Happy Read Across America Day

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, every year we have Read Across America Day! Dr. Seuss is one of my favorite authors. Horton is my favorite Dr. Seuss character~ he is such a good elephant, how could you not love him? If you have a Kohl's in your area, you can always get great Dr. Seuss books and stuffed animals this time of year for $5 and all proceeds go to charity. Today as I was reading Horton Hatches the Egg, inspiration hit.

I knew I had to make a Horton card, so I came home and looked through the book again. After looking through my A Muse stamps, I decided to just make the cover of the book. I am not the best artist, but I LOVE my card.

Linda always raves about the Staedtler Triplus fineliner pens. I bought some a while ago, but never used them. I got them out today to draw Horton's nest, more branches and some bushes. Notice how I used the coconuts from the Hammock stamp to make his eggs ~ I just drew the nest around them. Sometimes I amaze myself! There was a lot of white space so I gave Horton a nice sunny day!

If you have children, be sure to read a story to them tonight AND every night!

Have a happy day!!

All images and notecards are A Muse Art Stamps, Staedtler pens, Copic Markers.