A friend asked if I could make a card for a Western-themed Wedding. She said the wedding invitations had been made from kraft paper, so that is what I used as the starting point for my design.
I started by stamping these fun itty bitty unity Brave Boots in brown ink on a post-it note. Then I inked the boots again with Berrylicious Chalk Ink without cleaning the stamp (to get that sort of dirty-leather look I wanted). I cut out the boots from the post-it note to use as a mask before stamping a second image of the boots in brown.
Basic Grey is celebrating stamping this week, so I used Basic Grey Batik paper from their Out of Print collection for my background with Nina B's Sketch from The Lily Pad ... it reminded me of a modern bandanna print.
I punched a two hearts (the pink one is from a leftover stamped boot) and added a sentiment & wrap of my husband's baling twine from the garage, because I loved the rustic texture & feel with the western-themed design.
What a fabulous "western" wedding card, Stef! Love the pop of pink and that paper is wonderful. That twine is like the cherry on top-just perfect!
Posted by: Jan | October 29, 2011 at 03:33 PM
I'm lovin' those two pairs of boots... how clever... and your husband's baling twine just fit the bill for the finishing touch. Terrific!!!
Posted by: LindaB | October 29, 2011 at 03:58 PM
Too cool!
Posted by: Shar B | November 02, 2011 at 07:58 PM
What a great wedding card, Stef! Love all the rustic touches, and thanks so much for playing again with us at Lily Pad Cards!
Posted by: Lin | November 10, 2011 at 06:18 PM
Oh wow, what a creative wedding card! I love how you used the cowboy boots stamp, I have it and never would have used it this way (until now!) I'm so glad you joined in the sketch challenge at Lily Pad Cards.
Posted by: NancyK | November 12, 2011 at 04:25 PM