Saddle Up and Celebrate!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! My card for you today was created for Craft Roulette Episode 276. The parameters this week were to make an Easel card, use rainbow colours, have a western theme and use a black and white image. 

For my card, I created an A2 sized Easel card, used every colour in the rainbow, used MFT - Saddle Up and Celebrate Stamp set and created black and white balloons!

I started by cutting a piece of heavy weight black cardstock 4.25 x 11 and scored it in in the middle at 5.5 and then scored it again at 2.5. I used my bone folder and went over all my fold lines, then set the card base aside. 

I cut a piece of heavy weight smooth white cardstock 1/8" smaller than my card base. I also die cut Spellbinders - Colorblock Landscape from smooth white cardstock. Then I used Distress Oxide Ink to create my background. I wanted it to look like the sun rising behind the mountains. Once I had my background created, I used MFT - Ray of Light stencil and white ink to create the sun rays. I set the background aside to dry. 

I stamped my images from the Saddle Up and Celebrate stamp set using my Misti stamping tool and Pink Fresh Studios Detail Black Ink. Then I coloured my images in with Copic markers. Once I had my images coloured in, I added some details using my size 10 white Gelly Pen. I also added Glossy Accents to my balloons. Once they were dry, I added shine lines with my Gelly Pen. 

I stamped the sentiment to the top of my card base, using detail black ink and then added my stamped images to the front. I cut a piece of cardstock 4.125 x 0.75 twice and glued them together. Then I stamped my second sentiment "Saddle Up and Celebrate" using the detail black ink. I added that to the inside of my card base as a blocker for my Easel card. 

I really enjoy making Easel cards, they are fun and they make for a fun surprise to the recipient. Thank you for stopping by today. Below is a list of all the products that I used to make this card. Some of these products I am unable to post as some companies only allow affiliate link in the USA only. Also some die sets are from a monthly subscription and only available on the companies website. Sorry for any inconvenience. Happy Crafting!

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