Ticket to Ride!

Image 1

When I saw the challenge Scrap Your Hobbies over at BBTB2, I finally got to pull out my new horse stamp!  But I needed a Cricut cut on my card.  I knew I wanted a simple sentiment and 'ride' just fit the plan!  Image 1 card has a ticket and letters cut from CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge.  I went into CCR and welded the letters into the ticket.  Image 2 ticket is from the Artiste cartridge with the same letters welded into it.

My challenge to myself in the new year is to experiment more in my crafting.  I want to challenge myself to get out of my routines and try different techniques and maybe create a few of my own!

This is my first attempt at any marker coloring on a card.  Fact is I don't think I've really colored much of anything since the days of 4-H posters back in the '70's.  Wow, remember the days before computer generated pics, Cricut, and digital photography?  I look back at those 4-H posters that took great ribbons and know they couldn't come close to competing with what is out there now!  Yes, I really do still have some of them!

Again I have digressed, I always do.......

Image 2

This stamp is from Mark's Finest Papers.  The majority of my stamps are CTMH, but I saw this and fell in love with this little girl struggling to get that saddle in place.

I stamped image 1 in Chocolate pigment ink and image 2 in Chocolate coated with a layer of Black pigment inks.  I think the darker one was a crisper image.  (Actually, there are several in the trash can where I tried lighter colors that just didn't work for me!)

Since I'm new to the whole 'coloring' idea, I don't have many markers in my collection yet.  So, I worked with the CTMH markers I have so far:  Sweet Leaf, Sky Blue, Denim Blue, Barn Red, Olive, and Cream Brûlée.  (*Needless to say, I've placed an order for more markers and got the great deal going on over at CTMH!  Yay!)  I shaded the horse with colored pencils and sponged ink.  I used a gel pen for his headstall.  Of course the headstall is adorned with a CTMH Mocha Gem.

The Sweet Leaf cardstock, embossed with a Paisley Cuttlebug folder,  is from CTMH as well as the card bases:  Colonial White and Cashmere.  All patterned papers are CTMH scraps (retired).

The cards are embellished with twine and CTMH Tan Sparkles.

Ok, when I designed this card, 'Ticket to Ride' was not remotely on the radar of my thought process.  However, once I saw the cards put together, the lyrics popped into my mind and now they're stuck in there.