For today's LSC, we were to make a masculine card. No frills, no bling, no flowers. I had the perfect card yesterday. Oh well, I made another using a different elephant image from the same set as yesterday. All images are FireCracker Designs.
I stamped the elephant three times on three colors of c/s w/ the chocolate ink. Just a hint of shading and highlighting was added w/ markers and a white gel pen. They were cut out and attached w/ foam tape to a rust colored panel. The rust panel was punched all around the edge w/ a border punch which has a double row of tiny holes. I used a needle & thread to add the stitching using these holes. The rust layer is attached to dp, another rust layer then a tan card.
The sentiment was punched w/ a tag punch and a attached to rust layer trimmed to fit. The sun medallion was assembled from 3 sizes of the same image stamped on three colors of c/s and layered together. One part of the dp was cut out and attached to upper right for a non-girly embellishment.
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Date: Friday, August 21, 2009 GMT Views: 2638
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Fri, Aug 21, 2009 @ 8:57 PM
Wow. Incredible card. The stiching is fantastic and in such harmony with the background paper. Very creative.
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Fri, Aug 21, 2009 @ 8:58 PM
OMGosh Julie, this is just over the top cool and so manly to boot! I love how you did these elephants here. Your bg is da-bomb. Your card is WOW times a hundred! Stitching amazing. What a card! TFS :0)
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Fri, Aug 21, 2009 @ 9:01 PM
Wow, this is super. Love the elephant trio and that dp is so cool.
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Fri, Aug 21, 2009 @ 9:21 PM
Okay, WOW, did I say "WOW", oh yes, WOW!! Julie, I can't even believe the creations you come up with!! This is truly a gorgeous piece of art. The elephant panels and the highlights are just phenomenal!! And, that border of stitching - you've outdone yourself again my friend!! Absolutely SPECTACULAR!! tfs!!!
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