Sure Hope You're Back In The Saddle Soon

Hello Honey Bee friends!  Today I'm sharing my card that features the new Lovely Layers: Tack Honey Cuts along with a fabulous new stencil set.  Read on for all of the details!

I started by die cutting the dies in the Lovely Layers: Tack from white and teal cardstocks.  I used a few Copic markers to color the white cardstock.  See how I managed to keep the debossed areas of the die cuts white?  To do that, I laid the nib of the marker almost flat and lightly colored over those areas.  I was very happy it worked out!!

I used glue to adhere all of the Lovely Layers: Tack pieces together.  Be sure to refer to the handy layering guide while you assemble the saddle!

Next I created the background layer with the Range Scene stencil set.  I used blending brushes and Distress Inks on an A2 white cardstock panel.  The colors I used are Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Lost Shadow, and Tumbled Glass.  NOTE:  I intentionally did not stencil the fence post section.

The idea in my head was to have the saddle hanging over a fence.  So I die cut white cardstock with the Lovely Layers: Barn Wood Fence dies.  Then I used my scissors to trim off the top picket sections even with the top rail.  Then I colored it with a blender brush and Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I glued the rails onto the fence, added foam tape to the back, and then adhered it to the card with a portion of the bottom of the fence hanging off.  I just used my scissors to trim it even with the bottom of the card.

The sentiment stamped in black pigment ink is from the Saddle Up stamp set.  I cut it out with the coordinating die and popped it up on the card with foam strips.

I blinged out the saddle with some pretty coordinating gems I found in the Vitamin Sea Gem Sticker set.

I love it when I have an idea for a card actually turns out to be like I wanted!  I hope I've given you some inspiration too!  Thanks so very much for stopping by!!!