Friday 23 July 2021

Birthday Horse Ride

 


Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda has chosen travel as the theme.


Of course, you can always play along with our anything goes birthday option, it's a great way to build up your stash of birthday cards!

My team mates and our guest Melanie have some wonderful ideas to inspire you, so I hope you get the chance to play along.

I had it in my head that I was making a card for a transport theme, so I thought I'd do a horse and rider.
I guess they could have travelled to the country to ride!

I've had this stamp for ages and only used it the once. It definitely needs a stamp press to get a solid image, and I clear embossed it to darken the image even more as some of the mountains were showing through!

I saw this card by Michelle Zindorf on pinterest and loved the background so gave it a go.
My torn paper inking needs a bit more practice but it's a fun technique. I used distress inks for the sky, mountains and grass.

The grass stamps are covering some messy bits and I think they add some depth.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Allsorts, feminine theme.


Alphabet Challenge H, use happy in your sentiment.


Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog, kids of summer and a sentiment,
horseriding is one of the top things on the list in my rural area for summer fun!


Supplies:
Stamps: Kitty-lane Australia horse and girl; Crackerbox and Suzy Stamps grass; Annabelle Stamps sentiment (retired);
Other: versafine clair nocturne and shady lane inks; distress inks in tumbled glass, broken china, pumicestone and bundled sage; clear embossing powder. Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

23 comments:

Lindsey said...

Your background is gorgeous! Perfect for this silhouette. Such a great feel of being out in the open country.

meg said...

A brilliant card,love the background and your fantastic stamped image,thank you for joining in at the Alphabet Challenge

brenda said...

What a lovely silhouette image, many thanks for joining in with my 'Feminine' theme at Allsorts challenge.

B x

Liz said...

Super card, Cathy. What a fabulous silhouette stamp. xx

Linby said...

That's a fabulous silhouette stamp and you've made the perfect background to complement it too. A really eye catching card. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.

Brenda in IN said...

Your background scene is gorgeous. A cowboy can travel anywhere on his horse so this fits the bill perfectly.

Barbara said...

You really captured the look of the mountains on this card. I just love the silhouette of the horse and rider in the front. Amazing card!

Vicky Hayes said...

I love this card to bits Cathy! The background is beautiful and understated and perfect for your beautiful horse and rider silhouette. Vicky x

Lisa Bird said...

Fantastic scene, I love how the black image stands out against the background. Thank you for joining us at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog
Best Wishes Lisa xx
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JoAnn said...

Love your fabulous card Cathy. That image would be perfect for a card for my daughter or granddaughter. Your mountain background looks perfect. Great job.

Nancy said...

Outstanding background, Cathy! You couldn't have done a better job! Hope you are well!

aussie aNNie said...

Fabulous card and design.… Many thanks for entering into our challenge and hope to see you again soon. Good luck in the final draw.
[aNNie proud Designer for Bizzy Bec]
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Ellibelle said...

This is such a beautiful scene and gorgeous silhouette image!
Thank you so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge this week!

Dawn Phillips said...

It's such a clever card. The colours divide your panel into quarters and create a gorgeous background for the silhouette. Thanks for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge. Love Dawn x

HilaryJane said...

That background looks so good behind the silhouette, I love it xx

Gail Hutchinson said...

Cathy a gorgeous card scene for our Australian outback and countryside. Thank you for joining us at Bizzy Bec's July Challenge and good luck. Gail DT

Mac Mable said...

The silhouette stamping looks fabulous and what a wonderful scene and card Cathy x.

Trina P. said...

Beautiful scene card! The background is not only fabulous, but perfect for this cowboy silhouette.

Vicki Dutcher said...

This card ROCKS! I have always loved that silhouette but with the background -- perfection!

roffeycreations said...

This is nice - I thought Paper Rose die - but I hadnt seen it before. Gorgeous background Mxxx

Loll said...

Beautiful landscape Cathy! I think you did great work with inking your torn "mountains". :) Perfect image to go with your background. xx

Ashwini Rao said...

Its a beautiful scene! I love how clean your scene is, simple and easy to make, but still impactful. Great card, Cathy!

Glenda J said...

That background is so fantastic! Works so perfectly with the background. Great take on the travel challenge.