I had so much fun making this card, my second DT project for the new challenge at FarmQuest General Store (FQGS, for short) which starts on the 7th of each month and ends on the 5th of the following month. Our theme is always Anything Farm Country Goes (see the blog site for more specifics on that.)
I played with an old photograph, printed in grayscale, and colored with blue ProMarkers to give it a bit of tint, kind of like coloring old tintypes. I cut the image with a rectangle Tonic Studios die, then layered it onto a scrap piece of CS which was the center of a frame previously cut with a Sue Wilson die for another project.
Moral of the story: Never, ever throw out the scraps! I know both the scrap CS and the scrap of dp have been around in the scrap basket for more than 2 years. The twine is probably 4 or 5 years old, and the dies I used have been in my collection for more years than I can count.
The sentiment was cut with an Avery Elle die and the top edge of the mat was cut with that same Sue Wilson die so that the sentiment would tuck in nicely at the bottom of the image piece. The striped dp was also a scrap from the basket and I think it was from a K & Co. stack. The fiber/twine came from The Twinery.
11 comments:
Cute, cute card - and no, it really can't get any fresher than this one. Love your card Connie.
Lynn
This is adorable , NC! The sentiment couldn’t be better! Thanks for sharing this with us at Twisted Thursday at The Outlawz!
Connie, I am in love with your creation...not only for the cats and cows, but your technique of coloring the photo. Excellent job! Thank you for entering it in Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge.
Karen, DT
Sweet card, those kittens have the best seat in the house! Thanks for joining us at the Paper Funday Challenge and we hope you'll share again soon.
Donna xx
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Really love that farm style image! Super cute and your layout design turned out wonderful especially from you using the pieces that you've had left over! Brilliantly done!
A great image and sentiment. Thanks for joining Passion for Markers. Elaine
Great card. Thank you for joining the Polkadoodle challenge blog.
Crafty Hugs, Renske Polkadoodle DT
Awesome image for FarmQuest! Thanks for making this for 'display' at the store! --FarmQuest General Store!! I'm so grateful that you are sharing your talents here! --Becca
So lovely! Thanks for sharing at DigiChoosday! Christin
What a cute picture, and you are right-scraps are the best! :) Thanks for joining us at The Paper Funday Challenges! Rachel DT
its so cute!
Thank you for playing at SUYP/Cats only challenge
Hope to see you again! Good luck!
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