Cowboy Up

This is officially my 200th post on this blog. Yay!
Thanks for letting me share my crafting with you all and thank you for hanging in there while I was on the 2yr break.. 

The Scrap Room blog have this sketch challenge this month that completely drew me in straight away! How cool is this sketch! It can be used for any photos, pattern paper, theme or style that you can imagine. But there was only one option that popped into my head. Hunter in his Rodeo costume!

Cowboy Up

I have journaled in the tag under the right photo, it explains the meaning of the photos -

2018 was another tough year for our Aussie Farmers. Unfortunately most of the county is in drought and they needed the countries help. So of course our Aussie mateship kicked in and schools all over the country fundraised with a "Dress Like A Farmer" day. Hunter chose to go as a Cowboy.

It was adorable seeing the kids all dressed up. Some went as Woody & Jessie from Toy Story. 

Some went as Milk Maids and some were even Truck Drivers. 

Hunter was the only Rodeo Cowboy that we noticed, so that was pretty cool. 

He had his lead rope, gloves, chaps, Akuba hat, boots, gear bag, belt and buckle.  

He really enjoys going to the Rodeo's with me. His favourite's are actually the Pick Up horses & men for the Bronc events. lol. 

We started off with a base paper that matches his BadBoy shirt colour and then added the black from a stencil and green Lindys misting spray. 

I knew exactly what I wanted for the top, but it's easier to come up with the design than to actually put it on the page. lol. I was going to put some green on the black, but the only correct green to match was glittered paper. I cut it out and put it on, but decided it wasn't right and took it off. 

Instead, I added the Horseshoe and the twine which I think turned out so much better! 

The bottom embellishment is to represent a Belt Buckle and I put some matts under the photos to make them pop more too. So I hope that is ok. The journal tag is there also. 

Again, I wasn't able to find the correct green for the title, but I honestly I like this more. It gave me the opportunity to go over the top of the letters with the correct green colour and it makes the title look SO MUCH BETTER! Plus I believe it has a nicer country feel with that style of letters too. 

Well that's done for today. I hope you can get the chance to drop on over to The ScrapRoom blog and check out their DT's projects. There are so many different themed pages, you're sure to get some inspiration to create your own page too!

Happy Scrapping, Toni.. xoxo