Baby Elephant from Squigglefly– A name badge!

Today’s project features Baby Elephant from Squigglefly.

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  I have been thinking lately of things that have truly made a blessing in my life.   When I was a younger woman and my children were still small, I always had a harder time letting them go than they had letting me go when it came to dropping them off at a nursery.

  

  There where a few church nurseries that stand out in my memory.  They always wore colorful fun name badges.  The one today can easily be laminated for long term use, but it is not necessary for those times when you just need a cute name badge.

   I printed out the elephant onto white card stock (folks, I have no idea where this card stock came from, but I’m going to use the rest for base purposes only it was totally not right for use with copics). 

   When you print out the elephant, quickly set the ink with your embossing heat gun.  I do not know what the manufacturer’s of ink cartridges use, however I do now it is less likely to run or bleed if the image is heat set first.

  For this sample, I used the following inks:  E43, C2, E000, E51 and E42.  I worked in small areas using circular motions to get the color effect that I wanted.  I used a pair of sharp scissors to fussy cut the image.  I used some white craft paint for the cheeks and white streaks on his feet.  Wiggle eyes complete the look for a whimsical touch.

   Using my die cutter, I cut out these stylish labels from Accucut, and sponged around the edges using Versa Magic Hings of pesto ink.  If you don’t have a die, just free hand a shape of your choice to use on the project.

   This project is a quick one to complete, and you can easily use other images from Squigglefly for this project, and make as many as you need.  This would also be a great idea to substitute an image of an Angel or Gingerbread man to use as a name tag for a Christmas party.  The possibilities are endless.

    Have a great day, stamp happy, be a blessing.