Carol Hartery's Creations: Western theme cards

Hi Everyone!

When I learned that the theme for Lauren's bridal shower was a Western one I looked through my papercrafting supplies to see what I already owned that could be used for a Western theme. I found an AccuCut Zip'e Slim die with a boot and a cactus on it, a Sizzix die with a larger cactus, and a Sizzix die with a cowboy hat. That was all I had so I bought a few more things.

I bought a Paper Smooches "Buckaroo" clear stamp set and Lawn Fawn's "Happy Trails" clear stamp set mostly because I wanted the 'Happy Trails" sentiment in it. I also purchased a QuicKutz horseshoe die, Carta Bella's "Giddy Up Boy" 6" x 6" paper pad, and Best Creation's "Cowboy Up" 6" x 6" paper pad. I couldn't resist buying multiple packages of SandyLion Western Essentials dimensional stickers.

My standard gift for most occasions has become cards or some other papercraft. I wanted to make cards for the bridal shower, but wasn't sure how many to make. I asked a few friends and they suggested 20 to 24 cards. I decided to make 24 cards, a gift box, and a bridal shower card.

Many years ago when my employer at that time asked me to create 75 Christmas cards for some reason I made 75 different ones and that took more thought than was needed. After I did all of the work I realized the cards were going all over the country and it wouldn't have matter if there were duplicates.

So this time I was smart. I made 2 of each card which meant I only needed 12 different ideas. Here are some of the cards.

I stamped the boots twice. Once on a tan textured paper and once on a dark brown textured paper. I fussy cut the tan ones and adhered them to the brown ones. The hearts are Country buttons I found in my stash.

There was a set of "trading cards" for lack of a better word in one of the paper pads. I cut them up and put them on some of the cards.

These boots were also cut from textured paper. The stars are brads. I folded the sentiments banner to add dimension to the card.

This was a super easy card to create. I just cut down a piece of the paper so that it measured 4" x 5.25" and adhered it to a tan blank card. I used a word bubble stamp from The Alley Way Stamps "Talk to Me" clear stamp set for the word bubble, fussy cut it and stamped "thanks" in it.