Koala HANG IN THERE Card

Created this card using a couple freebie digis, Koala & 'HANG IN THERE,' from Gingerloft. I'll be mailing this card to my daughter since she is finishing up her last wk of her sophomore yr in college studying Art Animation. She is the one that sketched & painted the Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow images you can see on my blog sidebar and many other pieces of artwork posted on my blog. She will be home after Mother's Day. She is going to "chill with her friends" for a couple days after classes end before coming home. We will celebrate Mother's Day when she arrives home.

Used Versamark ink & chalk on the coloring of the Koala.

Used paper distresser & embossing folder on the 3 green paper strips.

inside of card:

brads: the Paper Studio 2 gray button brads

chalks: Stamp N Plus - Foggy gray, Teddy Bear brown & Sky blue

chipboard: the Paper Studio flocked 'n' my daughter's initial

digi: Gingerloft freebies - Koala & quote HANG IN THERE'

embossing:
Cuttlebug Leafy Branch on inside of card
the Paper Studio Woodgrain on 3 green strips
ink: VersaMark

paper:
6" x 8'" Base core'dinations gray cardstock
5 1/2" s 6 1/2" doodlebug design zoofari scrapbook paper
1" x 7 1/2" tthree strips core'dinations Grassroots green cardstock
2 1/4" x 3 1/4" white cardtsock digi Koala printed on
2 1/2" x 3 1/2" core'dination Shamrock green cardstock
2 1/2" x 3" quote digi 'Hang In There' printed on white cardstock
2 3/4" x 3 1/4" core'dination Shamrock green cardstock

punch: Fiskars corner rounder

ribbon: Easter green/white checked

Tim Holtz:
Distress Ink evergreen bough
Paper Distresser

Entering this into the following challenges:

2 Sisters Ch90 Anything Goes unlim 4th 5/5-11

Aud Sentiments Ch Anything Goes unlim 11th 4/25-5/8 

Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe Ch9 Anything Goes 5/6-19

Craft Your Days Away 44 - Just for Children my card can be for a child unlim 4th 4/28-5/10
Crafty Sentiments Spots or Stripes unlim 2nd 3 green strips enbossed with woodgrain stripes 5/1-7  

Crazy 4 Ch C4C135 Gardening or Great Outdoors outdoors - blueberries unlim 2nd 5/5
Forever Friends May's Mthly Ch Spring must incl an animal 5/3-31
Frosted Design Scrapbook Bingo indicated it was ok for entry to be non-scrapbook item, so I made a card, bottom row - circles (2 gray button brads), quote (HANG IN THERE(, brads (2 gray button brads, chipboard (flocked 'n' initial) 5/6-11
Frosted Design Using Strips of Paper Ch - Heather 5/5-7
Gingerloft GL39 Freebie Ch 4/29-5/12
Jaihart Sundays are Lovely #9 Anything Goes unlim 3rd 5/6-31 

Just Keep On Creating Anything Goes unlim 4th 5/5-6/18 
LEJ Designs Ch1 Anything Goes unlim 8th 5/1-6
Lexis Creations Ch64 Lace and/or Ribbon unlim 6th entry 4/30-5/11
Paper Take Weekly Anything Goes + optional Lace unlim 8th 5/1-5/7

Raise The Bar Ch103 Report Cards let's see LETTERS, TEXT on card unlim 2nd 5/4-10
Speedy Fox & Friend Ch106 Use 3 of something  unlim 2nd 3 green strips & 3 chalk colors 5/5-11
Stamp Scrap & Doodle Sat Ribbons & Bows unlim 3rd 5/5-11
Wishcraft Waste Not Wed Wk17 unlim 7th the chipboard (bought it quite some time ago) 5/2-9