Hedge Hugs

It's Tuesday and that means another challenge at the CAS Colours and Sketches blog.  This week's challenge is a sketch.

Here is the sketch posted:

I had a lot of fun with this week's challenge. The square is perfect for a nice size image and the rectangle underneath works great for a sentiment.

I did quite a bit of masking since all the images are separate (stump, hedgie, flowers).  The hedgie and the stump are shaded using a MISTI, but any stamping platform will work (and I should be getting my Stampin' Up! Stamparatus any day now - yay!)  I describe the technique in detail in this post.

I started by stamping two (remember my motto - "I always make two in case I mess up") and boy am I glad I did!  I ended up forgetting to put the mask on the hedgehog when I stamped the stump on one of them.  Totally blew it.  But since I had the other one I didn't have to start over.

I die cut three green squares and stacked them under the image square to lift it off the card.  Instead of gluing die cut letters to the front, I cut them out of the front and let the negative show the pink card base underneath.


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Stamps:  Stampin' Up Hedgehugs
Dies: Stampin' Up Stitched Shapes, Stampin' Up Little Letters (retired)
Cardstock: Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz


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