Friday, August 7, 2009

The Birds and the Bees


This month over on CCEE Stampers Cindy Motherway (aka Mothermark on SCS) is the challenge hostess and this week she asked for our cards to have birds and bees on them. I have one bird on my card and think that'll do. The Stamping for the Weekend Challenge #10 is a sketch. I tweeked it just a teensy bit so that I could also do the Pink Elephant Challenge #28 which is a recipe to use 3 brads, one flower and designer paper.
So the hardest part for this was trying to figure out how to combine birds and bees. Cindy says she was going easy on us but for me this was a little bit of a challenge. I was going to use the Stampin' Up paper Bella Birds but when I tried to lay out the pieces the birds were always covered, I guess I could have made a whacky cut to get the bird in the corner but I could smell smoke coming out of my head at that point and decided to go a different route. I picked a different set of papers, SU DSP Bella Bleu, to use with the beehive stamp from SU's Garden Pleasures stamp set. I still had to come up with the bird to go with it. I looked around my stamp room for awhile and found the Inkadinkado (regulars ya know what goes here) set Birds Galore and picked the bird that would fit in the corner. I used SU More Mustard to stamp both the images and the sentiment. The stamps have a rustic feel to them so I decided to distress the papers. Lastly, I added one flower with a brad in its center and two brads to the cardstock with the sentiment stamped on it and that finished the Pink Elephant recipe.

18 comments:

  1. Yep! That most definately will do! Hee! Your card is wonderful...I love how you got the two images put together and the colors are awesome.

    That is some wonderful paper distressing! You did good.....Thanks so much for *straining your brain* The result is awesome!

    Thanks for playing!

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  2. CONGRATULATIONS you were the winner for Tuesday's drawing over on the ABC Design Blog. You won the Chandelier stamp set. Please email me with your mailing address so that we can get that stamp set out to you.
    BTW, this card is adorable

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  3. Gorgeous Card. Congrats on your win.
    Thanks for joining us at the Pink Elephant.
    Ann xxx
    http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/

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  4. Wow this is stunning! I love the way you have fitted all the challenges together so perfectly. That bird is amazing and so perfectly placed :)
    Thank you for joining us at stampin' for the weekend and good luck.

    X Amy X

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  5. Wow, this is a stunning card, Chris! I love the distressed paper and the colours. The bird is so cute.
    Thank you for joining us this week at SFTW and good luck! :)
    Vanja

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  6. OH your card is gorgeous, Chris:O) Love the bird, it is perfect to this card! Lovely DP's and colours. You have done a great take on Vicki's sketch. Thank you for joining us at Stampin' for the Weekend, good luck!
    Nancy;O)

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  7. Beautiful card Chris, great subtle colours and love the bird, nettie x

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  8. Love the papers you've used Chris and the distressing you've done. The images go well with the papers, a wonderful take on Vicki's sketch.
    Thanks for playing along this week at Stampin' for the Weekend, hope you will continue to join in.
    hugs
    Donna xx

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  9. Love all the distressing, and the bird in the corner is just perfect :) Great colours too...thanks for joining our challenge...

    Hugs
    Carol x
    http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/

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  10. Wonderful card!! Love the distressing & bird. Thanks for playing with us at TPE!!

    Sheri
    http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/

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  11. One of the best I have ever seen simply beautiful!

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  12. I love that hive! :) Beautiful card. Thanks for creating with us at TPE. :)

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  13. Brilliant take on Vicki's Sketch. I love the colours you have used and the stamped images are brilliant!

    Thank you for joining us at Stampin' for the Weekend. We hope you had fun and that you come back for many more of our challenges. Good luck!

    Kimmi x

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  14. Hey Chris, I was checking out some more of your goodies....love this too! I need to pull out this stamp---this is the perfect time of the year to use it! Thanks for the reminder!

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  15. Love the distressing & love the birdie! Congrats!

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  16. oh wow!!! Chris your card is exquisite and your take on my sketch is absolutely gorgeous. I love the distressed edges to the papers and the colours are so beautiful. Thank you for taking part with this weeks SFTW challenge, good luck xx vicki xx

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  17. Wow! This card is GORGEOUS! The distressing is fantastic and the colours you've used stunning. LOVE IT!

    Congrats on your Top 5 win too :)

    Carol x

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