Stitching - Just Because Frog

Sticking on cards has been a way for me to combine my past hobby of embroidery with my passion for card making.  I usually stitch when we travel to "town," which is about a two-hour drive.  Living in a small town in rural Alaska, means we have to travel for some things like doctor appointments and a larger selection of groceries.  

With this card, I've also tied in another little thing I like to collect, paint chips.  If the paint chip is a head-scratcher let me explain.  I'm an artist first and foremost and I love the color.  I will seek it out anywhere and all the paint chips in a hardware store are like candy to me.  I wish I could remember where I learned you could use a white plastic eraser to remove the text on paint chips, but that was a game-changer for me!  Now I could use them like any other paper in my card-making. 

I started this card with the happy frog face and selected a color palette of pink and green to build the card.  I had a few paint chips already die-cut in my stash and this green one happened to match the frog.  

I used a cover plate die from Taylored Expressions to cut the pale pink cardstock and then trimmed it with the largest of the stitched rectangles.  I mounted the pink panel onto a kraft card base, added the paint chip at a slight angle, and then layered on the frog with a bit of foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment onto a label and added it will foam tape as well.  To complete the card I added a few pink enamel dots.  Turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself.

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