Welcome back to the Make the Cards Challenge! We took a break over the holidays and are back with a new schedule. Our challenges will now run for two weeks to give you more time to create! Our challenge this week is a theme challenge, we want to see your cards of encouragement. All products are welcome, so come join in on the fun!
How cute is this cow image? Being totally honest, I would not call myself a cow fan! Fairly certain this is the first cow stamp in my stamp collection! The Udderly Wonderful stamp set is a new release featured in the January/February Close To My Heart catalog. While I do not consider myself a cow fan….I do live surrounded by ranches with lots of cows. This is probably why I am not a huge fan. Being stuck behind a cattle drive and the driving hazards of open range can sometimes leave a lot to be desired. It can get crazy dark at night and black cows just love to hang out on the highway! If you are not familiar with the term open range….it basically means, we have no fences and the animals have the right of way! Regardless of my feelings for cows, it was love at first sight for this stamp set! Here is a look at the complete stamp set-
With my limited cow knowledge, I decided the image looked a lot like a jersey cow and did my best to color her realistically. The image was stamped in Intense Black ink and then colored with Prismacolor pencils. The pencils were then blended with Gamsol. The image was cut with the coordinating Thin Cut die. This stamp set is available with or without the coordinating dies. The completed image was mounted with 3-D foam tape for added dimension. Cows are a huge part of my community, so I will be getting a lot of use out of this set!
My card came together by combining a few challenges. My colors were chosen from the color challenge at The Paper Players. I chose brown as my neutral color and used Peach, Papaya and Juniper to follow along with the challenge colors. It is hard to tell in the photos, but a little bit of bling was added with a shimmer brush to the flowers. The layout of my card follows the sketch challenge at Try Stampin on Tuesday. My cow image was popped up against a vellum circle to follow along with the sketch design.
All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:
- Z4026 Udderly Wonderful Stamp Set w/ Thin Cuts
- Z4394 Candid Moments Cardmaking Stamp Set
- 1385 White Daisy Cardstock
- Z3367 Vellum
- X6063 Papaya Cardstock
- X6044 Peach Cardstock
- Z6502 Peach Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
- Z4189 Intense Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
- Prismacolor Pencils-1092, 1082, 1006, 941, 939, 935, 909
- Gamsol
- CC214 In This Together Enamel Dots-Retired
- X7266E Daisy Meadows Enamel Dots-Retired
- Z3293 Clear Shimmer Brush
- Stitched Rectangle Panel Die-MFT
- Stitched Circle Die-MFT
- Burlap Twine-May Arts
I have also entered my card in the New Challenge at Try It on Tuesday with new crafting products! Thanks so much for stopping by, you can check out all of the new crafting items at Close To My Heart here.
Oh Allisa this is AWESOME! Your ‘jersey’ coloring is PERFECT! I was raised on a small farm and we had beef cattle where my Aunt & Uncle had the Holstein & Jersey milking cows. But, we had ours fenced in so didn’t have to deal with the open fencing issue! We don’t have to worry much about hitting a cow on the road … ours is more the worry of hitting DEER! They are everywhere! LOL
Great job, awesome inspiration … thanks for the instant smile!!
Thank you! I grew up in the land of fences, open range totally puts a new twist on driving. We have tons of wildlife…with cows and sheep thrown into the mix as well! Thanks so much for stopping by!
This is such a cute card Allisa! That sentiment is great!😁
Thanks so much!
Your coloring is wonderful and the card is just precious!
Thank you! The cow stamp does all the work!
I love this! How fun! That cow makes me smile! So happy you joined us at The Paper Players this week!
Thank you! It is currently my new favorite stamp set, which says alot…as I have been collecting more than crafting lately!
Oh gosh, Allisa, that image is amazing, lol. So perfect, and your coloring is amazing! LOVE this card! Thanks so much for playing at Try Stampin’ on Tuesday!
Thank you, thanks so much for stopping by!
Allisa, what an adorable card you’ve created! It’s a wonderful interpretation of our Try Stampin’ on Tuesday sketch! I think the subtle vellum circle behind the cow really helps draw the eye to your beautiful job of coloring! Thank you for sharing your card and creative talents with us at TSOT!!! -Donna
Thank you! It is amazing what a little vellum can add to a card.
That cow is perfect in every way! Love the softness that the vellum circle adds to your card. Thanks for sharing with us at TSOT 🙂
Thank you! I wanted the cow to take center stage and vellum was perfect to complete the sketch!
This is so cute! I saw this stamp in the latest catalog and fell in love with it! You did such a great job with the colors and the fun layout! Thanks for playing with our colors this week at the Players!
Thank you! You “need” this set in your collection! It is too cute to pass up!
Alisa, this is absolutely adorable! And what a fun set. That cow just makes me smile and you colored her beautifully. So glad you joined us at the Paper Players this week
Jaydee
Thank you, thanks so much for stopping by!
Allisa this is fabulous! My daughter is a real highland cow fan but I’m not not sure I’d like to live with them all around lol! I love the flowery headdress and punny sentiment. What a great card! Thanks for sharing with us over at The Paper Players this week!
Thank you! We are Highland Cow fans too! My neighbors just got a few and plan on having Highland babies…how cute will those be! I so love this cow stamp and might try to be a little artistic and draw in some hair to give it a Highland appearance!
This is such a lovely card, the cow stamp is so cute!
Thank you!
Oh my goodness is this ever CUTE! Thank you so much for joining us this week over at The Paper Players!
Thank you! It is a super cute image.
What a cute cow and a lovely card. The colors are really wonderful. Thanks for joining us this week at Try Stampin’ On Tuesday and hope you join us again.
Anna, Design Team
Thanks so much for stopping by! The cow image was perfect for your sketch challenge!
I just LOVE this sweet image..what a cute card. Thanks for playing along with us at the PP!
Thank you…..who knew that cows could be so adorable?
I say this udderly sweet! I love cows and this card is beautiful! Thank you for joining us at Try It On Tuesday, Chrisx
MOOOO!!! OMG! My great grandmother would have loved this card. She loved her cows. So cute! Thank you for being part of the MTCC family!
This is UDDERLY adorable! Love your coloring. I’m very happy to be working with you at MTCC!
I don’t know much about cows either, but this one is pretty cute! Love your card!