WS: Exotic Places

For my first designer challenge (I am SO excited about this opportunity) for Wednesday Stamper/Mittwochstempler/WS,  I chose Exotic Places.  Sometimes when the holidays draw near, my first instinct is to leave for some far off place, even tho I really enjoy the holidays and have never gone away for Christmas…….a girl can dream……

Riding on an elephant would certainly classify as exotic in my book, especially in India!  Mind you,  I’ve only been on horse back a couple of times in my life; which is another story.

Here is the spread I did in my India altered book.  Be sure and visit WS for lots of amazing eye candy and see what other exotic places people decide to visit at this busy time of year.

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I used fabric on the right side along with different inks, a piece of gold embossed blue paper and I stamped with an unmounted elephant rubber stamp (I’ve had it so long I cannot remember where it came from, it was in my early stamp collecting days).  I edged it with my gold Krylon pen and because of a slip of the pen, I ended up scribbling on it too to make things match……classic flopportunity!   I added a bindi to the elephants forehead.  I think I will need to wear one of those when I go for my elephant ride in India one day! 

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” ~Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 – 1849

Elephants are highly revered in India.