Hello everybody, and happy Wednesday! Hope your week is going well,
and that you are able to find the time to create something wonderful. I
have been in a rustic, more masculine mood here lately, and when I
received my package from The Rubber Cafe,
I was completely delighted to see the new On The Fence bundle. I
immediately knew that I wanted to do a really rustic, western influenced
layout surrounding one of my favorite subjects, horses. I grew up
riding, and me and my cousin Kelly spent almost every day of our
childhood on horseback. We loved to pretend that we were Laura and Mary
from Little House On The Prairie and her horses Milkshake and Becky were
our constant companions for our adventures. It wasn't uncommon for me
to jump the fences of neighboring farms and ride whatever horse I could
find. No saddle, no bridle, just freedom. To this day there is no better
feeling of that freedom than being on the back of a horse. I used a
wallpaper image from Google, and some of those wonderful new products, as well as some older ones from The Rubber Cafe.
I
started with some Simple Stories papers. I distressed the edges and stained them with Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge Stain from The Rubber Cafe store.
For the second layer I used a technique that one of my Scraps of
Darkness Sisters, Jennifer Snyder (Jrabs) came up with of using
different punches mixed together to give you a different look and
relieve punch boredom. I did a more grungy style, but the inspiration
was all Jen. Thanks Jen!! You always inspire!
In
the top left hand corner, I cut a strip of the Simple Stories paper, distressed
and inked the edges with the same Rusty Hinge stain, and then fussy cut a
damask emblem from the paper, and layered it onto the strip. The
western look, metal piece is actually some metal brads that I found in
my stash that were created to house typeset alphas, but instead of
using the alphas, I took some metal buttons that I had picked up at my
local children's charity thrift shop and adhered them to the brads using
The Rubber Cafe's Scrap Happy Glue.
Next, I recycled some corrugated board and cut it into a circle. I dry brushed the circle with gesso and then inked the edges with some Tim Holtz distress ink. I then took another layer of Simple Stories paper, distressed and stained the edges with some Tim Holtz Wild Honey Stain. I then layered on my image and took a piece of Dusty Attic Barb Wire chipboard and coated it with some Your So Fine Glitter in Copper from The Rubber Cafe, and then accented the barbs with Puffies in Black.
I lightly stamped my background layer with the Wood Grain Stamp from The Rubber Cafe's, On The Fence Bundle. I then took the Spellbinder's On the Fence Die and cut out the fence from some thin chipboard. Next, I took some Mixed Media Ink in Leather and used the Wood Grain Stamp
to stamp the fence, I then cut the fence and made 2 more of those metal
pieces, and wrapped some Teresa Collin's twine around them to make the
fence opening.
Here is another shot so that you can see all the wood grain texture the stamp creates. I love it!!
I then created a flower layer using some Prima Laredo Austin Flowers, and some Petaloo Darjeeling Hydrangeas. I then created the title pieces. The "Wild" is some Simple Stories Document alphas that I glossy accented, I mounted the "At" onto a paper strip that I inked and distressed, and then I took The Rubber Cafe's Wood Heart Stamp and stamped it onto some rust colored card stock , fussy cut it out, set some eyelets and attached a wire handle with curled ends, and then added the word "heart" onto it with some of the Simple Stories Alphas.
For the final details, I stamped some leaves onto Some Prima packaging using The Rubber Cafe's Leaf Set One Stamp, fussy
cut them out and tucked them into the flowers, and then made a bottom
strip with some more metal pieces and twine. I love the way The Rubber Cafe helped me to create something so rustic, beautiful and close to my
heart!
Stamps: The Rubber Cafe' - On The Fence Bundle , Wood Grain Stamp , Wood Heart Stamp , Leaf Set One Stamp
Ink: Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge Stain, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Mixed Media Leather Ink, Gesso
Paper: Card Stock, Simple Stories Papers, Corrugated Board
Adhesives: The Rubber Cafe' - Scrap Happy Glue
Tools/ Dies: The Rubber Cafe' - Spellbinders On the Fence Die, M.Stewart border punches, Fiskar punch, Zutter
Embellishments: Simple Stories Documented Alphas, Prima Laredo Austin Flowers, Petaloo, Wire, Darjeeling Hydrangeas, Metal Buttons, Teresa Collins Twine, We Are Memory Keeper Eyelets, Dusty Attic Barb Wire
Other: The Rubber Cafe'- Your So Fine Glitter- Copper, Puffies-Black
Next, I recycled some corrugated board and cut it into a circle. I dry brushed the circle with gesso and then inked the edges with some Tim Holtz distress ink. I then took another layer of Simple Stories paper, distressed and stained the edges with some Tim Holtz Wild Honey Stain. I then layered on my image and took a piece of Dusty Attic Barb Wire chipboard and coated it with some Your So Fine Glitter in Copper from The Rubber Cafe, and then accented the barbs with Puffies in Black.
I then created a flower layer using some Prima Laredo Austin Flowers, and some Petaloo Darjeeling Hydrangeas. I then created the title pieces. The "Wild" is some Simple Stories Document alphas that I glossy accented, I mounted the "At" onto a paper strip that I inked and distressed, and then I took The Rubber Cafe's Wood Heart Stamp and stamped it onto some rust colored card stock , fussy cut it out, set some eyelets and attached a wire handle with curled ends, and then added the word "heart" onto it with some of the Simple Stories Alphas.
Thanks for letting me share with you.
~Renea
Supplies:Stamps: The Rubber Cafe' - On The Fence Bundle , Wood Grain Stamp , Wood Heart Stamp , Leaf Set One Stamp
Ink: Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge Stain, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Mixed Media Leather Ink, Gesso
Paper: Card Stock, Simple Stories Papers, Corrugated Board
Adhesives: The Rubber Cafe' - Scrap Happy Glue
Tools/ Dies: The Rubber Cafe' - Spellbinders On the Fence Die, M.Stewart border punches, Fiskar punch, Zutter
Embellishments: Simple Stories Documented Alphas, Prima Laredo Austin Flowers, Petaloo, Wire, Darjeeling Hydrangeas, Metal Buttons, Teresa Collins Twine, We Are Memory Keeper Eyelets, Dusty Attic Barb Wire
Other: The Rubber Cafe'- Your So Fine Glitter- Copper, Puffies-Black
6 comments:
Beautiful layout - I love the mix of elements! And the horse- gorgeous! :)
Beautiful!
Gorgeous layout! Love the fence and all the details! Fabulous layers TFS
Fantastic page! Love everything about it!!!
Ummmmmmmmmmmmm wow. I havnt scrapped in ages and you so make me want to get going again. sooo cool! I heart house and the prarie too . why cant they make shows like that anymore!
I'm a horse nut too! Love how you used the new die with your layouts... great details!
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