Sunday, April 22, 2012

Happy "Bird-day" for Paper Players #92

Hello and Happy Sunday to you! 
This week at the Paper Players, our very own Nance Leedy is our hostess 
with a super-fun sketch challenge to try.  
I decided to throw this challenge to the birds...well, not literally... but they were the theme of my card. I have completely neglected the Nursery Nest DSP over the past few months and decided that it was time to dig that paper out for this week's challenge. After a couple (*cough, cough*) stamped attempts with a few different images, I finally decided to go with a trusty punch for this one. I dressed up the bird with some embossed accents for texture along with a polka dot wing and some sparkle for good measure. This is the first time EVER that I was able to punch a banner sentiment with a 1- 1/4 Square punch. I usually snip the banners by hand...but I followed THIS TUTORIAL and finally achieved "punchy-success!" Thanks Mary Fish!! All of the supplies used are listed at the end of this post. 
Finally, here is a quick shot of the inside...with the "punny" sentiment that plays off the front of the card..."Happy *Bird* Day!":
Please join us this week at the Paper Players! If you have a chance, please stop by the rest of the Design Team blogs to see what they created with Nance's awesome sketch this week. The challenge closes at Noon (PST) on Friday, April 27th, 2012
The Paper Players Design Team
Shirley Pumpkin - GD for April

Thanks for stopping by! :) 
Have a very HAPPY and creative day,  

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Stampin' Up! Supply List: 
Stamps: You're a Gem and Picture This (inside sentiment, retired)
Paper: Nursery Nest DSP, Subtles Collection DSP (for the bird wing), Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Perfect Plum and Whisper White card stock
Ink: Perfect Plum and Pear Pizzazz Classic ink
Punches: 1- 1/4" square punch (to create the banner sentiment), 1- 3/4" Circle punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch and Bird Builder Punch
Accessories: Blushing Bride 1/2" Poly-Stitched Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals and Basic Rhinestones
Non SU! Accessories: circle and scallop circle die cut

26 comments:

  1. Absolutely beautiful and elegant. Love the birdie.
    Hugs
    Desire

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  2. Beautiful card with these soft colors and great sketch !

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  3. Oh this is adorable AM! I love birdies and your bird-day card is fabulous. The colors are so pretty together and all the texture adds so much interest. Love the bling accents too...thank you for making my sketch go tweet, tweet, tweet!! ((hugs))

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  4. What a cute little birdie paired with that fun paper! Fabulous sketch too - maybe I can find time to play today...
    Happy Sunday!
    Shanna

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  5. Great sketch and love the embossed bird on here. So pretty with that DP!
    Lynn

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  6. How cute or and idea to use the baby bird paper with the Bird punch. What a Fab card!! Love the way you added the "friend" tag!

    Hugs
    Shirley

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  7. Love the paper and the birdie...yep, very cute card and the colours are perfect!!

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  8. I LOVE this---I neglect this paper, too...at least the birdie side of it! Cute as can be!

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  9. tweet cute! Love this, Anne Marie! And congrats on mastering the flagged banner. I cannot for the life of me snip them so I've always used the punch so I bow down to you for always snipping them (they always looked perfect to me). You're so versatile!

    Lexi would say hello to Emmitt if she could, but she's taking a nap right now and I daren't wake up the beauty queen. :-)

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  10. Love love love!!!! That sweet little bird and the birdie paper! And that fab bow!!!

    NICE!!!!!!!!!!

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  11. This is so pretty and makes me want to pull out my poor unused bird punch. Love everything about this one.

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  12. AM, this is fabulous! I really do need to pull out the nursery DSP as soon as I'm unpacked. I love the colors, the offset sentiment - everything about it!
    hugs
    jaydee

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  13. Ann Marie this is adorable. Love the birdies everywhere and especially these soft colors. Your flagged banner looks perfect and I LOVE that bow! hugs.

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  14. As always, a beautiful and meticulously finished card.

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  15. Really cute card Ann Marie. Definitely should go to real girly, girl friend. Your bow is perfect.

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  16. I LOVE all those darling birds, Anne Marie! Great use of the stamps and that bird punch! Thanks for popping by my blog, has been a long week, but I am getting back into the swing of things now :)

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  17. So cute! I love the colors and the birdies are just too adorable! The bow is so cute too! I'm so sad that you're a gem is retiring! I love that little friend stamp!

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  18. Love the color combo and what a perfect bow! This is just to stinkin' cute!

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  19. Love it! Your bird card is so 'tweet' (sorry, had to!) Love that you showed just how versatile that DSP is and your punched bird is awesome!

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  20. This is so pretty! I love the colors together, I like to use pink and purple, but that green adds a very nice compliment too. I love the birds!

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  21. Oh my gosh this card is just too cute! I am in LOVE with Blushing Bride (will shed a few tears over that colour for sure) and it looks fabulous with the colours you used. Perfect use of that DSP and love the perfectly cut banner.

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  22. Absolutely adorable, Anne Marie! I LOVE the pink and the texture!

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  23. Love the color combo! I do not get my bird punch out often enough and I just love that you have given him (or her?) purple polka dotted wings!! :) And, I think the extra added touch to the inside is such a fun way to finish the card off. Beautifully inspiring as always, Anne Marie!

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  24. This is a beautiful card! It would be perfect for a baby card too.

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  25. Such a sweet card! Love how it really features the dsp - sometimes when it's a larger or colourful pattern, I have a hard time using it, but this looks great!

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Have a great day! :)
Anne Marie