George the giraffe tutorial

As promised here is a list of the punches I used to create George the giraffe ( affectionately named by my friend Fran)
along with basic assembly instructions. Have to keep this short, I am supposed to be doing dinner.
Hence the fact I didn't use proper colours of card just scraps laying around.






PUNCHES USED
Stampin up's Large oval punch.
1 3/4" circle punch (head) 
1" circle punch (mouth)
3/4" circle  (inside of mouth) and spots
1/4" circle punch  ( eyes, spots and tops of horns)
Stampin up s 5 point flower punch (ears)

hand cut scraps for horns and neck.

You'll need

four black 1/4" circles (for eyes and nostrils)
one  sandy coloured  1  3/4" circle for head
one  large  sandy coloured oval
one 1" inch circle for mouth
one pink 3/4 " circle for inside of mouth
one sandy coloured flower  (you'll only use two of it's petals.)
and a mix of 3/4" and  1/4 " spots for his neck markings. ( as many as you want to put on him.

Hand cut a tapered neck and a pair of thinnish horns.

Now you're ready to  set about making him.

Looks a bit flat here doesn't he.......



So Before you  start sticking him together,
I recommend you  sponge all the edges of the sandy coloured circle, petals, horns neck and ears with a little  ink the same or similar colour, 
 just a tad darker. 

You can also sponge the edges of the brown circles if you wish with a darker ink in the same colour but it's not really necessary.
Once you have inked all the edges you can start assembling him as shown in the photos.




Doesn't he look better for a little inking round his edges.
Here you can see I have scribbled on his nostrils due to lack of time.

On my original George,  I gave him eyelashes , white highlights in his eyes and coated his eyes with a few drops of Crystal effects.

 He is now ready to be  added to your card.
For my background I cut some scalloped shapes in green, Inked the edges in green and randomly Stuck them at the base of my card and had George looking over the top of them.

For the sky I used a scalloped shape as a mask and inked over the edged with a sponge to create the childlike clouds.

I hope you will let me know how you get on if you decided to CASE this one.


And I here is my original card made  about four years ago....... I couldn't bare  to part with him.

I forgot to say he looks great done in grey without the horns,.....  kinda monsterish.  I have done a post on him in grey  somewhere on here... if you have  time take a look.

Scalloped Easle Cards for Kids

I have really got into these scalloped edge easle cards , they're so easy when you know how to to create them. on this one I used one of the dinosaurs from the Dinoroar stamp set from stampin' up. This stamp set is just so cute. I love it.

For the next card I used a bunny from the new easter stampset from stampin'up called happy easter everybunny.  I punch a flower and glued it to the base of my card as a stopper to prevent thecard from sliding down.

This one is not quite finished but I thought I would give you some ideas of stamp sets that work with this design of card. I used the cupcake from  the crazy for cupcakes stamp set again from stampin' up.

I was asked to  make a princess card, Not having a princess stamp set I decided to draw my own, I then scannned her into the computer , so I can now print her off any size I like. I can also print her off using a laser printer so she can be hot foiled either before or after she has been coloured. This is a practise one as the little girl I am  doing this for loves pink. I will post that when it's finished.