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Hello Everyone... where is August going??! Well it's time for some more inspiration for the current Reader's Art Quest at Unruly Paper Arts. This month's challenge theme is "MANLY". What's more manly than cowboys and bacon?!! For this month's inspiration I created a fun card using some scraps of handmade painted papers paired with a fun stamped cowboy image and quote.
The Unruly Paper Arts Reader's Art Quest "MANLY" Inspiration photo and color palette, are a little dusty and perhaps a little grungy, with a POP of color.
I began with a 5" x 7" cardstock
base to which I glued a painted papertowel {resulting from mopping up
spray mists from faux leathering paper}, layered with a scrap of corrugated painted with Faber-Castell
Gelatos {leftover from this seasonal art}. I layered the stamps ""Keep Calm and Put Bacon On"" and Cowboy with Lasso, from Viva Las VegaStamps! on cream cardstock, each double matted on recycled brown envelope, brown cardstock and a torn edge.
I hope you enjoyed my project and that you are inspired to join us in this month's Reader's Art Quest. I would love to see what you create. Please leave me a comment with your link. :) Sb
Happy Saturday Friends! Today I am joining the dames over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for their latest challenge. I am having so much fun playing along with their challenges... and who doesn't love to be a queen for a day {or two}.
Edna has a new challenge for you this fortnight... "D is for Dudes" - and it's to make a dude card or project for the man(men) of your life. Be it a Father's Day card (which is fast approaching), a birthday, graduation, or wedding card or project, the choice is yours - just make it for a guy!
Here is my card creation for the challenge. The stamps "Has anyone seen my cigar?" and Pig Smoking Pipe are from Viva Las VegaStamps! I ventured into my paper stash and found this distressed stripe that looks like old PJ's for the base. The images are stamped on scraps of a patterned creme and triple matted on layers of grey and creme cardstocks and set off with good old-fashioned photo corners {the lick and stick kind}. I added a little color to this PARLOR DUDE with Derwent Watercolor Pencils - minus the water brush this time. I can't stop chuckling. CLICK HERE to see my birthday card and DIY washi tutorial this week featured at VLVS!
Thanks for dropping by! I hope you join in and play along with the Sisters with this new challenge {you have 2 weeks}. Stay tuned as I have some other "D is for DUDE" makes to share. :) Sb
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