Happy Friday. It’s another INSPO day at FestiveFriday and I decided to go with the theme and it was the perfect excuse to ink up one of the stamps from My Favorite Things called Party Animals. I had such fun coloring this guy. However, I must admit, when I first looked at I was confused as to HOW I was going to color it!
I chose: cupcake, birthday sentiment, embossing paste
So, before I show you my card. I have to tell you about the inspiration. I am a complete and utter Nick Parks fan. He’s the creator of Wallace and Grommit. I mean, who doesn’t love a little Wallace and Grommit? Nick and his studio also made a couple of other films that I love .. Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, etc. BUT… he also made a film which is just a classic called Creature Comforts. You can see it here. Well, once you have seen this short, you will know why I created this poor lion in a cage:-) Creature Comforts is so well done and I love how the voices were chosen to match the creatures so well and the droll delivery of the voice over!
Anyway, so now you know the background – you have probably guessed that I have a lion, a cupcake and there is a brick wall involved! I thought the comical, whimsical take on the illustration of the lion, deserved some texture and more coloring than I would normally do!
Here’s my card:
And, can we talk about that little red polka dot hat 🙂 I hope you will join us and play along with our challenge. You only have to choose 3 words from the INSPO list. As you can see from the cards from our design team, you don’t even have to follow the theme. That’s why I love the FestiveFriday challenge – so many different takes on the same set of inspiration! talking about inspiration – please check out the projects from our fabulous design team:
Ann Schach
Beth McCullough
Sharon Hashimoto Burkert
Melanie Hungerford
Helen Jennings
Melva Peters
Jaydee
Diane Evans
Joanne James
I’ll be back tomorrow with my Addicted to CAS card. In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.
Hugs
Jaydee
Card recipe:
- Stamps: Party Animals – My Favorite Things
- Stencil: Stampin’ Up!
5 Responses
I’m a big fan of Nick Parks too Jaydee – so many wonderful comical creations! It’s easy to see where your inspiration came from today – that lion is so funny and along with the sentiment, he made me laugh out loud as soon as I saw him! Beautifully coloured and I love the embossing paste brickwork too. A fabulous card!
Oh, Jaydee! This is just the cutest image ever. I can’t help but smile at this lion, in his little red polka-dotted hat, chowing down on a cupcake. The brick wall texture is fabulous. Your cards are always amazing. Have a wonderful weekend!
Your cards are just so amazing! True art. The recipients are just so lucky to get them. You have a true talent for being able to convey so much through your colouring. Simply beautiful.
My God!!!! As cute as always!!!! Loved that lion with its little polka dots hat. You are something else, Jaydee!!!!
Jaydee, I just love this card. It just makes me smile