The cover of this book is a field of Cranberry Red with a small gold square in the center that is embossed with a horse & rider. However, My inspiration came more from the fact that when my daughter bought it for me, the author was doing a signing at the store. He added the inscription "Enjoy the Ride!" - I actually have a stamp with that saying but it is teeny tiny and I felt it would get lost on my card so I fashioned my own. First I Stamped the Word Enjoy and fussy cut making the exclamation point a separate entity. Then because I am NOT a calligrapher - I wrote a page FULL of "the ride" with an Arteza brush marker then picked the 2 words that seemed to blend best with the stamped word and fussy cut them, too. For me the hardest part is finally DONE.
I used chalks applied with cotton balls to put in a softly hued dawn sky on my card base - die cut my riders and a single tree which I cut down the center and adhered.
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 GMT Views: 959
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Sun, Apr 05, 2020 @ 11:19 AM
Absolutely wonderful! Love the background blending you achieved. Thanks for saying how you did that. Your fussy cut statement is wonderful in red! I can see why this got mentioned in the faves this week!
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Mon, Apr 06, 2020 @ 9:24 AM
Fantastic card Linda. I love how you created your sentiment...so clever! I'll have to check this book out! A great idea to lay the card over your signed book page! Wow!
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Mon, Apr 06, 2020 @ 11:24 AM
This is just fabulous Linda. I love this gorgeous sky you created and how that highlights these wonderful silhouette images. I enjoyed reading about how you were inspired to create this card too. You used a very creative technique for making your sentiments too and I appreciate you sharing this with us. ~Karen.
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Mon, Apr 06, 2020 @ 1:31 PM
LOVE the inscription they signed. but even more your lovely sunset the cowboys are riding into....great idea for the bigger sentiment that worked so well....AWEsoMe....TFs..:0)
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Mon, Apr 06, 2020 @ 8:11 PM
Your BG is beautifully done a Linda. Great scene. TFS. Hugs happy day
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