The neutral color palette for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #16 was perfect for a masculine birthday card for the Hero Arts Man Week challenge.
I needed a birthday card for a friend's son who is very near and dear to my heart. I thought the Hero Arts Playful Animals set would be the perfect place to start.
I stamped the elephant on the kraft card base (for the tail) and then again on gold card stock. I trimmed around the ear and curled out the end of the truck for dimension. While searching through my Hero Arts stamps, I realized that the Flourish from the Thank You Flourishes set reminded me of a spray of water coming from the elephant's trunk. I added tiny gold adhesive bling to the open circles in the stamped design for a bit of sparkle.
The sentiment from A Little Note was stamped in Chocolate on Ivory and matted on a gold scalloped circle. I think it looks like a ball balancing on the water. I used a light blue copic marker to help ground the elephant in the design.
When I showed the card to my husband, he suggested making a palm tree to fill out the open space on the right side of the card. I stamped the Wood Finish in Chocolate on Kraft and hand-cut the trunk. I sponged around the edges for a bit more dimension. The leaves are punched ovals that were hand trimmed.
I love how it turned out … a playful birthday card for a great little guy.
Super CUTE!!!!!
This is such a fun card! Great mix of stamping and paper piecing, love it!
This is adorable Steph, I just love that little Hero Arts ellie – your colours really pop against the kraft! Jo x
Love this card! The pop of the leaves is so much fun and the trunk on the tree is fantastic with the woodgrain stamp!
Love this card! How creative.
oh, this is so fun! love the tree and flourish!
This is so so so cute! I love the ellie and the tree
This is so stinkin’ cute!!! Love the palm tree.
That little tree is just too incredibly adorable! WOWIE on how the colors worked for your card.
Love your use of the scroll with the elephant and the leaves on the tree are wonderful!
Too CA-UTE! 🙂
Adorable palm and elephant. Fabulous job with Dawn’s color challenge.
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
So cute! Love the tree! 🙂
this is a cute and a very very beautiful colour combo card! love the tree and the cutie ellie!
I love you elephant and tree! Very cute card:)