Crazy for This Elephant

I think the cute elephant image just might be my favorite one in the new Chicken Girl Design Birthday Wishes stamp set from i {heart} papers. I used it again, this time on this card for this week's sketch challenge from Crazy 4 Challenges.

The elephant is colored with Copic markers. It's hat is colored to match the cardfront, then coated with a Turquoise Spica pen for extra sparkle.

I used some bright striped paper from the new My Mind's Eye Love Me Do Collection Kit for the panel that runs the length of the card. I love the fun, bright colors and patterns in this collection! A strip of yellow velvet ric rac is along the edge of the patterned paper. I thought about using a border punch, but decided the texture of the ric rac would be fun for a change.

The blue in the paper coordinates nicely with SU!'s Bermuda Bay cardstock. I embossed a piece of the cardstock with a polka dot embossing folder to match the pattern on the elephant's hat, then layered it on a lemon card base. I stamped the sentiment in Bermuda Bay ink on an aqua panel, then layered it on a lemon panel with some paper piercing, adding just a few more dot elements to the card.

Materials Used:

from i {heart} papers: Chicken Girl Design Birthday Wishes stamp set, My Mind's Eye Love Me Do Collection Kit, May Arts yellow lime velvet ric rac, Copic Turquoise Spica glitter pen, QuicKutz Polka Dots (small) embossing folder

other: white cardstock (Gina K Designs); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic); Bermuda Bay Classic ink, Bermuda Bay cardstock, mat stack and paper piercing tool (Stampin' Up!); Lemon Tart and Aqua Mist cardstock (Papertrey Ink); foam tape