Thursday 11 July 2013

Rain at OOAH

Hi everybody!
This is my second week as guest designer at OOAH and our theme this week is rain. Well, this should have been quite easy, as we have had a lot of rain this summer, but I still had to think what to do, as I did not want to bring out Mr Umbrella Man again. So I chose a big, fat, green frog, enjoying the rain while sheltering under his red 'umbrella'. I have used an image from Gecko Galz, which I coloured with prismalos and gel pens. I took a sheet of pretty DP, and fussy cut around the flowers on the left, making a sort of slit to fit the frog into, and  a frame for my image, which I mounted onto a piece of black paper beforehand. I added a few gem-stones and a dragonfly as decoration.




And before I forget, here is my 'Italy' tag from Tag Tuesday. Mr Umbrella man has smuggled himself into the picture again!



I was pleased to see I had been chosen for the top 3 at  the Rogue Rebel Blog for my Moo card which I entered into their 'Slender Bender' Challenge.

Have a good day you all, take care, and thanks for visiting!



26 comments:

  1. I do like your frog sheltering under his toadstool, what a clever interpretation of "Rain". I like Mr. Umbrella Man cut out of printed paper. We could do with some rain here.

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  2. Seeehr schöööön,die karte mit dem frosch ist total witzig,und das tag mit MR umbrella gefällt mir besonders gut,habe ja auch italenische wurzeln.
    auch die box weiter unten ist genial gemacht,gefällt mir auch gut.

    GLG Jeannette

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  3. The green frog is very salient in the picture.

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  4. Both pieces are gorgeous, but I especially love your big, fat frog! Hugs, Sarah

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  5. Love the rain piece Valerie and great to have you as our guest at the Hatters.

    The Italy tag looks great as well--you are a busy bee as always.

    Love Chrissie x

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  6. I think Mr. Umbrella Man got a little jealous of Mr. Frog! Both are just wonderful!

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  7. That's soooo right - he was furious at not being chosen for the rain card!

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  8. Your rain piece is great and your frog is awesome.:) Great job.
    Gloria
    http://shininglife1.blogspot.com/

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  9. Great fun interpretation of rain Valerie Mr Frog seems to have his eye on the poor dragonfly!! Lovely Tag lovely to see umbrella man...he is my fav!


    MaggieH

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  10. Congrats on your win! Love your sweet frog card, lovely how you slipped him into the flowers like that and the tag is gorgeous, saw it on the TIOT blog yesterday, totally awesome too! ~Diane

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  11. love your frog design, just beautiful. Very effective use of colour here. And a gorgeous tag.

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  12. Gorgeous frog, I just kissed him but he didn't turn into a prince! Love the tag, too! Hugs, Barb

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  13. terrific card and loving the scene you created for Mr Frog and also love your fab tag, hugs Annette x

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  14. I really loved your work for the Alpha Dictionary Challenge, so I decided to pop over from Monique's blog and take a look at what you had been doing. I love the frog - terrific colour and detail and that is a really original take on 'Mr Umbrella Man' - love the images you've combined with him too. Really enjoyed my visit. Julie Ann x

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    1. Thanks for your nice comment Julie! Mr Frog Man was a fun card!

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  15. Mr Frog looks so comfy sitting under the mushroom. its a fabulous card.
    The tag it wonderful as well.
    Yvonne x

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  16. The scene with the frog is just wonderful. Congrats on having your moo card picked for the top 3. I love how you do such detailed work in small spaces

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  17. Congrats!!!Beautiful cards,awesome tag!!!

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  18. Love your frog card, such fun :)
    Von ♥

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  19. Love your frog card, he's so cute
    Janet x

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  20. Great froggy card he is a handsome fellow looks like he is waiting for a princess to kiss him :)

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  21. Oh dear I pressed publish to soon oops I also love the tag Valerie hugs Sandra X

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  22. Congratulations Val and I love your DT frog canvas. Mr Umbrella man could be a tour guide with his flock of tourists surrounding him on your brilliant tag. Love it.

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  23. Hi Valerie. Wow what a great card. Love the way you used those pretty papers and the frog image is just fab. xxx

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