Art Impressions Giraffe Pop-Ups

Hello Ai fans!

Who doesn't love a giraffe??

Today I've used the new #5354 Giraffe Pop-Ups and 
5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies.

On the front of my card it says Here's to you!

The best part is when you open it!

Bam!  When you open the card, the cutest giraffe ever pops up!

You can choose to keep him "within" the card depending on what size you make it or he can extend beyond which is so much fun!

The second I saw this new set I knew that I had the perfect paper for it!

I added some gold sparkle because...why not?

I also found an old set of animal themed staples for my Fastenater so I added one of those.

Cheers!

Copics used:

E01, E41, E74, G99 W1

 

Brand New Art Impressions Giraffe Twist Ties Set!

Hello Ai fans!

Today over at Art Impressions they are releasing another wonderful interactive line of stamps.  The new line is called Twist Ties.

I've used 

4986 – Giraffe Twist Ties

What I love about this set is that you can treat them a little more realistic like I did or color them in a more whimsical way if that's what you enjoy!

In this set you get the giraffe stamps, the dies and the verse.

Even though they're meant to be intertwined and are just perfect for this they can most certainly be used on their own as well.  That's the beauty of art.  The limitations are only based on what you can imagine.

It's a BOY!! Congratulations April!

Hello and happy Monday!!

It's a time for celebration in my home town!  

That's right...that world famous giraffe APRIL is from my hometown. (well, close enough)

Her owner Jordan is.  She's about 30 min. away from my house.  We first met him about 13 yrs. ago when my kids used to go to birthday parties that he was at.  He used to bring all his little critters like snakes, centipedes, tortoises and bearded dragons.  It was fun for the kids and adults alike!

For those of you who don't know the story, there's a small zoo called Animal Adventure in Harpursville, N.Y.  They have a giraffe couple April (15) and Oliver (5).  They recently bred for the first time.  The zoo set up a live webcam and almost the entire world watched and waited for April to give birth.  This past Saturday (2 days ago) she finally did!

It's a boy!!

I used three stamps from I Brake for Stamps on April's card.

CONGRATULATIONS SON

SPECIAL, BUNDLE, BABY BOY, BABY GIRL

GIRAFFE IN EGGSHELL

April and her soon to be named calf  are both doing well!

I'll be mailing my card to them today and can't wait to visit them this summer!

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I Brake for Babies!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a baby shower card I made for a co-worker.  I actually had so much fun making this that I made another one that I'll share next week.  I'll have to give one of them to another co-worker to give her.  She doesn't need two from me! lol!

For this card I used LARGE NOAH'S ARK.

Here's a close up of the sweet image.  I just love the animals so much!  I know that she's having a girl but I could easily swap out the pink in the rainbow and papers I used and make them blue or something neutral if your recipient is waiting to be surprised as to the sex of their baby.

I used a little Wink of Stella on my rainbow to make them shimmer a bit.

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Noah's Ark Baby Card

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Today I'm sharing a new baby card.  The adorable image is called Noah's Ark.

It's one of the many wonderful baby stamps found over at I Brake For Stamps.

The inside verse is called Stardust.

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Zoo coffee gift set

 

It's that time of year again where I make my sister something to take as a gift to the anual zoo party that she goes to. This year I did Starbucks Mocha drinks decorated in animal print papers & stamps.  I have had the misc. animal paper for quite some time and it was fun to pull them out and use them.  Most of the stamps are clear so I'm not sure who makes them.  The giraffe in the eggshell  is from I Brake For Stamps.  The Thank You stamp is from Rubber Soul.  Everything is colored with Copic markers and all the circles were cut with Spellbinders dies.  The star is cut from a stencil and I embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder.  I thought using some random brown fibers that I had would mimic the look of animal fur and the tag is tied on with some Michael's $1 organdy animal print ribbon.  It's tough to see in the photo but the corners of the box are layered with black paper that I embossed with a sizzix leopard print embossing folder.  The phrase was printed off my computer.  I had so much fun making this!  I hope it's well recieved.