Friendship's Grow Card

This is my first challenge entry for WACKY WEDNESDAY #10. Ths week, you are supposed to do your favorite technique. I love the idea of scenes for stamps. So unique, and you get to color A LOT, and I like to color.

I have been reading Kittie Craft for about a year or so, and love her scenes. Her artistry, joy, and work inspired me in a tough emotional year (my mom and step-Dad went to serve in Iraq)...so a special thanks to her work.

Prior to that, let me just start by saying that I have said I'd NEVER be making my own cards.

Well.
I also said I'd NEVER scrapbook.
Now that we have pride out of the way and are having FUN and blessing people at the same time...hopefully....

I had the image of this card stuck in my head from one of Kittie's early cards. I loved the thought of coloring these children stamps. I hunted down the images on ebay, ordered some used $15.00 Prismas from a retired art teacher, bought some $8 watercolors from Michaels, found a few retired markers from SU, and away I went...

For the tree, I cut about an old sale flower bouquet I had that featured some leaf twigs coming out of the bouquet. It was from a stamp I hardly ever used (actually, it's still usable, even after the trimming!). I sketched the tree trunk and fence, also Kittie inspired notions.

Materials List--
Stamps: SU Set Friendships Grow
Other: Fiskars Border Scallop Punch, Sewing Machine for Zig Zag, card stock, chalk, SU Markers, Watercolor Pencils, Watercolors, PhotoTwin Markers (cheeks), White Signo Pen for highlights.

Here's a close-up of the central image:























This card was inspired by KittieCraft's card!

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