Animal Stories Sketch Challenge

Hi Stampers,

Today I have a card for you that I made for the weekly sketch challenge on SUDSOL, a Demonstrator website.  I seem to be in kid mode lately, so I brought out the Stampin' Up! set called Animal Stories.  I stamped the images on Whisper White card stock using Chocolate Chip for the elephant, Rose Red for the Owl and So Saffron Classic inks for the giraffe. 

I stamped the giraffe twice and cut one out using my Paper Snips.  I love these little scissors.  They are nice and sharp and get into those little spots with relative ease.  It's hard to see from the picture, but the giraffe block has the image cut "out of the box".  In other words, I trimmed the card stock from around the head and legs, then trimmed the block to the size of the others.  My camera battery died before I could get another picture...sorry.  I will try and remember to take another one showing more clearly and add it to this post later.

The three blocks are mounted on a strip of Old Olive card stock.  The background for that strip is from the Designer Series Paper Collection called Tall Tales.  It has lots of whimsical designs just perfect for a child's card.

The Tall Tales DSP piece has a strip of Rose Red card stock edging the bottom that has been punched out using the Scallop Edge Punch.  Beneath that layer is a piece of Old Olive card stock that has also been punched using the same punch.

I added a length of Always Apricot 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon (doesn't sound like it would match, but it's perfect) and adhered on the back side.  A smaller piece is slipped under and tied into a single not...easy peasy way to add ribbon to a project. 

The strip is adhered to the Designer Paper layer using SNAIL Adhesive.  All the layers are attached to the card body, which is Chocolate Chip card stock, using SNAIL.  The trimmed out giraffe is popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals and overlays the stamped image on the block.

I think it came out cute as can be.  Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.  All supplies are © Stampin' Up!  Here's what I used:

Supplies: 

Stamps:  Animal Stories (116716)

Paper:  Whisper White (100730);  Old Olive (100702);  Rose Red (102544);  Chocolate Chip (102128);  Tall Tales Designer Series Paper (115678)

Ink:  So Saffron Classic Ink (105213);  Rose Red Classic (101778);  Chocolate Chip Classic (100908)

Accessories:  Scallop Edge Punch (112091);  Paper Snips (103579);  Apricot Appeal 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (109040);  Stampin' Dimensionals (104430);  SNAIL Adhesive (104332)

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I really appreciate you taking time to do that.  See you next time!

Mary Davidson

Comments

[Follow Two Paper Divas!]

Mary, this is so stinkin' cute. Love the colors and love that DSP. I bought it but have never used it. Thanks for sharing.

[Susan]

Quite nice; I'm liking this set & the dsp more & more, now that I see others posting samples.

[Kris McIntosh]

Mary, this is lovely. I have been looking for examples of this set with the paper and may have to case this one. Kris