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Friday, December 10, 2010

Camel Birthday Card

What a week!  I had my final presentation to do in my course.  It had to be pre-recorded - which actually made the process much longer than usual, but much less stressful during the actual presentation.  I am now officially off school until the new year.  Woo hoo!  I loved my course though, and will miss it - as well as the instructor.  I had the privilege of being taught by a visiting professor from the University of Leeds.  I really enjoyed studying under her.

I made this card for my sister's birthday.  My nickname for her is "Kami" - short for camel.  (When we took a holiday to Egypt, I kept asking her to hold my things as I ran off to take photos.  She made a joke that I thought she was my camel - and the nickname began!)  I always find her things with a camel and make her cards with camels.
I cut the camel from Animal Kingdom and cut off its head - to replace it with one looking straight out.  I attached the head with a handmade wobble spring. I used my Chomas gel pen holder to draw the face and added green pearls for eyes.  The hat is from Doodlecharms and I added stickles to it.  Patterned papers are g.c.d.  The border and mini scallops were created with Stampin' Up punches and punched from the same paper as the mat.  I added more pearls to the mini scallops and also attached a little bow. 

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10 comments:

  1. This is so super cute! Love the great paper and funny story! (I just emailed you a minute ago!)

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  2. What a great story behind this cute card! I'm sure your sister will get a kick out of it!

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  3. Aww "kami" will love it.. Great bright fun colors on that card..nice job.. tfs!

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  4. How cute........She will love it! I would love to go to Eygpt, that must of been a great trip!

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  5. What a great story, I love it! This cars is absolutely beautiful! I love the paper and the little, camel! The hat is too cute! Awesome job!

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  6. I love your story behind this cute card! I'm sure it was special to her! Thanks for visiting my blog!

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  7. How cute! AND great story! Love the bright colors too!

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  8. So cute and what a great way to create a nice family time, so important. Thanks for sharing, dee

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  9. What a gorgeous card. I love the colors and the paper that you used. :) :)

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  10. LOL. What a cute story, I'm so glad you shared it. I'm sure your sister is going to LOVE it. And how lucky to vacation in Egypt. I bet it was AWESOME!!!

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