The inspiration challenge today is to create a card inspired by our state. I now live in Michigan but grew up in Kansas where much of my family still live. You canÂ’t think of Kansas without windmills and sunflowers and that tall maple tree I used to climb so I tried to work it all into the card.
-The sunflower is colored with Prismacolor pencils, baby oil and paper stumps.
-The tree and windmill are on one image which I stamped once to the right side and once to the left in order to stretch the scene, then added a second tree. The fence is stamped two to three times and the wire was extended where needed with a black Marvy find tip marker. The post are colored in with Stampin Up Goring Grey marker.
-A ½” circle was punched from a post it note for the sun mask.
-The ground mask was formed by tracing the stamped image on paper and cutting the line. Tearing just doesnÂ’t work for this landscape line so I stamped grasses to help disguise the perfectly straight cut.
-The sky was created with a brayer and I start my roll off the paper and repeat as many times as needed to get the color desired. As in this case when I know a panel is going over the top IÂ’ll work in sections to avoid lines.
-The grass was sponged on and then grass images were stamped in green.
-The Top Note die was cut on the long side for the orange, on the short side for the brown and then lined this piece up to the long side to make a second cut so they fit snuggly together.
-The brown border for the image panel is cut 1/16” wide and glued to the card to reduce bulk.
-The oval panel is mounted on foam tape.
Tools: Nestabilites, cutting scissors, Stampin Up Top Note die, brayer, sponge, post it note, scrap paper, stamp positioner, paper stumps
Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010 GMT Views: 1674
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Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @ 4:20 PM
Oh my gosh is that beautiful Rox!!! You were imaginative too. I love the sun setting and your pretty sunflowers. I like the windmill too - it means you are in the country. Awesome!!
Registered: August 9, 2005 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 16812
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @ 4:34 PM
A fabulous card Rox, I love your sunflowers!
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Registered: November 12, 2009 Location: Living in Western North Carolina in the mountains of beauty. Posts: 2551
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @ 4:37 PM
Oh so typically Kansas... LOVE IT... with all the sunflowers for MILES ... loved them all.. I think if I asked my hubby to stop one more time, he would have stopped for a divorce the next time.. LOL... I must have at least 100 pictures of Kansas farms with sunflowers.. all along route 40... loved every mile of the drive... Love your card... the back ground is wonderful... lovely card..
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Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @ 5:52 PM
I don't think I have ever looked at one of your cards and not said wow!! what a great inspired card this is, roxie-I love all the detail you always supply about how your created your card-tfs
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