Sock Monkey Goes Glitter, Glitz & Girly!

A Co-worker asked me to make her granddaughter, Sativa-Anne, a card for her Kindergarten graduation. (How cute is that?! We never had "graduations" when I went to Kindergarten!) This little lady is very girly, but loves Sock Monkeys and Dinosaurs, so I wanted to find a way to incorporate Mr Sock Monkey with a girly feel.

Who Says Girly Girly can't be done in shades of brown?!

I just bought this new paper on my last trip to Hobby Lobby, and it turned out to be perfect for this card. I like how well the two patterned papers coordinate. All the other papers, flowers, and skittles are from my Stash. The Sock Monkey is one of my favorite stamps from Stampin Up! and the graduation cap on his head is from the Sock Monkey Accessories set by Stampin Up! The sentiment and the graduation cap above it are digi's by Glitterbabe. It is actually supposed to be one piece (The sentiment and hat) but I had to cut it apart to get it to fit on the card. I used a clear star jelly roll pen to add glitter to the layered Prima flowers (the white flower has brown dots on it) and the flowered background paper, to give the card a more girly feel and add some sparkly bling. The circle was punched with a 3" scalloped circle punch by Paper Shapers. I used the sketch from The Pixie Cottage, as the card layout. The faux stitching (I hope that counts as an embellishment?) was done with a white pen from Inksentials.The image, the hat and the sentiment are all pop dotted to add dimension.

In honor of little Sativa-Anne's graduation from Kindergarten, I am entering this card in the following challenges:

ASC19 Sewing/Stitching at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #22 Quirky at Pile It On
Challenge #5 Relish To Embellish at Sundays With Crissy
Challenge #67 Die Cuts at Corrosive
Challenge #29 Girly Girl at Quirky Crafts
Challenge #35 Stitching at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #6 New/Neglected Stash + Sentiment at Sentimental Sundays
Challenge #94 Dazzle Us at Cupcake Crafts
Week #38 My Favorite Stamp at Crafty Angels
Challenge #95 Xtra Special at My Time To Craft
Challenge #107 Floral Delights at Spoon Full Of Sugar
All That Blooms at Tuesday Taggers
Challenge #42 Anything But Square at A Crafty Little Place
Challenge #11 Sparkle & Glitter at Meljen's Designs
Challenge #22 Sketch or Theme at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #18 Circles, Stripes & Stitches at The Wild Flower Patch
Challenge #71 Child's Play at Crafty Creations
Challenge #98 Dots at Stampavie & More
Challenge #116 Anything but Square
Challenge #23 Spots & Stripes at Charisma Cardz
All That Glitters at Shelly's Images
HFOS31 How Cute Is This at Handful of Stamps
Happy Somethings at Stamp Something
Challenge #20 Animal Magic
Glitter at Frosted Designs
Week #23 Glitz and Glitter at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #1 New At Craftalicious
Challenge #31 Bloomin Marvelous at Bee Crafty
Challenge #30 Doodling at Sweet Stampin
Challenge #5 Relish To Embellish at Sundays With Crissy
Summer Kickoff at Diedrich Dare