Today I made an elephant card that was kind of fun.
I used:
- Silver Shimmer Sheet from Lasting Impressions
- Scuffer from Lasting Impressions
- Stencil L9577 from Lasting Impressions
- Patterned paper from the Me & My Big Ideas Value Paper Pack
- Ribbon from Michael’s
- Card stock from Recollections
- Sentiment stamp from Stampin Up Have a Heart set
- Fleur De Lis Accents from Spellbinders
- Braid punch from EK Success
- 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue from Beacon’s
- Scotch Advanced Tape Glider
- 3D Mounting Tape from Scotch
- Blue Sakura Glaze pen
- Memento Summer Sky ink
- Memento Bahama Blue ink
To start, I found the silver shimmer sheet was the closest to gray I had, so I embossed the elephant on that, then scuffed it before cutting it out. I also found the fun patterned paper that I thought would be cute with the elephant. The ribbon was the closest I had to the blues in the paper. I had my card base, then cut the patterned paper 1/8 inch smaller for the first layer. Then I cut out the blue card to be a layer on top with another piece of the patterned paper 1/2 inch smaller in height and 1/4 inch smaller in width. Used the braid punch across the top and then wanted some corner pieces for the inside, so I used a scrap of the patterned paper to cut out the corner piece. However, I liked the scrap with the hole in it so much, I cut another piece of paper the same size to cut out the other corner piece.
After going around the edge of my card base with the Summer Sky ink, I put the whole thing together. It was a lot of fun. However, there wasn’t a lot of room on the front for the sentiment, so I put that on the inside.
Thanks for spending some time with me today!
Awww…. that is really cute, Golda.
Hugs,
Teresa
Adorable card Golda!! Love the elephant on the silver paper. It’s been a long time since I’ve used a stencil. They are so fun, I need to dig mine out and use them.