Artistic Outpost is celebrating their 2nd Birthday!

They are offering you, a chance to get a present from them by participating in their challenge. The challenge is pretty simple, just use this sketch and create a Fall or Birthday Themed card using Artistic Outpost images.

Here is the Birthday card that I created with some of my favorite Artistic Outpost stamps. The card is for Artistic Outpost, wishing them another great year!!

The stamp sets used for this card are The Outpost, Bluebird, Keeper and Adventure.

You'll have until October 23rd to leave your link on the Artistic Outpost Blog, using Mr. Linky.

One winner will be chosen on October 31st, through the Random Number Generator, be sure to check back to see if you've won. The prize is a $25 gift certificate to the Artistic Outpost Store. We can't wait to see your version of this sketch/theme using our images. Please use a direct link to your card so the readers can easily find it. Only those cards that use Artistic Outpost images following the sketch/theme will be eligible for the random drawing. We reserve the right to remove links to any cards not following this challenge.

For added information check out the Artistic Outpost Designers Blogs:

Lisa Somerville

Gerrie Johnnic

Debby Boltman

Lynn Stevens

Sharon Briss

Toni Tessler

Robin Willis

Judy Hayes

Thanks for stopping by, See you tomorrow.

Cathy

Call me for Adventure!

That is what this little bulldog is saying as he waits for the phone to ring. Little does he know that the phone is off the hook.

When I went to London a few years back I remember all of the telephone booths were painted bright red and fully enclosed like this. I guess this might just be a English bulldog patiently waiting for the phone to ring and on the other end will be his friend inviting him on a great Adventure and saying Call Me when you get a chance.

This is a really neat stamp plate called Adventure from Artistic Outpost. Have I mentioned lately that I am a guest designer for this company!?! I love their stamps and can't wait for the next release coming soon. I love that I can add every detail that I want or make more of a monochromatic look which is my second favorite style.

This is going to be a short post as I have another project to finish and I have to get to bed before 2 or 3 at least one night this week ha ha.

Have a great day! Friday is always a good day.

Cathy

Life is an Adventure

That saying is so true on so many levels. Love this image of the dog with his head out of the car window catching the fresh air.

This stamp is from the Adventure stamp plate from Artistic Outpost. Promised I would ink up another new stamp tonight. I really like all of the elements that the artist put into this stamp plate, the dog with his head out the window, the compass in the lower right cowner, the birds and landscape and the sentiments.

I decided to color the dog more detailed with my copic markers and then I minimally( is that a word?) colored the rest of the image and sponged Tim Holtz Distress Weathered Wood ink and Antique Linen Distress ink on the border and compass.

I used a piece of Outlaw designer paper from Stampin Up because it had a similar tone for the blue green that I had gotten with the weathered wood ink on the green dp. I stamped the compass in Antique Linen along the edges of my Outlaw paper. I then stamped the birds, which I love for an accent on the dp, with weathered wood.

I wanted to stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment on the greenish beige Martha Stewart twill tape. I didn't want just the straight cut edge so I unravelled the ends. Not sure about that element yet, but it will stay for now. I attached the frayed twill with large eyelets to the side of the main image with my crop-a-dile.

I mounted my main image on some beige cardstock and used the same color for the main card base and my Adventure .

Can't wait to show you the little bulldog in front of the telephone booth that I also colored tonight. I have to finish assembling that one so won't post it until tomorrow night.

I am finally over the flu and sluggish days following and pretty much back to normal except that it is -10 degrees here and that is tooooo darn cold for me.

Have a great day and see you tonight :)

Cathy