Thursday, April 30, 2009

The ants go marching....

one by one hurrah, hurrah.
Now that I have that little tune stuck in your head....here is the fun sneak peek of next weeks' Kim Hughes release! All I could think of when I saw these little ants was them carrying off my picnic lunch. There are a lot of fun pieces to this set but I am showing you a couple of my favorite images.
First off, that tree! See the possibilities...the paper piecing you could do!
Then the food, the watermelon in particular...love that!

Here is a close up of one of my fun details on this card. The plaid picnic blanket...yes, it's fabric...stitched onto my card. I also wanted a few of the ants directly on the blanket. I stamped them and they weren't as solid as I wanted....
No matter, just took my copic marker and filled them in!
See the streaky look on the tree trunk. After I had colored the tree trunk I took my blender pen and swiped it up and down to create a little texture.

So next THURSDAY is the release! Here are all my card deets:
Stamps:
Summer Trees, Bear Hugs (Kim Hughes Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper:
Weathervane Patterned Paper (October Afternoon)
Simply Smooth White, Black (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Black Spica Glitter pen (Copic)

Fabric
Stitching
Paper Piercer


See you tomorrow for cupcake friday!

17 comments:

Carolyn King said...

this is adorable!!!

Bonnie said...

Super cute! Another winner!

Judi M said...

Couldn't be cuter. Wonderful coloring job on that tree, too.

This is my first time visiting your blog. I'm going to spend some time checking out more of your style. Love what I've seen so far...

Wendy said...

I love the ants! So cute!! Awesome card!!! :)

Kim said...

This is just way too cute! Love the picnic tablecloth and those ants!

Saved By Grace said...

Great card...love all of the detail added extras...

Julie Campbell said...

This is SOOOOO cute! Great details! :)

Michelle said...

this is an adorable and wonderfully creative card! TFS and inspiring!

Katy said...

Oh this reminds me of a Yogi Bear video my brother and I loved when we were kids. The ants marched off with Yogi's picnic... anyone know what I am talking about?!

June Houck said...

This is ADORABLE!!!

Sorry I have not been by in a long while...I finally figured out how to follow my favorite blogs on my blogger dashboard (I used to have you and the others bookmarked), so I am hoping I will be able to see your lovely cards ad leave comments more often.

Dori Shelton said...

What a fun, and creative card.

mickeydee said...

This card is so cute....and....yes.....that song is now stuck in my head!

cr8iveme said...

adorable card.

hugs.

M.E.

Michele Kovack said...

How very clever!!! LOVE your cards!!!

Lucia said...

This card is just too cute. I love the little ants. Very cool.

Conniecrafter said...

so cute, I like the crawling on the blanket too!

pescbrico said...

What a lovely card I like the fabric on it :)