Friday, June 4, 2010

Monkeying around


Today's card is one that I started quite a while ago and finally got finished last night. The monkey is a wonderful digital image from Dustin Pike which I coloured with Copics. I wanted to make the card 3-D so I then created a grass skirt by stitching together some pieces of raffia (recycled from a ribbon in a floral arrangement). I was cursing at myself while making that skirt too - my fingers just seemed incapable of holding a needle, thread and strips of raffia all at the same time. I actually had to remove some of the raffia because I bled on it (lol).

The flower embellishment is from a new Cuttlebug set for quilling (something I've never tried before). Included in the box was this sample flower which I removed and attached using glue dots. The sentiment is just some old alpha stickers I had sitting around. I've never been to Hawaii but with all the rain we are getting here, I'm dreaming of going somewhere tropical!

Recipe:
  • Cuttlebug quilled flower (package sample)
  • Dustin Pike digital image
  • Copic markers
  • Raffia (stash)
  • Alphabet stickers (stash)
Challenges:

10 comments:

  1. great card, i like the monkey and the 3d-effect of the skirt! thanks for playing with us at CUYL! hugs, manuela

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  2. Wow Shelley, that's one cute monkey!
    Thanks so much for joining us at MTTC this week!
    Chrissie

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  3. love the skirt, thanks for joining us at DDS :0)

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  4. he he he! that skirt is toooo much! great card and thanks for joining us at copic creations!

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  5. Awww this image is so cute!

    Thank you for joining us at Charisma this week - good luck!

    Leanne xx

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  6. Excellent card, the skirt realy makes it pop. I hope your fingers have recovered!

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  7. Also ALOHA to this nice card ;o)
    Thanks for joining EAC!
    Hugs, Alex

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  8. Very cute! I love the skirt and I hope you didn't bleed too much! LOL! See what we endure for our art? Thanks for playing along with us at Doodle Dragon Studios!

    Hugs,
    Lelia

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  9. What a fun card Shelley - love the cute monkey in his (should I say her) raffia skirt. Fabulous flower - a great save.
    Thanks for playing along with us at Copic Creations.
    hugs Heather xx

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