The Old Pump Best Wishes - Mojo Monday 288

Once again I am drawn to the Countryside stamp set to do the sketch challenge with Mojo Monday here.  Again I have made a masculine birthday card.

This card has taken me the longest to make!  I have never been so indecisive in making a card in my life!  I started making the card by stamping and painting the image of the old pump, and after that everything went down hill.  I couldn't decide on a colour scheme. The main problem was selecting the DSP.  Most of the colours for a masculine card were just too strong!  I thought I had everything sorted out by switching to blue tones, but it didn't fit with the colours of the focal image - so on I went with another set of colors.  Finally, after the 3rd try I was satisfied. You'll have to let me know what you think of my final selection.

The base card stock is Cajun Craze, layered with Very Vanilla, and then a layer of DSP from the Festival of Prints paper pack.

The image was stamped with Black Stazon onto Whisper White card stock, and painted with ink pads and an aqu painter.  It was then die cut using the Ovals framelits and layered with an Old Olive scallop oval #2.  The two were sponged with Chocolate chip and adhered together using dimensionals.

The panel the image was attached to consisted of  Cajun Craze layered with embossed Crumb cake card stock. Opposite corners were rounded.  Three Very Vanilla banners were attached to the Crumb Cake, and the focal image was attached on top of that.  A flattened silver sofa pop top was adhered to the top right of this panel as an embellishment.

Here's a list of the materials/supplies used:

Stamps: Countryside, Petite Pairs

Inks: Black Stazon, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Always Artichoke

Papers: Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints DSP, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Accessories: Ovals framelits, Scallop oval die #2, Square lattice folder, small silver soda pop top, Green/white Baker's twine, 1/2" circle punch, corner rounder punch, dimensionals, Crystal Effects

Hope you enjoyed this card

Thanks for stopping by.

Countryside Best Wishes - Mojo Monday #287

Happy April Fool's day.  Has anyone played any tricks on you today?

I just felt in the mood today to make a masculine card.  I really should be making Mother's Day cards, but my mood said masculine.  So, for the challenge with Mojo Monday here, I used the Countryside stamp set to make a masculine card for any occasion.  I just love this stamp set and have used it very often.

The base card is Crumb Cake, a colour I should use more often.  I layered it with Naturals Ivory which was embossed with the Polka dot folder.

Then I built the rest of the card by die cutting a large scallop circle in Old Olive, a large circle in Soft Suede, a long piece of Comfort Cafe DSP, and finally a piece of  DSP from the Print Poetry pack.  I rounded the corners of the latter piece.  The edges of all these pieces with the exception of the Green scallop circle were sponged with Soft Suede ink.

The image was stamped using Black Stazon ink onto Whisper White cardstock, and coloured using ink pads and an Aqua painter.  A 1 3/4" circle punch was used to cut the image out, and then it was matted with a 2" chocolate chip circle, and finally an Old Olive scallop circle.  The chocolate chip circle was adhered to the Old Olive scallop circle with dimensionals.  Before attaching this unit to the DSP, I cut a small banner in Soft suede, sponged the edges and attached  it to the card.  The unit was then attached near the bottom of the DSP panel near the bottom.

Three chocolate chip brads were inserted at the top left of the larger DSP panel.

The sentiment is from Petite Pairs and was punched out using the small oval punch.  It was stamped using Early Espresso ink on Crumb Cake card stock, and its edges were sponged like most of the papers on this card.

All the elements were then attached to the Natural Ivory layer as indicated by the sketch - starting with the large Scallop green circle.

Here's a summary of the products I used:

Stamps: Countryside, Petite Pairs

Inks: Soft suede, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze (for the bird), Old Olive, Always Artichoke

Papers: Crumb Cake, Natural Ivory, Whisper White, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Comfort Cafe DSP, Print Poetry DSP, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: 1 3/4" circle punch, Circles die #2, Scallop circle die #2, Small oval punch, Neutrals brads, Polka dot folder

Hope you enjoyed the card. Thanks for stopping by.

Comments would be appreciated.

Countryside Harvest Birthday - Freshly Made Sketches #43

|Apple growers in southern Ontario have had a real hit this year.  The week of extremely warm weather in March caused the trees to blossom prematurely.  These poor blossoms froze when the cold weather returned.  As a result - no or few apples.
As a kid I lived near an apple orchard, and spent many happy hours picking apples.  I can smell the rich fruity smell of apples growing on trees as I`m typing these words.
This card reminds me of those happy times.
I used the sketch with Freshly Made Sketches here     This is a site I just recently discovered and the idea is to keep the cards simple and fresh looking.   Keeping a card simple is a real challenge for me, but I think I accomplished the task.

The image was colored with markers and a blender pen.

 

Stamps:  Countryside, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Midnight Muse, SU Markers 

Papers: Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Comfort Cafe designer paper

Accessories: Blender pen, stampin dimensionals

Card one of top 3 picks at Technostamper challenge 205

This card I made for a friend who was about to retire from farming was one of the top 3 picks at Technostamper here
Here is the card, and the original blog post:http://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.com/2012/01/countryside-retirement-techno-stamper.html

Countryside Retirement - Techno Stamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge # 205

I had to let the sketch sit with me for a while as nothing immediately came to mind when I saw the sketch challenge for the Techno Stamper Monday Lunchtime Challenge here 
But a friend is retiring soon, so I needed a retirement card.  This friend used to farm, and now likes to tinker in his garage refinishing furniture and doing general repairs. Hope he likes the card.

Here is the sketch:

My card:

Since I have been having difficulty getting my cards to sit straight during a photographic session (very much like most of us), I  decided to photograph the card at an angle since it was going to end up that way anyway.

Here's the way I normally photograph a card.  Which view do you like better?

Look carefully and see if you can see the Robin sitting on the barrow handle.  A sure sign that spring is coming soon.

Stamps: Countryside, Teeny Tiny wishes, Every Little Bit
Inks: SU markers, Early Espresso
Papers:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Well Worn Designer paper, Whisper White
Accessories: Houndstooth embossing folder, Decorative Label Punch, 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1/4" Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon,