A Sketch Challenge With The Create And Inkspire October Kit

I will confess that I was a little unsure of the stamp set included in this month’s Create and Inkspire card kit.  I love the value I’ve been getting in these kits!  This one came with some beautiful specialty papers and cardstock, a two step stencil, and some rub on luster paint. The papers are so nice, I am feeling a little apprehensive about using them!  You know that means months of hoarding if I don’t use them this week!

I had a lot of fun creating a card with the masking paper that came in the kit.  I used this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to create my design team card for the week and I LOVE how this card came out.  All reservations about this stamp set are gone.  I’m in love!

Believe it or not, I actually followed the sketch for this week pretty closely!

Michelle Stewart always  makes fantastic sketches.  I love this one and it calls out to be a clean and simple card, yet I couldn’t resist doing a little watermark stamping with VersaMark ink on that fantastic kraft cardstock that came in the kit.  I have always loved the look of this on kraft cardstock.

Oh how I loved this sketch!  Once I layered my stamps together, I realized that this was going to be a fun little fall scene to color!

I pulled out my Copics and got started and had fun combining some purple shades and some yellow greens.  I’ve developed some favorite combinations for pumpkins, apples, and green things.  I hadn’t developed a favorite color combination for grapes and pears yet.

That watermark background kept this card from feeling empty.  I considered adding some splatters, but I really liked the way this looked without them.

I didn’t use any of the sentiments on this card because I just couldn’t fit them.  The next card I create with this set will definitely have room for that fabulous Thanks or the Happy Thanksgiving sentiment.

I will also be using some of the fantastic metallic specialty papers that came  in this set!

Video:

Copic Combinations:

Pumpkin: YR 18, 14, 12, Y35

Pear: YG 03,01,0000

Apple: R59,27,24,30

Corn: Y00, 15 G67,63,61

Stems: E44,43

Grapes: BV17, V15, BV11

Ground: W3,1,0

Sky: BG0000

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Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed the video and my interpretation of the sketch.  I would love to see what you do with the sketch.  Please consider playing along with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!!!