Down on the Horse Farm

The theme at Craft a Scene is "Down on the Farm" and you can make it any kind of farm that you want.  I decided this time I would make a horse farm.

I used a great Heartfelt Creations mountain/barn combination stamp to get me started and then add the horses from Sutter and Heartfelt Creations.  The branches and birds are Stampscapes.

Card Recipe

Images: Stampscapes, Heartfelt Creations Mountain/Barn 

combination, Sentiment from My Favorite Things, 

Horse pair from Sutter

Paper: Cryogen White, Glossy Black, 

Bazzill green, Whisper White 

Markers/Ink: Moment Black and Olive, PanPastels, 

and a few Copics

Embellishments: Distress Tea Dye, Prima Pearls, 

Spellbinders Fancy Labels

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• A Gem of a Challenge - Going green (grass is green!)
• Pumpkin Spice - Spring (visit the Pumpkin Spice Store)
• Sweet Stampin - Anything but birthday
• Crafters Card Circle - Men and boys
• Stampin for the Weekend - Die cuts
• Outlawz - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD

You Are Simply the Best Horse

A friend of mine rescued a horse recently from a farm that had neglected their animals.  The local authorities picked up the animals and then called farms and horse owners in the area to see if someone wanted to nurse this nag back to health.  

Well, my friend Sue took up the challenge and bathed, fed and loved this horse until he was fat and happy again.  The horses name you ask - Lucky.

My card for Craft a Scene is a take on Lucky happy in his new home.  The stamps are from Heartfelt Creations and the die to cut around the horse image is from Spellbinders.

This is a tent card with the scene attached to the back portion of the card.  Lucky is free and attached to the sentiment.  You can see that the sentiment is slipped behind a portion of the fence to keep it in place.  The happy recipient of this card can move Lucky in and out of his stable.

I used PanPastels to color the background and Copics to color the barn.

Card Recipe:

Images: Heartfelt Creations Palisade Farmstead and Western Bronco

Paper: Stampin Up

Inks: PanPastels, Copics - R39, R37, E13, E15, E17, E18, E19, E35, Momento Black, Distress Green around the tree

Embellishments: Spellbinders Western Broncos and Label Six, Cottage Cutz Rustic Sign and Trees, Die-Namics Fence, Boot charm from Wild Orchid, Prima Pearls, Twine

Challenges for this card:

• A Gem of a Challenge - Animals
• Craft Your Days Away - Anything goes
• Speedy and Friends - Try a different fold
• Sweet Stampin - Out of the frame (my horse is attached to the sentiment and can be moved in and out of the frame)
• Cards with Attitude - Anything goes
• Fun With Shapes - Die cuts/punches
• Hotshot Crafts - Use PanPastels
• Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD