It's Irrelephant!

We're going wild this week at Stampendous with some awesome Dreamweaver stencils and some great stamps!  Today I have a card with a little bit of Indian spice and lots of stuff that's nice!  Here's my card:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil DWLG756 Open Elephant

Stampendous® Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Regular Embossing Paste

DecoArt® Americana® Antique Gold Acrylic Paint

Memento Teal Zeal Ink by Tsukineko

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Pumice Stone by Ranger®

My Mind's Eye® Indie Chic™ "Nutmeg" 6x6 Designer Patterned Paper Pad

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Candy Necklace Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

May Arts Ribbon®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesive

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L®

Assorted Micro Beads - Gold

Self-Adhesive Pearl by Want2Scrap™

Here's what I did to create this card:

Mix some regular white paste with a squirt of gold paint and a pinch of beads for some fun texture

Paste emboss stencil with mixture directly onto trimmed patterned paper, set aside to dry

Create A2 card base with a tent fold from blue cardstock

Trim bottom layer of designer paper 

Stamp sentiment on scrap of white paper with blue ink and add distress ink

Trim a mat for sentiment and adhere sentiment to mat

Cut two strips of ribbon

Once paste has dried, adhere elephant to bottom patterned paper and wrap ribbons around as shown covering edges

Adhere these layers to card base

Add foam squares to sentiment and attach to card over ribbon

This was a fun card to create, I like the effect of the micro beads and will add those to future pasted projects for sure.  Just something different! Here's a list of my teammates that have more wild animals to share with you:

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Alison Heikkila 

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Lyn Bernatovich 

Pam Hornschu 

Laura Drahozal 

Louise Healy 

Kristine Reynolds

Thanks for stopping by today!  Comments, as always, are appreciated!  Now it's your turn to get wild and show us what you can do!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Nikki Burnette

It’s Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is The Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette and the theme is to use some ribbon.  My image is Giselle.  She’s listed on the web site as currently unavailable.  I’m not sure why and I do apologize but, hopefully she’ll be available again soon.  She really is a lovely image!  Nikki has several mermaids on her site, so, if you don’t want to wait for this one, I’m sure you could find another that’s equally lovely.

Here’s what I used to create this ATC:

Nikki Burnette’s Giselle
Copic® Markers
May Arts Ribbon®
Blue Bling™ Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Want2Scrap® Pearls
Zip Dry Paper Glue from Beacon Adhesives
3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L® Scrapbook Adhesives®
Beige paper from my scrap stash, not sure of maker

Here’s what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color with markers and fussy cut image 
Trim blue cs base to ATC size
Trim a piece of beige scrap paper to fit along bottom of ATC
Snip off bits of leaves ribbon and trim strips of net ribbon
Adhere ribbon pieces to ATC base as shown
Using foam squares, attach beige scrap to bottom
Adhere cut out image as shown
Attach last piece of leaves ribbon as shown
Apply pearls as shown

This was a super easy ATC to put together.  I love mermaids and I really love to use the May Arts Ribbons as seaweed and sea grass, they’re the perfect addition!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  It would be awesome if you would play along with us.  Using ribbon on an ATC is certainly an easy theme for even beginners, so, if you’re feeling shy, don’t, just play!  I look forward to seeing what YOU create!

Hugs,

Lea