Skip to main content

Unique Eggplants!

Hi Everyone,

sharing a quick card I made for the One Layer simplicity challenge this month. The theme is fruit smoothie. That stumped me at first - not a lot of fruit stamps...but then I remembered my ancient wooden eggplant stamp from A Stamp in the Hand - sadly that company does not exist anymore....


Now if you are wondering what an eggplant has to do with a fruit - it IS one! I am quoting Wikipedia here:
"Eggplant (Solanum melongena) or aubergine is a species of nightshade grown for its edible fruit."

Now I do have an apple stamp from that company and a pear, but I was fixated on eggplant....
So I took my markers and colored the eggplants - they look kind of blue here, but that has to do with my camera being unable to handle the color purple....

And then I needed a sentiment....my usual haphazard way of creating a card - starting and then what???
Finding a suitable sentiment was NOT easy, after all, those are eggplants...


Solved the problem!

Supplies: 
A Stamp in the Hand, TAWS, Markers

Linking up with:
ATSM - CAS

  OLS

Comments

Ruth said…
It's genius! Who would have thought it - an eggplant/aubergine stamp! I also didn't know they were a species of nightshade. That's a bit of information that's new to me. Definitely unique!! Xx
Rahmat said…
Indeed very unique card, just like the sentiment. Eggplants are my favorite, so another reason I love this card.
Monika Reeck said…
Aubergine Stamp
seee you have all all stamp that crafters need hehe
look how adorable your Aubergine stamp on this CAS card
Cornelia
ich wuensche dir einen schoenen Saturday
wish you have time visit me again
always happy and said yaay if I read your some Line on my Blog
many thanks for joining with us at ATSM this week
hugs
Monika (DT Member)
Neets B said…
A very unique card and the perfect sentiment for your wonderful design, Cornelia.
Thanks for sharing in our CAS challenge over at ATSM, Anita x
I Card Everyone said…
Cornelia I adore eggplant! Your card is fab - and very unique, in the best of ways!
=]
Flo said…
Eine geniale Idee und wunderbare Auberginen sind auf deinem Kärtchen vereint.
Der Spruch passt doch hervorragend!!!
Dir ein schönes Wochenende,
Liebe Grüße
Anita in France said…
Fantastic, Cornelia ... such awesome aubergines ... unique ... and fabulous indeed! Hugs, Anita :)
conil said…
Yep, that's the perfect sentiment for it. So eggplants are like tomatoes... fruit. Personally, love the color, whether it be your camera or not...violet is always a favorite here at my house. Love the card...and being one layer is a definite plus.
Darnell said…
A stunning and UNIQUE card for the OLC challenge, Cornelia! And thank you for the information; I did not know eggplant was a fruit!! Hugs, Darnell
Kim Heggins said…
Fabulous collection of incredible eggplants....wonderful card.
Hanna said…
Liebe Cornelia,
die Auberginen sehen genial aus!!! Eine ganz tolle Karte mit einem außerordentlich passenden Spruch. Schade, dass es die Stempel nicht mehr gibt. Ich wünsche Dir viel Glück bei der Challenge!!!
Liebe Grüße schickt Dir
Hanna
Julie B said…
A really fun card Cornelia. even in bright sunlight.
Thanks for sharing with us at ATSM. :)My camera can't with some colours either
Susanne Vargas said…
Ich kann mich an diese Firma erinnern - ihre demos auf der Convention waren immer toll! Schön, ihre Stempel mal wieder in Aktion zu sehen! Auch wenn Auberginen Früchte sind, würde ich sie nicht in einem Smoothie trinken wollen... ;)
Heather said…
Brilliant card, I love how perfectly the sentiment pairs with the stamping. And I learned something new; I did not know eggplant was a fruit.
Barb Ghig said…
You are always so creative, Cornelia! Your eggplants are fabulous, and I love the bold color palette and splatters on this card! And, what a perfect sentiment, too! Awesome card!!! So happy you played along with us this week at ATSM!
Barb Ghig said…
I'm so sorry...I meant to add: So happy you played along with us this week at ATSM! We love to see your fabulous cards in the gallery, Cornelia!
Susan Raihala said…
I adore this! Eggplant is so...unexpected! And I had no idea it was a fruit. Great card! I really love the diversity of shapes (and the symbolism behind that!) and the spatters, which lend such a fun, artsy feel to the whole thing. Excellent!
Rosmarie said…
Super Idee! Meine kommen nächste Woche ins Gewächshaus! - Letztes Jahr wuchsen sie sehr gut, mal sehen was heuer daraus wird! ....wir haben seit Tagen S..wetter, geht es euch auch so?

Popular posts from this blog

Easter Egg and Bunny

Hi Everyone, I made a bunch of Easter cards, after all its little more than one month and I need to send them out in time... You see, they are all similar - using both the die cut and the negative, that I cut from a die cut egg. The cute bunnies got their yearly appearance - they are from Impression Obsession. the egg is by Lifestyle Crafts. The sentiment is by Papertrey. And here are bigger photos from this set: Linking up with Creative with Stamps - Easter The Paper Players - die cutting Die Cut Divas - animals Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

STAMPlorations Coffee Mini Hop

Hi Everyone, I am so happy to be part of STAMPlorations mini hop  and Spring Lovers Coffee hop featuring Becca's awesome new set! I immediately fell in love with it! You probably have seen my other card I made with this set, if not, you can see it HERE . My supplies:    Bunnies'N Beans , Latte stencil I sponged the ARTplorations stencil and colored the bunny with Copics and fuzzy cut him. Added Washi tape. The other new released set is: Always Tea Time Hop over to STAMPlorations to see some inspiration cards with both sets from your oh so talented DT group! And don't forget to leave a comment - one winner will get the bunnies, another winner will get tea time! The winners will be announced March 27! The sets are not discounted BUT we have a 15% off coupon code for everything in the store, including these stamps, and it's good until March 2 . Use code SPRINGCLBH Also linking up with: Simon Says Wednesday challenge

Dynamic Duos combined with CAS Colours and Sketches

I am getting the hang of combining challenges....not sure if that's good or bad... In the past I would just put all my "creative energy" into one challenge and then just link up with others, if the card just happened to fit...but now I do that on purpose. Well, I'll see how it goes....                           Anyhow here is the card that came out of this: I did not want to add a sentiment - I 'll add it later, when I know who will get it. And here is a close -up: Challenges: Dynamic Duos CAS Colours and Sketches Addicted to Stamps and More Amusing Challenges Materials: Papertrey Background Basics: Super Stripes, Memory Box Chloe Stem die. --X-- Card for Maddy: You may know already about  Maddy ,  who  was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and went through chemotherapy treatment followed by a stem cell transplant from her (then) fifteen year old sister Melanie.  She now has a relapse and this car