Are all your Christmas presents bought? I am almost there. Work is what has me busy right now and trying to finish up a few things to get to my vacation. I saw the
Ranger blog issued a challenge on
Gifts and I needed another gift card holder. I created this with a good friend in mind:
When I was working on my canvas the other day I borrowed my husbands staple gun to put the canvas onto the frame. During the process I had to reload the staples and used up a box of staples. I was going to through the box in the re-cycle bin but than realized another great box for a gift card!
Here is the box:
Which I decided to paint:
And then I decided to cover the outside surfaces with stamped cowhide:
I stamped the cowgirl on white cardstock and colored her with
STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell Watercolor Pencils. To giver her more depth in the color I embossed her with clear embossing powder. On the inside I attached pattern paper and stamped the sentiment using brown ink.
I rummaged through my Christmas embellishments and found a few rusty snowflakes along with some pine cones and holly leaves.
I stuck a gift card inside and I was done. Overall a pretty quick transformation. The paint drying took the longest time.
Products: Artistic Outpost -
Cowgirl Strength,
Snowy Woods, Ranger Archival Inks - Coffee, Ranger Distress Inks - Walnut Stain, Adirondack - Snow Cap, Ranger Distressing Tool
Thanks for stopping by!
Suzz
