Thursday, May 10, 2012

CFC52: Feathered Friends

Happy Friday!  I hope everybody's week was just ducky.  And speaking of ducky, let's talk about this week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays!  YAY!  The challenge is to make a CAS card with a bird theme:

The fabulous sponsor this week is
Now for the paper yummies:

The timing of this challenge worked out perfectly, since 1.) one of the May releases of Paper Smooches stamps is a set called Circle of Honor (which has a military theme and this adorable eagle), and 2.) graduation season is quickly approaching.  I thought it would be fun to paper piece him, then I added the graduation cap from the Smarty Pants set:


The sentiment is also from Smarty Pants.  I stitched around the edges of the banner-cut patterned paper, then finished off the card with a big red button:

I'm so pleased with the way it all turned out.  Go check out the cards from the rest of the design team at CAS-ual Fridays, and please play along too!  The winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from AnnaBelle Stamps.  Also don't forget - the playing time has now been extended!  You have until 12:00 pm (noon EST) on Thursday to submit your entry.  Have fun, and thanks for looking!

I'm playing along here:
CropStop Challenge #71: Show us the animal in you
Lawnscaping Challenge: Clean and Simple

Supplies: card base: The Paper Studio; patterned papers: October Afternoon (green stripe), Echo Park (all other patterns); stamps: Paper Smooches; ink: Tsukineko; corner rounder: We R Memory Keepers; sewing machine: Kenmore; thread: Singer; button: craft supply



26 comments:

  1. Super cute, Kimberly! Love the red button and the little smarty pants!! AWESOME!

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  2. Cute card, I love the red button, the colours of the bird and its background. I'll be back with my birds card too as it was already in the pipeline. LOL So it's a perfect timing for me too! Ordered a stamp set just last week for it. :))

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  3. So adorable...I love how you added the graduation cap Kimberly.

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  4. Wonderfully fun graduation card! I love the paper piecing.

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  5. what a cute card...love how you combined 2 stamp sets.

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  6. Kimberly, I won't lie. I peeked at this in our gallery and I freaked because this is just. that. great! You are an inspiration. I love your use of color and the layout...and the piecing is perfect.

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  7. Cute grad card. Love it. Thanks for stopping by blog and leaving the love.

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  8. You are beyond clever putting the grad cap on the adorable eagle and your execution is superb! Awesome!

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  9. Fabulous card, Kim! I love that paper pieced eagle! And that big red button is perfect!

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  10. Completely fabulous!! What a fun grad card :)

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  11. Paper piecing perfection, Kim!!! That eagle is so cute!

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  12. I love your paper-pieced bird Kimberley and the added graduation cap is genius!

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  13. What an adorable card, your paper piecing is fantastic!

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  14. Your parrot is so cute! Great card.

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  15. Sweet card! Love the play on the word congratulations. Thanks for joining our CropStop Animal Challenge.

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  16. Fab card, Kimberly. Thank you for playing along with us at Lawnscaping! :)

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  17. Fabulous paper piecing on this car

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  18. Your piecing is so perfect, Kimberly! Love that red button that draws your eye to the sentiment.

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  19. How cute is this!!!!!!! Your paper piecing is to die for! Love your layout! Your card is fantastic!!!!!!!! I am so glad you joined us for the Lawnscaping challenge!

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  20. Such a cute graduation card, and perfect coloring. Love the piecing you did as well!

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  21. LOVE this!! The paper piecing makes this card a true stunner!

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  22. Great eagle!! Thank you for joining in the fun at www.CropStop.com

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  23. What a fun card! Thank you for playing along in our animal challenge at CropStop.

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  24. Wow! Ho I just adore this card! Love it! Love the way the sharpe lines are and how you've used your papers in the image :D


    Thank you for playing along with us on Cropstop

    Carina

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  25. Cute and fun card!!Thank you for playing at Lawnscaping :)

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  26. Awesome CAS card! Love the image!! Thank you for joining in our CropStop Challenge! Hugs, Rosie

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