Dolce Stamps and Cards: Ellen

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Ellen - Running Free

Designer: Ellen Taylor
Date Posted: September 10, 2011
Keywords: DOLCE, Local Rubber King Stamp
Category: Animals, Masculine
Stamps: Local Rubber King Stamps: Mustangs & Tree 1
Ink: Ranger's Distress Inks: Black Soot & Antique Linen, Memento Rich Cocoa, Versafine Sepia, Black Marker, Versamark and a Versamarker
Embellishments: Mark Richards Black 5 MM Nail Heads Metal Stickers, String
Tools: inkssentials Blending Tool, Blender Pen, Piercing Tool, Spellbinders-Labels Fifteen, Spellbinders-Stars, Spellbinders-Ovals, EK 3D Dots
Paper: White, Brown, and Black

I love to make masculine cards and this Local Rubber King Stamp Mustang set is perfect for masculine cards and projects! I started by stamping the Mustang in Black Soot and embossind it with clear embossing powder. Next I colored it with a blender pen and for a nice shiny finish look I colored over the entire image with a versamarker pen and clear embossed over it. I sponged some Antique Linen framing the horse, leaving some white space for a little pop.
I created my background paper by stamping the leaves from Tree 1 with Versamark for a subtle look. I did some faux stitching and added some Nail Heads in the corners. Finishing it off with a homemade lasso.

3 comments:

jkreucher said...: Ellen.. this is fantastic.. I find it hard to come up with ideas for masculine cards! this one is just right! love the soft stamped backgound...
everything came together perfectly!; September 10, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Tara said...: Great artwork Ellen! Horses are beautiful.; September 15, 2011 at 9:08 PM
Dolce Impressions said...: This reminds me of the wild horse I rode on a dude ranch. Great job; September 18, 2011 at 11:31 AM

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