the sweetest thing

Feb 12, 2010

Sweet Little One

Don't fall over from shock or anything, but I'm actually posting a challenge card on the day the challenge posted!  What???  I Know!  Taylor is celebrating 100 sketches today and I wanted to jump right into the celebration.  I haven't made a baby card in a while, so I thought I'd try and start with some pastel Tea Party papers.  I always adore little elephants on baby cards, so I grabbed Elephants In Love and just inked up the larger elephant by masking the rest of the stamp with post it notes.  After I cut this little cutie out, he looked so lonely, so I added some Tiny Twinkles and I love the effect it gives - like he's giving himself a bath in bling, LOL!
 
The sentiment is from Beary Special - I love pairing up different stamp sets, the possibilities are endless!  I used lots of Nestabilities for this card and got a little scallop crazy, haha!  The sketch called for 3 little embellies on the side, but I only had 2 little green buttons left, so I left it as it is.  

Alright - gotta get back to mom life.  Have a wonderful day!
Karen


recipe -
stamps: elephants in love, beary special
paper: certainly celery, so saffron, whisper white cardstock, tea party dsp (all SU)
ink: memento rich cocoa
accessories: nestabilities, apron lace punch, so saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, sherbet designer buttons, tiny twinkles, dimensionals

19 comments:

Gloria said...

Cute card! Love the elephant!

Merry said...

Wonderful card....love all the layering.

Marie B. said...

Suh-weet!!! Love your use of color!

Mary J said...

Fantastic attention to detail, Karen! I love how you've used that blue to lift the whole card - fab!

Kristina said...

I'm feeling slightly spoiled this week with cards everyday from you! This one is adorable! I love the little bling bath!

Basement Stamper said...

Your card is darling, I love it!

alittlelessuseless said...

I love the little elephant so cute, and his bling! :) Its a great card! Will have to go and check out their sketch!

mritzen said...

Darling card, Great cikiyrs and I love the twinkles from his trunk :D

Sarah-Jane Kale' said...

Aaawwwhhh.. now who's a little cutie, cutie!!! hehehe.. Absolutely GORGEOUS. LOVE the little bit of Bling... gotta get me some of that me thinks.

xx SJ

Allison said...

So cute! Love the colours and twinkle bath!

Chook said...

Just gorgeous

Dina said...

FANTASTIC Karen!! I simply adore this card! The sketch looks amazing and I love all the dp's you used! The paper pieced elephant is darling and the tiny twinkles are the perfect touch!

Cards by Gina said...

Oooh, I love this card, Karen! Everything about it is just beautiful.

daisey1977 said...

This is adorable!! Such cute colors :)

Edna said...

This is lovely, especially the carry through of the dots from BG to Elephant!

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Oh my goodness is this adorable, Karen! Just darling!

Alice Wertz said...

this is darling! love the soft colors you used!

Catherine Marshall said...

Wow!!! super cute love the elephant.

Krista Driessen said...

Love the card with the bright colors ! Great job !