Herd You Had a Birthday
Howdy partner(s)!!! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Are you ready for another super fun theme this week at Always Fun Challenges??? If you’d like to see what I created for last week’s theme, which was One Layer, click here. Now, for this weeks theme, this was totally out of my comfort zone, but I made it work. The theme is Down On The Farm.
I didn’t even get this one completed until Saturday afternoon. I had a heck of a time coming up with this one. I’m so glad I did it though. Like I said, this took me out of my little comfort bubble, but check out the result.
I used a never before used stamp set (AKA NBUS) called Lunar Animals by Mama Elephant. I used a NBUS paper pad and a NBUS die from MFT. Too bad Darnell wasn’t doing her NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) challenge right now, this one would totally qualify!! It may not be going on now, but you should check out her blog for the NBUS challenge that she does a couple times a year. It’s a lot of fun.
This was another one that I completely winged it as I went. I had no idea how this was going to turn out. While this is not my normal style, I still think it turned out ok. I think it would be perfect for a kid’s Birthday. The inside reads, “Have a Moo-tiful Day!!”
Another out-of-my-element fun fact is that I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens to color these cute little farm animals. I’ve had these pens for awhile now, but I’ve been quite intimidated by them. I tried them when I first got them and I just didn’t like them. Or I should say I didn’t like my results. But the more videos I’ve seen of people using them, the less intimidating they seem so I decided to give them another try. I was actually pleasantly surprised. I really like them!! As long as I had a water brush right next to me at all times and a super fine paint brush, I felt comfortable. I felt like I could handle it without holding my breath the entire time.
Anyway, I hope you’ll join us over at Always Fun Challenges this week by clicking here and linking your “Down on the Farm” creation.
Zig Clean Color Real Brush
Horse: Mustard 67 (body), Oatmeal 64(mane), flesh color 71 (nose), mid brown 65 (hooves), pale pink 28 (ears)
Pig: pale pink 28
Cow: black 10, light gray 91 (horns), pale pink 28 (ears, nose)
Chicken: Lemon Yellow 51, bright yellow 52, wine red 24, light brown 61 (beak)
Sheep: Blue gray 92, light gray 91, gray 90 (hooves and nose) cheeks pale pink
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