The WT today is to use humor on a card. To me this girly girl frog w/ all her makeup, umbrella & purse surely stand on the side of humorous. And I think my title says it all...the weather we've had here the last few days, only a frog could love. Torrential downpours, thunderstorms & howling winds. At least it stopped raining before we washed away..now we're just gone with the wind, lol.
For my frog under the weather card, I did a little variation on the reflection technique. I've done this technique quite a few times, but this was the first time I used the Misti to help out & the first time I used an odd shaped area for the reflection. Lydia's card
started me thinking. So I watched her video & gave it a try. I followed her directions except I had to use the back of a large stamp for the piece of rubber she used. Having the image in the Misti & stamping it more than once onto the rubber really helped the process. Since the reflection is supposed to be lighter than the original, I used gray flannel ink for the reflection & black for the original & I used the lighter colors of Copics to color the reflection.
First of all, I used a pair of little scissors to cut the odd shaped puddle in the middle of a piece of copy paper...placed it over the white card stock, & sponged the tumbled glass ink inside the opening...not too evenly. Then I placed the piece I cut out on top of the blue puddle & sponged some of the weathered wood & tumbled glass around for the ground. I made sure to have a straight edge for the horizon. Then I put the original mask w/ cut out puddle back on & did the reflection part. Removed the mask, positioned the original image & stamped it above the reflection. Colored it all then stamped some raindrops after masking the original image & the ground around the puddle. I only used part of the greeting & I used a Micron pen to add the question mark at the end.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2016 GMT Views: 1398
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Registered: January 2, 2011 Location: Fairmont, MN Posts: 10169
Fri, Feb 26, 2016 @ 5:17 AM
Wowzer Julie...your work is outstanding here!! Your froggie image is colored to a perfection level and I just am in amazement on your puddle reflection!! You rocked this challenge!!
Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Fri, Feb 26, 2016 @ 9:10 PM
This is just sensational, Julie. You colored both the cute frog and her reflection perfectly. This just makes me smile... such a fun card. Can we have some of your rain over here in Southern Calif. We are still having summer - dry, sunny, and 85°.
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Sat, Feb 27, 2016 @ 12:40 AM
Wow, your weather sounds wild! We've had a week of sharp frosts and some welcome sunshine here, unusually not frog weather. Julie, your frog is just adorable and so happy looking in her rainy setting. The reflection is just great, too.