Card Design: Deedee's Digi of the Month Challenge...January Entry #2

Given the fabulous deal taking place over at Deedee's Digis, I decided to sneak another creation in to earn another $10 gift certificate and another chance at the $50 draw.  If you missed my first post, the current freebie is the image for January's Digi of the Month Challenge.  On top of that, anyone who participates in this month's challenge will receive a $10 gift code to the shop for EVERY unique entry plus be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift code to the shop.  Then, everyone who plays along with this month's challenge will also receive next month's featured set for free at the end of the challenge. I choose a simple layout and did most of the work digitally to come up with a second card to enter.

Check out the cute set available for free right now...

Click on the watermark above to go to its location in the store.

Here are my card and details...

General Information:

• This time I have decided to make a birthday card.  With several birthdays coming up in the next few months, I'm going to need a number of them!  I think this one will be for my cousin Blair's stepson, Alex, who has a birthday coming up in March.
  

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Ice Fishing:  You can find this set in the store.  Details above.  I used the coloured version from the set.

Digital Embellishments: 

• The shapes I used as accent pieces were paper pieced with one of the papers available in the Ice Fishing set. 
• The pennant shapes were created using a template from Marisa Lerin, a designer with Pixel Scrapper.

Digital Paper Products:

• The paper used on the front was created using a template also from Marisa Lerin.

INSIDE

Digital Sentiment Details:

• One of the reasons I decided to make another card with this image is because I knew I had the perfect sentiment to go with it.  It was created by Paulette from Create with TLC. While I picked it up as a freebie quite a while back, you can find it in the sweet Freeze A Jolly Good Fellow Digi Image Set.  I recoloured it digitally to match the colours in the image.  To find other great sets in the store, click HERE; and to check out Paulette's blog, click HERE.

OVERALL

Paper Products: 

• Card, image and sentiment base: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.

 Digital Embellishments: 

• The shapes I used as as matting were created with basic shapes in Photoshop Elements and then coloured to match the overall colour scheme.

Challenges I am entering:

• Deedee's Digi of the Month Challenge

 Other challenges I hope to enter... 

***Please note that if the word verification appears, ignore it and simply click the 'publish' button*** 

• Word Art Wednesday -- Anything Goes
• http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes but must be a card
• http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Birthday card for a Boy (this card is meant for my young cousin Alex who has a birthday in March)
• http://www.lisasomerville.com/ (Blogger's Challenge) -- By the Sea (don't know of too many penguins that hang out at lakes so I'm assuming he is fishing in the sea. *Ü*)
• http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.ca/ -- Birthday 
• http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/ -- Let it Snow
• http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.ca/  -- Anything Goes Birthday

Thanks again to everyone who continues to leave wishes of condolences over the loss of my husband's mother.  It has been a difficult week but there is lots to take care of over these next several days as we say goodbye to January and hello to February.  I hope I can manage to get it all done.  

Until next time,