Genuine Cowgirl Mother's Day Card

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very pretty paper ! i love this

May 21, 2007

Genuine Cowgirl Mother's Day Card

Cut paper to fit 5x7 card (oh yeah, I used a Kraft colored Paper Reflections 5x7 card and matching envelope). Adhere to card.

Take Distress Ink and Ink all edges of card and all edges of die cut frame, die cut tag, and man on horse die cut. (I used a pouncer for the die cuts as the distressing ink pad is a little large to handle for those, for me).

Cut length of Twill Ribbon to your liking and trim off top and bottom edges and fray slightly all around edges. Punch large-ish holes in bottom of card and in ends of ribbon. Maneuver snaps through holes and then use hammer to help snap them shut with backings on backside.

Cut length of jute twine to frame top of card. Pierce holes in top of card at ends of twine. Attach with small brads through twine.

Apply Flower transfer in left corner. Cut short length of pink metallic embroidery thread and thread through tack, tying off in a knot in front. Hammer tack into card on upper right corner. Hammer on the inside, as well, to flatten the prongs to keep from hurting anyone :)

Using Regular permanent mono adhesive, adhere cowboy on horse die cut to card. Using Foam Squares adhere Frame die cut to card.

Punch hole for Rivet in Cowboy and angle downwards so as not to cover the horsie's hoof :D Set tack part of rivet through hole, set top of rivet on tack, then using the rivet setter, set on the topside (concave edge of setter) of the rivet and hammer downwards firmly a few times til it is set.

Take laser printer transparency and print out your message. Cut to fit frame and tag. Pierce holes in Frame and attach with mini screw brads. Adhere tag transparency with the vellum tape.

Use zots to attach pink acrylic flowers.

Pierce hole for Prima flower. Attach with brad and then embellish flower with hand-drawn doodles in metallic blue gel pen.

Embellish various flowers on card with pink stickles. I chose to make the center of each flower pink, to match the ribbon. I did this with the brown flowers on the patterned paper itself and also in the centers of the black rub-on flowers on the left upper side of the card.

Adhere Lil Cowpoke Title die cut to front of envelope and the wagon wheel die cut to the back. Doodle free hand with blue metallic gel pen on Lil Cowpoke title.

Cut QuicKutz boot die with leather fabric (strips sold at Michael's) and then further cut it out after cuttlebug doesn't quite cut all the way through. Cut another die of it with matching paper and adhere as decor in the center of the boot.