Too Cute

This one also got First Prize at the NJ State Fair:  Jennifer McGuire recently offered some good advice on dealing with a creative slump.  When this happens to her, she goes back into her own stash of completed cards and uses them to give her a jumpstart.  She says that as her work will obviously be her style, this shortcuts the creative process and gets her back on track sooner rather than later.  So I decided to do the same thing . . .
  

 . . . one of the categories for this year’s Fair submissions was “Baby” and my collection of suitable images on this subject is very much on the thin side.  So I dipped into my blog from last September, kept the bones of the layout I put together then, and had fun with some variations.

Lots of dimension on this one, folks . . .

 Cardstock:                      Bazzill Rain Forest, Marcos Brown Bag, Beckett Iceberg

Stamps:                           Lockhart Sweet Pea, Studio G “Too Cute”
Inks:                                 ColorBox Black, Distress Markers Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint,
                                           Shabby Shutters, Picket Fence, Brushed Corduroy, Ancient
                                           Page Coal                   
Emb Powder:                Judikins Detail Black

Dies/Punches:              Memory Box Bird Huddle, Impression Obsession Branch,

                                          Spellbinders Labels Twenty, 1/8” corner rounder
Doo Dads:                     Distress Brushed Corduroy Stickles, Gelly Roll White pen,
                                             tan raffia knot