Monday, April 1, 2013

Framed birdie baby {lawnscaping challenge}

April 1st, and no fooling - it's time for another lawnscaping challenge :)  Although, I'm not fooling when I say that the blog post title is the best I could come up with this morning.  I am beyond exhausted!  Anyone else with sick kids wanna give me a holla?  Misery loves company *wink*

framed birdie baby.

Back to the challenge: we're asking you to get creative with embossing!  For my sweet birdie card, I embossed the frame with an aqua powder (from zing!) and then colored it in with copic markers.  I fussy-cut it out, and stamped a little scene using images from "home sweet home."

framed birdie baby.

I stamped all of the elements, and then masked them all to be able to add my clouds in the background.  The sentiment is just so perfect for a family welcoming their first child... I love it.


I hope you make time to play along.  We're sponsored by Simon Says Stamp this week:


Have a happy day!



10 comments:

  1. I love love love your card!!! No lie - you have me totally wanting some aqua embossing powder now! Ha ha!! What an awesome and fun an beautiful surprise! Love it! And I sure hope your kiddies feel better soon! This has been a rough year for my little menn in the sick department! I feel your pain!

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  2. So sorry that your kiddos are sick. You have my sympathy. This card is fab, though--so super sweet.

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  3. Love the aqua zing! Looks so great with the red colored accents, such a sweet little scene too!

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  4. Insanely cute! The embossing is amazing, and the whole thing makes me smile.

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  5. Oh this is so sweet and lovely, Elena! Hope your kiddies feel better soon (& you get some rest!)

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  6. Wow! I really love your embossed frame...so pretty! I love how you paired these stamp sets, too...such a pretty card!

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  7. Love the contrast of your patterned paper with your bright zingy (pun intended!) aqua embossing! Wonderful card Elena - it would have been easy for the whole design to just be too much competing for attention, but you struck the balance perfectly!!

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  8. I have to say, I think creating a scene has to be my most challenging technique, and you do it so effortlessly... how I admire you :)

    This is ADORABLE... and it isn't a typical baby card which makes it even better!!

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