baby elephant

when Gearhardt and Gertrude's children grew up and moved out, they got a baby elephant to start their family anew, they opened a circus, and they were happy again.

for three muses: elephant

images from retired mischief circus kits by itKuPiLLi and miles beyond the moon.

love to all.

living large

for three muses challenge: elephant

images from tumblefish studios (retired), miles beyond the moon (retired); itKuPiLLi (butterflies); and holliewood studios (fractals). all from mischief circus.

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e is for elephant at tag tuesday

as promised i have one more bit of encouragement to get you to join the tag tuesday challenge which runs for one more week.  a winner will get a wonderful collage sheet for a prize (see below!)

this elephant parent and child come from the lunagirl prize sheet! the background is by gecko galz out of africa paper pack, border by tumblefish studio, butterfly by anna griffin and letter by tim holtz.

check out this wonderful prize sheet!

i hope you will play along.  link up here.
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zentangle challenge at the cheerful stamp pad

zentangles are great fun to make, but there are also zentangle images out in the world to play with too.  for our new two week challenge at the cheerful stamp pad we are working with the zentangle art of courtney mcansh, designer of digital images at sweet pea stamps. i've taken courtney's elephant zentangle and made two alphabet ATCs.

with both ATCs i printed the digital image and colored with colored pencils.  on the first i used a background paper from itKuPiLLi and added a flower and washi tape.  the word elephant was stamped with my mason row pegz.

the second ATC i actually posted previously as it was a part of a challenge at the sweet pea stamps facebook page.  the background sunburst paper is from mcmahon five designs and i added flowers and a letter.  i decided to share both ATCs today because i like the contrast as they were each done slightly differently.

a randomly selected winner of this challenge will win a prize from sweet pea stamps so i encourage you to join -- whether you make your own zentangle creation or work with an already created zentangle you will be eligible to play along.

i'm also linking up to the "animal instincts" reader art quest at unruly paper arts.

love to all.

e is for elephant at sweet pea stamps

i've been participating in the progressive challenges at the sweet pea stamps facebook page -- if you post a creation with a stamp from sweet peas stamps you are given a free digital image for the second part of the challenge.  we were given this fabulous elephant image by courtney mcansh.  whenever i have an animal image i love making alphabet ATCs.

i printed the digi and colored it with pencils then outlined it in black pen.  i cut that out and attached it to an ATC base covered with sunburst paper by mcmahon five designs.  i'd also added flowers and the letter E before adhering the elephant. edges were distressed with ink.

love to all!