Dirty and Fun

 Hello! we are back from our vacation which was fabulous - Tennessee is a great 'country style area' So my card today uses the same theme!

Maker Forte have release a great collection pod Western Style products - I will be using these in more cards to come!

Used a few different products for this card, my main aim was to make it looked distressed.

I started by fixing the Rodeo Stencil a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock. Using a blending brush and  Corduroy Distress Ink I inked through the stencil. 

Using For My Cowboy Stamp Set, I stamped 2 of the boots with Eclipse Black Ink on to white card.

The boots in the set are all different which makes it easy to make pairs of different boots. I wanted 2 different ones to fit with the sentiment I chose to use.

Coloring them with alcohol markers, I used different brown tones both for shading and pattern. Then were then fussy cut them ready for my card.

I stamped the 'If it Ain't Dirty it Aint Fun' sentiment using Eclipse Black Ink and trimmed to size.

Ink blended edges, with the Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink, were added to give it and aged look. Then I used a distressing tool to scuff the edges of both this and my stenciled card. You can use scissors to obtained the same look I just find it easy with this tool.

To make the card look even more distressed I ink blended the roughed edges with the same distress ink.

To build my design I chose A2 Top Folding Card Bases and some dark brown cardstock.

The brown cardstock was used to my base and sentiment then my stenciled topper was added. My boots were arranged and one was adhered flat on the card while the other was placed crossed and fastened in place using foam squares. Finally my sentiment was added a little crooked to fit with the card theme.

Thanks for taking time to read my post, I hope you find some inspiration from it and if you do I would love to see your design.

Scouting outdoors

Good afternoon! Where is this year going. We are already in the 6th month but it feels as though we have missed half of those!

As it's the first Saturday of the Month its time for Scrapper's Delights to have a new Kawaii release and wow is it a cute one this month.

                     

                     

Not only have they released the little characters but also a whole host of props to use with them.

My first card is using the Scout and images from both of the prop sets:

What I Did:

Scouts and Camping Props

I started by building my scene with the props and little girl scout including adding marshmallows for her to toast. I added the sentiment and once arranged I resized and printed on to stamping card.
I colored the scene with alcohol markers, As Mollie is a girl scout I had to color the image in the colors she currently wears. The clouds were made by using a stencil and distress ink.
I then matted a 5x7in card base with black cardstock and added my image. The scene is so busy that it didn't need any embellishing.


The next image is Cute As a Bug and wow is she cute:

What I Did:
Cute as A Bug
I resized the image, added the sentiment and printed her onto stamping card. She was colored with alcohol markers her dress is plain but I just had to add ladybug dots. The clouds were done the same as the camping scene just lighter!
My 5x7in card base was matted with black card and some digital design paper that has an adorable ladybug border.
I matted the image with the same black card and used foam tape to adhere her to the card.

What I Used:
Scout:
Digital Stamps: Stamper's Delights Scouts, Scout Props and Camping Props
Stamping Card: Xpress-It
Alcohol Markers: Copic
Stencil: Picket Fence, Layers of Cloud
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Tumbled Glass
White card for base: Core'Dinations Premium cardstock heavy weight
Black Card: Core'dinations
Glue: Zipdry

Cute As A Bug
Digital Stamps: Stamper's Delights Cute as a Bug
Stamping Card: X-press It
Alcohol Markers: Copic
Stencil: Picket Fence, Layers of Cloud
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Tumbled Glass
White card for base: Core'Dinations Premium cardstock heavy weight
Black Card: Core'dinations
Digital Design Paper: Design Bundles
Glue: Zipdry
Foam Tape: Dollar Store

Head on over to the Stamper's Delights Store to see all of this week’s full new release here's what they look like:

Why not stop by the Stamper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies you can also enter the progressive challenge there, no blog needed and you can receive the freebies to enter with! 

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave a comment to let me know!