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Hi everyone!  It’s Robin and I’ve got a cowboy card to share with you.  I love cowboys.  I have many stamps, papers & embellishments in the western theme and I make cards with them all the time.  I’m not sure where this love comes from since I’m a city girl through and through! 

When I saw the Old West collage at Altered Pages I just fell in love with this image!  A lot of times I print my own images on the inkjet printer and it is just fine, but I knew I was going to cover this one in glue from the moment I saw it!  So, I needed this image printed on a laser printer.  If you don't have access to one then I suggest you order it directly from Altered Pages.  The images are laser printed on quality card stock and you will have no fear of them smearing when you use liquid mediums.
I left the image its original rectangle shape because I didn’t want to lose any of that beautiful landscape.  With a fine paint brush, I put Adhesive (PPA) matte finish glue everywhere except the horse and rider.  I had to work quickly because it was a very light coating.  Then I sprinkled fairy dust glitter over the image and shook off the excess.

Cardstock for the card & two panels were chosen in colors to accent the picture.  The card itself and photo panel are gold textured card stock.  The large panel is confetti burnt sienna.  That just means it has small flecks of other colors running through it.  I used an embossing folder to give the brown panel some texture and used Colorbox Peacock to give it a little more dimension.  I chose the peacock color because it matches the sky.

The dark brown mini-edge border from Bazzill was laced with yellow craft string, which was glued to the back side at each end.  The entire edge was glued to the card at the bottom of the panel.  After that was dry I added the cowboy image centered vertically between the top edge of the panel and the top of the brown strip.  He is adhered with foam squares.

That left me plenty of room for a sentiment along the open edge.  I have no idea yet who is getting this card (or why) so I wanted a generic saying.  Using the same gold paper as the card, I deckle cut 1” squares and then touched them up with Colorbox Burnt Sienna and Dark Brown inks.  The letters were also stamped in the brown ink.  H-W-Y are all glued directly to the card and O-D are adhered with foam squares.

Normally, I try to keep the girly embellishments off my masculine cards.  But these are not feminine little flowers…they’re brown not pink!!  I rubbed them with a couple of Colorbox cat’s eye pads and then glued them to the bottom corner.

I can’t believe I made a masculine card with glitter and flowers!  Who would have thought??  
 

Thanks and please leave your comment!

Comments

  1. Great card... love the lashing with the yellow string... awesome masculine card!!!

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  2. What a fun card! I'm sure any guy would be tickled to receive it...even with glitter and flowers ;)
    Super Job ~ thanks for sharing!

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  3. Love your card. Cowboy cards always remind me of my Dad.

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  4. look this card Robin...Well done!

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  5. Robin - OUTSTANDING! Who thought it could be so manly and yet glittery? Even guys like posey now and then.
    Thanks for sharing it.

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  6. Thanks for a masculine card!

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  7. I simply love love love this card. You did a fabulous job!!!

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  8. What a terrific card! I will stand right up and say I have every intention of making one just like it and not giving you an ounce of credit. LOL
    Seriously, it's a really nice composition - and the coloring is wonderful!

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  9. Robin your Cowboy Card is just Fabulous I really love the combination of colors, embossing and the lettering!

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  10. Fabulous masculine card, even with the flowers and all glittery. Maybe he is a rhinestone cowboy. But I love your creativity, and it looks great!

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