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This is a fairly quick card for today’s Free for All Challenge (F4A426) & yesterday’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT684) on Splitcoast. The first challenge has us fussy cutting & the second has us including bugs.

To make my card, I stamped the brick wall w/ gray ink then colored it w/ gray Copics.  The sky was sponged w/ a self made cloud stencil. I decided it was easier to just stamp Mr. Frog on a separate piece, color him & fussy cut him than try to mask out the wall & the original log the frog sits on.  I made a slit along the top of the wall to insert him & make it look like he was leaning on it. The little grass sprigs & ladybug were also fussy cut & added. The greeting was added on a thought/speech bubble along w/ some dragonflies. 

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.


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Supplies:

 

Frog on a Log 252H	Brick Wall 260P	4 in 1 Garden Bugs 941C	Sitting Here 398F
Just Dropping a Line 197D	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	MISTI
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Conversation Bubbles S2-137	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Staples 110# White Card Stock
X-Press It Blending Card	Recollections Cardstock	Stickles

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The theme for today’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT626) is “The Eyes Have It”. We are to feature eyes or glasses in some way. So I have this quick little birthday card featuring a trio of frogs. Originally, their glasses were part of snorkel gear, but I cut that part off, leaving them w/ big glasses. 
After stamping, coloring & fussy cutting 3 of these frogs, I die cut 3 windows in a white panel & backed it w/ a pale blue panel. It looked a little too bare, so I used a splatter stamp to add the lt blue dots.  I also stamped, colored & fussy cut some balloons & party hats (both from the Party Pig image) to add along w/ the greeting to add to the bottom frog.

Here are the Copics I used.

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Supplies:

Snorkel Frog 716G	Party Pig 354G	Tiny Happy Birthday 1081A	Splatter Bg 855H
Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Copic Sketch Markers	Spellbinders Squares Lg S4-126	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	MISTI	Quickutz Ovals

Today I have a quick card for 3 Splitcoast challenges…F4A329 (reflect weather), WT587 (trash to treasure), and CC586 (green, pool & misty blue). 
You can see by my card, that the weather is cloudy & overcast. The trash to treasure item is the little black bow..it came off of a pkg & I saved it from the trash. Seriously, on my best ribbon tying day (if there is such a thing… ribbon & I have a long standing love/hate relationship..I love ribbon, it hates me!), I could NEVER tie a bow that small. To make my card, I stamped w/ Memento, colored w/ Copics,  masked & sponged in the cloudy sky, then over stamped w/ Versafine. The clouds were done w/ a cloud stencil I made by cutting the cloud shape edge w/ a pair of scallop scissors. I left the bg water white so the entire scene wouldn’t be covered in blue. I added an embossed green layer, the trash bound bow & a pair of die cut white dandelions.

Here are the Copics I used.

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Supplies:

Frog on a Log 252H	Long Tall Cattails 605H	Sitting Here 398F	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A	Spellbinders Pierced Squares SCD-008
VersaFine Small Inkpads	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Copic Sketch Markers
MISTI	We R Memory Keepers Woven set EF0011	Memories inks	Recollections Cardstock