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Ride ‘Em Cowboy!

Posted on June 11, 2015 10:46 AM by Julie 2 Comments

ETA: Just found out this card was Published in Just Cards, Summer 2015, Vol 38!
The Ways to Use It Challenge (WT535), has us heading west & using a cowboy theme in honor of John Wayne. I have this cute little cowpoke & silhouette riders so this is my western theme card.

After stamping, coloring and fussy cutting the little cowboy, I added him to a white frame I stamped w/ just the rope portion of the image. For the inside area, I sponged on yellows, oranges & a bit of red at the top, then stamped the silhouette cowboys & the stars in a combination of sky blue and soft pool because I wanted them visible, but not so dark that the greeting wouldn’t show up well when I stamped it on top.

The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used to color the cute little cowboy.

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, please mosey on over and check out the DRS Thursday Challenge...Just Beachy! Use a beach, water or sea theme & DRS images are not required!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Saddle Up Greeting, Saddle Up Cowboy, Cowboy Silhouette, Starry Background

Paper: Neenah white, black

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Kaleidacolor melon melody & desert heat, Memories sky blue, HA soft pool

Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies

Circle Flowers

Posted on June 6, 2015 11:30 AM by Julie 2 Comments

The Inspiration Challenge (IC496) today on Splitcoast is a Pinterest board w/ all manner of wreaths. I was inspired by THIS wreath with its colorful circles of flowers. I was also inspired by This card I saw on Pinterest..I thought the circle flowers were really cute.

I picked some different colors of card stock and punched out all the circles in different sizes. I think the largest is 1 1/2″ and the smallest is 1/2″. I could have used circle dies, but my trusty old punches were feeling neglected. The leaf is also a punch and the stems were made by just trimming some strips.

When I attached all the circles, I purposely had the centers a little wonky…I thought it just added character. The white background was embossed with a honeycomb pattern and I only used a portion of the Wordy Birthday Greeting. I love that greeting because you can pick & choose what parts you want to use (if you don’t want the whole thing) and the fonts are all different. I ran out of the green card stock I used for the leaves, so I used a couple of green Copics to color the edges of the largest layer.

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, please check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week, Over the Top (have your greeting on top). DRS images are not required!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs –Wordy Birthday Greeting

Paper: Neenah white, butter, lemon, turquoise, teal, peach, coral

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: Spellbinders ovals & fancy framed tags dies, circle punches, leaf punch, honeycomb embossing folder (Darice), green Copic markers

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Saddle Up Sunset

Posted on June 2, 2015 6:41 PM by Julie 2 Comments

The Color Challenge on Splitcoast (CC533) is gray, cantaloupe & coral. I wasn’t sure how well they would work for me, but I think they’re growing on me. I think the main problem is I have so little gray card stock and most of it is a warm gray. I did find a piece of cool gray (I much prefer it) so I was in business! Then I just had to create the other colors with a combo of distress inks.

Since I wasn’t doing a floral, the cantaloupe & coral colors seemed like a perfect sunset combo. The big oval was one I had laying around, so I found the big die I used to cut it, put it back in the die & sponged on the colors. After I stamped the silhouette horse with the worn lipstick, I added just a touch of shading w/ a lt rouge Copic & a few stamped stars at the top. I also sponged a small panel w/ the lipstick, marigold, persimmon & some weathered wood at the top then stamped the cowboy garb & fussy cut them. I stamped this again on white & paper pieced the sponged hat & boot on top. I used a frame embossing folder on the large white bg & a stamped fence I also fussy cut.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs –Cowboy Garb, Saddle Up Greetin, Picket Fence, Starry Background

Paper: Neenah white, gray textured (Recollections)

Ink: Versafine onyx, Distress Inks worn lipstick, dried marigold, ripe persimmon, weathered wood

Accessories: Copic markers, Cuttlebug embossing folder (Grace’s Frame), Spellbinders petite ovals, A2 matting basics A & B dies

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