Give 'em the boot

Hi ya friends,
Today, I've got a little somethin' for Father's Day I'm giving the hubby.
Here it is:

No, I didn't become a tanner boot maker during my summer vacation! Hehehe- that boot is all paper! *Ü* Next to it, is the card that's going for the ride.

Here are the deets and a closer peek.
First is the cowboy boot:

 This really does look like leather IRL! It is an SVG file from svgcuts.com called Happy Trails. The boot measures almost 8 inches tall & has room for a few treats or a gift card. I embossed the cardstock with T!m's London Icons embossing folder and inked the surface with the ink pad to define the image. The front (toe part) is also embossed with the Anna Griffin Acanthus folder. I really wanted a bold flourish & that was perfect! I added a little spur to the back. That was made with one of the country charms from MFT.

 Here's the other side:

 I decided to emboss this side with a different folder. I used another T!m folder called Compass Set. When I think cowboy, I think of taking an adventure wherever the wind takes you, so I thought the compass rose would be fitting.

Here's a peek of the front:

 Here's the card:

 The image comes from the IB: Wild Wild West stamp set from MFT. I used Distress markers to color it. I used lots of MFT goodies: the instaframe dienamics, fishtail flags, country charms, and the barbed wire fence dienamics. "Dad" came from the Masculine Graphic T-shirt stamp set. The papers are from the Sasparilla collection from October Afternoon.

I used this week's MFT sketch:

 I had so much fun making that boot I have to make me one in pink!

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:
ABC Challenges: O is for open
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge: #175 I've been Framed
That Craft Place: Dies & punches
Cut it up: Father's Day
Totally Papercrafts: Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges: For Dad
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Thanks so much for peeking today!
Tootles!