Wanted In The Old West

Here's the other card that I made for the Yesteryear contest. I instantly thought of floral teapots and porch swings when I heard yesteryear but I wanted to go a different route. A cowboy may not be as pretty as those things but the old west is definitely a part of yesteryear. I picked up the adorable cowboy paper a week or so ago not knowing what I'd use it for but it turned out to be perfect for this card. I colored Slim with watercolor pencils and his chaps are "pleather" that I stamped and cut out. I just love the combination of the stamps... the hay bails, the barrel, Slim and the wagon wheel. The cute wanted saying is actually just the name of the paper that I cut of the end! Hey, waste not, want not. The ribbon slide is from the leather section at Michael's and I thought our guy needed a fiber lasso. A little stitching around the edges and my card was ready to upload. The judges will notify the winners at the end of the month. I can hardly wait. The only problem with posting these and letting you know that I entered is now you'll know if I don't win too! Oh well, I had fun making the cards even if I don't win. It sure would be nice though!

Howdy Cowboy!

This is another pair of Art Impressions stamp that I just love. (the cowboy and the wagon wheel)I think the western theme is a lot of fun to work with. I did 2 cards, basically the same but reversed the paper and swapped out a light colored twill for a brown ribbon. I colored the images with my water color pencils. The wood plank corners and Howdy are from Rubbernecker and the hinges (which you see on a lot of my cards) are from Cornish Heritage Farms. The cowboy's head and the wagon wheel are mounted on dimensionals for a 3-D effect and you can that if you look for the shadows in the photo. I inked around the edges of the matte to give it a "dirty" cowboy coming in from the range feel. There is also a metal loop brad that I tied some twine onto. I don't normally put small photos on my blog but since I wanted to show so many here I made 2 of them small. You can click on them to see them larger if you like. I had a lot of fun making these!