I was thrilled to win the
February Twofer Challenge with
this card, and was then invited to be their Guest Designer for the
April challenge:
In case you're not familiar with the Twofer challenge, here are the basic rules:
I don't have any zoo animal stamps so my friend, Christine, kindly lent me some of hers. I chose a very unusual elephant and came up with this Twofer:
First up is a Christmas card where the silly elephant has really overindulged in the Christmas festivities:
He looks pretty miserable, doesn't he?
First step was to create the sentiment on the computer and then print it off on a lightweight cs. I then put it in my MISTI and laid a piece of scrap acetate over it so that I could get my elephant lined up perfectly between the sections of the sentiment - by stamping onto the acetate, I can see where the image is going to end up. Then removed the acetate and stamped onto the cs.
I then coloured the elephant with coloured pencils and Gamsol. The Santa hat from the Tim Holtz Crazy Birds' accesories stamps seemed about the right size so I stamped, coloured, and fussy cut it. Bordered with red cs and it was done.
My second card is a get well card. I have more sympathy for the elephant in this one as he really does look ill (whereas the Christmas elephant brought his misery upon himself!).
I had a scrap of coated cs that I'd sprinkled Bisters on (probably the green). It had a perfect dark brown spot that fit the elephant's eye! I stamped him with Staz-on and then fussy-cut him.
Using a chintz-patterned dp, I stamped and heat embossed the Poppy Stamps Hayward Sofa, then fussy cut it. Poor elephant didn't quite fit so he needed a pile of cushions to rest his head on. The sofa stamp has a cushion in one corner so I stamped, heat embossed, and fussy cut it three times, and stuck them on under his head. I added a bit of "ground" with coloured pencils, and bordered the panel with the same dp as I used for the sofa. The sentiment is stamped on a fussy cut label stamp.
I hope you are inspired to get out a zoo animal stamp, die, or stencil and create a Twofer for the challenge. There's lots more inspiration from the Design Team
here. You have until March 24th to enter.
Supplies for the Christmas card:
Stamps - Katzelkraft elephant, Tim Holtz Crazy Birds' Santa hat
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - white and red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - computer-generated sentiment, coloured pencils, Gamsol
Supplies for the Get Well card:
Stamps - Katzelkraft elephant, Tim Holtz sentiment and sentiment label, Poppy Stamp Hayward Sofa stamp
Ink - Staz-on Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - coated cs, Gina K Pure Ivory cs, Graphic 45 dp
Size - 5.75x3.75"
Accessories - clear embossing powder, coloured pencils, Bisters
