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Tuesday 21 October 2014

4x4 notecard

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world and you are not badly affected by the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo...hugs

I made this little notecard weeks ago and never got around to uploading it while I was preoccupied with Christmas cards. At the moment this is the last one I have to show you whilst I am in the middle of a 40 Christmas card order and every one of them needs to be hand coloured so they are taking forever! I hope I will be able to get something made in very soon! At the moment I am about to start colouring #26 of the 40, then of course there is all the folding, cutting to size and inserts to do. Methinks I will be begging for mercy by the time I get to the end of them LOL.

Onto my little card for today.

This is Ganesh Vijay, he was born at Twycross Zoo in 2009, but sadly died about 18 months later! In this photograph he is only a few days old. I took a few more photographs when he was a month or so old so although he is gone he is not forgotten.
I designed the card in SCAL and cut it on the Cricut. My Cricut is the original one (nearly 8 years old) from before we could connect them to the internet so I can only cut smaller cards.
Printed onto white linen card and cut with Spellbinders. I hope you like it :o)
Jackie xx
 


24 comments:

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Jackie, such a beautiful photo and I love the punched border.
Good luck with the card order!
Sue xx

brenda said...

Goodness me Jackie, 40 hand coloured is quite an ask.

Love your Ellie today, the design compliments it so well.

B x

Doreen said...

This is beautiful,love the image xxx

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Awww how sweet, shame he didn't survive. Good luck with the order

Unknown said...

This is a lovely card Jackie. Poor little Ganesh. He was so cute and you captured that beautifully. xxx

Stampsnob. said...

A regal animal and beautiful photo This card is fantastic........Lis PS thanks for not blabbing on my at Penny Black ..LOL

Carole Pollard said...

Brilliant card Jackie and such a sad story but your beautiful photo is such a tribute. Good luck with the cards I know how your feeling I'm doing wedding stationery just finished the last of 115 order of service last week I found preparing everything then making them in batches of 10 helped me to keep going. Enjoy your week Love and Hugs Carole x

Janette said...

I love this Jackie, such a lovely image..x

aussie aNNie said...

Fabulous creation Jacie, love the image, wonderful colours and super awesome all over.xx
aNNie
The Journey is the Start

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Stunning photo and card Ginny x

Alison59 said...

I love heffalumps but so sad to hear he died so young :-(. Good luck with the massive card making!

Nataliascraft said...

Beautiful card and lovely photo, i love baby elefants they so adorable. Enjoy making your christmas cards. Happy crafting! Natalia x

coops said...

so gorgeous jackie.such a precious photo and i love the cas design ;D

xx coops xx

Christine L said...

Awwww that's such a sad story! But he lives on in your photo which looks so good on this card!

My goodness you do sound busy! I had a man email me last week from California to see if I could do 100 New Home cards (he was part of the committee for a retirement place there)... I did say yes as he was happy to pay the price I quoted for each... but I was quietly glad that the shipping costs put him off!!

Big hugs
Christine x

Jacee said...

How fab Jackie. a really lovely card and a great way to remember such a magnificent animal
Hugs Jacee
Simply Paper Card Design

Viv said...

Another great photo Jackie made into a lovely card!

http://acraftynutter.blogspot.co.uk/ said...

Awww bless! I remember you taking this shot Jackie - makes a lovely card xxx

Diane said...

Goodness Jackie your hands are going to be busy coloring all those cards. Very fun die cuts and layout with the lovely image.

Hugs Diane

Jackie T said...

Hi Jackie I love this card your photo is fantastic. It is sad that he didn't live for longer. Good luck with the Christmas cards we all understand. Hugs Jackie

Lesley said...

Lovely card - have you seen the new baby elephant calf born this year at Twycross? Just as cute. Just think of the money you will get from your commission to buy more lovely crafty goodies 😀 best wishes Lesley x

McCrafty's Cards said...

This is gorgeous Jackie!!
Kevin xx

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Aww...What a sad ending...but you made a beautiful card from your lovely photo..Joolsx

Viv said...

Aww such a cute elephant and a sad story too..... but I do love your card Jackie :) Viv xx

Lynne in NI said...

Awww poor wee ellie, your card is just lovely.
Good luck with that Christmas order!