The Elephant Who Wanted To Fly

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'm guest designing for the Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhymes challenge and we're being sponsored by Oddball Art Company and the image I'm using is the never before used (NBUS)  Kawaii Christmas Baby Elephant With Antlers. For the challenge, we were inspired by this song:

The Butterfly Song (If I Were a Butterfly) Psalty & Ernie Rettino

 

If I were a butterfly
I'd thank you, Lord, for giving me wings
And if I were a robin in a tree
I'd thank you, Lord, that I could sing
And if I were a fish in the sea
I'd wiggle my tail, and I'd giggle with glee
But I'd just thank you Father for making me me

'Cause you gave me a heart
And you gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus
And you made me your child
And I just thank you Father for making me me

If I were an elephant
I'd thank you, Lord, by raising my trunk
And if I were a kangaroo
I'd just hop right up to you

And if I were an octopus
I'd thank you, Lord, for my good looks
But I'd just thank you Father for making me me 

 

After printing my image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Art pencils and a blender pencil before blending Stampin Up bashful blue and Tim Holtz stormy sky inks using my Picket Fence Studios blending brushes then layering onto scrap/snippet card stock.  Since I didn't have any matching grey brads, I made my own by punching a small piece of scrap grey card stock then adhering the small circles using a Martha Stewart glue pen.  For my card, I stamped a retired Stampin Up floral background in Tim Holtz stormy sky ink before adding my layered image panel.  I then took some scrap/snippet grey and pink card stock, punched them using my Martha Stewart butterfly trio and hydragnea trio punches, and added them to the card using glue dots.  The final embellishments were bakers twine, ice stickles in the flower centers, white gel pen and a red 3D glaze pen for the elephant's heart.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #24 - Use Your NBUS

2 Crafty Critter Crazies March - Anything Goes Using A Critter 

Pixies Crafty Workshop #399 - Use Those Snippets 

A Bit More Time To Craft #136 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers #MAR21VSNA - Zoo Animals 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day, stay safe, and please wear a mask!

Stamps: Oddball Art; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky; Stampin Up Bashful Blue

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Art Pencils, MS Punches, White Gel Pen, Glue Dots, Blender Pencil, Ice Stickles, PFS Blender Brushes, Small Hole Punch, MS Glue Pen, 3D Glaze Pen, Bakers Twine