Warm Winter Wishes from Spinach and Ramona!

0Hello again, friends!  This is almost my last Christmas project, I promise!  

The first stamp set that I ever purchased from Prickley Pear Stamps was the darling Frog Pals - Spinach and Ramona stamp set.  I love this stamp set so much, and even more so after Sharon shared with me that Spinach and Ramona are their granddaughter's pet frogs!  How cute is that?    Anyhow, I was dying to dress them up for Christmas and create a card with them.

I colored them with Copic markers in traditional Christmas colors and added some gold accents using a gelly roll pen. I cut them out using the coordinating dies and set them aside. 

I created a layered tree using my Cricut, and I added some sparkle embossing paste that is nearly dried up to add snow.  I am loving the consistency of it for winter scenes, so I can't bear to throw it away, even though it is on its last leg.   

I tore two strips of white paper to create hills, and added the embossing paste to them, and set the wet items aside to dry completely.   I dry-embossed a white panel using a snowflake embossing folder from my stash and layered the panel on a piece of patterned paper.

I heat embossed a sentiment from the Santa and Rudolph stamp set and backed it with red glitter paper.   I adhered all of my elements to the card front and completed my card by adding some glass bubbles and a bow from my favorite ribbon.  I have had this ribbon in my stash for probably 20 years.  How crazy is that?! 

I have to say that this is my absolute favorite card that I have ever made!  I love all of the different texture, and of course the sweet frogs! 

Make sure to head to the shop and check out this sweet stamp set, and all of the other amazing goodies! 

Thank you so much for spending a few minutes with me!  I hope you love this card as much as I do! 

Merry Christmas to you and yours! 

Xoxo, Kim

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Frog Pals Spinach & Ramona

 Hi crafty friends!  Kim here from KimKreates to share this cheerful card starring the adorable Spinach and Ramona! 

I loved staying with my grandparents when I was a child!  My grandpa had a stuffed frog that was always on the pillows of their bed.  When he passed away, my grandma gave me the frog because she knew how much I loved it.  When I saw the Frog Pals Spinach and Ramona stamp set, I knew I needed to create with it! 

I started with a white base cut to 4 1/4" x 11" and scored at 5 1/2" to create a top fold card.  I wanted to use a blue and yellow color pallet, so I dug through my stash for some fun papers, and I trimmed them to the following sizes: 

Yellow card stock - 5 1/4" x 4"

Blue card stock - 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"

Blue plaid paper - 4 7/8" x 3 5/8" 

Yellow patterned paper - 1 1/2" x 3 5/8"

Blue card stock - 3 1/8" x 4 1/8"

White card stock - 3" x 4"

I stamped my images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and allowed the ink to dry completely.  I colored my images with Copic Markers (colors listed below).  I used the coordinating Frog Dies to cut out the images and I set them aside. 

Using the 3" x 4" panel, I placed the lily pad onto the panel with removable adhesive and traced around it lightly with a pencil.  I removed the lily pad from the panel, and I began to color my water using Copic Markers, starting with a darker outline closest to the lily pad and moving to a lighter shade, the further away it got. 

I stamped my sentiment in the upper left corner of the white panel in black ink, and I set about to creating my card. 

I adhered the yellow and blue cardstock and the blue and yellow patterned paper together, in that order.  I wrapped a piece of white seam binding around them and adhered to the back.  Using liquid adhesive, I glued those layers down to the front of my card base and then adhered the blue and white panel to the top. Once I had my card built, I arranged my stamped images and glued them in place.  Lastly, I tied a bow from my seam binding and attached it to the card front using a glue dot. 

Copic Colors Used:

Ramona:  G29, YG17, YG25, YG00, R83, C2, C1, C0

Spinach:  G29, G46, G11, YG00, R83

Denim:  B45, B41

Shirts:  Y17, Y15, Y08, Y11

Lilypad:  G07, YG25, YG11, YG00

Lotus:  RV29, RV25, RV21

Water:  B16, B14, B12

Prickley Pear Products Used:  

Frog Pals Spinach and Ramona Clear Stamps

Frog Dies

Thank you so much for letting me spend a few minutes with you!  I hope you found something to inspire you to get crafty! 

Xoxo, Kim