It is Thursday and time for a new Create with Connie & Mary Challenge.  This week it is a sketch challenge.

Stampin' Up! just debuted the new 2023-24 Annual Catalog (2 days ago!) and one of my  favorite suites is the Zoo Crew.    Love the adorable animals doing all kinds of fun things from a gator riding a bicycle to a llama knitting to a turtle singing and much more.  The Zoo Crew DSP also features lots of animals and a lot of wonderful black and white designs.  

This cute elephant holding a banner was cut out from the Zoo Crew DSP.  I added just a little bit of color with a Lemon Lime Twist Stampin' Blend to the tusk and nails.   The black and white paper is one of the fun designs from the DSP.  I added a few stars cut from Lemon Lime Twist CS using the Give It A Whirl dies.  The Basic Black CS layer was embossed using one of the Online Exclusive products, the Basics 3D Embossing Folders (161598).  These Embossing Folders are currently not available but should be back in stock May 15th.   This cross hatch design is my go-to folder for adding just a bit of texture without being distracting.  The sentiment is from the Sweet Songbirds stamp set and was a perfect fit.

Inside I added a strip of DSP and a Basic Black CS strip and a few more Lemon Lime Twist stars.  

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out what the rest of the design team created using the sketch.