Friday, 6 April 2012

Down on the Farm

 


This is the card I've made for Ian, a grand-nephew who is four today.  I made this card back in January for another grand-nephew using the My Craft Studio to manipulate the images from two free Cuddly Buddly downloads Heartly Farm and Heartly Farm 2.  When I printed them out I had been disappointed with the quality but I've since discovered that this was my fault.  There is a print quality option available on the programme and I had used it at it's lowest setting which explains why I'd thought it hadn't been sharp enough.  Lot's to learn with this programme yet.

  
These images remind me of the ones in the Usbourne Farmyard Tales books. My family used to love searching the pages to find the hidden duck.  For the main topper I printed out four of the tractor images and decoupaged them. Most of the images were resized so that they could be matt and layered using Spellbinders Nestabilities plain and scalloped square dies and then grass embellishments were cut and layered using a quickutz die.  A little bit of Stampin' up garden green ribbon and a few peel off dots and that was it.  Here's a view from the back.


This is a photo, which was taken just this past week, of the birthday boy with his blue birds.  Hope he has a lovely day. 

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25 comments:

  1. Amy6 April 2012 at 05:11

    Cute card- love the stair step style! Thanks for playing at Celebrate the Occasion!! :)Amy
    Amy's Crafting Space
    Celebrate The Occasion Design Team Member

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  2. Sandy Palmer6 April 2012 at 05:11

    How cute is this card! Now I have the song, "Old McDonald had a Farm" running through my head, lol! I just love the look of your whole card! Thanks for sharing it with us at My Sheri Crafts! :)

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  3. Nannieflash6 April 2012 at 05:51

    Gorgeous card love the scene and those images are fabulous. Thanks for joining us at CFM, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxxx

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  4. Jacqueline6 April 2012 at 06:45

    A truly beautiful card - thanks for joining in with us this week at MMM - Jacqueline xx

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  5. Sheena6 April 2012 at 08:41

    Wow - what a fantastic stepper card! Love it! Thanks for joining us at CES this week, Sheena xx

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  6. Liz's creative corner6 April 2012 at 11:15

    Aw awesome card, he will love it, great images and shape, thanks for sharing with us at paper play, hugs Liz xx

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  7. Adrian6 April 2012 at 19:33

    Great job, thanks for playing @ CTO!

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  8. Mynn xx6 April 2012 at 22:08

    This is absolutely fabulous! LOVE the step card fold! Thanks for joining us at MMM! :)

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  9. Peggy7 April 2012 at 10:40

    Wow. This is great!! He will love it. Thanks for playing with us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

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  10. Hazel7 April 2012 at 12:26

    Great Card Liz - so colourful and just fantastic.

    take care

    Hazel x

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  11. Sarah7 April 2012 at 16:41

    This is just TOO cute! Love it! Thanks for joining us at My Sheri Crafts!

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  12. Jan Garber7 April 2012 at 16:44

    I'm sure he'll appreciate the effort put into this card! Cute! Thanks for joining us at DYSU!

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  13. Jill8 April 2012 at 08:38

    gorgeous step card Liz love all the animals thanks for joining us at MMCS hugs Jill xx

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  14. Suzanne B aka brookfies8 April 2012 at 09:42

    This card is just a delight. Really fabulous. Thank you for sharing with us at Make My Monday...Suzanne:)

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  15. Fliss8 April 2012 at 12:06

    Really lovely card and so perfect for a little one. Great shape and lovely images.
    Thanks for joining in with our MMM wheels challenge.
    Fliss x

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  16. Suzi B8 April 2012 at 15:46

    Thanks for joining us at MMM with this fabulous stepper card. So much fun the little on will love it.
    suzi b x

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  17. Rene9 April 2012 at 07:13

    What a FABULOUS birthday card! Ian is going to love it! Thank you so much for linking up at MIM this week! Don't forget to leave a comment for another entry and mention you saw them on MIM for a chance at the second-prize drawing!
    Good luck,
    Rene :D

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  18. Esther9 April 2012 at 21:12

    Fantastic step card, so fun!!!!!
    Thanks for joining us this week at CTO!

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  19. Marjorie10 April 2012 at 10:32

    This is just gorgeous hun, really like this, my grandson loves machinery of any kind...stunning!
    Saw this on MIM...
    Hugs,
    Marjorie
    xx

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  20. Michelle10 April 2012 at 15:53

    Fantastic card Liz! No doubt Ian will absolutley love it!!

    I have featured this card on the Pink Paper Paradise facebook page.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday this week.

    Michelle :o)

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  21. Lucianna Dilsaver10 April 2012 at 16:13

    I love your adorable step card with all the fun elements, what a great thing to receive! Sorry I am late but I wanted to thank you for joining us @ CTO for our "Kids Birthday" Challenge :)

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  22. Unknown11 April 2012 at 15:47

    Absolutely great card!! Love all those layers ;) Thanks for joining us at DYSU.

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  23. Kath12 April 2012 at 00:52

    Fab card Liz, I really like the images.
    Kath x

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  24. Debra Miller12 April 2012 at 04:04

    Beautiful step card - fun images and all beautifully colored!

    Saw it on MIM.

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  25. luvmycards.blogspot.com13 April 2012 at 19:13

    I SO enjoy this tractor card and all the steps! How wonderful and will be a joy for the child!
    Carolyn

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