is so beautiful, Emily. I love the images and colors. Excellent job on cutting this out around all of those blades of grass. It looks so perfect!!
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Registered: March 21, 2006 Location: sunny southern california Posts: 20098
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 @ 7:45 PM
Wow, Emily, love these stamps!!! Pretty card!
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Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 @ 9:22 PM
Love the variegated grass in that cup! Super fine job here. TFS :0)
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Registered: March 30, 2006 Location: At the end of a dead-end dirt road, 45.9484° N, 93.0754° W. Founded as a lumber camp in the 1870s, Posts: 21650
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 @ 10:10 AM
Very cute!
Made me giggle.. I may need this card! I have been mailing cat nip down to my DS (he has my cat) in MO. Catnip was my first thought seeing your card! LOL
Registered: July 12, 2006 Location: Cuddling our adopted shelter dog Posts: 9841
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 @ 2:19 PM
Very cool - your use of varigated color was subtle, but perfect, like the different parts of the grass would be different colors as some were older as it grew (does that make sense?)