One Happy Piggy!

#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   I haven't played in the Fab Friday challenge for quite a while.  Shame on me, because this is the challenge that inspired me to start my blog!! I've been working "on my own" for a while, but it's always a good idea to check into challenge blogs to get your creative juices going!

This week's Fab Friday theme is a color challenge--and there are FIVE colors in it--all the new In Colors! I usually have trouble using so many colors, but I think I made it work this time.

                                         

If you're a regular reader of my blog, you know that I really don't like to color, but the "This Little Piggy" stamp set needs to be colored (or paper-pieced--I'll try that soon). I always forget that Stampin' Up's Shimmery White Paper is great for using Blender Pens with ink to color images. But this time I remembered!

So, I started by stamping the pig in Basic Black Archival Ink onto a piece of Shimmery White Paper. Then I squeezed some ink into the lid of a Powder Pink in pad and used a Blender Pen to color the pig. I used the same method to color the flower in Berry Burst and Lemon Lime Twist and to color the grass in Tranquil Tide.  I cut out the image with an oval Stitched Shapes Framelit.  I adhered half a Delicate White Doily and half a gold Metallic Foil Doily to this piece.

To complete the challenge, I needed to add some Fresh Fig to the card, so I used a 3-7/8" by 5" mat of Fresh Fig Card Stock and a some Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon. I added a 3-3/4" by 5-1/8" Whisper White panel to the Fresh Fig mat and built my design from there. I added a strip of Tranquil Tide Designer Series Paper from the Delightful Daisy DSP pack and tied on a length of the Fresh Fig Ribbon before adhering everything to a Thick Whisper White Card Stock Card base. Finally, I adhered the piggy to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

This was a fun challenge--I'm going to plan to play along with the Fab Friday bunch more often!

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Product List

This Little Piggy Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143922] $20.00	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $7.00	Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [144084] $6.50	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $6.50
Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [144083] $6.50	Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [144085] $6.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00	Fresh Fig 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144242] $8.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101910] $8.00	Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper [144137] $11.00	Blender Pens [102845] $10.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $30.00	Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon [144174] $6.00	Delicate White Doilies [141701] $3.00	Metallic Foil Doilies [138392] $4.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00