Playing with Techniques and Card Sketches

The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is out for this week and it’s another good one.

 

This is one that I need to add to my card sketch recipe file for sure.

I had fun playing with this and I created two cards with this sketch using different techniques on each card.

 

I created the little bee card using the Meant to Bee scrapbook workshop kit and the coordinating stamp and die set.  It’s just so cute and I love this color combination for summer.

I pulled out the Good Times Ephemera pack and used several of the bits I found in that set.  You can see the cloud, the leafy stem, and the little daisy.  I like this set quite a lot.  They actually gave them an adhesive back this time which is really nice.

My sentiment came from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp and die set.  I love having a sentiment set that has a set of perfectly coordinated dies to go with it. That little bee is part of the Meant to Bee stamp and die set.  I used several new In Colors to stamp this one and I love the end result.

The embellishments are from the new In Color embellishment package.  I LOVE them!!

My background technique for this card follows the sketch exactly.  I used 3/4 x 4″ strips of DSP and gave both ends of each strip the torn edge detail.  I popped them up on dimensionals and I really like the way that makes them look. I added two circles of card stock: one in Petunia Pop that is 1-7/8″, the other is Basic White in 1-3/4″.

It really is all in the details!

 

I used the masking tape technique to create the background stripes on this card.  I used Real Red, Darling Duckling, and Cloud Cover.  I love the raggedy feel of the background.  I think it works with the random watercolor effect on the cactus plant and pot.

I added a Soft Sea Foam 2-3/8″ circle and mat on the card.  I was looking for a color that wasn’t in your face for those pieces.  I just wanted them to anchor and outline, not become a bold detail.

The plant is another ephemera piece from the Good Times ephemera set.  The embellishments are also from the In Color set.  Here, you can see I went with the Secret Sea gems for a nice bold pop.  I placed them around the plant to draw your eye across that plant, which is my focal image.

This is my favorite of the two cards.  What do you think?

 

Join us for this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  We love to leave comments, and you might end up a winner!

 

 

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