Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Tiddly Inks Kiss Me You Fool Challenge


This week our challenge at Tiddly Inks is Kiss Me You Fool. Our designs must include an image kissing or the word kiss in the sentiment. There are many adorable Tiddly Inks images I thought about using for this challenge, but I finally decided on Froggy Thoughts (a super bargain at only $1.00) which not only has a cute frog prince, but many fun froggy sentiments as well. I'd just been creating a card with my Cricut using the Love Struck cartridge and I noticed the "Kiss" cut and thought it would be perfect as a base for this challenge. I think many crafters who use the Cricut never think to combine them with digi stamp images, but I think it's a fun way to expand one's crafting horizons and make a truly unique card. I created the shaped card using Cricut Design Studio.
I printed the frog prince 3 times on designer paper and because it was paper, not card stock, I glued the images to card stock for strength before cutting them out. I printed it out one more time on plain white card stock so I could color and fussy cut the crown. Paper piecing is an easy way to add color to the image without the use of markers or pencils. I popped the front feet and and then the head to give a him a 3D look and added lidded google eyes (made by Darice and found in the kid's craft area at J's). The cute sentiment was cut with my Nesties labels 11.

Here you can see the dimension of the whole card. Isn't it cute? I used fun Spring colors because I thought it could work for occasions other than Valentine's Day as well. For more inspiration be sure to visit the Tiddly Inks Challenge blog and check out the Tiddly Inks Store to see the fun new images for Valentine's Day and more.

30 comments:

  1. oh this wee frog is just so cute,love the colors and the message is just perfect,super detail love it,hugs cheryl xx

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  2. sounds like it was really fiddly to make but it was well worth the effort cos it is bloomin brill x

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  3. Hi Donna,
    Another fantastic card. I love these cards you make in this style. Fabulous colours and frog.
    Hugs,
    Fiona x

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  4. This is adorable! I love all the dimension! :)

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  5. Oh, I ADORE this froggy! Great job...thanks for sharing!

    Lisa
    prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com

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  6. Too too cute !! LOVE the plaid paper...it scream Spring and the frog...he's just darling!!
    xoxo Joy

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  7. Ooohh, I love, love, LOVE this card! That little frog prince is so cute I just wanna kiss him.....

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  8. This is just unbelievable. Gorgeous, fun and funky!! Loving the layers!!! Such amazing dimension!!!

    Hugs!

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  9. Hey Girlie! Love your cutey cute froggy card! Love the scrumptiously colored patterned papers with the embossing! How are you so amazing at paper piecing too!!!
    Gorgeous
    Hugs,
    M

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  10. SOOOO CUTE and clever!! I love how you popped it all up and the eyes...so funny! :)

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  11. LOVE ALL YOUR CREATIONS! Your frog prince is adorable. You said you did the card base in Design Studio. I have a Mac and so use my Gypsy for all my welding, designing, etc. What is the best way to create these bases from shadows or enlarging the word? I always end up with alot of open space? Is there a tutorial somewhere on this ?

    Thanks!

    Dianne

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  12. Oh, how cute is this !!! I love it Donna ! You always have these wonderfull projects with the lovely layers and all.....

    Hugs Monique

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  13. CUTE CUTE CUTE!!!! I love the green polka dotted frog and your kiss shaped card just screams Donna! You're amazing!
    hugs, Sharon

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  14. I think this is one of my favorite cards you ever did! Surprised, it is cute--but I LOVE it! The Digi stamp is perfect for this cut!!
    Maria :-)

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  15. Hee hee! So stinkin' cute! Love that froggie and sentiment. Fun, fun papers!

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  16. This card is so wonderful! I LOVE everything about it!

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  17. Love the dimension on that frog. Too cute.

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  18. There isn't even enough room here to tell you how much I love this card.
    Hugs
    Carole

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  19. Now if all frogs were that cute, we'd all have our princes. Love it.

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  20. Fabulous Donna and we both used the same sentiment. GMTA. Love the spotty frog and his eyes are so funny! The shape of your card is fabulous.

    Hugs,
    Larissa

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  21. Too clever... why didn't I think about using a prince-ly frog? lol

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  22. oh he is just frog tastic Donna, love the poppy upness in this card!! the papaer you printed him on is so cute! hugs Lou xx

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  23. Oh I love everything about this card Donna, soooo creative and the expression those googly eyes give that little froggy is priceless!!
    Love it!
    Hugs
    Juliexx

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  24. What a whimsical card - such a cute combination! I love the plaid kiss and the green polka dots. Very cute!

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  25. Oh, this is so cute! Love the bright, happy colors and that little frog is adorable!

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  26. This froggy card is sooooo cute. you did a great job with the color also..TFS

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  27. Oh my AGAIN. I swear I am not blog stalking I just can't leave your site! Lol. This is so adorable! I saw those eyes out, they freaked me out but when I see them on your frog... they look amazing! I have to say... Thank You for always being so inspiring!

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  28. This is just too dang cute. I love that from, who wouldn't what to kiss him? Great sentiment!

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