Sunday 24 May 2015

Dad card

Hello!

I hope you have been enjoying your weekend.  I have had a difficult week with lots on at work combined with a reaction to some antibiotics which has left me feeling pretty grotty.  Thank goodness for a bank holiday weekend and some family time!  It is half term for the kids so although I am not off with them, life will be a bit simpler next week :)

Unsurprisingly, I haven't been particularly creative over the past few days so only have this card to share with you:



This card is loaded up with Hero Arts goodness including the sweet elephants, palm die and sentiment.  Even the stencil lightly inked in blue in the background is Hero's tweed stencil!

I stamped the elephants on grey card and added a bit of pencil shading - it was a cheat's way of colouring :)  The palm die cut was cut twice with the slightly darker green just visible to provide a bit of definition.  The Happy die cut is stacked up several times to provide a bit of substance. 

This will be the perfect card for my youngest to give to Dad on father's day in June.

I will link up at Addicted to CAS where the code word is Animal, at the May Anything Goes Challenge at A2Z Scrapbooking and at the die cuts and punches challenge over at Happy Little Stampers.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope to be back with more to share soon :)

Sarah x

18 comments:

  1. That is the sweetest card Sarah! Pretty colors and pretty composition!

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  2. That is the sweetest card Sarah! Pretty colors and pretty composition!

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  3. I totally LOVE all the cards with the Hero Animals! Very happy you entered it in the May Challenge! I already miss you on the team! Hugs!

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  4. Such a sweet, jungle-y scene, Sarah ... love the dimension on that palm over those cute elephants! Enjoy your weekend ... and feel better soon! Anita :)

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  5. Such a darling card! Thanks for sharing with us at ATCAS!

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  6. Sorry to hear you've not been too good Sarah and busy too! Sending hugs and get well wishes!
    Despite the grotty feeling there's nothing wrong with your mojo - this is brilliant! Cute, colourful and so clever. We've a 'cards for the guys' theme over at AAA Cards so please feel free to link up there with this card too.
    Thanks so much. Sarah x

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  7. You say "only" this card, but I say hooray for this card! It's just adorable with the sweet pencil shading, Sarah, and Dad is gonna love it! I'm so sorry you've been through the wars and I hope you are tip-top soon! Hugs, Darnell

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  8. Very fun and sweet card, love your design Sarah! Thanks for sharing with us at a2z! Good luck with all the challenges!!

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  9. So sorry to hear you have had a tough week and hope the weekend has helped. I like the idea of stamping on the grey card and adding shading, although not sure my colouring skills could cope with that!

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  10. totally adorable Sarah. Thanks for joining us a2z this month.

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  11. Beautiful card Sarah, Hope you get to feeling better soon! Happy to still see you over at a2z Scrapbooking!

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  12. So cute Sarah! Your youngest is going to love giving this card to their dad! :) Thanks for playing along at Happy Little Stampers and ATCAS. xx

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  13. Those elephants are so cute and perfect for a child to give his Dad. I think adding color to color is a great way to go, not at all cheating. ;)

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  14. Too Cute!!! I love the stenciled background, It adds a nice subtle touch. So glad you could join our challenge at a2z Scrapbooking. :)

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  15. Such a good stamp for father's day card!! Love your colour combo as well.

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  16. I'm so sorry you haven't been feeling well, Sarah...hope you'll be feeling better soon! This is such a great Father's Day card! I love how you placed the fern behind the elephants and your stenciling is just beautiful! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at ATCAS!

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  17. Nothing like taking medication to help and it does the opposite!! Hope its wearing off by now. Brilliant card and just love those elephants. Your so good with your masculine cards!

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  18. A sweet jungle-card! Great how the blue "grounds" it all! Hugs, Gerrina

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