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Just "Chicken" In



How are you? Any summer plans? 

I am so happy that I splurged and purchased the limited time Farm Fresh Kit from Taylored Expressions. 
 This chicken is my favorite in the kit with the piggy coming into a close second. I gave the chick a "wobble" head thanks to the mini wobbles that were included in the kit. I already had a ton of wobbles in my stash but they are just to big most projects so they just don't get used. I don't know that these are are still available, but it's worth checking out. 

For this card the grass is the included Gingham Checker background stamp. I stamped it using MFT's Extreme Black and then used my TE Blender Brushes to apply Distress Oxide Bundled Sage over the stamped image. I then used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Hillside dies to cut the image.   The clouds were done using MFT's Cloud Stencil and once again my TE Blender Brushes to apply Distress Oxide Broken China and Tumbled Glass.  I stamped the barn from the kit and colored it using Copic Marker colors R17, R14, E07, E00 and Y26. I then cut it out by hand as no die was included for the barn. A die for the barn is the one piece I wish they had thought to include.  I tucked the barn back behind the grass layer so that it would appear to be further back on the hillside. Next time I will plan better and stamp the barn image first then mask it allowing me to complete the project without having to cut it out. The fence was also stamped and die cut but I didn't like how there was white left behind in between the posts of the fence, so I used my craft knife to cut it away so that the grass and barn could be seen. Overall I think it came out adorable, I can't wait to create more using the other images in the kit.
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