Boot-Scootin' Birthday!

Hello Again! I hope all are well and safe. One of my nephews has a birthday coming up. He lives way out in West Texas, so I decided to make him a card with a Frontier or Western Rustic theme. I have some My Favorite Things Die-Versions dies that I have never used -- ah, NBUS supplies! And cut in black, they make great silhouettes. Silhouettes are great for an ink-blended landscape background. And that's how the idea for this card began! :-)

I really had so much fun with these dies and with the ink blending. By the way, the dark blue of the sky is in reality more of a teal and there is no green at all at the bottom. Blues + greens in a camera = Sometimes yuck! My card base is textured Bazzill, as is the black shimmer card stock that all the dies were cut from. The black base mat is edge-distressed. I used my Spellbinders 6x6 Art Deco Fairmont square dies because I think they look a little western. For the ink-blending, I used my blending brushes and an assortment Distress inks, Palette inks and Versafine Clair inks.

  

The sketch I followed is the current one from The Male Room. I resized it in PSE to 6X6.

I used the desert landscape die to cut a mask out of some blue stencil film I have. I sprayed that with stencil adhesive and laid it on my white card stock, burnishing well. I then began applying and blending inks. I cut another desert landscape out of white card stock and used it on my piece to check for bald spots and fill them in before laying down the black die cut landscape.

I used Tim's Label stickers for the front sentiment. I am not showing the inside because my printer is not letting me print my inside message. But it's going to say "Have a Boot-Scootin' Birthday!" I'd wanted to put that on the front but couldn't get happy with my word spacing and it looked too crowded to me. It's great for the inside, so that's what it will be once I can print again.

Here's the back of the card and a close-up of the Paper Roses chunky barbed wire die cuts. Two Art Deco squares were cut, one in black, the other out of white card stock which I inked a bit.

And one final look - makes me wanna dance the Texas Two-Step, if I could only remember how or keep my balance long enough!

I hope you liked my kitschy rustic western style card. I think it has quite a lot of charm and makes a great guy card, too. Thanks for visiting - stay well and safe! XOXO

MY CHALLENGES PLAYLIST:
1.  The Male Room #138: Sketch -- Sketch is shown above.

2.  Paper Girls #201: Color Challenge -- I used these colors in my ink-blended background and card.  

3.  Hero Arts Stay Crafty Challenge #10: Build a Scene  

4.  NBUS Challenge #15: AAG with NBUS -- my NBUS items are the dancing couple, center landscape and barbed wire corners (on card back) dies

5.  A Vintage Journey June Challenge: Rustic Charm -- my card is rustic western/frontier in a mixed media vintage style - these images are generally thought of as kitschy western icons.

6.  Three Muses Challenge: Silhouette

7.  LTSCB #134: For the Boys

8.  Crafty Cardmakers #259: Masculine

9.  Paper Funday #18: AG + Opt. Masculine -- I've played the option

10. 613 Avenue Create #234: AG + Opt. Create a Blended BG -- I have played the option with an ink-blended landscape background

11. Outlawz Monday Greetings 6/8-6/21: Greeting + Masculine

12. Outlawz Twisted Thursday 6/18-7/1: For Him

13. Try It On Tuesday: Make It Masculine