Tractor Christmas

 Late this past Saturday night my husband had a special request for a Christmas card for his boss. His boss loves John Deere tractors and they use them daily for work, he has a collection of antique JD tractors and he also restores them. Of course my creative brain went into overdrive. A masculine card, with a tractor and Christmas themed....uh boy - I have my work cut out for me! Gulp! 

Thankfully, High Hopes Rubber Stamps has two tractors in their stamp line up - now I just had to wait for him to choose which one he wanted me to use. Oh and did I mention he wants to give it to him at his Christmas party next Saturday? Hubby chose the antique style tractor and this is the card I came up with. Here's hoping the boss likes it! 

              I did some creative masking (the stamp comes with flowers by the wheels) and stamped the tractor on alcohol marker friendly paper. After I hand drew a few of the lines to complete the wheels, I coloured the stamp with Copic alcohol markers and hand fussy cut it. I followed the same process with the Farm Background stamp as I didn't want the whole scene in the stamp. 

Once the colouring and fussy cutting was done, I die cut some snow banks using a hills die and layered them on my card base. Paper from Recollections was perfect for a snowy sky background behind the farm. Patterned paper from Memory Box was perfect for the 5.5" x 5.5" card base. 

I added some twine under the scene, stamped the sentiment and added it to the card. Before adding the sentiment, I watered down some white paint and splattered it on the scene to create a "it's snowing" effect. Enamel dots finish off my card.                  

Card Recipe

Stamp - Tractor (T067), Farm Background (R106) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Merry Wishes (FLL009)

Patterned Paper - Woodsy Plaid - Memory Box, Say Freeze - Recollections

Hammermill digital cover stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, hills dies - Whimsy Stamps, Your Next Stamp, twine, enamel dots, white acrylic paint

Copic List

Smoke Stacks/Tires  - T2 T4 T6 T8 Y11 Y15 Y18 Y26

Tractor - G14 G09 G28

Seat - G14 G09 G28 T2 T4 T6 T8

Silo - T2 T4 T6 T8

Trees - E34 E35 E29 YG61 YG63 YG67 YG17 YG67 G29

Fence - E23 E25 E27

Barn - R24 R27 R28 R59 T1 T4 T6 T8

Thanks for popping by! Have a great day!

                                                                                        

Have A Great Day!

Happy Saturday!!

I have another card to share in my "Farm Series" this week.  Today I'm using Tractor, Party Pig & the Have a Great Day sentiment all from High Hopes Rubber Stamps.

I didn't have enough time to create my own background for these adorable images but I found this sweet cloud patterned paper in my stash of goodies.  I die cut some grass with my Sizzix Eclips and layered two of them together.  I actually popped those up for some dimension.  A few self adhesive enamel dots & ribbon finished this cutie off.

Copic Combos

Tractor - R59, R56, R17, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, G46, G43, G40, Y17, Y15
Party Pig - R02, R01, R000, R0000, C8, C7, C5, E000, E00, E01, R20

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Thanks for joining me today, have a wonderful weekend!

Crafty hugs,

Howdy Pardner!

Happy Saturday HH fans!

I have been spending sometime this list couple of weeks coloring up some of our awesome farm images.  Staying home has given me the opportunity to relax & enjoy some "me" time.  I miss my friends & family like crazy just like all of you.  

Today I'm sharing Bobby Lee with our Tractor & the sentiment Howdy Pardner.  Isn't Bobby just the sweetest little boy?!

 

Copic Combos

 Green - G09, G05, G03

Tires - C9, C7, C5

Leaves - YG09

Seat - B39, B37, B34

Lights & Gloves - Y17, Y15

Grey on tractor trim - C3, C1, C00

Flowers - RV19, RV17,

Grass - G46, G43, G40

Pants - B97, B95, B93

Shirt - E08, E07, E04

Scarf & pant cuffs/patches - R56, R39, R27

Hair - E29, E27, E25

Skin - E000, E00, E01, E11 & R20 for cheeks

I cut a piece of white cardstock for the background behind the images & used a blue ink with my blending tool to create the background.

The clouds are cut from a sweet cloud die I have had in my stash of goodies forever.  The patterned paper is from Bella Blvd & is several years old...I must say I have been hanging onto this waiting for the perfect cards....the time is now lol.

I hope you will come back to see more of our adorable farm images....I have MORE fun coming your way.

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Wishing you all a wonderful day!

Crafty hugs,