Monday, April 18, 2022

Snail Mail For You


Hi and thanks for stopping by! The Spring weather has me itching to get busy in the garden! It's still a bit chilly.. too cold to plant anything but I can clear away the dead foliage and start getting things ready. This card with the Grand Whittle Snail makes me smile because sometimes there are surprises mixed in with the dead leaves. Thank goodness for gloves! I wish the real thing was as cute as this little guy, maybe then I wouldn't be so squeamish!
I added lots of details to make this little guy more interesting, but first I started by setting a little garden scene.

I started by making an inky background with Distress Oxide on my card front. To keep the back of the card clean I added a strip of removable sticky tape along the seam at the top of the card

To help me decide what images to place where, I lay them out on a piece of clear plastic the size of my card front. I can rearrange the images until I'm satisfied with their placement.
To bring the snail to life I double cut the shell from two shades of pink cardstock. I fussy cut the stitches off of the lighter one to make it smaller and then adhered it over the darker pink shell. To add more detail I use a white gel pen to add some stitches of my own. Silly eyes add a little whimsy to this cute snail.

The colorful flowers pop against the white Adriana white foliage frame. The flowers are from the Potpourri Flower Set. The punny sentiment is from the Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments stamp set.

I hope this makes you smile and that you find some time today to do something you enjoy! Hugs!



Finished Size 4.25" Square
Stamps | Poppystamps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments
Dies | Poppystamps Potpourri Flower Set, Grand Whittle Snail, Adriana Square Frame
Jewels | Memory Box

POPPY = Poppystamps
SSS = Simon Says Stamp

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Potpourri Flower Set
Potpourri Flower Set

POPPY | SSS
Grand Whittle Snail
Grand Whittle Snail

POPPY | SSS
Adriana Square Frame
Adriana Square Frame

POPPY
Whittlle Wild Animal Sentiments
Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments

POPPY | SSS
Fairy Jewels
Fairy Jewels

SSS

2 comments:

Lisa Elton said...

Playing catch up and loving all of your pretty spring cards! Happy Easter, Jeanne!

Anonymous said...

Marisela Delgado said: What a fabulous card and colors! Love, love,love! Sending you and Miss Moriko hugs! Mari ☺☺ mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com