Manatees Shell-ebrating Birthday

Lawn Fawn's Manatee set makes such a cute card. I made this to shell-ebrate a friend's birthday. 

 

Africa - Have a Great Day

 

I discovered a new stamp company just after Christmas.  STAMPlorations.  Thanks to their stamps, I already have 2 of next year's Christmas card ideas.  This Africa card utilizes one of the several stencils I bought from them.  I thought it was a perfect background for this Africa themed card.  I have created my own set of card challenges to help keep me inspired and I started this card for Challenge #11, Make a single layer card, but then without thinking about it, I added a mat of green.  So much for that challenge!  It really is a challenge for me!  I also created one with an elephant because I didn't like how the background showed through the stamped image.

Besides the STAMPlorations stencil, I used Local King Rubber Stamps for the tree, giraffe and elephant.  The Have A Great Day is from a set that I am not sure of the stamp company.

Africa Themed Cards

Johnny is Narwal Awesome

Safari 9 Patch

I saw THIS card on Pintrest and thought it was sooooo cute.  I CASEd it, but changed to a safari theme.

Paper:  Marco's Paper "Carton" for the card
             DCWV Safari Chic pack for the map background
             The Paper Studio's Safari

Stamp:  A SU thanks from an unknown set

Ink: Memento Tuxedo

Accessories:  SU Curly Label punch, twine

Zoo Cards

I made some zebra and elephant cards for my sister-in-law last year and thought I didn't have any pictures, but I stumbled upon a picture of one.

The card itself is a DCWV zebra print card, the Zebra (and elephant that I don't have a picture of) are from a swap (on Splitcoaststampers of course) and I don't know who made them. I wish I did, because now that I have a job, I'd buy them. I colored the zebra with watercolor pencils and used gamasol to blend the colors.

Birthday Gift Set for my SIL

My SIL loves animals and animal themed things...I usually make her animal note cards for her birthday. This year's cards use some slightly dimensional Zoo stickers I got at Hobby Lobby (love their clearance shelf!) and some paper I've had forever. I probably got the paper when Recollections was going out of business 3 years ago, but then again, maybe not... (LOL)

I cut the leaf paper using SU's Top Note Die and used the Top Note for 3 cards and the frame for 3 more cards. The green background papers are American Crafts cardstock.

The alligator uses another piece of paper resembling water for the river and the same leaves for the bank.

The same paper used for the water was used for the sky and sandpaper for the desert for the snake card.

I hope my SIL likes them. I have another sheet of the stickers in case I want to make some for me!!! :)

Birthday Gift Set for my SIL

My SIL loves animals and animal themed things...I usually make her animal note cards for her birthday. This year's cards use some slightly dimensional Zoo stickers I got at Hobby Lobby (love their clearance shelf!) and some paper I've had forever. I probably got the paper when Recollections was going out of business 3 years ago, but then again, maybe not... (LOL)

I cut the leaf paper using SU's Top Note Die and used the Top Note for 3 cards and the frame for 3 more cards. The green background papers are American Crafts cardstock.

The alligator uses another piece of paper resembling water for the river and the same leaves for the bank.

The same paper used for the water was used for the sky and sandpaper for the desert for the snake card.

I hope my SIL likes them. I have another sheet of the stickers in case I want to make some for me!!! :)

Birthday Gift Set for my SIL

My SIL loves animals and animal themed things...I usually make her animal note cards for her birthday. This year's cards use some slightly dimensional Zoo stickers I got at Hobby Lobby (love their clearance shelf!) and some paper I've had forever. I probably got the paper when Recollections was going out of business 3 years ago, but then again, maybe not... (LOL)

I cut the leaf paper using SU's Top Note Die and used the Top Note for 3 cards and the frame for 3 more cards. The green background papers are American Crafts cardstock.

The alligator uses another piece of paper resembling water for the river and the same leaves for the bank.

The same paper used for the water was used for the sky and sandpaper for the desert for the snake card.

I hope my SIL likes them. I have another sheet of the stickers in case I want to make some for me!!! :)

Dustin Pike's Newest Release

Dustin Pike's newest release is a set of zoo images!!! Check them out, and get today's freebie!!!

Zoo Cards II

Here are some more of the zoo cards I made for my SIL. I utilized my Cricut for these with the Zooballoo cartridge. All of the animals are cut out on DCWV cardstock. The hippo's sky is chalked and the grass is done with SU's Terrific Turf roller, and the water is created with the Cuttlebug S'vine Swirls embossing folder and cut to look like waves/ripples in the water. The two koala cards and the giraffe card all use SU's Bamboo II background stamp and Old Olive ink. The first of these cards uses either Green Galore or Garden Green for the base while the other is white on Old Olive. The giraffe card uses drywall tape (it's so perfect - it already has adhesive on it!!!) to try and allude to a zoo cage. I'm not sure it worked, but...

Zoo Cards

My SIL loves

jungle/safari animal themed things and so I made these cards for her for Christmas. I got these animal images in a SCS swap and don't recall who made them...which is too bad, because I'd love to get them now. If anyone knows, please let me know. I used my Bic markers, SU's scallop punch, brads and fringe yarn (I don't know if it has an actual name) and my Spellbinder Nesties. The lion card uses the SU roller "Tropical Turf" for the grass and the sky is chalked. The paper is a zoo pack I got at Hobby Lobby and/or DCWV. The first giraffe card's background is sponged with SU's Really Rust, Creamy Caramel and Chocolate Chip.