There's an elephant in the room!

Happy November!  This month starts off with a special card for my sister. Yes.....I remembered her birthday.  Elephants never forget and if they do they can always tie a string around their trunk to help them remember right?  This card just fell together that way using Kaisercraft's Elephant stamp and die set.  I loved this elephant from the second I saw her.  It was one of those aha moments where I immediately pictured this card in my head.  The colors and the balloon were all there. This fabulous elephant takes on the fun theme of those popular adult color books with detailed graphics just begging for some Kuretake real brush watercolor markers.  It was so fun to color!  I didn't worry about shading at all, I just had fun with it.

For this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: elephant (Kaisercraft), Textile Rectangle Sentiments (My Favorite Things).

Ink: onyx black (Versafine), spiced marmalade (Ranger Distress), Kuretake watercolor markers (ZIG).

Paper: soft navy (Simon Says Stamp), white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).

Accessories: Elephant dies (Kaisercraft), Balloon dies (Lil' Inker Designs), clear gems, natural twine, dimensional tape (3M).

Then I went on to create this card in a whole different way.  I started by using some distress inks on watercolor paper for a beautiful watercolor the background.  Then I stamped the elephant image over it for a real artsy look.  I can't even express enough how much I love this elephant!

For this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Elephant (Kaisercraft), Label Love (Altenew)

Ink: peacock feathers, picked raspberry, mustard seed (Ranger Distress Ink), onyx black (Versafine), black soot (Ranger Distress Spray Stain).

Paper:  black (Simon Says Stamp), 140 lb watercolor (Canson), white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).

Accessories: dimensional tape (3M), clear sequins.

Be sure to stop back here on Friday for another CAS-ual Fridays The Challenge!  I have two more cards to share with you and a chance to win $25 to spend at the CAS-ual Fridays online store, woohoo!!  See you tomorrow!