Get Sketchy # 5

What a fun sketch by "Get Sketchy"! The design team projects are gorgeous - and I couldn't help but be inspired. Besides, I love working from a sketch!

I did flip the sketch upside down, though. The proportions of the circle on the left appealed more to me for some reason. That, and I could have my owl peering to the left, like he couldn't wait to see what was written on the inside of the card...

The bonus challenge was to make your own embellishment. The lovely crocheted flowers are by Paper Blooms, so I can't take credit for those. I did, however, cut the branch out freehand, so hopefully that counts for something! (The owl was cut by my Silhouette)

Design Papers - Basic Grey "Mellow"; Cardstock - various from stash

It's late Sunday night, and this concludes a very wonderful weekend. While I'm sad to see it end - I sure enjoyed it while it was here... and now another work-week begins. I sure hope it's a good one!

Blessings,

Triple Challenge

Yahoo! It's a long weekend. I'm going to celebrate by making cards. Who's with me?!!

This card is my entry into 3 different challenges:

Basic Grey's Challenge # 2: Colour Combo - Brown, Yellow & Pink

Get Sketchy's Sketch # 4

Pile it On: Challenge # 13 - Circles Spots & Dots (DP & Brads)

It all started with a sketch... OK, really, it all started with blog-hopping and visiting Amy Tsuruta's fun blog - where I saw the GS sketch. I do love working from a sketch, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

The hardest part for me was the colour challenge. I had the yellow and brown - but fitting pink into my layout was tough. I wanted to do a muted, distressed look and the pinks in my stash just looked too 'pink' to work. So I made my own... using Stampin' Up's Pastels, I mixed pink and brown and brushed some on my Prima flowers. The "Promise" sign was too bright, too - so I distressed it by using a brown Staedler marker. Looking at my picture, I'd say that the gold is still a little too shiny. I'll put one more coat on, I think....

Cardstock - unknown from stash; Design Paper - Basic Grey "Mellow" collection (Seasoned & Birch); Image Stamp - Ladybug and Friends; Background Stamp - Penny Black Letter BG; Ribbon - Rusty Pickle; Flowers - Prima; Ink - StazOn Timber Brown; Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Scattered Straw & Black Soot; Brads, fancy pins & Promise Tag - Dollar Store.

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Have a GREAT long weekend!