oh how exciting to see WendyBell as FS92! I just love your style and your butterfly project to your DS. And you've got a girlz in house stamping bff...don't see there's much more you could ever want! I had a great time in your gallery, starting from the very beginning and there are quite a few of your cards in my favorites...in the end though, I just had to go withthis one. I loved the shape and the color! I kept those elements and changed the rest. After seeing all the DD interactive cards this month, I knew this one would be a music theme.
This card is all based on an awesome plate of unmounted stamps from Artistic Outpost. I absolutely love this Hank Williams song. I stamped the big music/leaf/cowboy background in GP white with a big and juicy ink pad, lightly embossing and cutting the bg out. Basic Grey's Mellow paper which includes a sky is behind this image. I mounted all onto the orange, again from the mellow. I stamped the leaves over and over and over and over again in the bottom corners with 4 different combinations of TH di inks. I LIKE the effect. The little cowboy is inked on SU very vanilla with Adirondack ginger and his pants are paper pieced. He's popped on foam. I used UTEE on the "Singing" sentiment in the main image. A strip of dusk Making Memories cs has been cuttled with the allegro folder. I added a piece of vintage sheet music, crumpling it. The song is inked with VersaColor black directly to the paper. I used a bone folder to score my fold and purple seam binding to connect my front to the card body.
I'd love to hear what you think and if you're not familiar with this tune, or you'd just love to hear it again... is rockin' here!
Do enjoy your day, Wendy...you are my kudos for your talent filled gallery!
Paper: Basic Grey mellow papers, SU very vanilla, Making Memories dusk
Ink: Big and Juicy rainbow pad, Tim Holtz distress inks in dried marigold, scattered straw, mustard seed, Adirondack ginger, pesto, raisin. VersaColor black
Accessories: Cuttlebug and ef, bone folder, embossing powder, Cropodile, purple seam binding
Registered: March 21, 2006 Location: sunny southern california Posts: 20098
Sun, Nov 09, 2008 @ 11:32 AM
Queen of Collage, strikes again. I can literally look at your designs for hours. Love all the details and hidden meanings that you work into your themes! Great artistry, Susan!
PS: How do you substitute words for URL's? I can do that in the threads but can't figure it out with posts! Am I ditsy or what???
------------------------------ christine m.aka summer and weekend stalker DOT INK (My yadda yadda) Don't magnify your problem . . .Magnify your God
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Registered: April 22, 2006 Location: SCS in NC Posts: 20914
Sun, Nov 09, 2008 @ 11:54 AM
I just ordered two sets from them. When I saw there stamps I thought of you. Great card as always Susan. Hank Williams is a classic. This collection of wonderful things is really wonderful. TFS...it is a beautiful day here in NC.
------------------------------ Dawn B. Anything is possible when you open your heart.... My BLOG
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105226
Sun, Nov 09, 2008 @ 1:02 PM
Love the theme of this, Susan! The little guy with the guitar is wonderful, love the colors and music!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
Registered: November 17, 2006 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia Posts: 52798
Sun, Nov 09, 2008 @ 4:43 PM
wow.. what a fabulous collage card. love the crumpled music dp and the CB music panel... wonderful song, love the cowboy image and the woven ribbon. tfs