Friday Sketch! #43
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I have to say this card I made for today took on a whole life of it's own. I generally sketch out a layout to use for these Friday posts but today I just played around and this was the end result!
I picked up a few Rachel Anne Miller stamps the other day - I think they're REALLY cute and the ones I got I thought would work really well with my soon-to-be-released Love Sentiments set.
I stamped this Lily & Milo For You stamp onto white cardstock the cut it out with my heart nestabilities die before coloring it in with my Copics.
Since I was using my Love Sentiments set this was a Valentine's card - but in completely untraditional colors! I pulled out my SEI Dill Blossom paper pad and took colors from that to use in coloring the main image.
I stamped the "Happy Valentine's Day" from the Love Sentiments set onto a scrap of white cardstock before adhering it to the card with some mini brads.
The Primas are from my stash (I've made a New Year's resolution to really start using up all the embellishments I have - whether it be Primas, ribbon, bling, buttons etc etc - goodness knows I have enough to keep me going at LEAST through all of 2009 (and prolly the next decade LOL!)) as are the buttons.
I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the leafy patterned paper, then after attaching the main image and Primas I added a few buttons and some jute twine tied into a bow.
I also went back over the main image with my gold Spica glitter pen just to add a little subtle shimmer (something I love to do. In real life it looks just like this - from one angle you can hardly see it but when you turn the card to the light all of a sudden you can see all the sparkle - yet it's still subtle).
I finished off the inside of the card as well. I just used up the rest of the leafy patterned paper, added a strip of the turquoise paper (punched with the same Martha Stewart punch), then adhered a large heart cut from a scrap of white cardstock.
That one side looked a little "empty" so I added a smaller heart cut from some brown paper and that was it :o)
{SUPPLIES}
STAMPS: Rachel Anne Miller Lily & Milo For You stamp, AmyR Stamps Love Sentiments.
CS: White, Cameo Coral (SU!), SEI Dill Blossom Patterned Paper.
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics.
ACCESSORIES: Heart Nestabilities Dies, Primas, Brads, Buttons, Jute Twine, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Gold Spica Glitter Pen, Dimensionals.
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And here's the sketch:
FYI the main image doesn't HAVE to be on a heart shape - but it's a bonus if it's tilted at least!! I'm still fiddling with my PSE5 (Photoshop Elements Version 5) to make my sketches a little "cooler" - but my technical skills are sadly lacking!! It's a learning process that's for sure *grin*
Anywho - here's the usual info:
- keyword to use when uploading to public galleries is AMYRS52 (here's why)
- link directly to your creation when posting a link to your card - why you ask? Check out this link for more info.
-you are welcome to save this sketch to your computer (right click then save to your computer) and upload it to your blog post along with a direct link to this post with credit given to me for the sketch :o)
- have your card done and linked before next Thursday at 11pm EST in order to have it included with the participants links - other than that there is no time limits - this is all for fun!
- ANYONE can participate - you can use whatever products/stamps/embellies you want - sky's the limit :)
- I WILL remove any links I deem inappropriate and/or not post them with next Friday's sketch (self-promotional, spam, card not following sketch in any way etc etc etc).
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And here are the links to everyone who played along with Friday Sketch! #42 (seems like it's been forever but it's only been 2 weeks!):
Kelley's Card - and second card
