I've never knowingly eaten elephant, and don't plan to, nevertheless I decided to feature an elephant on my card. Because lurking in my Very Old Stamps I have an unmounted stamp of an elephant's bottom, and I get far too little reason to stamp elephant's bottoms. It's an unmounted stamp and I'm guessing from the colour of the rubber that it came in a grab bag from Viva Las Vegas.
I started by sizing and printing the sentiment and pile of poo - these were a free download which I think came from Bugaboo stamps - and then cut the paper to shape. I stamped the elephant in dark grey then coloured it in with various grey pencils, then used a deckle edged ruler to draw a skyline and stamped the lone tree (a Debbi Moore stamp which I lost about 10 minutes after making this card, I hope it turns up again soon!). I added just a hint of distant savannah and sky with watercolours and used a pencil to doodle in the footprints. I coloured the egret on the elephant's back with a white gel pen to make it stand out, and finished the pile of poo with glossy accents.
And they say an elephant never forgets......
9 comments:
Love it! Jo x
Fantastic card, love it. I have that freebie from Bugaboo as well, just saw it yesterday. Great depth on the elephant and horizon.
Fabulous Jane! We have a saying here 'How do you eat an elephant? A little bit at a time' - for whenever there's what seems to be a huge and daunting task to face :)
Hugs
Di xx
A super card Jane, a great design.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
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Brilliant, Jane, what a fabulous design! xx
Can't stop laughing about this, fabulous work, Sistah ♥
I love that you made glossy poo!
Ohhhhhhhh glossy poo!!! Very fitting for an elephant's bottom!
Love it!
Fab job sistah!!
This is so much fun! A perfect excuse to use that elephant. And fine scenery as his backdrop. Glossy poop... hmm. :P
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