Toadily Awesome with Joy Clair

Greetings friends and fellow crafters. LeeAnn here with a project for the Joy Clair July Challenge theme of Anything Goes using your favorite Joy Clair stamp set. 

I chose Hoppy Birthday!!!

I had this project in mind for a while, sat down and made it and just knew it would be used for this post.

The base is a Recollections A2 size base with gold foil trim. I then cut a 4.25" x 5.25" panel from Recollections 110 lb white cardstock and sprayed with Fireworks "Summer Sky" from Imagine crafts. to achieve the blue background. 

Once I had that base dry I used a square die and cut out a section that was offset from the center. I then sprayed it a little more to make it a little darker to resemble water and let it dry. 

I stamped the frog on Recollections 110 lb white using Memento Cottage Ivy and let it dry. I then cut it out with my Scan n Cut. 

On the square I had cut I used my Kaleidacolor "fresh greens" ink pad to stamp the lily-pads using the "Ink Splatter" stamp set. 

I cut a square of mesh larger than the square and used double stick tape to attach it to the inside of the top panel, and to attach the "lily-pad" square to the base. 

I attached the top panel to the base using foam dots and then added the frog. 

For the sentiment I used Stazon Hydrangea Blue to stamp it, then cut the rectangle with a die, and used a Fantastix stick to pick up color from the Kaliedacolor pad to ink the edges.

And with that my project was complete. I hope you have enjoyed it, and I look forward to seeing all the great projects entered into this months Challenge. 

By entering you will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Joy Clair Store. One lucky winner will be announced on 

July 31st!!!

Good Luck!