When I saw the fabulous circles on Lesley's sketch, it reminded me of Truffula trees. Probably because I love Dr. Suess and recently went to see The Lorax with our son. I wanted to create something a little fun and different, so here you have it. Believe it or not, it actually IS a card for his birthday (we are going to have a Dr. Seuss themed party this year), but I also wanted him to be able to hang it on his wall when all was said and done, so I made the Lorax the "sentiment" instead. He does speak for the trees, afterall...
The Lorax Birthday
Here are some notes:
Truffula Trees - These are made from white satin ribbon coloured with Stampin' Write markers. I glued them on a circular base and overlapped a bit as I did that, then I cut the 'seem' off the side and pulled the fibres out to make them a little fluffy on the edges. I finished them off with a designer button to hide all the 'messiness'. They are Daffodil Delight, Real Red and Pumpkin Pie, though the red turned out looking a bit pink!The Lorax - Made from a Large Oval Punch. The space to make his legs was using the same punch, and punching out only a bit with the short edge. His beard started out as a Large Oval as well. His head is a 3/4" circle punch.
The Bush - The bigger bush on the left was made using 3 petals of the fancy flower... I put it in again and angled (twisted) it slightly to make the smaller bits.
Everything was outlined with a Basic Black marker to make it look like a drawing. The circle around The Lorax was done with a white Gel Pen.
Here was the original sketch, and for good measure, a picture of the Lorax himself :)
Now that I have that out of my system, I'm ready to get back to reality :P haha
-Tara
xox
Edit to add: So excited - This card was chosen as a "Perfect Princess" with Freshly Made Sketches! Thank you, Tui :)
Oh, dear heavens....this is amazing, adorable, fantastic and so clever! Wow! If I dare to show this to my boys they will want me to make it immediately! So glad you joined us and shared this fantastic creation!
ReplyDeleteHes so cute.. Im sure he will be a huge hit with your son... Im so glad you entered so we could all see your creation...
ReplyDeleteI can totally see the sketch in your card. Love your trees! Thanks for playing with us at Freshly Made Sketches!
ReplyDeleteWOW, Tara this is utterly fantastic. You go girl with that creative license thing! You rocked this sketch. Marvelous 'outside the box' thinking.
ReplyDeleteWow - this is really unbelievable. Although I don't get how you did the bush, I'll have to get you to show me. SOOOO cool!!!
ReplyDeleteJust fabulous! So creative - love it!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness ... this is absolutely stunning, I can't believe that Lorax is punch art - you created him perfectly, the tree tops are amazing and the black outline perfection ... You certainly rocked the challenge this week!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow this is so creative! The lorax and truffula trees are fantastic. x
ReplyDeleteReally great card! I love what you did with the sketch. The sketch is only a "jumping off point", and you did a fantastic, creative job with it! Thanks for sharing with us at Freshly Made Sketches!
ReplyDeleteAmazingly creative!! I'm sure your son will be delighted and NOONE else will have anything like it :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderfully creative idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous card! You truly have great creative skills to imagine and so cleverly reproduce a similar scene from the book. Love it! Hope you son enjoys it as much as your viewers have!
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