A Hipster-Potamus!!

Something a little different from me today!!

This is my make for today's DT post over at Make the Day Special... I wasn't sure about this little guy when he first came into the store but I decided to give him a home and this is his first time getting inked!!

I found a tub of painted balsa wood tags in my stash so I thought I'd have a play... he's stamped with Black Stazon and coloured with Prisma Pencils,  looks kinda cute how his face follows the shape of the tag!!

The back of the tag was left raw so I covered it with patterned paper and added a speech bubble for the Hip Hip Hip Hooray :0)

He's coated with clear matt varnish to protect him from knocks and scratches and he's just looking for a bunch of keys to call home now....at least the keys wont get lost, he's quite large :0)

Thanks for your visit today, hope you have a great weekend :0)

Jenny x

Stamps used: Hipster-Potamus by Avery Elle

'Fin'tastic!!!

Hello there :0)

It's a very tricky challenge this week at Less is More.... one layer week and a card inspired by a film!!!
Luckily it doesn't have to be a favourite film because this one is certainly not !!..... although it's pretty iconic and easy for you to guess....

.... yep it's Jaws!! I do remember watching it but not for long and mostly from behind a comic or magazine!!
Funny when you look back, with film animation and computer graphics as they are nowadays, you realise how plastic Jaws really looked :0)

When you open this card you'll see this little chap from Clearly Besotted stamps is not such a scary shark either, although his teeth still look sharp!!

I know, I know... sorry for another punny sentiment, it's how my brain works I'm afraid and the only way I could make this a usable card with a shark in it :0) I coloured him with promarkers and wrapped a strip of vellum across him for the water. The sentiment is stamped using a Lawn Fawn Alphabet, very handy when you're making up punny sentiments and they are so easy to line up on the acrylic block too :0)

Thanks for your visit today :0)

Jenny x

Woo Hoo!!

Edited to add: Woo-Hoo thanks to the DT at CAS(e) this Sketch for selecting my card

Hi there,

I'm off to The Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show at Alexandra Palace today... really looking forward to browsing and meeting up with some crafting pals too :0)  ...before I go (like I'm writing this on a Saturday morning!!) I thought I would share my entry for this weeks CAS(e) this Sketch.... it's a fun sketch using an angle I haven't tried before in a design!!

The Critters in the Forest stamp set from Lawn Fawn is new to me and I just love that pine tree for building scenes like this. I originally had the idea of a treetop vista but when I saw the sketch I changed it up to a hillside treetop vista and with the birdie singing from the highest perch it had to be a congrats/well done style card :0)  I got a bit stuck where to place the sentiment but I think the yellow tab works and gives it a comic book strip feel too... what do you think? I wonder what happens in the next scene?? Lol

Thanks for your visit :0)
Jenny x