Ride ‘Em Cowboy!
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Happy Monday! I hope you all had an excellent weekend! Ready for another week of crafting? We are! Here are projects by three members of the Monday Challenge Design Team! If you’d like to see more, stop by the challenge blog and click the person’s name or card to see all of the details and leave these wonderful people some comments! :)
Made by Andrea Ockey Parr
Andrea had this to say:
I hope any cowboy folk who may be reading this won’t be offended that “belt buckle” was the first word that came to mind when I saw this theme. I just remember being oddly fascinated by the dinner-plate-sized belt buckles the self-proclaimed cowboys at my high school would wear. Since then, I have come to truly appreciate belt buckle art, which is as varied and interesting as any other art form. For this challenge, I decided to make a Western belt of my own with an eye-catching central buckle. It was insanely easy to make with October Afternoon’s Sasparilla ephemera and plenty of Glossy Accentsglue.
Made by Dan
Dan had this to say:
Growing up I always hated war movies and cowboy movies. Always. Having said that, as a family we used to watch “The High Chapparal” when I was a kid and from an old Star Trek episode I think I’ve managed to come up with the name Wyatt Earp. Don’t ask me who he is or what he did, but I’m pretty sure he had a droopy moustache, so that’s what I went with! I made use of several stamp sets here, among them Ringmaster Blueprint, Classics #5 and Worn Text.
Made by Tracy Evans
Tracy had this to say:
When I think of the wild west I am drawn towards Tim Holtz Wild West Stamp Set with the cowboy taking centre stage. Wild West conjures up stars, denims, leathery browns and rope for me, all represented in my tag, with the use of Faded Jeans Distress Ink, Faded Jeans Distress Stain, along with touches of red from Vermillion Archival Ink. This tag is extremely tactile and sums up the wild west perfectly for me.
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Great projects. The belt buckle is so cool!
I really love the last wild west example shown today. The tag is embellished good and the stars just pop out at you.
Love the projects. The buckle is fantastic.
so fun! I love the Wild West project!
Wow, loving the western inspiration! That tag with the star shaped stamped embellishments is awesome!
Very cool belt buckle and I love the blues in the tag!
Great projects, love the belt buckle. TFS.
These are absolutely gorgeous, and no excuses Andrea cause this bucket belt are fabulous, and I absolutely LOVE it.
WOW great projects love them.
great inspiration. thanks!
Fantastic creations!
how beautiful and retro! I love them!!!
Great projects! Always amazing!
Fab projects!!
Beautiful projects – love the belt buckle!
Very clever ideas!
I like watching the re-runs of the old Wyatt Earp series with Hugh O’Brien. that Marshall Earp was very considerate….never killed just wounded….never drank whiskey just milk. it’s a good B&W old series so with that said I like the card featuring Wyatt Earp.
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What wonderful wild west projects! I love the buckle and the tag! Lots of fun!
That belt is just amazing.
Great projects, the buckle is something I never would have thought of doing.
Growing up in Boston, there weren’t a lot of cowboys, but I sure like what they all did – inspiring, particularly Dan’s!
Very cool projects! Love the belt buckle!
I love the combination of the Patriotic colors with the Cowboy theme!
What a creative variety of projects! I love seeing different intepretations of a theme. Thanks!
3 fantastic project, really love Dan’s card.
Cowboys….tough theme, IMO….but these pieces nail it.
Living in Idaho, my near neighbors all have to do their own cowboying when it is time to work the cattle. There are still some places where there are hired hands to do it, but not here. We don’t have cattle ourselves, but have had them in our yard numerous times. Drives our dog crazy! :)
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Loved Tracy’s tag. It will be great for a present at any time of the year – but especially around the 4th of July.
Awesome projects! I’m amazed with the belt buckle and I love the blue star tag!!!!
The others are great, but that belt buckle is a thing of beauty!
Great projects today!
Totally awesome projects! Love the cowboy theme!
Those are cute cards!
Great projects–love Dan’s, perfect for some guys in my life!
yeehaa makes me want to line dance and hop on my horse!
What great ideas! Love them all but the bright colors in Tracys tag really caught my eye!
All 3 projects were great I have no fav because all had something I liked. Thank you
Some really cool projects…the belt is super creative.
There’s something about the cowboy look – so classic.
I really like Tracy’s tag! A great mix of different media!
Interesting challenge! I can only think of one thing cowboy-ish I have, will have to put my thinking cap on!
Oh Andrea I love your belt buckle!! My husband used to ride bulls so he always wore the great big belt buckles!! Yours is absolutely gorgeous!!
Beautiful shade of blue!
Really delightful projects all the way around! Thanks for sharing!!
These projects show such great versatility on the cowboy theme. Such creativity!!
Fantastic projects!
Fun cowboy creations!
Fun ideas!
Such an amazingly talented design team!
Oh My! Love, Love, Love!
Wow love the CAS design, such a pretty card!!