Monday, June 23, 2014

Happy Anniversary!

The theme this week at Make My Monday is "Anniversaries". I stamped a card using this funny version of "American Gothic". (I'm not sure of the stamp company so I can't give them credit).

I always thought "American Gothic" was a painting of a husband and wife. However, I did some research and discovered that the artist meant the painting to represent a farmer and his daughter. My apologies to Grant Wood (the artist), but I am using this couple for an anniversary card.

To make the card, I inked a piece of white cardstock with Tim Holtz distress inks in yellow, pink, orange and purple. Next, the stamp was inked with black ink and stamped onto the Distress Ink piece. I trimmed it down, added two pieces of washi tape over the bottom (circles and lines on top). The brown frame was die cut from a Spellbinders die. The background paper is from BoBunny.

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5 comments:

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Wow ... she was supposed to be his daughter?? I always thought it was the wife too! There was these huge statues of them (like 60 ft. tall or something ridiculous like that!) that was going around the country a few years ago, and they stopped in AZ and we went and saw it ... they are even creepier that big! LOL!! LOVING your card!!!!!

Sue - said...

Definitely looks like a couple to me! Great card Joan.

Fliss said...

This is fabulous Joan and I thought they were a couple too so you're not alone in that!
Wonderful colour to your card.
Fliss xx

Wendy said...

love this Joan...

Marina said...

I love this card - great inky colours , perfect in the wavy frame. Marina