Cased and Cut - Bird on Branch

PREPARING TO MEET THE NEW DOG.....

"Cats are the ultimate narcissists.  You can tell this by all the time they spend on personal grooming.  Dogs aren't like this.  A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish."
                                                                         ------------James Gorman

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Hi, Friends.......

Little Peach and her Mommy were gone all day, so Grandma got the Big Shot out and had fun, fun, fun!!  :)

I am very excited about this post because I am participating in two really big events.

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You can find out all the fabulous details about these two challenges at these websites:  

http://prettypinkposh.com/2014/08/cutting-edge-blog-hop.html

http://casestudychallenge.blogspot.com/2014/08/case-study-4th-anniversary-week-3.html

And did I mention that each of these has a hop along with it that promises to have some a-m-a-z-i-n-g prizes?!!! You do NOT want to miss those!

Paulina at Pretty Pink Posh is hostessing the super-fun Cutting Edge Blog Hop.  Anyone can link up as long as they follow her easy rules, which include using at least one die-cut on your project....which I did!!  More about my die-cut later....  

Now let me talk about the Case Study Challenge.  I had fun hopping through the list and wasn't sure I was up to the challenge of actually CASE-ing one of the cards.  I mean, you know, these crafters are pros....and I mean PROS!!!...and I'm just a Grandma who lives in her cave.  Now to CASE, as I understand the literal meaning, is to Copy And Steal Everything, right?  But at the challenge site, they are just saying to draw inspiration from one of the hop cards.  So I thought maybe even I could give that a try.

Here's the card from Barbara Anders' blog that I absolutely adore!  Isn't it just the cutest???!!!!  

I took inspiration from that lovely tree silhouette with the bat in it.  (Love bats!!!)  I also loved the patterned background and the sketch.  (I don't really know if she used a sketch, but I copied her plan!)



 Here's the card I made:

My pink background paper is from Glitz - Love You Madly.   I wanted it to be patterned, sort of like Barbara's, so I pulled out my brand-new Unity Itty Bitty- Feather Flight  that I just got yesterday as a GIU prize (No hoarding this one!  THANKS, Unity!!) and immediately did stamp surgery to separate the three feathers.  I used the "feathery-est" one and stamped the background repeatedly with Memento London Fog ink, stamping twice before reinking to get both lighter and darker images.  Love how it turned out!!

I had never used my Tim Holtz Alterations - Bird Branch die before, so this was really exciting!  :)  I cut two pieces, one in black and one in silver, and layered them so the silver one just barely peeks out.  You can see it better in this angled shot:

Other supplies I used include:  DCWV - Twinkle Glints, Core'dinations cardstock, greeting stamp from my stash, Staz-On Black ink.

Hope you like my card!!   I had so much fun making it for these very special challenges.  Thanks so much for dropping by!

Eeeeeek.....I almost forgot!  I have a New Follower.....#44!!!  A big welcome to  Melissa Vandridge of Vandicrafts!!!  I only recently found her Artistry Challenges and I plan to participate often.  Melissa also has all sorts of interesting things on her blog, such as life hacks (what??? oh, yes, helpful hints!), recipes, and her own artistic creations!!  You really need to go take a look!!  Thank you so much, Melissa for becoming a follower.  Here is a ginormous new-follower smile just for you!!!

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Thank you, everyone, for stopping by.  Have a lovely day!!!

<3

Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Pretty Pink Posh - Cutting Edge Hop
2. Case Study Challenge - 4th Anniversary - Week 3
3. DL.ART August Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
4. Craft for the Craic- August Challenge #7 - Use craft item you have never used before (NBUS...ha!)
(I used my new Unity stamp and also my TH die.)
5. Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #146 - Anything Goes  
EDITED TO ADD (I posted this too late to add last week.)
6.  Unity Friends with Flair #29