First of all, yes I really do like elephants but it's truly just a coincidence that yesterday's and today's projects both feature them. Yesterday I was just looking for something simple to watercolor and there was Elebration. Today is Dr. Seuss's birthday. We celebrated at my school today and I decided to make a card in honor of it tonight so I decided to go with sweet Horton. I was looking at a book I have titled The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss and there's a painting dating back to around 1925 of an elephant who's eerily similar to Horton. Dr. Seuss drew him a lot.
My Horton is all punches. He is made up of: 1-3/4" circle (body), 1-3/8" circle (head), 3/4" circle (legs), large heart (ears), wide oval (trunk, tail). I didn't have any gray cardstock so I used Bashful Blue and sponged the edges with the matching ink. To make the flower, I took a small piece of Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, put SNAIL on one side of it, then twisted it up tight to make the stem. The flower is several itty bitty flowers punched out, crumpled, and glued together.
Supply List
Cardstock: Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Bashful Blue
Accessories: Punches listed above, 1/4" Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, Bashful Blue Stampin' Write marker (to make wrinkles on trunk)
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