Give Me the Farm Life

For this week’s Splitcoast Sketch Challenge, I selected the barn image from the Farm Life set. I had been looking for just the right sketch to showcase this stamp, and I think this one fits it perfectly. Since I envisioned a rustic look, I used Stampin’ Up!s new Texture Cuts Wood Sheets, and inked the edges for a more distressed look. Enjoy this peek at “Farm Life”.

• Prepare a standard card base from Creamy Caramel. Round the lower corners with a Corner Rounder and ink the edges using a Sponge Dauber and Soft Suede ink. Layer with the “Always Artichoke Vine” pattern from Autumn Days Designer Series Paper.
• Cut two 1-1/8″ x 3-1/8″ strips from the “Wheat” pattern from Autumn Days Designer Series Paper. These will form the vertical mats. Ink the edges using the Sponge Dauber and Soft Suede ink. Mat onto Texture Cuts Wood Sheets, once again inking the edges.
• Add four Antique Brass Vintage Brads in the corners of each matted strip. These vertical mats are now ready to adhere to the card base as pictured.
• Ink the “Barn” image from Farm Life with Basic Brown ink and stamp onto Stampin’ Up!s Watercolor Paper. Color with Blender Pens and the following inks: Bordering Blue (sky); Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Mellow Moss (trees, grass, hay bales); Creamy Caramel (silo, hay bales); Close to Cocoa (silo shading); Basic Grey (barn roof, windows, silo roof, barn shading); Real Red (barn)
• Crop to 3-3/8″ x 2-1/8″, ink the edges with Soft Suede, and mat onto Always Artichoke with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Add snippets of Linen Thread to the corners, and adhere to the card base.

I hope that you enjoyed today’s card, and my “new look”. Michelle Laycock, of Laycock Designs is the creative mastermind responsible for my re-design. Michelle does fabulous work! I can still hardly believe this is my blog! Your emails and comments are important to me. Please leave me a comment, or use my new “Email” button, and let me know what you think! Of course, I am always here to answer any questions that you may have! Until next time…

Stamp Set: Farm Life (114411)
Designer Series Paper: Autumn Traditions (115668), Texture Cuts Wood Sheets (116309)
Card Stock: Watercolor Paper (105019), Creamy Caramel (102514), Always Artichoke (105119)
Inks: Soft Suede (115657), Basic Brown (104315), Bordering Blue (102265), Always Artichoke (105219), Old Olive (102277), Mellow Moss (102774), Creamy Caramel (103220), Close to Cocoa (103139), Basic Gray (109120), Real Red (103133)
Tools: Corner Rounder (109047), Sponge Dauber (102892)
Embellishments: Vintage Brads (109109), Linen Thread (104199)
Other: Blender Pens (102845), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)