TUESDAY THROWDOWN CHALLENGE

Hope your week is going well. Mine has started off a bit rough. The water on my washer didnt shut off and ran for over a hour. Two room flooded one being my craft area. I store some things in cardboard storage boxes so some stuff ruined and a huge mess to clean up!! Well enough of that... Today the sponsor for our Use Die Cuts Challenge is Bugaboo Stamps. They have a ton of wonderful images to choose from. I chose this cute cowboy because it brought back a flood of memories. My husband team roped and my oldest daughter rodeoed from a young age. She can ride like the wind and although the image is a boy it still reminded me of all the rodeos, gymkhanas, ropings, drill team practices and parades we attended as she was growing up so just had to use it!!

I used two dps for the base stitched on. Then I water colored the image, cut out a second hat and pieced for a little added dimension. The image was cut out with a Spellbinder Scalloped rectangle and attached with star brads. The stars were cut with Spellbinder stars out of cardboard and some gesso slopped on them. They were foam dotted on top of one another. I had the perfect star button that I attached with some twine.Used a punch for the little tag. Cowboys always need a rope so there is one hanging there ready to throw :)

Entering Challenges:
Catch the Bug: Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge: Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodle: Lots of Layers
PollyCraft Monday: Boyz to Men
Stamps R Us: For the Men in our Lives
Scrappy Frogs: Anything Goes
Creative Cowgirls:Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything goes
Divas by Design: Anything goes
Make it Monday: Anything goes
Papertake Weekly: Fancy a Punch..punches & dies