Tuesday, June 8, 2010

ELLLLL.............A....FANT !!!

My card today is for my father-in-law for father's day from the grandkids, thus the 'grandpa' charm you see in the pic below!
I used the sketch from Friday's Sketchers & went with a red & black theme for the Crafty Catz Challenge. And because of those colors I can enter my card into the Sew Many Challenges blog challenge of father's day card WITHOUT BLUE!
I also used a few different punches for the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge of Punch it out (corner punch & label punches).
The image is from Prairie Fairy Designs (Elwin Elephant) & he can be found here along side his girlfriend Elsie! They are sold as a pair, however there are many other fantastic single images at her store, if that's what you prefer! So go & check it out!!


Also, I don't know if you can tell but I made my own background with black & red strips of cardstock & ran it through my cuttlebug machine with the square embossing folder.
This meets the challenge at Fun with Shapes & more.
And to meet the challenge at Fab'n'Funky of paper piecing, I paper pieced Elwin's shirt with black&red licorice paper as well as his body with some paper that resembled stone work. 



TA-DA ! Fin !

I had a lot of fun doing this card. I sure hope grandpa likes it!

18 comments:

Trisha said...

Magnifico! I totally love how u got theelephant all wrinkly-Pretty clever! It's awesome! I just posted some candy and finally my card for Sam! And I have a few Tildas coming your way-hopefully today!!(TE HE!) xxx

Margreet said...

love what you did with Elwin......fantastic card.......grandpa will love it!!!!
xxx Margreet

Lori said...

Love the paper piecing he looks real! Love the red and black too with this image wonderful!

Courtney said...

Too cute! I'm sure he'll LOVE it~

Janet said...

That's cute! Love the sentiment

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

What a cute CUTE card! I love the image... and the sentiment is too fun!

Thank you for participating in Sew Many Challenges this week!

Lindsey said...

What a cute card! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week xx

Suzanne said...

This is super. Love the image and the background is fab. Thanks for playing along at Crafty Catz this week
Hugs
SUzanne x

Adrina said...

Wonderful card. What a great elephant and I like the colours!!
Thanks for joining SEW MANY CHALLENGE this week.
Adrina XX

coldwaters2 said...

Hi Cor this is fabulous work you are showing here loving that image and the colours thank you so much for sharing this with us at SMC this week.
Hugs
Lorraine x

carol said...

it looks just perfect!! thanks for joining in with Craftycatz and sew many challenges, x carol

kim.mom said...

SSSEEEWW CUTE!! Love the sentiment!!! TFS at SMC!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the love on my blog cutie!!! I try to come and visit but sometimes it takes me awhile....better late than never i suppose...grandpa will LOVE this card - the colors are super cool and i love how you did the elephant - VERY neat!!! ttys

Unknown said...

Great card, I am sure your grandpa will absolutely love it!! Thanks for playing along at SMC

Nadell said...

This is a cute card and a lovley image. Thanks for joining us at FWSM.

Hugs Nadell

Aunty Sue said...

Great card thank for joining us at crafty catz

Autumn said...

This is fab, I lvoe how you grunged him all up! Thanks for joining SMC this week!

Anita said...

This is so cute, love the distressing on him. Thanks for playing along with us at Sew Many Challenges. Hugs, Anita

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