Elephant Welcomes Baby

     I'm headed to a gender reveal party for my 3rd grandchild in a couple of weeks. No card is necessary for the party, but it put me in the mood to make a baby card. Didn't know whether to make a pink or a blue card so . . . I made one of each.

 

      For these cards I used Beth Silaika's "Bella Elephant". The elephants are colored with Copics (N1, N3, R11, White Gelly Roll). I used Weathered Wood and Pumice Stone inks and a cloud stencil to make the clouds behind the sentiment. 

 

Inside of Cards

Challenges

Cards in Envy - Hip to be Square - #31 - *
Challenge Up Your Life - Baby - #7 - *
Fresh Brewed Blog - Pokemon Colors - #2 - *

SlowBro #80

Simon Says Stamp - It's Hip to be Square - #10 - *
Stamp TV - Pop It Up! - Winner!!!

Stamp TV - Use Stencil/Patterned Paper - *
Unicorn Challenge - Animal Kingdom - #70 - *

It's Your PIG Day

     Today we are celebrating my daughter's 30th birthday. We are traveling to Ft. Worth for her party. I don't know if she still loves pigs as much as she did when she was a teenager, but I decided to make a pig card for her. 

     I decided to use the Faux Tile Technique and Stampin' Up - Bashful Blue ink since I was making a bathroom wall. The bathtub is Karen Burniston's die set "Bathtub Pop Stand". I stamped pig, sentiments and puddle from Beth Silaika's "Sophie, the Pig". I colored using Copics: RV32, 34, E41, 42, 44. The ducky on the inside of the card was part of the "Bathtub Pop Stand" set.

Inside of Card

Directions for Faux Tile Technique:

1. Place diagonal score plate onto score board.
2. Place card stock onto diagonal score board. Score at 1 inch intervals.
   
3. Rotate 90 degrees and repeat: score at 1 inch intervals.
   
4. Trim right angle from a piece of card stock to use as a mask.
   
5. Place the mask on the bottom a square tile. Ink your sponge and GENTLY distress (pushing ink upwards) into the bottom of the square. Try to keep the ink out of the grout (score) lines.
   
6. Repeat this on every square. 

Challenges

Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards - Die Cut - #7 - *

Crafty Catz Challenge - Animal Magic - #5 -*

Deep Ocean Challenge - Furry Friend (Pigs are Mammals aren't they?) - #95 - *

Ellibelle"s Creative Moments - Critters/Creatures - #22 -*

Morgan's Art World Challenge - Happy Birthday - #1 -*

Stamp TV - Score Lines -*