Cowgirl Up!

     YEEHAW!  This week at The Kraft Journal we want to see some "Western Flair".  This is Sydney and she's a rodeo girl and maybe a deputy too from the looks of all those stars.  :-)
     My card base was cut from Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock.  I've used papers from Cosmo Cricket's "Wanted" collection.  The second DP mat is framed in Earthy Hemp Cord.  The small red mat behind the image was stitched and I added the sentiment and two Natural Twill Tape tabs with brads to it.  My image was colored with Copics and framed with a another digital stamp image popped up on foam.  I wrapped each corner with more of the Earthy Hemp cord.  The fish tail panel was cut from more Light Kraft and textured using a leather texture plate.  It was then lightly inked, stitched, and had brads added.  The star was created from two pieces of Chipboard which were glued together and then covered in gold embossing powder.  I then used a paper piercer to add the dots around the edges.  The base card, sentiment, and leather panel were all inked with Vintage Photo Distress ink and I inked the images edges with Frayed Burlap.  A little gold gel pen on her stars and cowgirl's ready to ride!
     This is a really fun challenge and I hope you'll dig in your stash and see what you've got with a "Western Flair" so you can play along this week.  Make sure you use kraft paper or some products from Kraft Outlet to be eligible for a Top Spot and the monthly drawing.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday--anything goes
Digi Designs--emboss it anyway you want
Annabelle Stamps--say it with twine

     Happy Monday!


Kraft Outlet Supplies


Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Earthy Hemp Cord 
Chipboard
Natural Twill Tape
Vintage Photo Distress ink


OtherSupplies


Paper:  Cosmo Cricket "Wanted", Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamp:  Pollycraft "Sydney Rodeo", Lilyboo Designs "Safari Frame"
Ink:  Copics, Versamark, Frayed Burlap Distress ink, Sakura Gelly Roll gold pen
Tools:  Sizzix Stars #2, Fiskars Texture Plate, EK Success corner rounder, Marvy Uchida heat gun, Cuttle Bug
Miscellaneous:  Ranger Gold embossing powder, Spare Parts brads

Twinkle, twinkle little star

     About a week ago I was approached by Tui, the Guest Designer Coordinator at Our Creative Corner.  If you'll remember back at Christmas time I made that card with the little deer on it and the trees made from the flower punches.  I won their Top Talent award for that card and they have asked me to do a guest designer spot for them this week.  I LOVE to do guest spots.  They throw a little something different in the weekly routine plus they're an excuse to make another card!  LOL

     Here's the gorgeous inspiration photo they have chosen for this weeks challenge.

     There's also an optional "baby" theme and I opted to go with that for my card.  That striking pink really stands out in the photo but the image I chose looked too much like a boy to use the pink so I used the soft blues and yellows, a little chocolate brown and added a little sparkle and glimmer with glittery embossing powder and the crystal drops to bring in all the glassware.

     The image is a Pollycraft digi that I won last month over at The Outlaws.  It was in a mega package of fifty stamps so I still have lots of new stamps to play with in the future.  The image is colored with Copics.  I added some chipboard stars covered in some Copic paper scraps that were embossed with Stardust embossing powder.  The little stars on the image were also embossed.  They're just on paper though and have two coats of embossing powder.

     I'm sure the DT at OCC would love to have you come join in their fun this week.  A huge thank you to them for inviting me to play along.

     Have an amazing weekend!

Supplies

• Papers:  K &Company, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card, Kraft Outlet chipboard
• Stamp:  Pollycraft Little Stars "Moon Lullaby"
• Ink:  Copics, Tumbled Glass and Vintage Photo Distress ink, Versamark pad and pen
• Tools:  Making Memories eyelet setter, Sizzix Stars #2, Nestabilities Labels One (S4-161), Bow Easy
• Miscellaneous:  Inky Impressions Inky Dinky Crystal Clear Drops, Dritz cheesecloth, Stampendous Stardust embossing powder, Offray ribbon, Recollections eyelets