Sunday 29 January 2012

Pile It On! Challenge - Just Because

This week at the Pile It On! Challenge, we're asking you to make a card:

'Just Because'

Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamp n Doodle:


The prize for the lucky winner is two Stamp n Doodle images of their choice!

Now, my card's a little bit silly...I found this Hambo 'Floating Pig' image in my box...I printed it out absolutely ages ago...and I thought he'd make someone smile...so I coloured him using watercolour pencils to match the bright and cheerful 'Hippity Hoppity' papers by We R Memory Keepers. I distressed all of the edges, matted the papers on to kraft card, then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the brads are BasicGrey, and the buttons (threaded with twine from the Ribbon Girls) are from my stash. I coated the piggy's balloon with some Glossy Accents, then added a sentiment done on computer...I couldn't resist! lol


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20 comments:

  1. this one really makes me smile.

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  2. TEhehhee soooo cute Helen love the balloon too! and the papers, hugs me x

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  3. LOL fab card - lovin' those bright cheery colours. Hugs, Claire x

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  4. Oh, I needed to see this card today! It has put a big smile on my face. That little piggie is too cute.
    Hugs, Carissa

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  5. What a fun card! Made me LOL. Great image and colors and the sentiment is cute. Hugs, Hanneke

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  6. Fun card, I adore the pig! xxx

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  7. Adorable, love the bright, fun colours & your use of the glossy accents! Thanks for playing along with us over at Critter Sketch & I hope you'll join us for our 100th Challenge & Blog Hop Celebration tomorrow.

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  8. Adorable card. Thanks so much for playing along on For Fun with us!

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  9. This is awesome! I love the colours, and blocking, and all the stitching! What a fabulous image you've used! Thanks for sharing at For Fun Challenges!

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  10. ))) lol So funny image and sentiment. Love it!! Beautiful "happy" color combination on card. Great job!!
    Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin` “Animals” Challenge and we hope to see you again soon.
    Hugs
    Natali

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  11. Ha! I love this image! Thank you for playing at Sweet Stampin' this week. Tracey x

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  12. Beautiful card Helen, so colourful. Thanks for joining in with this weeks CES Challenge!
    Clairexx

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  13. This is so sweet Helen - love that cute piggy!
    Pauline x

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  14. I love love that sentiment and just might have to "lift" it from you! what a cute stamp...and it did make me smile. What a great way to add faux stitching...clever.

    Thanks for playing “farm animals” with us at For Fun Challenges. Hope to see you Wednesday when the new challenge is posted.

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  15. How fun!! Love that you used Glossy Accents on the balloon. It's the perfect touch!! Thank you for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog.
    xoxo, Christine

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  16. OH this is TOO cute!!!! Love the images and the sentiment is PERFECT!!!! Thanks for sharing with For Fun!!! See you next week too!

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  17. ooh this is so cute, great papers, thank you for joining our challenge at Digi Doodle Shop this week, hugs, martina

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  18. Wow that little piggy look so cute. Gotta love that colouring there. Thansk for playing at Didi Doodle Shop challenge and good luck. Bettna

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  19. This card is adorable! I love the little pig. :) Thanks for joining us at For Fun Challenges this week.

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  20. Great card, cute pig! Thank you for taking part in CYDA's 'Distressing' challenge xx

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x