2/28/2015

Cute Elephant

Hey everybody! Today's card features the super cute Wplus9 elephant. I was lucky enough to get the adorable new sets before they were sold out. I'll enter this card to the Wplus9 TBT Challenge: Guiding Light. My oldest Wplus9 set is called "Ink Splats" and I combined it with the new "Bubble Talk" set. Inspired by Maureen's beautiful design, I created this card:


I thought it would be fun to have the elephant create a little piece of art with his trunk. I started using the same technique as Maureen did on her first card, masking a rectangle and inking it with various Distress Inks. Then I removed the masks and stamped the ink splats with matching ink. I stamped the "Hello" into the largest splat and adhered my panel to the cardbase. Now I stamped the elephant onto cardstock, colored it with Copics and cut it out. Then I adhered it with foam tape. Finally I added matching sequins. Here comes a closer look:


I hope you like it! I can't get enough of this cutie and will create some more cards with elephants, soon!
I'll also enter this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes".


Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

supplies:
Wplus9 Bubble Talk stamp set, Ink Splats stamp set - Ranger Distress Inks - Tsukineko ink - Copic markers - Pretty Pink Posh sequins

11 comments:

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Love love love that elephant!! ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

PS ... years ago, we had an elephant at our local zoo that drew art!! Ruby was her name and her art was famous! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_%28elephant%29

Lin said...

Gorgeous shading, Vanessa, and I love the happy colors and your mixing in of the sequins, too! That ellie is adorable! Thanks for sharing this with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

Nora Noll said...

This is incredible!! I love the shading and how you paired this adorable elephant with the ink blot set. So clever!! I have this set just have not had the time to play with the elephants!!

Marlene Bonetti said...

Vaneassa, deine Karte ist der Hammer! So süss! ♥

Maureen Merritt said...

This is fantastic, I love how you have the Ellie making art with his trunk, simply brilliant!!! Thanks so much for playing along in the Wplus9 Throwback Challenge!

Els said...

I absolutely love your card!! Love the colors, and that cute adorable elephant ...
It's stunning!
Els.

NatQuebec said...

It's really cute !!!

Alexandra Boehnke said...

Ahhhhh, wunderschön! So süß und die Farbkombi ist ein Traum!

Brandi said...

Bright...fun....cute!

Daria said...

This is a darling card. I love the bright colors and how you repeated them with the Splat stamps. The elephant is beautifully colored. Thank you for sharing the details.