Embellish Magazine Challenge #2

So Ashley proposed a new challenge on Embellish to make a circle card. Easy enough.....I've done them before and any kind of a shaped card, other than a rectangle, is usually a big hit, because it's not expected. The second part of the challenge was to use the colors shown above.

I pulled out my Cricut Wild Card cartridge and went to work, cutting out the base of the card using the doily image from the cartridge on PTI Aqua Mist card stock. I threaded some PTI Dark Chocolate twill ribbon through the edges all the way around the card and tied it in a simple knot at the top. I love how this is coming together already!!

For my focal image on the front on the card, I stamped on a piece of Stamper's Select White with the branch from the original sized Out On A Limb set in Dark Chocolate ink, along with some leaves in Spring Moss and a bit of Melon Berry dots. I know Melon berry isn't a color choice, but it seemed kind of blah, so I went with it. I stamped and cut out the bird's body in Spring Moss and the wing from the Anniversary set Everyday Classics in Aqua Mist and cut it out and adhered it with pop dots. The result....



A deformed looking bird that looks like my 7 month old grandson cut it out. In addition, because I chose not to cut around the legs but rather DRAW THEM ON, well, quite frankly, I hate this card. So it has sat around my crafty cove for the last couple of weeks. Every day it would stare me down when I came into the room. Looking at me. Mocking me. Taunting me about what a crappy job I had done. I mean seriously....look at those legs!! And the cutting??? Forget it!



So tonight I decided to fix it. Not a do over...FIX IT! The one thing I didn't like about this card was the bird and his stick legs. So, I stamped him again on thinner paper, thus reducing the jagged edges when I cut him out. Also, I kept a slight white border around him as I cut, and I didn't amputate his legs this time. The next challenge was to pull off the old bird and put on the new and improved one, which was easy - he was only held on with pop dots. I was able to position him over just about all of the drawn on legs, except one little area, which I went over with a white gel pen. I then adhered him back on to his rightfully earned perch. In addition, I added a bit of bling to his eye. (If you click on the picture, it will get bigger.)



Now he looks like a nice little bird in a tree, one that I won't be embarrassed to give to someone! And before I go, a shot of the inside.



Someone once asked me why I don't stamp a lot of sentiments on the inside of my card. The reason is, for my own personal stash, I like to keep them blank on the inside, so when I do need a card, I can just pull one out and stamp the appropriate sentiment on the inside for whatever the occasion is. That way, I always have a bunch of cards that I can customize for whatever the occasion without having to manufacture a new card!

I hope you liked today's card....it was a doosey to say the least, but I'm much more happy the way this card ended! Thanks for stopping by!!