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Hello Blogger Friends!

I have a card to share today created with stamps from Artistic Outpost. 

The verse is from the new set Typography!  What a great collection of verses to compliment all the Artistic Outpost stamps!

The barn scene is from the set Home.  After I stamped it with Espresso ink, I cut around the barn part.  That eliminated the cancellation stamp that's part of the stamp.  I used Distress inks to add touches of color.  I used my finger as my paint tool to add all the color so it's very rustic!  Then I stamped the boy and fence from Paris Exposition, again with Espresso ink.  Doesn't he fit in well with the barn?  I thought it worked well enough!  He's colored with Distress inks, too!  Both the barn scene and boy are mounted with foam tape.  I stamped and matted the verse and added just a touch of Distress inks.  It mounted with foam tape, too. There's a brown mat around all on a Kraft card front.  I added some brown twine across the bottom.

Thanks for stopping!  Wishing all a great Labor Day Weekend!  It's a big family weekend here.  Our community has it's celebration with carnival, antique tractor show, parade and much more!  Top that off with my DH's class reunion.  The whole family likes to eat, too!!!  Lots of cooking and fun!   Busy, busy, busy!!! 

Take Me Home

Here's a card I created for Artistic Outpost using the Home set of stamps.

This barn reminds me so much of "home"where my parents still live........so I added the trees in the background to look even more like it.

The barn scene as well as the trees are stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copic markers. I masked off the upper edge of the stamp before I inked it to eliminate the word "greetings" & postmark. I used a piece of Core'dinations paper for the frame cut with a Spellbinders Deckle Edge Rectangle and sanded. The DP is from a Basic Grey Wisteria 6 x 6 pad. I distressed the edges with Antique Linen and added a few buttons plus a piece of pearl cotton across the green Bazzil mat.I trimmed around the barn to layer it over the trees background. I added some foam squares under the barn and the frame.

I added a few trees to the inside. These are inked with Peeled Paint & Brushed Corduroy, once stamped off. "Home" is stamped with Brushed Corduroy as well. I inked the edges with Antique Linen & Brushed Corduroy.

Thank you for visiting........please stop back soon.

-judy

Snowy Roads

......a winter drive in Minnesota?

Stamps: Artistic Outpost Snowy Woods, Home

Ink: Distress Embossing, StazOn Dove Grey

Embossing powders: White Puff, Polysparkle

Background:Distress China Blue

Copic Markers: 0,C3,W1,Bg10,BG15, Bg 34

I started with a background that I had misted with Distress China Blue....I'm guessing as I pulled this out of my scrap bag.
I stamped the branches from Artistic Outpost Snowy Woods & trees from Home set with Distress Embossing ink, heat embossed with White Puffs from Ranger. I stamped over them with Distress Embossing ink & then used Polysparkle embossing powder (Ranger). The effect is like sparkling frost....a little hard to see in the photo.
I cut 2 pieces of white cardstock for the snow. I used the same technique with White Puffs & Polysparkle using snowflakes from the Snowy Woods set.
The truck was stamped with SazOn Dove Grey on glossy white cardstock. I colored it with Copic Markers & added a bit of Distress Antique Linen ink over the entire image.
I used the verse cut off the truck for "roads" & "take me home". I colored the edges & background with Copic markers. I also stamped "snowy" (from Snowy Woods set) with Dove Grey & cut it out. I used a tiny strip of cream cardstock for the sign post & foam to mount the signs.
The truck & foreground snow are also mounted with foam tape.
Snow is so pretty on a card
........unlike actually driving in it. Ah, if only we could have soft, fluffy white snow without winds & cold.....
Snowy wishes for a cozy day!
-judy