Today is the late Jim Henson's birthday. I grew up with his creations, since we both lived in the Washington, D.C. area of Maryland and much of his early work was for local television stations and companies.
One of his first Muppets (tm), who is perhaps his best-loved, is Kermit the Frog. Kermit is also one of my favorites, long before Sesame Street (tm)! I recreated Kermit's image in punches:
- 115370 Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock & Paper:
- 100702 Old Olive Card Stock
- 115686 Crushed Curry Designer Series Paper
- 102482 Real Red Card Stock
- 105125 Certainly Celery Card Stock
- 100730 Whisper White Card Stock
- 102851 Basic Black Card Stock
Ink & Color:
- 100908 Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories & Tools:
- 112454 Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware
- 109035 Always Artichoke 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon
- 110710 Large Star Punch
- 105089 Horizontal Slot Punch
- 109047 Corner Rounder Punch
- 109046 1" Circle Punch
- 103579 Paper Snips
- 116631 Paper-Piercing Tool100425 2-Way Glue Pen
- 104332 SNAIL
- 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals
- 103683 Mini Glue Dots
- 108362 Crop-A-Dile
- 1/4" circle hole punch
Tips:
- I trimmed a sliver off the 1" Whisper White circles to give the eyes a more mashed ping-pong ball look.
- The pupils are composed of 2 Horizontal Slots and a 1/4" circle, adhered together with the Glue Pen. The 2-Way Glue Pen is great for adhering tiny pieces into place!
- I trimmed away two arms of the stars to make a long arrowhead and used 3 of them for the collar.
- The Hodgpodge Hardware greeting is attached by threading the Always Artichoke ribbon through the holes of the oval frame, wrapping the ribbon around the card front and fastening the ends to the ribbon with the matching brads. I secured one side first, then wrapped the ribbon around the card, tightened it to fit, then slipped the whole thing off to secure the other side with the brad. This made a belly band, which I slipped back into place and fastened with Mini Glue Dots underneath the brads and under the ribbon on the inside of the card.
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