Happy Birthday Western Style.

Good afternoon everyone!!  Let's see... I went back to bed at about 7:30 am and I slept until a little after 11 am. I NEVER do that! LOL But! We are going to try to stay up and watch Bathurst, which starts about 8:30 pm and will go until after midnight. We will see how it goes! Kevin went and took a nap too. He will be able to stay up... he handles it much better than I do! So, I'm hoping to keep busy coloring and crafting! We will see how it goes! That is it for today... Bailey is going to have a friend spend the night I believe.

Here is my creation that I worked on today:









For this one I have used Mae Western from KennyK! I've colored her on kraft with my Prismacolor Pencils. I did a small amount of layering. I cut the WANTED out using the Silhouette Cameo. I used ChalkOla Chalk Markers around the edge and colored in the stars with the brown as well. I have inked and distressed most of the edges. Around the image was cut with a My Favorite Thing die. One strip was embossed with a Sizzix Embossing Folder. I added ink to the folder as well to give it that bit more. I have added some stitching, gems on the WANTED cut, twine and a charm, a few buttons and a few pearls which were colored brown using my Copic Markers. I created the sentiment and printed it on kraft. On the inside I used the same papers.. these are all scraps! I'm so excited to use all of the kraft and brown scraps! I still have a bunch more to go! I also inked and distressed the papers on the inside, added a bit of stitching and used the embossing folder on a strip as well!

Challenges:

• Challenge #190: Get Krafty @ Ooh La La Creations Challenges.
• Challenge #91: Button It! (1/3) @ Cardz 4 Guys.
• Anything Goes (3/3) @ Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes (3/5) @ Papertake Weekly Challenges.
• Birthday (1/2) @ Scrap Creations.
• Challenge #276: Show Us Your Sassy Ladies (1/1) @ Fab 'n' Funky Challenges.
• Challenge #54: Anything Goes @ Inspiration Destination.
• Challenge #204: Happy Everything @ KennyK's Krafty Krew.
• Challenge #248: Anything Goes (3/3) @ Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #5: Anything Goes @ A Bit More Time To Craft.
• CCEE1541: Chocolate Combinations (all the chocolaty shades of brown) @ CCEE Stampers.
• October: Birthday (1/1) @ The Outlawz Twisted Thursday.
• Challenge #296: Embossing (1/3) @ Crafty Catz.
• Challenge #95: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Week #332: No Designer Papers (1/3) @ Allsorts.
• Challenge #101: Anything Goes w/Twist of Something Beginning With 'S' (Silhouette, Scraps, Sizzix) @ Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #8: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Crafting With Friends.
• Challenge #19: Anything Goes @ Paper Babe Stamps.
• Challenge #15: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Simply Paper Craft Challenge.
• October: Sketch (1/3) @ Cheerful Sketches Challenge Blog.
• October Showcase #3: Anything Goes @ 2 Creative Chicks.
• October Challenge #32: Add Some Texture @ Country View Crafts Challenge.
• October: Add Texture and/or Color Inspiration @ House of Cards Challenge.
• October Challenge #30: Anything Goes @ Silhouette Challenges.
• October: Brown or Kraft @ Stamp and Create.
• October Challenge #25: Anything Goes @ Not Just Cards Challenge Blog.
• October Challenge #106: Ribbon or Twine (1/3) @ Let's Craft and Create.
• HIMCR #220: Super Scraps Saturday (1/3) @ Hiding In My Craft Room.