Country Birthday

What first attracted me to the Country Ride Stamp set was the horse vane - then the wagon wheels.
The card I finally ended up making incorporated these wheels as well as several elements from other stamp set to create the country scene below

To make the fence I stamped the Hardwood background stamp with Soft Suede onto Crumb Cake card stock and cut it into 5/8" strips.  The upper and lower strip are 4 7/8" long; the 3 posts 2 1/8" long.  After sponging the edges the fence was constructed as shown and a black marker was used to make the nail marks.  It was set aside while the background was stamped.

The Waterfront stamp set  was used to stamp the mount mountains, sun and sky; Rooted in Nature to stamp the trees; the branches from Country Road; the grass from High Tide; and the black birds from Enjoy Life.

The fence was now added to the art piece, and two wheels, stamped on Crumb Cake and punch with a  1 3/4" circle punch, were slanted against it.  The two black birds were added to the top of the fence, and the sentiment on the lower strip. Two framelit elements were added above the sentiment.

The art piece was matted with Basic Black card stock, then Whisper White and finally onto a Mossy Meadow card front.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Country Road, Waterfront, High Tide, Enjoy Life, Hardwood

Inks: Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Mossy Meadow, Balmy Blue, Black Memento, Basic Black marker

Papers:  Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories:  Dimensionals, 1 3/4" circle punch, Framelit Elements

Merry - The Paper Players #264

I bet none of you have ever done this - finished a card only to find that the card was finished upside down.  I did that today, and I'm feeling a little foolish, but the card looks okay.  It just doesn't match the sketch with the Paper Players 100%

 

Can you see where some of the elements are upside down?

The focal image of this card is the "Wondrous Wreath", which I stamped first in Old Olive, then with Versa mark and gold embossing, and finally the Real Red berries.  A red bow finished it up nicely.  I applied dazzling details to the bow and the berries.

I start with an Old Olive cardstock base, layered with Whisper White, then Merry Moments DSP.  The next layer is another pattern from the same DSP and it is matted with Always Artichoke cardstock. One end of this Always Artichoke is punched with the scallop border punch.

Horizontally across this unit is a 1" piece of Always Artichoke which is embossed with the Decorative Dots Embossing folder.

The wreath is adhered with dimensionals to a Whisper White piece which has been stamped with the Hardwood background stamp and Crumb Cake ink.  This piece is matted with Always Artichoke.

The word "merry" Is die cut in Real Red using the Christmas Greeting Thinlets.

Supplies Used:

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