Thursday, February 23, 2012

CCEE Stampers - Zoo Animal

This is Shirley's last week as hostess for the CCEE challenges, and she chose a good one for today. We were to get wild and make a card with a zoo animal. My choices were somewhat limited by my stamp inventory, but I did have a bear. And I don't think any of the other CCEEers chose a bear! The only coloring I did on my card was the log on which he's standing. I'm in need of some masculine birthday cards in my stash, so this should work.





The design for this card came from Page Maps, a favorite sketch site of mine; and the DP came from a 12x12 DCWV Photo Stack. Fortunately, my printer has an enlarge/reduce feature because I had to reduce the scale of the trees and experimented with several percentages until I decided that 40% would work.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers - North American Woods 
Paper: MFP Dark Chocolate Bar, Pensacola Sand; DCWV Photo Stack 2 
Ink: Memento Rich Chocolate Bar, Palette Burnt Umber 
Accessories: Copic markers, Circle Nestabilities, Corner rounder, Brads

10 comments:

Vicky Gould said...

What a beautiful masculine card! Love the green and kraft background.

Benzi said...
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Benzi said...

Love that big ol' bear and you made a super bg for him. Super masculine, Lois!

jdmommy - Anne Harmon said...

I love this image! Great job adding the trees and the brads!!

wannabcre8tive said...

Lois, I love this card. Awesome image and the papers are just perfect for to showcase the bear.

Sabrina said...

I certainly think you brought the only bear - although I'm always keeping an eye out for the ideal panda bear. I always think the one you've used looks great for a masculine card, especially with the striped paper.

Cindy Haffner said...

Just FABULOUS!!~

Charlene Merrick (LilLuvsStampin) said...

Awesome masculine card with that big ol' bad bear, Lois!!

Kathy Bradley said...

Lois,
Beautiful masculine card - love the papers and Mr. Bear is quite regal on his log - really a wonderful card!

Joanne (jojot) said...

wow....such drama....great guy card....love the layout