Cowgirl Thing

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! I'm pretty sure wherever you are in the US, it's been hot, hot, hot! I think it's kind of odd that for the most part, the NE has been hotter than we've been down here in the SE. Not complaining..it's just odd. Well we have had a ton of rain, so maybe that's why. Sure does make it steamy, though. 

Today I have a cute little Cowgirl  to share. Isn't she adorable? After stamping & color her, I added the greeting beside her & colored it, too. Then I used just the sparkle element from the greeting I used on the inside & stamped it w/ lt pink & lt blue. I added the paisley embossed topper & some stickles for the bling.

Here's a look at the inside & below it are the Copic I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs -  Lasso Cowgirl , Boots & Bling (inside: Sparkling Day)

paper: X-Press It white, Staples 110# white, pink, brown

ink:  Memento tuxedo black, angel pink, summer sky

accessories:  Misti, Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, bracket borders dies, Lil' Inker stitched rectangle dies, stickles, Cuttlebug paisley embossing folder

Lasso Cowgirl 220H	Boots & Bling 237D	Sparkling Day 956H	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	MISTI	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders A2 Bracket Borders 1 S5-181
Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Recollections Cardstock
Stickles	CB Paisley embossing folder 37-1619

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Wedding Moments

Welcome!

What is more fun than getting new stamps and figuring out what you're going to pair them with?  Our new Life is Measured stamp just screamed wedding to me so that's exactly where I went :)

I started by stamping our Wedding Ring Ensemble stamp using black ink and adding the Life is Measured greeting using pink ink.  In keeping with my new sponging technique I only sponged the top and bottom using the same pink ink.  I colored the flowers and candles using pencils and the rings using a gold pen, then mounted it on silver paper.  For my background I stamped our Polka Dot Background on a folded pink card using white pigment ink and once it was dry I assembled it all together.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sue

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Bricks, Birds, and Palm Trees

I have always loved brick (I grew up where there was not much of it so I thought it was awesome) so I was excited to see this new Brick Wall image. If you check out recent posts, you can see all the wonderful ways the design team members have colored it up.  I did traditional colors.

I also used the new Just Dropping You a Line Greeting and Pretty Bird Odie Parrot. I bot a new set of Prisma Colors this weekend, and I tried them out on the birds.

I also did some spritzed stamping using the new Silhouette Palm Tree image and made this card:

The sentiment is cut from the Life is Measured Greeting (I used the whole greeting insides).

Hugz

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Boots and Bling

Hi Everyone,

This new Lasso Cowgirl stamp is super adorable!  I just love the little smile on her face, she's super girly, and  I made this with my 8 year old self in mind :)  Back then, purple was my favorite color, until pink took over as the new favorite, so that's how they ended up on this card together.

I colored her up using my Copic markers, die cut and matted her, along with the Boots and Bling Cowgirl Greeting too.  The background was dry embossed and I added a border and lace doilyt, since lace is good and girl like as well. 

The sentiment pretty much makes it a requirement to add lots of gems, so out of my drawer and onto the card they flew in a flash!

Here's hoping your week is going well!
Karin

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Wild thing???

Well this card turned into something totally different than I had envisioned. But I think I like it. When I received the new Pretty Bird Odie, the Parrot I knew I wanted to color him to look like an African Grey Parrot. When we lived in Germany we babysat an African Grey for friends for a year and fell in love with that bird. Her name was Gabby and we thought that was because she was from Gabon, West Africa. We soon learned the real reason for her name. That bird could gab! She had lived in France for a while so she spoke some French. She always told us good night in French and she would whistle the French National Anthem. She was so good at imitating voices. She soon learned to call my husband's name in my voice and my name in his. She had us answering and looking for each other all the time!  The kids taught her to say "Eat me, yum!" Not sure the owners appreciated that new phrase. Anyway, in honor of Gabby my parrot is an African Grey.

I started by stamping, coloring and fussy cutting Odie and Jimbo and the gang. To make it look like a jungle I die cut a bunch of leaves from various shades of green CS as well as some from yellow and orange CS. The Markers Mart Die of the Month kit for July was tropical leaves. Talk about good timing! So after die cutting all the leaves, I die cut a green frame and partially glued it onto the kraft card base. I added Jimbo and the gang and then began placing all the leaves where I wanted. I had no intention of adding so many, but it kind of took on a life of its own. Once I had things where I wanted I started gluing everything down with TH Multi Matte Medium. The last thing I did was stamp Wild Thing onto kraft CS and die cut it with a banner die.

I stamped Odie on the inside with VersaMark ink and added the "It's a Jungle Out There" greeting.

Well I hope you like my African Grey Parrot with his jungle friends. Be sure to check the DRS Designs on line store for all the new images, including Pretty Bird Odie.

Thanks for stopping by today!

blessings,
shelia

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Tropical Beauty

Hi all, I hope your week has went well. It has been raining here every day but at least it's not been as hot as past summers.

My card today has been a work in progress, I wanted to color the new Pretty Bird Odie Parrot like a sun Parrot then I added him to the color blocked background, I kept thinking it needed something more so I colored up some of the Flower Border  and fussy cut then added some Liquid Pearls to the center and attached them with foam tape. Everything was colored with Zig markers including the greeting  Just Dropping You A Line  .

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

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Little house

Good morning!

So this is suppose to be a little house with a brick lower (made with the new Brick Wall 260P), yellow and white top (I saw one like this when I lived in the mid west for a while and always admired it).

There is also a brick wall for their yard where you see the trees and birds (Love Bird Branch 413H) and bird house (Birdhouse Tree Branch 733K).  Inside the house is a blue and white wall paper made with the (Open Plaid 631P). Inside the window I also have my beautiful sentiment, Life Is Measured 216F.

The Window die is Spellbinder, The Trees are Memory Box, the house gingerbread top is Heartfelt, the flowers are Memory box.  I saw a card similar to this once where part of the scene was actually a stand and thought I'd try it (like a backward gate fold).

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This card is using our cutie pie Lasso Cowgirl 220H with the Saddle Up Birthday greeting 877F. I also used star dies by ODBD, Fence and Post by Memory Box and a grass border punch by Martha Stewart.  If I had a small cow die or stamp I definitely would of used it!!
This card was super easy!  Just a bit of Tea Stain Distress Ink around the edges and everything else was die cut or fussy cut and placed.

                                          Thanks for visiting today!
                          Robin

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