torstai 28. huhtikuuta 2016

S is for surucucu

The Craft Barn alpha/dictionary challenge is asking for S. Through the year the challenge will go through the whole alphabet, and this time there was also a twist: to add a shell. I didn't like the twist part... looking through my wildlife encyclopedia I pondered on a fish, thinking the shell could be part of the bottom of the sea. But since I've been trying to pick animals with weird names I chose the Amazon Forest Bushmaster, known in parts of South America as the surucucu (which has obviously inspired the Finnish name). The background is a piece from a masterboard I made ages ago, it nicely fit the jungle/forest environment these live in.


I checked the ever trustworthy Wikipedia for the name in English. The bushmaster is a venomous pit viper, one of the largest venomous snakes that exist (can be over 3m long!). I learned that the latin name refers to silent death: "Lachesis" is something to do with Greek mythology and the term of life and "muta" refers to muteness, since it used to be classified a rattlesnake without the rattle. Well, the encyclopedia I'm cutting to pieces is outdated enough to place this among the rattlesnakes. Here's a video if you are interested.




These live in the Amazon jungle and have nothing to do with shells, but I stamped some shells on the back of the card because I had to. The stamps (letter S, text and shell) are all from Rubber Dance.
The alpha cards that have been done so far can be found under the following links:

a
b (bananaquit)
c
d (dugong)
e
f (falanouc)
g (gundi)
h
i
j
k
l (flying dragon)
m
n
o
p
q (quelea)
r (rathbuni's salamander)
s surucucu
t
u
v
w
x
y


z

8 kommenttia:

  1. I don't like snakes, but you've created a fantastic card with this one. I expected you would say a snake's skin is a form of shell...that's what I would have done. We could start a whole thread about shells that aren't seashells. LoL. I really love the background you created for this card.

    VastaaPoista
  2. Great background and another interesting animal.

    VastaaPoista
  3. Love where you have put the shells! Great composition with the skeleton leaf texture.

    VastaaPoista
  4. Nicely done on getting everything in that was required this time. And I learned a new word, too! Good for you.

    VastaaPoista
  5. Very cool. I love how you added all the details :)

    VastaaPoista
  6. So much detail you add which is superb, love the background especially the skeleton leaf - I have lots of these from years ago and always forget to use them!

    VastaaPoista
  7. great solution of the shells, your masterboard is indeed great for a jungles, wouldn't want to come across such a snake though.

    VastaaPoista
  8. A lovely background to place your snake on and you addressed the twist for a shell(s) perfectly.

    VastaaPoista