Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Alligator shape card

I have this super fun shaped card to share today!! :) One of my adorable neighbor boys will be celebrating his seventh birthday at the end of the week so I had to make a good "boy card." With two boys of my own, you'd think I'd have no problem with this!

I used my Gypsy and Create a Critter to weld this altered shape card together.  I sized the shadow layer first to RDS of 3 1/2" x 6" to fit these random envelopes I have.  Then I had to size all the other layers to fit the shadow (because I used RDS it made it a little difficult).  The layers ended up being 5.95" x 3.35".

After I assembled the alligator, I added a little doodling -- less is more for boy's cards. 

I threw on some black flat back self-adhesive pearls for the eyes and nostrils. Here you can see how I made the card so he can stand up to wish the special boy "happy birthday." (Hero Arts, Big Hugs clear stamp set)

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7 comments:

abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

So adorable! He is sure to get a kick out of this!

Jessica Kubit said...

This is just too cute! I love it!!
Jessica
http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/

thekolbes said...

Ohh so cute, he is going to love it
Trish

hilda'scraftylounge said...

Great Job !!! Perfect for any boy.

snappy scrappy said...

Great card...too cute!!

Anonymous said...

So CUTE!!! :-)

Annette_Marlow said...

This is super cute!! I thought about making a card similar to it but didn't. Even if I had, I doubt I could have come up with it being as cute as this!! Where did you get the flat back pearls? New Follower btw :o)