Posts Tagged ‘Southwest’
It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC892) this week and I chose Vintagraph.com & their Pinterest Board. THIS was my inspiration. I love vintage postcards and as a Texas native, this one really appealed to me.
My mini slimline card was made by first die cutting then sponging the ink colors onto the white panel. The words Greetings & from (2 different sets) were stamped in the upper left corner. The stitched letters, longhorn’s horns, the cowboy on horseback & hat were die cut from a thick calendar page. After I arranged the TEXAS where I wanted it, I placed semi-tacky piece of tape over them & lifted them up. Two more of each letter was die cut out of white & arranged to shadow the letters. Then I put glue on the back side, attached it to a piece of cobalt blue & hand trimmed around the the letter group. I used the same blue to cut the ground then attached the longhorn, hat & horse w/ cowboy.
All of the individual items were popped up a bit.
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Supplies:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Christmas Cheer set (Greetings), Fall Gnome set (from) |
Paper: Staples 110# white, cobalt blue, recycled calendar page |
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks: sets #1, #2 & #4 |
Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Cowgirl & Cowboys, Cowboy Boots & Hat, Saddle & Wagon Wheel, Upper Case Alpha w/ Stitch, Tabbed Mountains, Mini Slimline Stitch dies, Crossover II, Misti |
Congrats to Gerry, the newest Featured Stamper (FS827) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept most of the colors, the southwest theme & layout, but I used different dies and made mine a Christmas card.
I started my card by masking a large circle for the moon, and another for the sky area then sponged in the colors for the ground. After reversing the mask, I sponged in the sky colors. The arbor and 2 portions of the fence were die cut out of white along w/ the longhorn skull. The wagon wheel and cowboy hat were die cut out of Kraft and sponged w/ brown inks. I used green for the wreath and cactus dies. After arranging and attaching all the dies, I stamped the curved greeting on the right,
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Supplies:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Wreath w/ Banner |
Paper: Staples 110# white |
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks: sets #3, #5, #6, & #7 |
Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Wreath w/ Banner set, Stitched Rectangles, Cactus, Cowboy Boots & Hat, Saddle & Wagon Wheel, Christmas Minis dies, Crossover II, Misti |
It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC835) this week & we’re visiting Touch of Class & their Pinterest Board. THIS is the picture that inspired my card.
My southwest Christmas card is pretty easy to make. I die cut the sun out of pale yellow, the sandy hills out of tan, the mountains out of brown & the cactus out of a couple of shades of green. I sponged the edges to give them some depth then added the tiny Christmas lights to a couple of the cactus & used a gold gel pen to connect them. All of the scenery is attached to a pale grey bg.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Christmas Phrases Lg & Sm |
Paper: Staples 110# white, brown, tan, green, blue, grey, yellow, red |
Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks set #2, set #3, set #10, |
Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Circles, Southwest Hills, Cactus, Slimline Hills, Tiny Ornaments dies, Crossover II, gold Gelly Roll pen, MISTI |