Saturday, August 29, 2009

Baseball Anyone?

 Today’s card is for Day 182 at 365 cards. It is called Sporty Saturday and you are required to use a ball somewhere on your card. I looked through all my stuff and didn’t have a single ball stamp, sticker or chipboard. Then I thought, which type of ball could I make the easiest? The baseball won.

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I began by stamping the jersey from Just So Sporty by Melanie M. onto a piece of SU Pacific Point cardstock. I stamped the words on the front and added some shading with a blue colored pencil. I trimmed the jersey using a white pencil. Next I stamped the cap adding the star to the middle panel. At first I colored the middle panel white around the star but that didn’t look quite right. So this is take two and I like the look much better. I used my circle nestabilities to cut out a round shape for the baseball. I drew two arcs in grey and then pierced holes on either side. I used a thin red marker to make the stitching effect. Smokey Gray Versafine was sponged on the ball so it didn’t look brand new. For the background layer, I used various words from the stamp set and put them on my acrylic block. I stamped them on an angle continuously on a white piece. This was layered to a piece of Pacific Point that was corner punched. I used some foam tape to pop up the ball, shirt and cap for dimension.

Enjoy your weekend and have a ball:)

14 comments:

  1. Pretty good for not having anything to work with...I love everything about your card :-)

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  2. wonderful job on this challenge, the baseball is ever so spot on and I love the idea of the jersey!

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  3. wow!!! this is fantastic!!! i love all of it!

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  4. Congrats on being in the top 3 this week! You took this challenge to a home run!

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  5. Congrats on winning this week - your card is AWESOME!!

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  6. What a great card! I haven't had a chance all week to look at too many cards and comment but I'm glad I got to see this one today! Congratulations on being picked for the top 3!!! ~~Pam

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  7. congrats on making the top 3 on 365!! :)

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  8. Wow, can't wait until you DO have something to work with!!! Fabulous card!!! Congrats on making top 3!

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  9. Congratulations for making the top three!!

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