Happy Birthday Papertrey

Hiya!  So, as you all know, I loooooves me some Papertrey. And this month is their 3rd Birthday/Anniversary, whatever you wanna call it.  There's this big celebration going on over there and normally I just sit back & watch.  I'm really not one for challenges.  I'll take a contest where all you have to do is comment, but I just say nah to the challenges.  Not sure why, I just see "challenge" and it's like, ugh, nevermind. It's probably cuz I'm lazy.  But this time...I saw this image on Becky's blog and fell in love with it.  It was my favorite image of all the stamp designers and I was so excited to use it, I ended up making a card with it.  Then I thought, I may as well throw it out there.  So out there it is. And it makes me happy - the sun, the balloon, even the yellow and ya'll know I'm not the biggest fan of yellow.

I feel like I should explain what happened here. Becky has this image on her blog. So, I printed it out and went to work. I colored and cut out the clouds, sun and balloon so I could have that 3D effect Krista loves so much. Then, after I finally nailed down colors for the house and got that colored, I had to figure out a sentiment. I didn't want to add anything separate under the image, cuz it's a pretty good size, so I thought I'd add to the image.  I just so happen to have a loooong sentiment (courtesy of Papertrey!) that I could mold to the shape of the "grass".  So I did. Ha! Take that, rubber stamps!  Sponged the sky and the grass, popped the cut outs on there and there you have it.  I feel like I accomplished so much.  Did a challenge, made a card, used yellow...yes, it has been quite the day. And I did all that with a head cold. Man, when the girl is hot, she is smokin'!  And possibly delirious from Robitussin.  Who knows?

See my lovely cut outs?  Oooh, Aaah...

Stamps: Around & About Sentiments (PTI), Image: Birthday Balloon ({Studio 64}), Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Soft Sky & Green Galore (SU!), Paper: White & Lemon Tart (PTI), Accessories: Copics~