Farm Fresh-A Sunny Day Crafting Challenge

It's time for another challenge over at Sunny Day Crafting.  Here is what I came up with.

I came up with this card based on the inspirational photo for this challenge.

Now I am sure you are wondering how I came up with a pig and a chicken when the picture is of a barn.  That is the fun part of these challenges.  You can interpret the picture any way you want.  You might decide to use the colors from the picture, or the picture may represent something to you or you may choose to go with the theme of the picture.  That is what I chose to do.

When I looked at the photo it reminded me of my grandparents farm when I was younger. I loved going over there.  So I decided to recreate something that reminded me of my grandparents farm as this picture said, barn and farm to me.  Now on to the card details.

My card base is a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card cut from Kraft card stock.  Next I added a black mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4".  My patterned paper is from my stash and was cut at 3 7/8" X 5 1/8".

The pig and chicken are from the Country Life cartridge and were cut at 3 3/4".  Once I cut all the layers I adhered them together and attached them to the front of the card with some foam tape.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and I used a small tag punch to punch out the sentiment.  I then adhered it to my card front.

Now it is your turn. Make a project that this photo speaks to you.

100% Country - CardzTV Anything Goes Blog Hop

Howdy everyone.  Hope you are enjoy the blog hop so far.  If you came from Tonya's blog then you are headed in the right direction, if you just wander here and would like to enjoy the entire blog hop along with all it's blog candy then please go to Mary's blog to start the hop.

I had so much fun designing my project and I sure hope you like it too.

I decided to make an easel card but instead of doing the typical portrait style card, I would make mine landscape. 

Here is a quick video that shows you how I added all the different elements to my barn.

 

I started with Kraft card stock cut at 5 1/2" X 8 1/2".  I scored the card stock at 4 1/4" and 2 1/8".  I then cut another piece of Kraft card stock 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" for the front of my card.  Next I cut a piece of patterned paper 4" X 5 1/4" and attached to the card front.  Now came the fun part.

I started with the barn from the County Fair cartridge and sized it to 4.4" and 3.75". Once it was sized where I wanted it I flattened the image in Cricut Design Space so it would become a print and cut image.  Next I added the baby chick also from the County Fair cartridge. I just but him up in the hayloft window and using the sizing handles sized him down to fit within the opening. Once the chick was sized I grouped it with the barn and flattened it. 

Next I went to the Country Life cartridge and found the cute little pig with the chicken on top.  I inserted the image to my made and once again using the sizing handles sized it down to where I thought it looked good and again grouped it with the barn and then flattened it.  The water pump is also from the Country life cartridge and I also sized it, grouped it and flattened it.  Now all the images were one single print and cut file.

Next I needed something to put inside the card to create the stop for the Easel Card.  I found the ticket on the County Fair cartridge and using the Brand images I selected the two layers, colored them the colors I wanted and flattened them together. The finished ticket is sized 2.89" X 1.76".

All of my cuts were designed in Cricut Design Space and cut with my Cricut Explore.

Now I was ready to print and cut my two images which I did.  I attached the barn to the card front with some foam tape to give it some added dimension.  Next I adhered the card front base to the main card applying adhesive only to the small 2 1/8" X  5 1/4' section of the card front.

Next I stamped my sentiments using Memento Rich Cocoa ink and attached the ticket to the inside of the card again with some foam tape.

Both of my sentiments are from the CardzTV Country at Heart stamp set.

Blog Candy

Now what is a blog hop without some blog candy??  So I am giving a way a set of the Country at Heart CardzTV stamp set. To win the blog candy I would like you to be a follower of my blog. Please leave me a comment along with a way for me to get a hold of you and I will pick a winner using Random.org and announce the winner on Monday, May 25th.  

To continue on through the blog hop you will be hopping over to Laura's blog.  I have a complete list of all the stops on the hop down below so if you get lost you can find out where to go.

I hope you enjoy the hop. The CardzTV 3D Design team will be taking the next few weeks off to enjoy the summer. Be sure to check out the 3 new stamps sets that are in the store at
CardzTV.


1. Mary ~ http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/

2. Krystal ~ http://krystalklearcreations.blogspot.com/

3. Tonya ~ http://paperofmanycolors.blogspot.com/

4. Deanna ~ http://deannaspapercrafts.blogspot.com/  You are here

5. Laura ~ http://www.queenscardcastle.blogspot.com/

6. Rhonda Z. ~ http://www.bumblcreate.blogspot.com/

7. Linda ~ http://www.craftingwithnana.blogspot.com/

8.. Brandy ~ http://www.mypaperdollworld.blogspot.com 

9.. Sarah ~ http://sarahvaitstamps.blogspot.com/

10. Rachelle ~ http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/

11. Elaine ~ /http://www.expressionsbyelaine.blogspot.com/