Yankee Doodle Hipster

Hello!  It’s the second Wednesday of the month and time for a new challenge at Words2Craftby!  This month’s quote:

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” ─ George Washington

I love playing with the Tim Holtz Hipster stamps, and this is what I came up with:

The oval background behind the old goat was made blending DOX Faded Jeans (plus a very small amount of Vintage Photo) onto white cardstock.  I have a Disney punch that has “stars” so I cut some out and spritzed them with water and placed on my (dry) DOX background.  There were also some little circles on the punch and I added a few here and then and spritzed my background.  I left them on the paper until the water was absorbed and they started lifting up on their own.  I like how this turned out.

My old goat was colored in distress inks – Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone and Vintage Photo, and Fossilized Amber for the straw.  I believe I used Candied Apple for the tie and hat brim, and Chipped Sapphire for the hat.  The hat is from the Crazy Things set, but I extended the height.  I have an old stencil with stars and used Wendy Vecchi crackle embossing paste to add those.

My paper are all scraps and the clear star is from my stash.  I used TH jute for my bow, and the 4th of July sentiment is from the Crazy Talk set.  

I think that covers everything.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

I’m playing along in these challenges:

http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/challenge-127-just-beachy-red-white_5.html

http://timholtz.com/get-hip-for-summer/

http://pinkandmainchallenges.blogspot.com/2017/07/challenge-23.html

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/2017/07/july-for-boys.html

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2017/06/challenge-125-patriotic-red-white-and.html