There's a new 'Country' theme challenge which started up on February 7 and it will run until March 5. It's a sister challenge to the one at FarmQuest and this one is called "FQ General Store." The theme will always be "Anything Country Goes'' and you can find the challenge by clicking on the name above.
To quote from the challenge site itself, "What's included: farm, ranch, rural, country, dirt roads, gravel roads, picket fences, barbed wire, barns, farm animals, farm equipment, farmhouses, kitchens, canning, orchards, markets/farmer's produce markets/U-picks, sunflowers, scarecrows, hay, denim, plaid, gingham, burlap, frogs, fireflies, fishing, camping, pond life, brooks/streams, and much more. What's not included: city life, city buildings, city parks, playgrounds, amusement parks, suburbia life, shopping malls/centers, etc."
I just joined the DT and am excited to share with you my first card done for the "mid-month" reminder. I thought that since the name is "General Store," it might be fun to use an actual General Store image on my card. This was a coloring book page which I printed in grayscale, reduced in size, and then colored with polychromos pencils and ProMarkers. I used white gel pen to add highlights and black gel pens on the geese flying north for the upcoming summer. The sunlight rays coming through the tree were made by using bleach on a cotton-tip.
I cut the image with a QuicKutz die and inked the edges with a ProMarker. The background was dry embossed using my newest EF from Taylored Expressions. It's a cable knit pattern and I thought it gave a very 'country' feel to the card. The twine came from my stash.
10 comments:
Gorgeous image and I'm loving your take with the printing in grayscale and coloring it in from there! Love the antique feel of it and of course it reminds me of those old country roads that have these popped along the side inviting you to stop in!!
Connie, This is fabulous. Love the way you colored it. Great card.
Oh, I'll have to check out that new challenge! I LOVE your card. The light coloring with the pencils was the perfect way to go with it too. Great embossing.
Lynn
A beautiful card with great image and nice colouring.
Thank you for participating in our challenge at carlin's kaartenparadijs.
Good Luck !
Carla (DT)
A lovely vintage image and embossed details. Thank you for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge.
Lorraine
Congrats on the DT and your first card is beautiful, hugs, Lori m
A stunning card- such a great idea for your sample card for the first challenge of the new blog. I love the way you've coloured this fabulous image-it looks so authentically vintage! The embossed background is lovely too. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Catz this week.
Chris
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beautiful card
thanks for joining our challenge
greetings jolanda bongers
dt festive friday challenge
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing with us at CYHTP Embossing Folder Challenge.
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