Howdy!

Hello! Boy, I am way late posting today. I had my annual eye exam this morning and they put those drops in my eyes to dilate them. It took forever for them to wear off enough for me to see straight to stamp. The official verdict is I have over 40 eyes and it's time for progressive lenses. Yikes! At least they are called progressive. That sounds so much better than bifocals - and no icky lines. Gotta love technology. Now I can grow old in style. LOL

Here are the deets for this card...

I stamped the cowboy hat from Out West (Gina K Designs) and then stamped it again on scrap paper, and cut that one out to make a mask. I applied re-positionable tape to the mask and placed it over the original image, then stamped the cowboy boots.

After removing the mask, I used a brown Memento marker to go over the area between the decorative stitching, the soles and heels. Then, I used my golden yellow and light brown Koh-i-noor colored pencils to color the parts shown above. I used Odorless Mineral Spirits(OMS) and a blending stump to blend the colors.

Next, I used the light and dark brown Koh-i-noor pencils to color the rest of the boots, blending with OMS.

For the cowboy hat, I used the light brown, keeping it very light in most areas, but pressing firmly in the darker areas. Again, I used OMS and a blending stump to smooth the color.

If you look closely, you can see a vertical pencil line that I drew using a straight edge. I used my paper snips to cut along the line, cutting around the images where they crossed over.

I heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder. I used my Versa Mark pen over the entire image so the powder would adhere. Then I sponged some So Saffron ink.

Sponged Creamy Caramel ink.

Sponged Pumpkin Pie ink and then added free-hand score lines with my Scor-bug and tan Spellbinders mat.

The bottom panel was sponged in the same way as above. I stamped a tree from Tree Silhouettes, using Sahara Sand ink. The horizontal panel on the bottom is from the new Rough and Rugged digital paper from Gina K.

Oops, forgot to mention above, this is the sketch from today's sketch challenge over at SCS.

Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments yesterday. It's good to know I am not alone in my messy/clumsy cardmaking. Have a terrific day!