Hey there, hope everyone is doing well.
We've been doing well. It was windy with some rain yesterday and today was a lot of rain and some wind. But nowhere near as bad as they forecast, thankfully. It's actually been nice to feel those winds. Makes it feel just a bit cooler.
We are hoping it stays this way, but it won't.
Then we can worry about the next one all over again, lol.
This is another tag for my Stamping Bellas/My Favorite Things first release stamps tag collection I've been making, either to hang on a tag tree or sit in a box (similar to a rolodex box without the holes). I'll decide which once I make them all. As I wrote before, I have 11 stick figure Bellas stamps and 7 headless people MFT stamps. I believe they were the first releases for both companies and both are really so strange they are interesting again...after 15-20 years. Anyway, thought it would be a good way to use them all to eventually make 18 tags and that meets my current quest to use my old stuff that I haven't yet, er, um, gotten around to using.
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Here I've used Stamping Bellas' Giddyupabella who comes with the horse as one stamp.
Since I wanted to follow a travel theme, my imagination quickly went to a American wild west vacay, like to a dude ranch or even maybe "pretend you're a character in Yellowstone" experience. Or as the cool kids call it, Cosplay.
They really should have something like that, right?
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I began with a piece of heavyweight white Recollections card and cut it with a stitched notched rectangle die.
Next, I stamped the bella/horse on the card and also stamped a mask, which I fussy cut and applied.
Then, I die cut mask for the clouds and applied.
Then, I stamped the ground with an Our Craft Lounge stamp.
Next, I drew the hilly ground behind the bella and colored it in with colored pencils.
I traced the top of the hill onto tracing paper and cut it to make a non-adhesive mask that I held in place while I stipplied the sky with Speckled Egg Distress Ink.
Then I removed all the masks and colored bella and horse with colored pencils. I also used pencils along with markers on the ground.
At the top I stamped The Paper Studio's Wild West stamp with Acorn VF Clair Ink.
I colored it with an orange pencil.
Then I outlined the clouds with a grey pencil.
I colored a scrap of white card orange and then die cut the word vacation from it using one of Tim's Word Script dies.
I cut a tag hole and used gold, red and orange glitter gel pens to add accents here and there.
I outlined some of the stamped lines with my handy Carbon Fountain desk pen.
Finally, I ran a brown marker all around the tag's edge.
And done!
Thanks for the visit and enjoy the rest of your week.
XOX
CHALLENGE LINK UPS:
Ghost Town Village and Disney's America
💙🐎💙 WOW! Love the detail in this! Glad to hear you didn't float away over the past few days! Glad we're not in Galveston or South Padre! Thank you for playing with us, Aimeslee! Stay dry!
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How appropriate for a Texan to use a Wild, Wild West theme! Great tag shape and excellent colouring. Thanks for sharing with us at Dragonfly Dreams :)
ReplyDeleteA fantastic card with an original shape. The scene that you've created is fantastic. Great job with the colouring. Thanks for joining us at A Place To Start. Hugs, María.
ReplyDeleteGoodness Aimes, has it really been that long since Stamping Bella released those stick figure stamps?? I've got some around here somewhere. Those were the early days of unmounted stamping too. I'm glad the storm didn't hit you as hard as forecast.
ReplyDelete! wouldn't mind a wild-west vacation but these days I would not manage to get onto a horse, no chance! Love the card! Hope you are doing well! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteLol, definitely a Wild West Vacation! Great scene - looks like the view from my house! Great job! Thanks so much for playing at Make My Monday!
ReplyDeleteGreat shaped tag,love the image and wild west theme.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at Dragonfly Dreams and Pearly Sparkles.
Carol DT x
Fabulous stamping, masking, colouring and scene Aimeslee,awesome..
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This is awesome and even more so that it's an old image that you're re-introducing everyone to!!! Bella and her horse look perfect in their dry western rural ranch land scenery that you created for them! Spectacular! Thanks for creating and sharing for FarmQuest General Store!!! --Becca
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous scene this is Aimeslee, and I love your ideas for making a set and collating them. Thank goodness you didn't get blown away in the storm - and breathe! Vicky x
ReplyDeleteGreat tag Aimeslee! It's good to use our old stash isn't it?
ReplyDeleteGlad you're doing well.
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Alison xx
What a wonderful creation. Good for you using such old stuff. A great scene, and colouring. When you mentioned Wild West Vacations, I immediately thought of Yul Brynner in West World. Maybe I'll take a pass on that kind of holiday, hahahaha. I hope you're all safe now and the storms have passed. I also hope you haven't sent them across the Atlantic? Take care Aimes. x
ReplyDeleteYour tag is wonderfully detailed and imaginative! The theme of a wild west vacation with Giddyupabella is so creative, especially with the addition of the stitched notched rectangle die and the carefully crafted masks for clouds and ground. The use of colored pencils and markers brings out the vibrant colors beautifully, while the accents with glitter gel pens add a touch of sparkle. It's a truly unique and charming piece that captures the adventurous spirit of your theme perfectly!
ReplyDeleteI like this theme you have going with this post and the latest card post. I also lThis is a great tag, and I wouldn't mind a western vacation right now. Glad your weather is nice. This weekend has been a wash out, and later today we could get some severe storms. Even a tornado-possibly. They say NH averages a tornado once a year, and last years went by daughter's house and did some damage to her yard furniture, but luckily not to her house. Of course we know what averages means, and the weather certainly hasn't been average for awhile now. This has been another wet June here. But sun tomorrow they say. Have a super rest of your weekend. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeletePretty card! Thank you for playing at Dragonfly Dreams Challenge!
ReplyDeleteYour Tag is great Aimeslee, such a sweet stamp and perfect for my Travel theme.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for playing along at Tag Tuesday xx
This is just brilliant Aimeslee! I love that scene! Thanks for playing along with us at Tag Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteCute scene. Horses are awesome. Our neighbor has one and I love seeing it in the field. So glad you shared over at Cardz 4 Galz, Make my Monday, Aud Sentiments.
ReplyDeleteSuper tag and such a wonderfully happy scene too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us for our “Women” challenge at Little Red Wagon this week! I’m so glad that you linked your project!
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Such a fun tag! Thanks so much for sharing with us at A Place to Start!
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Chana Malkah
What a fabulous and fun creation Aimeslee! Thank you for sharing with us over here at Pearly Sparkles Challenge and best of luck with your entry. Love to see you join in each month. Thank you.
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Wow ~ the one stamp for both the horse and lady. She looks like she's an equestrian pro. Great card for outdoor summer fun. Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday! I hope to see you in the gallery for our next challenge. Sue - DT
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