It’s Wednesday again already! And that means we have another sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches, with the incredibly talented Jen Mitchell as our hostess. Look at what she has for us this week:
I decided to make a birthday card, and I’ve been wanting to use a faux watercoloring technique again that I tried a few weeks ago (you can see that post here), so I combined the two.
I started by embossing the sentiment from Countless Sayings 2 (one of the photopolymer sets) with clear embossing powder on Very Vanilla card stock. I used a sponge dauber and dragged some Bermuda Bay ink across the bottom, some Coastal Cabana ink on the middle, and some Pool Party ink on the top, blending a little each time. With a small wet paintbrush, I lightly touched the card stock, depositing little drops of water on it. Easy peasy!
We’d love to see what you do with the sketch! Head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches site for some inspiration from the design team, and then post your own creation in the gallery.
Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!
I needed a birthday card, so I pulled out the Birthday Basics dsp that I have left. I also used the Chalk Talk stamp set and coordinating framelits.
I haven’t used the Chalk Talk set in a while, so I pulled it out. I paired it with the Etcetera dsp and used a few different ribbons, most of which are retiring.
I knew right away what I wanted to do with this sketch, and that so rarely happens to me. Continuing on with my theme of showcasing retiring products, I pulled out my Oh, Hello stamp set.
I pulled out my Blooming with Kindness set and decided to use the soft, pretty colors from the Afternoon Picnic dsp.
I pulled out my Life in the Forest stamp set, which has not seen much ink. It has a cute little bunny in it so I thought it would be perfect for an Easter card.
I struggled for a little bit in figuring out what to put in that long focal panel. But as I was looking through my stamp sets, the Mosaic Madness set jumped out at me. I haven’t used it in a while and it is such a fun set. So I went all out with the mosaics — stamps, punch, dsp, embossing folder…
I pulled out Field Flowers and stamped the flowers with Crushed Curry ink and I used Pumpkin Pie ink for the flower center stamp. I added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the centers as well. I love the gingham paper from Gingham Garden dsp, so I need to use it up before the new catalog comes out. You know, that’s only two months away.
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