88 & 89 Prickley Pear

I do adore Prickley Pear Stamps and dies.  Their images fit the little oval frame perfectly.  I stamped the frame and added the frame image.  The umbrella looks paper pieced but it is colored with SU Summer Sun and then I used white gel pen for the dots. I stamped the little duck trio on a scrap of GKD paper and really fussy cut them leaving just a teeny bit to keep them hooked together. I colored their little beaks and feet with SU marker. The negative die cut strip on the left is the same paper the ducks are cut out of.  It too was a scrap.  I used a ruler to draw a couple of offset lines and then my Tim Holtz ruler and paper piercing tool to give a very fine faux stitching to the piece.

I had this wonderful curved stentiment stamp that I have never used.  I stamped it and then lined it up with the snow drift dies from MFT to make my own banner for it.  Used those wonderful stamps on a stick dots in contrasting colors on it to give a bit more movement and texture.  The A-ha was adding the enamel dots that perfectly match the Summer Sun color of the umbrella.

SUPPLIES:

IMAGE: Prickley Pear-Spring Set

EMBOSSING FOLDER:  Cuttlebug

DIES: Prickley Pear~ Small Oval

EMBELLISHMENTS: My Minds Eye Enamel Dots Boy Crazy

Stamped in Night of Navy and sponged in same.

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