Happy Birthday trio of cute elephants gatefold card - Day 71 of my 365 day challenge

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Happy Birthday trio of cute elephants gatefold card - 
Day 71 of my 365 day challenge

Hi Craft addicts!

 I really love these cute elephant stamps from Hunkydory's For The Love of Stamps and I am really getting into using paper to add some dimension to the picture I am trying to create...


How I made this card:-

  • I first of all stamped out the three different elephants from the Tons of Fun collection from Hunkydory's For The Love of Stamps range using Tuxedo Black Memento ink.
  • I coloured them all in using grey alcohol markers trying to give each a different shade with the large of them being slightly darker. I cut round them (the smaller ones right to the edge) and the large one leaving a small border round it.
  • I then tore strips of green paper (this one is double sided from the Rainbow Radiance Stylish Silhouettes paper pad), giving them all an irregular edge and stuck the brown one on to the card approximately half way up, then the lighter one and finally the darker one at the bottom. I had stuck them on leaving the card closed, so had to cut through them to allow the card to open.
  • I stamped some grass on to the paper using Moss Altenew Ink pad several times, moving it slightly to one side on the 2nd row.
  • I then stamped the grass twice on the left hand side and once on the right side and then the tree just to the left of the grass. I again used the Moss ink as I didn't want them to be too harsh.
  • Using some foam pads I added the 3 elephants, the two smaller ones on the left hand side and the larger one on the right. I also added some shadows to the elephants on the grass using a grey alcohol marker.
  • I found I had this Happy Birthday sentiment from a previous collection (not sure which one to be honest) and edged it with a blue alcohol marker and attached it to the right hand side of the card so it looked like the elephant was holding it and stuck it using PVA glue.
And there you are a stylish card that is not too hard to make especially when you have such lovely dies to work with...

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Products and items you may need to make this project
  • C6 straight edged white gatefold card with matching envelope 
  • Tons of Fun For the Love of Stamps collection from Hunkydory (elephants and grasses) 
  • Happy birthday sentiment - pre printed
  • White card (World of Paper from Creative Crafting World or any other supplier)
  • Green and brown paper from Hunkydory's Rainbow Radiance paper pad
  • Moss Altenew Ink pad
  • Blues and Greys Spectrum Noir alcohol markers
  • Tape pen
  • Foam pads
  • Glue-it glue from Pinflair
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
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