Paper Player 289

This card is for the Paper Players weekly challenge. This week the theme was western. I used this stamp I love from Deadbeat designs.  I tried to go for a tooled leather look for the design paper, and used a little twine to look "ropish."

As a resident of Texas, I just couldn't pass this week's challenge by. We love our cowboys!!

This week's Belli Challenge

This week's challenge for the Belli Challenge was to use something that starts with letter G. So, here's my guy in the gray hat with a guitar!! This stamp is from Deadbeat Designs and one of my favorites. The Texas is a paper punch and I punched the star out and added an old forgotten star shaped brad. The background on the tan cardstock base was embossed with an inked paisley embossing folder to make it look like a tooled leather background. Maybe he is singing praises for the rain we got in some parts of Texas today. Keep our farmers and ranchers in your prayers and all those whose homes are being threatened by the brush fires we are having.

Color Dare Challenge #57

I am so looking forward to spring this year. Springtime in Texas is just one of our prettiest seasons. I love this stamp from Deadbeat Designs with some of Texas' best known cities and towns that I found in a great little stamp store in Salado, Texas a couple of years ago. I cuttlebugged the star background and I stamped the bluebonnet and Indian paintbrush with a retired Stampin' Up set that I adore.
I used markers to color the ink onto the rubber and used the fun "huff and puff" method (or that's what I call it). The leaves stamp is a Studio G stamp from Michael's great collection of $1 stamps a while back.
I hope  you will join us in the Color Dare Challenge this week and add your link to Mr. Linky over on the color dare blog.
I look forward to seeing what you make these colors do for you. They are a great combination with all kinds of possibilities.

Behind the scenes in Texas

The challenge today for the 2RedBananas challenge was to make your own background with stamps. I'm so ready for spring and it is the prettiest season in Texas! So with some of my favorite Texas stamps in hand (a stamp from Stampin' Up's retired Petal Prints and 2 stamps from Deadbeat Designs) I have created me a background for my Texas themed card. To add a little green I used a Studio G leaf stamp. I used gold cardstock for the Texas medallion and it is embossed in gold embossing powder. I used my SU markers for the bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush. I used ladybug red for the Texas stamp and bamboo leaf for the leaves.