I didn't have a lot of gumption left tonight, so I decided to just sit down at my desk and play with paper a bit. When I saw this week's CARDS Magazine challenge is to create an animal-shaped card, I dug through my scrap box and started playing.
When we were young, my brother Mike always loved turtles. When we would see one trying to cross the road, he would make my Dad stop the car, so we could help it to safety. Brother Mike has three beautiful daughters, who I have no doubt will love turtles as much as their Dad did ... so I decided to make a Sassy Turtle for one of my nieces.
I used an oval cutter and border punch to create the shell out of a piece of Basic Grey designer paper. Next, I free-hand cut the turtle body from green cardstock. I embossed both pieces and added some ink sponging and shading.
I finished with some pearl eyes, a smiling mouth,a nd of course some fun green flowers ... because what's a sassy turtle without a decorated shell?
This is absolutely adorable!
Posted by: Nicole Maki | June 16, 2011 at 09:49 PM
I saw this on the CREATE:Blog and had to come comment. What a wonderful memory you brought back with this card."How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?" "A 1, a 2, a 3."
This card reminds me of the turtle from those old ads. Thanks.
Posted by: Katie B | June 23, 2011 at 10:46 PM