Birthday Elephant

Hi and welcome!  Today's card encompasses a few challenges that are out there at the moment:  Muse Card Club, City Crafter who are looking for elephants on your card, ColourQ, and MFT Sketch Challenge.

From the adorable Muse card, I took the elephant, the balloons (although I only used one) and the solid color background.

I loosely painted distress inks plus Island Blue from SSS onto a panel of white cardstock.  Once that was dry, I flicked some of the Blueprint Sketch ink on top using a paintbrush before cutting the panel with a stitched die.

The elephant and balloon were colored with Copics and die cut.  I then stamped the sentiment onto a flag and adhered both the elephant and balloon to it.  The tag was cut from white cardstock and I also cut the top reinforcer from a scrap of the watercolored panel.  The sentiment, elephant and balloon are all popped up on foam tape.  I finished the card with some rainstones.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Adorable Elephants (MFT)
Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Blueprint Sketch, Peacock Feathers, Island Blue
Cardstock:  White, X-Press It
Dies:  Adorable Elephants, Blueprints 20, Stitched Flag Stax (MFT), Tags a Lot (Mama Elephant)
Accessories:  Copics, Wink of Stella, Rainstones

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Muse and was the random winner at MFT Sketch Challenge.