I'm tired, so I'm going to post about my blogger-love post from the past saturday, that I didn't get a chance to put up. I borrowed Oh Happy Day's elephant Valentine's Day card and envelop idea. I love cutout cards, and her elephant is just the cutest thing! Plus I have some plain orange envelopes I'd like to jazz up.
I began by trying to stamp an envelope that I already had. This first attempt smudged. I have this trouble with this particular ink pad a lot, I'm not sure why I keep trying to use it.
To make my elephant template I cut a piece of notecard the same size the envelope. Then I drew an elephant on it like Oh Happy Day's, and then cut it out. I then picked out a piece of handmade paper to use for the actual card. I traced my template and cut out the elephant. I used an awl to make the eye hole, and a razor blade to cut out the ear. I curled the ear around a pencil to give it some shape.
Then I stamped 'happy birthday' on it.
This is how the envelope and elephant look together.
This is what I wrote on the back. Thought it was cute for a belated birthday card. Hope ya'll enjoyed, happy DIYing! chris.
EDIT: I was extra tired when I first wrote this. I even spelled my name wrong! I went back and fixed all my spelling errors, and added a little more detail.
EDIT: I was extra tired when I first wrote this. I even spelled my name wrong! I went back and fixed all my spelling errors, and added a little more detail.
