Have you ever seen an Elephant fly?

Growing up my mother had us in what she calls the fantasy world.  We saw as many of the Disney movies as possible and she tried to shield us from all of the foolishness in the world.  Thanks MomJ  Today I still prefer to retreat to that simple world of Disney and that is where my inspiration for this week’s card comes from.  We both love Dumbo and I’m almost certain we both cry when the mother is rocking Dumbo in her trunk through the bars of her cage.**sniff sniff**  So when I saw that WPlus9 was starting a sketch challenge where you had to use one of their products I pulled out this little elephant.  Since his ears are pretty proportioned to his body I had to do the next best thing of hooking two balloons to him to get him in the air and he’s flying now.  Dumbo would be proud.  I am entering this card in the WPlus9 sketchchallenge and also this week’s color throwdown.  

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Supplies used:

Paper: MasterTouch Watercolor Paper, Hammermill #100 for critters and balloon, Recollections Black for sentiment and green for grass Lawn Fawn Let’s Polka;

Stamps and Dies: WPlus9 Unforgettable and matching dies, Lawn Fawns Gleeful Gardens and matching die, Lawn Fawn Grassy Border, Diezyne Stitched Rectangle, Mama Elephant Scripty Hello;

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, London Blue Dylusions spray;

Copics: YR61, Y06, Y08, Y15, YR04, R89, R59, R37, R81;

            

 Everything else: White Gelly roll pen, Black Glaze pen, MME Red Enamel dots and Jubilee Sticker

Come On Spring

    Hello Thursday and we are one step closer to Friday.  How has your week been going so far?  Are you ready for the weather to change?  I am sure residents on the East Coast are since some of them have been getting more than their normal share of snow this season.  Living out here in Texas it may snow one day a year and the cold doesn’t sting as much as on the East Coast. 

Today my card is a greeting to the season that we are all waiting for “SPRING”.  I used the sketch for this week’s Freshly Made Sketch Challenge#173 and the color palette from this week’s color throwdown #329.  Don’t you just love those colors? 

Since I knew my duck was going to be colored in shades of yellow I stamped him with Memento Dandelion ink so I could work on my no line coloring and I placed my umbrella in a way to make it appear as though my duck is carrying it using Tuxedo Black.  After he was colored up I cut him out using partial die-cutting so I could keep him and the umbrella as one piece.  When I finished I was left with small sections of where the die did not cut and I finished it using my detail scissors.  I stamped the top portion of the umbrella on the red pattern paper and pieced it on top of the original cut. 

Next, it was time to create the tag background.  Using my airbrush system I created the grass by airbrushing green copic marker over a stencil I cut using my Silhouette Cameo.  Once I was satisfied with that it was on to the sky.  For the sky I used the airbrush again and followed the Sea and Sky tutorial that Jennifer Dove provided on her site a few weeks ago.  During assembly of the tag I noticed a small flower stamp, so I decided to place a few on my tag to pull it all together, in addition to placing some foam adhesive on my duck and umbrella to raise him from the background. 

Supplies used:

Paper: #110 Neenah Solar White for base and focal tag, Recollections Black, Citrus Green, and Purple Passion, Simple Stories Sn@p Color Vibe for DP;

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Hello Baby and Inky Antics Tulip Duck for the word spring;

Dies: Little B Tags;

Embossing Folder: Lifestyle Crafts Linear;

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Dandelion, and Grape Jelly

Ribbon: The Paper Studio

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week is going well.

Caught A Bug?

Good Morning and Happy Hump Day!

This morning I was able to kick out a little get well card.

 This card is a 4 bar size (3.5 x 5), so it is slightly smaller than the common A2 (4.25 x 5.5).  I stamped my background using matching inks to create a tone on tone look.  The tissue box was created by paper piecing with some wiggle eyes added for character and the sentiment is heat embossed with white Judikins embossing powder for the final touch.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Lawnscaping No.98 and Color Throwdown 327

Supplies used:

Paper: #110 Neenah Solar White for base, and Recollections Citrus Blend and Purple Passion;

Stamps: Lawn Fawn On the Mend;

Dies: Lawn Fawn on the Mend, Simon Says Stamp A2 Card Curved Edge, Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Grape Jelly, Pear Tart, and Versamark

Embellishments: Wiggle eyes

Thanks for stopping by.