Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Gruffalo


A mouse takes a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents the gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there’s no such thing as a gruffalo...
(The Gruffalo is a fairly new children's book by Julia Donaldson, and soon became a favorite of mine to read to my two boys.)


At CAS-ual Fridays this week we are challenging you to create a clean and simple project that is Black & White and Read All Over (use the colors black, white and red) and in honor of International Literacy Day-your creation must be inspired by a book! The sponsor is Paper & Such. For all the details, challenge rules and Girl Friday Inspiration, please visit the CAS-ual Fridays blog.


I greatly admire the work of Courtney from back to the drawing board and turned to her signature style of stitching under an image to help me with my creation today. I used the pattern from the inside of an envelope to paper piece my "gruffalo" and then pieced his eyes, horn, and tooth separately.

On separate news, my folks are in from out of state so I might not make the rounds to your blogs as often as I'd like, in lieu of spending some quality time with them. I will make up for it in a couple of weeks, promise! Hope to get lots of scrapbooking done!


Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (White) Office Max

Stamps: (Falling for You, Giddy Bugs) Paper Smooches
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Momento
Other: (Rhinestone) Michaels, (Envelope)

41 comments:

  1. Oh I loooooovee the Gruffalo books... and this card is priceless. So many great things you could do with that fabulous Paper Smooches creature. You should enter this in the PDC color challenge, since you're both doing b&w and red.

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  2. he makes me giggle!!! love it! :D have a great time with the fam!!

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  3. gruffalo made with inside of envelope is cutest. Black and red stitches are fab. Enjoy the time with your family.

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  4. Love Love Love!! This book sounds adorable :) I just love that little smoochy monster and your take on the challenge is a delight :) Have a super fun time with your parents :)

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  5. Too cute, love the stitching you added under the little monster. Hope you have a great time with your folks!

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  6. Awww...this fella is soooooo adorable!
    Love the bit of stitching you added! This just puts a smile on my face! :)

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  7. love love how you grounded him. super CAS card! love love it! enjoy your time with family! =)

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  8. Have a great time with your parents! Can't wait to see your scrapbooking...and I love this little guy...so adorable!

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  9. Adorable!!! Have a great visit with your parents!

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  10. oh how adorable!!!!! have fun with the folks and happy scrapbooking!!!

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  11. LOVE the stitching. Keeps him from floating about. GREAT card!

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  12. This is such a perfect image for your book and it looks fantastic! I LOVE that stitching! How clever!

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  13. Oh my gosh this is cute. I am hoping to get a ton of inspiration from you with CAS cards. I am horrible at them. I seem to make card making harder than it should be. Have a good holiday weekend!

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  14. This is such a cute card! I adore the stitching underneath the little guy.

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  15. Oh, Karen, before I even looked at the DT cards, I thought of "The Gruffalo", but then I thought, "I don't have any monsters!" I'm so glad you made a card in honour of this wonderful book. :-)
    Michelle.

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  16. You got a smile out of me with this one. So adorable! And the stitching underneath is the perfect touch!

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  17. Love the card and love the Gruffalo (well, my little boy does!)

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  18. How CUTE! The colors and stitching are perfect for this CAS card! You never cease to amaze me, Karen!

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  19. perfect story for this little guy, karen!! enjoy your family time:)

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  20. I can't help but SMILE when I look at this card, Karen!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE every detail---the superb paper piecing, the stitching, the bling as the dot for the "i"----SOOOOO FANTASTIC!!!

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  21. I just love this little monster... I can't get enough of him... Your card is so awesome...love it.

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  22. I'm not familiar with the Gruffalo, but I DO love your card! So cute!!

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  23. That PS monster makes the perfect Gruffalo! Love it! Have fun with your folks. :)

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  24. Have a great time with your parents and this is too CAuTE!!!!

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  25. Just brilliant Karen...he's perfect for the Gruffalo, I thought I'd seen him somewhere before :)
    Jenny x

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  26. haha, i giggled when I saw this. too cute and perfect!

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  27. And it is a favorite children book of ours, only we have only ever read the Chinese version :) so adorable!

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  28. Awwww, he's a cutie! Have a great time with your family. ;)

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  29. So cute!! Love your stitching and the patterned paper!

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  30. Never heard of the books, but your card makes me wish my kids were younger. Very cute!

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  31. Delightful and fun card! Thanks for sharing the Gruffalo. I must see if it's in our library!

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  32. I don't know the Gruffalo books, but if they're as wonderful as your card is, then I MUST pick some up for my little love bug. Outstanding take on the challenge - love how you include a bit of the story, too. Over the top clever, as always!!

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  33. How absolutely fun!!! The stitching is an awesome addition!

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  34. Hehe this is soooooo cute! I love the stitching and the sentiment with this cute little gruffalo dude :)

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  35. Just learned about the Gruffalo the other day - I love your take on this challenge and how you made your little creature!!

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