FMS342 Country Road Birthday

Happy Friday, everyone!  My schedule has so radically changed with having Cassidy for the summer, my stamping and commenting time is really wonky!  I apologize for not getting around to give everyone my usual comments!  I even set my alarm for 5am so I could sneak down into my craft room to make this card, LOL!  I got some new goodies and just had to play with them, so I used Amy's FMS sketch for this week to get me started!

I never have enough masculine stamps or cards, so I was excited to see Country Road and Gallery Grunge in the new catalog; those are the new goodies I used on my card, along with some Wood Textures DSP:

It's pretty straightforward; the weathervane was stamped on the lighter woodgrain DSP, with the grass behind it; the sentiment strip has an image from Gallery Grunge stamped over the sentiment, as well as some Merry Merlot faceted gems attached:

I stamped the inside with the sentiment that comes with the Country Road set along with some of the wagon wheels ( I am thinking they look like lemon slices....maybe I could get double use from this image, LOL!):

Now I have another masculine card to add to my stash!  

Cassidy goes to karate two mornings a week while school is out...she's getting into it!

Lots of noise and action!  Thanks for popping in today and have a blessed weekend ahead!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Road, Gallery Grunge
Card stock & Papers	Rustic White (Papertrey), Wood Textures DSP
Ink	Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Faceted Gems
Tools

IB25 Unique Denim

Howdy, folks!  I have a country-inspired card today for Laurel's Inspired By challenge!  I was able to use a couple of my (hoarded) favorite background papers along with a new stamp set...what do you think?:

And here's the inspiration photo Laurel gave us:

I've had these papers from Authentique (Original) and Cosmo Cricket (Material Girl) stashed away for a long time and I thought they would be fun for the prompt!  The pocket is already printed and "stitched", so I mounted it on a piece of Blueberry Bushel, slit the pocket and added the little sayings that I cut out of the Material Girl paper.  Before tucking them in the pocket, I mounted them on a 1/4" strip of Poppy Parade:

(LOL, they kind of look like a container of McD's french fries to me!!!)  I added a star from the new Country Road stamp set, also stamped in Blueberry Bushel and fussy-cut,  a piece of Night of Navy thick baker's twine, then stamped a sentiment from Crafting Forever on the inside, adding another little snippet from the background paper:

The Inspired By team has come up with some fun creations using this challenge prompt, be sure to pop by to see what they create and share yours with us as well!

Now that school is out, we are scrambling to find things for Cassidy to do....some artwork was at the top of the list:

This was a brand-new paint-by-number kit I got at a yard sale....so far she's only painted a part of it, but hopefully we'll get the rest of it done soon!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!