Ever since I made my purple elephant card, I’ve been wanting to make a more boyish one to kind of go along with it.  This morning I finally did.   

I thought it would be more fun to make both the cards whimsical rather than realistic.  As with the purple card, I have a certain person in mind to send this card to.  I understand that green is that person’s favorite color, which is why I chose it for the elephant and the long panel.  I paired some papers from the Basic Grey “Oh Baby! Boy” collection with this week’s Sketch For You To Try. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Animal Wishes (Amuse)
Cardstock: Naturals White (Stampin’ Up); Garic, Ivy and Blue Bonnet from Oh Baby! Boy collection (Basic Grey)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: Premier colored pencils and blender pencil (Prismacolor); Small and Large Labels dies (Nestabilities); Spots & Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

This week I decided to try a new-to-me challenge called Sketch For You To Try.  I thought this was a pretty neat looking layout.  I had fun making a rather girly card with it even though I didn’t use any pink.  I pulled out a set of Amuse clear stamps that I’ve had for a while but never used.  It has some super cute animal images in it, and I especially like the elephants.  I couldn’t fit them both on the card so I chose the elephant with the bow.  I had to turn the sketch on its side to make it work with the images. 

Now that I’m looking at the card more carefully, I think I should have rounded the inner corners of the floral panels.  Oh well.  Too late now.  I don’t want to risk wrecking everything if I try to take the card apart to round them.  What do you think?

I do have a recipient in mind for this card, but I can’t say who it is yet.  I have to leave the element of surprise intact for when the card arrives at its eventual destination! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Animal Wishes (Amuse)
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Naturals Ivory (Stampin’ Up); papers from Kioshi 6″ x 6″ pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: Premier colored pencils and blender pencil (Prismacolor); flowers (Prima); Labels Six and petite ovals dies (Nestabilities); micro brads (Recollections); Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon (SU)