Sunday, January 29, 2012

Pile It On #5 - Just Because

Happy Sunday! This week's challenge at Pile It On is "Just Because" and we're sponsored by Stamp-N-Doodle.

I've entered this card in the following challenges:
CRAFT #139 - Digi Image, Ribbon, Buttons
Shelly's Images - Text Me
Stampavie Challenge #161 - Blue and white

The Pile It On team members were given this lovely Chickadee digi stamp from Stamp-N-Doodle to play with. Their images are so beautiful...wait till you see what the DT came up with! Wow! I colorized the image in PhotoShop; the image is shaded so well that you really get a great mix of hues. I printed it on thick, textured Letterpress paper, which I used for teh card base as well.

I made the patterned paper by embossing Letterpress paper in my BigShot with a Sizzix Texture folder, and then using a baby wipe to color it with blue Tim Holtz distress ink.

I used a sentiment from the Clearly Beautiful Cardinal set by Prickly Pear, and stamped it in Memento blue. I picked up this Keepsake Shaker Box kit by Dimensional Scrapbooking/DASA Industries at Mom's church's rummage sale. I filled it with blue glitter I got somewhere.

I sewed the buttons onto the card with metallic thread. The button on the frame is glued on, but I did put thread through it first. I used three ribbons on this card; As the Beauty Queen said, I'd like to thank double-sided tape!

Have a great day, and be sure to Pile It On!

12 comments:

  1. Gorgeous - I love that embossed backing. FAB card :-) xxx

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  2. Such a gorgeous creation that. Such lovely monotones and the bird image and buttons look so pretty. You are on a roll...

    Hugs,

    Monica

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  3. Love this one too! love the bird in blue too! hugs me x

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  4. Love this one too! love the bird in blue too! hugs me x

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  5. Just BEAUTIFUL and I love how you finished the inside! Thanks so much for joining in our “TEXT” challenge at Shelly’s Images! I hope you’ll come back for more fun next challenge!
    Darlene
    Shelly’s Images DT
    MY BLOG

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  6. That´s so very wonderfull! Thank you for joining us at Crafting for all Seasons! xx Bianca

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  7. lovely card and thanks for entering craft this week

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  8. Gorgeous! Love the blues! Thanks for playing with us in the Dutch Care Card Challenge!
    Leslie, DT
    http://leslieturner58.blogspot.com

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  9. Love all the blue shades

    kitten - Shelly's team

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  10. Lovely blue-bird-button card you have made.
    Thank you for joining our 'Buttons Galore' challenge at DDCC this time.
    Enjoy your evening.
    Dorte,xx

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  11. It's beautiful!
    Thanks for sharing it with us at Dutch Dare card challenges!
    Hannelie

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  12. Such a sweet card!
    Thanks for joining us at Stampavie and More.
    Anne

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