Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Happy Birthday, Cowboy!

Used the sketch at Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge to make this birthday card for a cowboy friend.
This Vintage Label 18 stamp looks so great when heat embossed that I grab it every time I need a masculine western card!
I stamped extra ink onto every star to make them look aged and dry embossed the bottom to give it some texture similiar to jeans.
 (I don't have a folder that actually looks like denim!) 

This "belt buckle" has been a hit every time I've used it!


I will also enter this in the challenges at:
One Stop Craft Challenge (Stitching, Real or Faux, I used both)
Sentimental Sundaes (Dry Embossing)
Party Time Tuesday (Anything Goes)
Cupcake Craft Challenges (Recycled, the buttons were on an actual old shirt!)

12 comments:

Teresa Kline said...

this is soooo awesome and perfect for your cowboy friend...hope you have a wonderful day!

enjoy *~*

Faye said...

This is a lovely project, love the recycling. Thanks so much for joining the fun at Cupcake. x

Donna said...

Beautiful card Jan and well done for recycling your buttons! Thanks for joining in the fun at CUPCAKE this week :) Donna x

Cathy Weber said...

I love that embossed belt buckle card, such creativity! It looks so striking embossed and you put such effort into those stars and the embossed bottom of the card. Really nice job on this one.

Renee said...

LOVE that "belt buckle"...
that label is so awesome embossed in gold!
Love the very "manly" card...
fabby!
Thanks for playing with us at WMSC!

Jen Cuthbertson said...

What a fun card, Jan! I love the look of the buckle and the jeans! Brilliant! So happy you could join us this week at WMSC!

Deborah Frings said...

Genius! I do like the way you've made the buckle on your card. The papers and embossed background are perfect!

Pauline said...

What a fun card, reminds me of the night sky, gorgeous colours!

Kelly S. said...

Yee haw! An awesome Western theme with the stars and all of the texture. The label looks positively GRAND! Awesome job, Jan!

Julia Aston said...

what a clever design with the shirt, belt and pants!

Kerry said...

Great card. Thanks for joining us at One Stop Craft.
Kerry

Jennipher said...

definitely perfect for a cowboy friend. great job.

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