JustJohanna and Daisy D's...a match made in heaven!

What a fun combination! I am loving the new Daisy D's Wonder Years collection ( http://www.daisydspaper.com/main.cfm?categoryoid=1&productoid=72) of patterned paper and embellishments designed by Stephanie http://alittledeer.typepad.com/a_little_deer/ and was excited to incorporate some of it's playful fun with my justjohanna stamps. I wanted to create some pieces to hang on a wall and WOW! Did I ever have FUN!
Here's what I started with:
http://www.daisydspaper.com/largeimage.cfm?product=1558
And this is what grew from my inspiration...

This was the first piece I created. I had a tiny frame and decided I wanted to use it. I thought the zebra needed to have some fun hanging around and the frame was a perfect way to give him the character and personality he needed. Again, I used the watercolored background, along with some justjohanna grass and some doodling on the edges. I painted the frame with red metallic acrylic paint and then painted over it with white to mute it down a bit. When I thought I was finished, I felt the image needed some anchoring so I added the dots strip on the sides along with a title...

First, I watercolored canson paper with yellow and greens to match the paper cutouts. Then, I assembled the lion and gave him some fun lace for his mane. After that, I doodled the background and stamped it up a bit with some "plants". I then applied the lion to the watercolored paper. His arms looked like he needed to be doing something so I gave him a big-ole fun yo-yo complete with a string and some pop dots to give dimension. VOILA...

Now this one was a bit of a challenge because I didn't particularly like the "dark" tone the background was taking on. I trimmed the bear punches and thought the "dark" background would fit well with a street theme...hence the bear with a toolbelt...He's a town plumber and he is going to rescue something in that drain under the cat... His arms were movable but I decided to glue them down to his tool belt so they wouldn't fall off or be disturbed. I put this in a frame too.

This was my last creation, and I think it's my favorite! I love the bright colors and the bold graphics. Maybe I'm into brights right now because of spring and summer, but whatever it is...It makes me happy!

Happy Stampin!

Kerry