Cowboy Birthday

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a birthday card I crafted for my husband's upcoming special day.

The card base is Recollections Vanilla.  The printed papers are Best Creations Inc Cowboy Up layered on Close To My Heart Champagne.  The ribbon is American Crafts.  The embellishment is of unknown origin.

Hubby has always been a fan of the cowboy so instead of a football or golf theme, I thought this year's birthday card would be all about the cowboy!  I'm sure hell get a real kick out of it.  This paper collection has a couple of sheets with these small images that are somewhat difficult to use on a card.  I thought creating a layer with four of the images was inspired.  I didn't add a sentiment because there really was no good place to put it and I'll have special wishes written on the inside.  A much better result than I thought I'd see.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

For A Cowboy

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a birthday card commissioned by a colleague for her son's first birthday.

The printed papers are Best Creation Inc. Cowboy Up! layered on Recollections Vanilla. The sentiment is Stampin' Up Sassy Salutations stamped in Close To My Heart Outdoor Denim on Recollections Vanilla and layered on more printed paper.  The name was stamped with an alphabet of unknown origin in Ridinghood Red on Recollections Vanilla and layered on more patterned paper.  The card was distressed by sponging a variety of inks.  The star embellishments are of unknown origin.

My colleague didn't have a theme planned for her son's birthday and gave me licence to just 'go for it'.  I was inspired to craft this card card because months ago, she sent me a photo of her son in a cowboy hat and it was just too cute.  I don't think I've ever used so much patterned paper on a single card before but it really works.  My colleague's personal style is quite modern so I was confident I could stretch my comfort zone.  The gold stars just add to the overall yee haw!

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Anniversary Song

Hello everyone,

My husband and I recently celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary and today's post is the card I made for him.  I didn't get a card but, in a major snow storm, he stopped by the florist and got me 25 beautiful red roses.  I'm truly blessed.

The background strips are Paper Accents Mirror Silver Glossy card stock, two different brushed silvers of unknown origin and a shimmery black also of unknown origin.  The white layer is Best Creation Inc. Craft n Craftin' Basic Glitter Paper.  The image is Gina K Because Of You stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Stampin' Up Whisper White and layered on more shimmery black.  The sentiment, also Gina K Because Of You, was stamped in VersaMark on more shimmery black then heat embossed in Stampin' Up white embossing powder.  The embellishments are Kaisercraft Pearl Strips.

My daughter wondered when I bought this stamp set but I just couldn't resist this sentiment.  It's so perfect for wedding or anniversary cards.  It's different and that was extremely appealing.  I wasn't sure about using the image from this set but as a black silhouette, it's not to feminine.  I think it may actually be interesting in a solid colour like red, blue or green too, especially if the colours are on the darker side.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

PS - My husband loved his card and we had a lovely anniversary celebration!

Cowboy Love

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a card that was commissioned by a colleague for an anniversary.  He want big, bling, shine and Western.  It was really no more strange than crafting a sympathy card from a Coke case.

The card base is Recollections Mercury Glass Christmas.  The images and sentiments are Rusty Pickle Git R' Dun and My Sentiments Exactly stamped in Stampin' Up Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Midnight Muse or Close To My Heart gold heat embossed on a vanilla of unknown origin.  The printed paper is Best Creation Inc Cowboy Up.  The card is highlighted with Wink of Stella Clear 999.  The embellishments are Eyelet Outlet enamel dots.

Does this card not have everything that was asked for? There is shine, bling, sparkle and cowboy!  I actually had a lot of fun crafting this card.  I just love this Mercury Glass paper.  I debated buying the pad because it was a 12X12 which are so hard to use up when you're only crafting cards.  This is pretty heavy cardstock so I can easily use it for card bases as well as for layering.  It has a number of colours which are all just sumptuous.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Rodeo Birthday

Hello everyone,

Today's card uses a couple more dog photos.

The printed paper is Carta Bella Giddy Up Rodeo Kid layered on textured Bazzill.  The image was layered on Recollections Vanilla and Best Creation Inc Cowboy Up!  The sentiment is Inkadinkado Happy Days stamped in Stampin' Up Ruby Red and Close To My Heart Outdoor Denim on Very Vanilla and layered on more Best Creation Inc.  The ribbon is Multicrafts.

I picked up a number of western/cowboy related papers when I was on a supply hunt for these cards.  This is not my favourite but I thought it would look great as a background layer.  The card turned out so much better than I expected.  This particular ribbon was bought with this paper in mind as it has all the same colours.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Giddy Up!

Hello everyone,

Today I have another vacation-inspired card that I'm sending as a gift set to my cousins.

The printed paper is Best Creation Inc. Cowboy Up! layered on a blue of unknown origin.  The photo is also layered on the blue.  The sentiment is Rusty Pickle Git R 'Dun stamped in Close To My Heart Outdoor Denim on Recollections Vanilla.  The brads are of unknown origin.

I really love brown and blue together and given the photo had so much blue, it seemed a great combination for this card.  I'm really into placing horizontal sentiments on the vertical.  I suspect is will confuse people but I really like the look.  Using this sentiment was a given with this photo.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Howdy!

Hello everyone,

In early July my husband and I traveled to Calgary to visit my cousins and go to the Stampede.  I wanted to craft some very special cards as a thank you for showing us such a wonderful time.  I crafted a half dozen Christmas cards, which I post as part of my Christmas In July series, and now I'm just going totally country with the second part of their thank you gift.

The printed papers are Best Creation Inc Cowboy Up! and Carta Bella Giddy Up Ride On layered on Close To My Heart Cocoa.  The photo is layered on Recollections Vanilla.  The sentiment is Rusty Pickle Git R' Dun stamped in Stampin' Up Early Espresso on Recollections Vanilla and layered on more Carta Bella.  The card is highlighted with Cinnamon Stickles.

When I have hold of a theme, I just run with it and this is certainly the case with these next number of cards.  I didn't know I had that much yee haw in me and I think I'm done now.  It was actually a lot of fun to step out of my comfortable florals and butterflies and craft some entire different types of cards.  I really hope my cousins like them because I had a blast crafting away on them.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle