This week's Ways to Use It Challenge is to "Get Your Derby On" where we are challenged to use horse or Kentucky Derby related images. I'm still trying to get ahead on Father's Day cards for my card rack. I started with a piece of watercolor paper that I spritzed with homemade spray with Always Artichoke reinker & water. I sprayed really heavily at the bottom then added water to make it run down to the base. After drying with my heat gun, I stamped my horse images across the panel. For my main horse, I wanted a darker image so I embossed it with Espresso ep. I added some Soft Suede sponging around the edges. I stamped and punched my sentiment then sponged Suede and Espresso on its edges. It was looking a little too plain so I embossed a row of stars across the bottom and added a "rope" accent in hardware store twine.
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013 GMT Views: 5351
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Registered: January 14, 2008 Location: Sedro Woolley, WA Posts: 34235
Thu, May 02, 2013 @ 2:39 PM
Love the movement you have created with the stamping off kind of technique you used. I'm pretty sure I don't have the name for the correct technique though.
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Thu, May 02, 2013 @ 4:22 PM
WOW! How gorgeous is this card? VERY! Love the running horse and how you achieved it. Your card design is awesome. Love the rope and eb stars. WOW card. TFS :0)
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92538
Thu, May 02, 2013 @ 4:37 PM
Gail, a beautiful and beautifully thought out card. Love the feeling of the horse in motion with your "off stamping". The little rope lasso is such a neat accent.
Registered: September 19, 2010 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 8979
Thu, May 02, 2013 @ 6:26 PM
Absolutely stunning!! Love your technique and accents!!
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DJ Rants Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His love endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34 http://www.djs-creations.blogspot.com/
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28909
Fri, May 03, 2013 @ 4:22 AM
Clever idea adding that rope ... truly a guy card - so nicely done. Love your horse and the greenery behind him!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: March 24, 2012 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1241
Fri, May 03, 2013 @ 12:36 PM
Oh, great card. I love the neutral colors, and the way you shadowed the image, neat idea. The rope and embossed stars, is the perfect addition. tfs.
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Marg.