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I'm sharing a western themed card today that features the adorable BB Saddle Up & Celebrate stamp set.
To begin, I Copic colored the stamped images from BB Saddle Up & Celebrate and cut them out with the coordinating dies.
Before I go into what I used to create my scene, I want to explain that my original intent was to have only one panel with the sandy ground and rocky mountains. However, I didn't like the way the clouds turned out on the first panel, so I made another one similar to it - but then water smeared the ink on the lower parts of the mountain. Instead of doing it for the third time and wasting the other two, I cut off the clouds from the first panel and foam mounted it to the second panel. I guess mistakes can turn out to be good sometimes because I really like the dimension the second layer created on the card.
To create the sandy ground, I used the Drifts & Hills stencils with Antique Linen and a touch of Vintage Photo Distress Oxides. I used Prismacolor pencils to add the grass
To make the rocky mountains, I die-cut a piece of cardstock with BB Icebergs and used the negative cut to ink blend the panels with Vintage Photo and Antique Linen, trying to vary the heights so that they won't all look the same. I also used Prismacolor pencil here to add details to the mountains.
The cloud was made using the Mini Cloud stencil and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide.
My cards from the July release countdown:
That's it for today! Thank you so much for joining me during the July release countdown. I hope you enjoyed my projects. Stop by my blog tomorrow for the Just Add Color feature; I'll be sharing the Copic markers I used to color today's images and more!
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Your coloring on ALL your cards are so, so beautiful! Lovely, Amy!
ReplyDeleteAll your cards are super cute :)
ReplyDeleteI gotta love the cowgirl, too cute! I agree the layered mountains do really add to the overall look, nice job working with a mistake :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous inspiration through the count down and today! Love the new stamp sets, and your cloring.Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are so adorable. Love the stamp sets.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing....
Love the dimension you got on that first card. I also love your card with all the circus animals as the back ground. That card is a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteThis and ALL your cards are amazing!
ReplyDeleteLove your designs!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful card. Love the scene, especially the mountains in the background. I also loved all the other inspiration cards!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, Amy! The coloring on your cards is incredible! And I adore the scene you created with the clouds and mountains... it’s perfect!!
ReplyDeleteI love your coloring on the cards, and I always admire what you do! The cards are all special but my favorite is the cowgirl.
ReplyDeletegreat cards, I love how you used the Iceberg dienamics as rocky outcrops!
ReplyDeleteOh what adorable cards! AMAZING coloring - wow!
ReplyDeletebeautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are so adorable and your coloring is amazing!
ReplyDeleteSmart to use the icebergs like this! Love the end result.
ReplyDeleteNice coloring. I love the card.
ReplyDeleteWow! ALL your July release projects are amazing!
ReplyDeleteGreat card!! Way to make lemonade out of lemons!
ReplyDeleteCute, cute projects! Your coloring skills are amazing!
ReplyDeleteSo cute, every project!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are so beautiful. Love the colors you used and the stamps!
ReplyDeleteAdorable Western scene!!! All your cards are totally sweet and cute!!!
ReplyDeleteOH my goodness! AWESOME cards, I love how your mountains scene turned out and the tower of animals is too cute! great release!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are amazing! Your mountain scene is sweet!
ReplyDeleteWow! Your coloring is awesome on all your cards. Love how you worked around a mistake - the end result is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderfully coloured card...love the hills in the background.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a wonderful assortment of cards! Love your western scene. Thanks for sharing all of these.
ReplyDeleteThis is such an adorable card! I just love how you created the background and your beautiful coloring :)
ReplyDeleteCute cards!!! That little girl is so sassy and cute, I can hardly stand it!
ReplyDeleteSuch fabulous cards!
ReplyDeleteLove the way you used your new goodies!!!!
ReplyDeleteCute western scene. I like your coloring and the mountains.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute cowgirl scene! Wonderful Coloring!
ReplyDeleteAll your new release cards are fantastic! Love your cowgirl scene!
ReplyDeleteAdorable cards! :) I really love the little cacti in that set. They are too cute.
ReplyDeleteLove the depth in your scene and the colouring is awesome!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. It's nice to know that mistakes can turn into something nice after all. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are so adorable! Loooove those darling animals & the western theme is right up my alley! Love them both!
ReplyDeleteHahaha it's great to read you make mistakes too Amy! How you rectified them was genius, love the clouds, the colouring in is so good I'd call it perfect. Love the other 5 cards too from the MFT release, great fun. TFS. xx
ReplyDeleteThe cowgirl card is so well laid out and colored, it actually looks like it came from a professional animation company.
ReplyDeletereally cute
ReplyDeletelove your cards and the sweet scenes you created:)
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