Papertrey April Blog Hop Challenge

Hello! I am participating in Papertrey's April Blog Hop Challenge today. Nicole challenged us to create a TILTED design on a card. You can read more about the challenge over on Nicole's blog here.

I received my April Papertrey order a couple days ago and decided to use 7th Inning Stretch for my card. I stamped the bat repeatedly on an angle on the background with Versamark Ink.

Then I pulled out every circle punch I own and stamped the baseball stitching stamp on them to create increasingly smaller baseballs. Except for the largest ball which was 1 3/4", I just stamped one side of the stitching at a time so I could space them correctly on the smaller balls. I think the balls really come alive once you swipe the edges with the tea dye duo - I used Chamomile on mine. I popped a few of the balls up with foam to give some dimension. I wanted to convey hitting the ball out of the park. The bat was cut out of some cherry veneer and wrapped with 1/8" silk ribbon at the handle. The sentiment is also from 7th Inning Stretch. I have a 10 year old grandson who will be getting this card for his birthday. Hope you enjoy the blog hop - I'm anxious to see what others come up with! Thanks for any comments you leave - they are appreciated! Have a great blog hop day!