Life is Better

 

CAS734 - Shoes

Do you own cowboy boots? I have a pair and love them. 

For my card today I used these cute cowboy boots from DRS Designs and colored them up with copics. 

I also wanted to play around with the placement of the sentiment. This sentiment is all one stamp all lined up and I thought it would be fun to move the words around to show you that you don't have to cut apart your stamps to get your words in other places on your cards.

First, I stamped the full sentiment on acetate. Next, I lined up the "Life is better" part of the sentiment to the left of the boots. I then masked off the card where the rest of the sentiment would be stamped using the acetate as the guide so that I could just get the "Life is better" next to the boots.

I then moved the card front to line up where I wanted the words "in Cowboy" and then masked the card front where the words "Life is better" and "Boots" so that those would not stamp on the card.

Finally, I moved the card front to where I wanted the word "BOOTS". I then masked the top portion of the sentiment using the acetate as my guide. I then stamped the "BOOTS". 

Here is a picture of my acetate with the full sentiment and you can see the word BOOTS at the top. That is because that paper is my masking paper. I have moved it around and used that paper to cover up my cardstock. In the photo you can also see the full sentiment on the acetate and under it the white paper it is already stamped. Again, I used the acetate as my guide and if I line up my cardstock under my mask paper, I would be able to move the word boots anywhere on my card by simply masking the top portion of the stamp with my scrap paper.

If you have acetate, give this a try to move around your sentiments and use only portions. It is a great way to stretch your stamps.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card today. I appreciate the lovely comments. If you leave me a comment, I can stop by your blog for a visit.

I also created a tutorial called Moving Around Your Sentiment.

Life is Better

Challenges:

FarmQuest - Anything Goes Farm

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Sparkles Monthly Challenge - CAS

Star Stampz - Friendship and Encouragement

Through the Purple Haze - Anything Goes

Christmas Bauble

 

FS841 - This week's incredibly talented Featured Stamper is erinbh aka Erin. Her gallery is full of wonderful inspiration. I found this INSPIRATION.

I used a different Christmas Bauble and added it over a second layer. I used a green DP for the base and added an inset red layer. The card was finished with bakers twine and ribbon.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card today. I appreciate the lovely comments. If you leave me a comment, I can stop by your blog for a visit.

Christmas Bauble

Thanks Pup

 

IC902 - The Kitchen Store & More - Inspiration

For my card I used my cricut to cut out the dog pieces and layered adding some sponging to the edges and some dimensionals to a few layers. I added white highlights and finished with the sentiment and a few scattered hearts.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card today. I appreciate the lovely comments. If you leave me a comment, I can stop by your blog for a visit.

Thanks Pup

Challenges entered:

Allsorts - Pastels - Anything Goes
Beyond the blue - Green

CRAFT Challenge - Female (I love dogs and many of my girlfriends do too)

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes - Green

Creative Knockouts - Add a Sentiment

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

DL Art - Anything Goes

Double Tree - Green

Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

The Outlawz - Anything but Stamps

Through the Purple Haze - Anything Goes

Sorry For Your Loss

 

WT940 - Rainbow

I have been working on building up my dog cards this week and Rainbows are perfect for a few pet sympathy cards.

I used watercolor crayons to create the background and then stamped the sentiment, die cut the dog and finished with a few scattered gems.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card today. I appreciate the lovely comments. If you leave me a comment, I can stop by your blog for a visit.

Sorry For Your Loss

Challenges:

Little Red Wagon - Bling
Make My Monday - Spring Colors

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Congrats Pup

 

SC949 - This week's sketch

For my card I used some paw print paper and red card stock and cut out the pieces layering the 2 papers so I could get 2 cards.

I then added a die cut dog and food bowl and heat embossed the sentiment on black popping it up on dimensionals.

The card will be in my monthly pet donation cards.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card today. I appreciate the lovely comments. If you leave me a comment, I can stop by your blog for a visit.

Congrats Pup

Challenges entered:

A Barrel of Monkeys - Dog Pull Toy (Winner)

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

Thinking of You

 

MMTPT764 - Use Green

USEIT2023 - Bird Sticker

I went through my green scrap drawer and found some really fun green papers to create this layout. Once glued, I added a green thinking of you popped up on dimensionals. The card was finished with this cute bird sticker from my tote of items that I am trying to use up.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card today. I appreciate the lovely comments. If you leave me a comment, I can stop by your blog for a visit.

Thinking of You

Challenges:

Colorful Options - Green
Crafting Happiness - Green

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Green

Butterfly

 

CAS733 - Zentangle

For my card I used an open butterfly from DRS Desings and filled in the wings with the Zentangle. I finished with the sentiment and layered on black card stock.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card today. I appreciate the lovely comments. If you leave me a comment, I can stop by your blog for a visit.

Butterfly

Challenges Entered:

A Place to Start - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

The Cutie Pie - Beginning with B (Butterfly & Birthday)