I was the hostess for this week's Stampin' Bs DT Challenge blog. My brother-in-law is a wonderful photographer, and I've wanted to use some of his photos on a card. Thus, today's challenge was just that -- to use a photo.
Bob loves to photograph birds. This lady cardinal is one of his photos. I cropped a much larger shot of her so that she was about the only thing left in the photo. To add a little dimension to the photo, I went over all the branches with some glaze pens. After cutting out a large square in the brown card base with a Nestabilities die, I glued the photo to the inside of the card to line up through the cut-out portion. I then cut a “frame” using two square Nestabilities. The corners are Cuttlebug Vintage Corner dies. As you probably know, cardinals fly in pairs, so I had to have her “mate” close by. He’s actually from Inkadinkadoo’s Bird Assortment, but the sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly’s Little Birdie.
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Thu, Jun 11, 2009 @ 6:53 PM
Love your cardinal card - wish we had cardinals here! Thanks for the fun challenge - I finally got a chance to upload a card for your challenge and I chose a bird too! Love the way you've framed the image...and added her mate...
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