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With Earth Day coming up on Monday, April 22, and I couldn't resist using Worldly Turtle by QKR Stampede that I won recently from Top Tip Tuesday. And I especially couldn't resist using the title of the classic song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" as the sentiment. Poor guy looks like he's struggling a bit, but don't we all from time to time!
The yellow, plastic netting on the top left-hand corner is from a bag of potatoes. Fingerlings, if I remember correctly (but I've had it in my stash for quite some time).
I paper-pieced the globe with Graphic 45 papers. I added embossed polka-dots to the green portions with an embossing folder, and inked it with Pear Tart to bring out the texture. The turtle is colored with Copics.
For the banner-border, I covered white cardstock with Washi Tape and cut them with a banner die from a•muse studio.
The die-cut flower was inspired by the Maryland State Flower, the Black-eyed Susan, since the Diamond-backed Terrapin is our State Reptile. I used a Spellbinders die for the flower pieces, and covered the middle circle with Onyx Liquid Pearls. The leaf was cut from a Sprite can with a Sizzix die.
Inspiration/Challenges:
Anything Goes Challenge #90: Heavy Metal
Three Scrappy Gals: Earth/Nature/Recycling (netting, aluminum can)
Use Your Stuff: Song Title or Lyrics ("He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" song & lyric) + Stash (netting, paper scraps)
Here's the song, as recorded by The Hollies:
I paper-pieced the globe with Graphic 45 papers. I added embossed polka-dots to the green portions with an embossing folder, and inked it with Pear Tart to bring out the texture. The turtle is colored with Copics.
For the banner-border, I covered white cardstock with Washi Tape and cut them with a banner die from a•muse studio.
The die-cut flower was inspired by the Maryland State Flower, the Black-eyed Susan, since the Diamond-backed Terrapin is our State Reptile. I used a Spellbinders die for the flower pieces, and covered the middle circle with Onyx Liquid Pearls. The leaf was cut from a Sprite can with a Sizzix die.
Inspiration/Challenges:
Anything Goes Challenge #90: Heavy Metal
Three Scrappy Gals: Earth/Nature/Recycling (netting, aluminum can)
Use Your Stuff: Song Title or Lyrics ("He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" song & lyric) + Stash (netting, paper scraps)
Here's the song, as recorded by The Hollies:
Thank you for visiting and Love Your Mother!
you made the cutest card!
ReplyDeleteI love this card. I love the sentiment, the colors, the design..EVERYTHING. Thank you for creating with us at UYS.
ReplyDeleteSo many great textures on this card. I love the design.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the challenge with us on the Use Your Stuff blog :)
Great usage of recycled products! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Three Scrappy Gals.
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