Thursday, February 23, 2012

Zoo Animals

The CCEE Stampers are showing off our zoo animals this week. Shirley said it is time to get wild and make a card with one of our favorite zoo animals on it. As you can see, I went with the elephant. I love dots and stripes so I paper pieced the elephant with dots and the clouds with stripes. I used some twine from  so he could carry these punched balloons to someone to wish them a happy birthday or whatever occasion.

Truly Scrumptious #74 has a cute challenge this week-All Creatures Great and Small
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #73-Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog-Use 3 different papers


Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog #41-Inspiration Piece-Must use twine, jute twine, ribbon, lace....basically anything that comes on a spool.



Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts-Elephant Wishes
Paper: PTI white cardstock, Me & My Big Ideas-A Kid Like Me, KI Memories-Holiday Collection Double Sided Alpine Dots, Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler cardstock, scraps
Accessories: Martha Stewart balloon punch, Copics, Maraschino twine

Hope you'll check out the other zoo animal cards the rest of the team has been creating and join us.
CCEE STAMPERS

23 comments:

Hussena said...

oh my!!! this is so so adorable i love this sweet card you have paper pieced that elephant so well!!! such fab job!!

NanaConnie said...

Oooo, what wonderful paper piecing, Benzi! That has to be the best dressed 'pachyderm' I've ever seen. :-D Great idea with the balloons and twine.

Vicky Gould said...

Love your paper pieced elephant and twine holding those outta the box balloons, Brenda. Such a cute card!

Carla S. said...

This is adorable, Brenda! Love the paper-pieced ellie and the cute sentiment to go with!

Eloise said...

what a cute card. love the elephant.

Basslady said...

hun, what a cute fun-card! i love the balloons with the twine and the adorable elephant!

very cute!

hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo

jdmommy - Anne Harmon said...

What a fun sentiment to go with the paper pieced ellie. My middle son is 6'10 too, but he was a swimmer. Fast backstroker!!

Marisa said...

Soooo cute, Benzi!! LOVE the polka dotted ellie and the balloons with the twine. Darling card :)

wannabcre8tive said...

Love your cute card and all the dots.
I like how you paper pieced the elephant, it really makes it stand out. The twine on the balloons was a great idea.

Cindy Haffner said...

Just so ADORABLE!!~

Sabrina said...

Great paper piecing, and I love those muted colours with all the black.

Charlene Merrick (LilLuvsStampin) said...

This just screams CUTENESS!!! I love, love, LOVE the paper-pieced elephant and clouds and the cute way you have the balloons around his trunk. Awesome card, Brenda!

Kathy Bradley said...

Absolutely adorable, Benz! I love your sweet elephant and love him pieced with the pretty DP. My favorite item is the twined balloons - adorable. Adorable and fun card!

Carol L said...

Your polka dotted elephant is too cute, and I just love how you attached the balloons with twine! This is really a cute card!

Maria said...

Sweet little elephant holding the balloons...too CUTE! Love the polka dotted black background and pretty blue clouds! This card makes me smile...love it! Take care and have a wonderful weekend!

Joanne (jojot) said...

LOVE the paper piecing....brings a really joyous quality to that cute critter.....adorable card, Brenda

Bonnie said...

I love that black & white polka dot paper, and the paper pieced elephant and clouds! This is such a fun card!

Bernie said...

TO CUTE!!! Love the papers and the pieced elephant is adroable!
Hugs
Bernie

Lynne in NI said...

Awwww, absolutely adorable! I'm lovin your green elephant!

Suzanne said...

I absolutely love everything about this card, Benzi! Thanks for playing with us at RCC this week!

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card Benzi, so cute and the paper piecing looks fab :)
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp
hugs Mandy xx

Colleen Dietrich said...

Congrats on being named in the Ribbon Carousel challenge for this ADORABLE card, Benzi! Just saw it over there at RCC.

Kris Chirhart said...

Oh Brenda!! Congrats!! I saw your card posted on Facebook by the Ribbon Carousel!! I can see why you were chosen... Your card is amazing!! The colors are just perfect... the black just showcases your card perfectly. And I LOOOOVE adding balloons to critter cards. Just sooooo fun, and your polka dotted elephant is just sweet!