Unscripted Sketches #211

Hi everyone!  If you are a fellow Canadian, I hope you are ready for a great holiday weekend.  The rest of the world, you enjoy the weekend as well.
Today I have my example for the challenge at UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES.  I decided to combine a sketch and some normal card making elements to create my sample.

There is something that appeals to me about half faces so I drew one and layered it with card stock, plaid paper and some stick-on buttons for my card.  I was stuck for a caption so I settled for a simple "hello".
My sketch is just pencil which is traced over with Pitt Pen.  I went easy on the shading to keep her soft and sweet.
I hope you get the time to visit UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES to see the beautiful cards the other ladies from the team have created. I am sure you will be inspired by their handiwork.
Thanks so much for visiting and happy crafting!

happy

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Unscripted Sketches #209

Good morning to everyone!  It looks like spring has come to Sault Ste. Marie - and wouldn't you know it - I have to work. Ugh!!
Today I have my DT example for the sketch at UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES.  We are a weekly sketch challenge blog with

great sketches and a great design team.
My card incorporates some artwork with some stamping.  I drew the little mermaid inspired by a class I took with Megan Suarez.  Then I used some SU stamps to add to the summer theme.

The back paper is washed with water colours and then stenciled with neon green paint to create the swirls resembling water.  I chose blue and green for my colour scheme since it is very "oceanic".  The mermaid is coloured with Copics.

Please visit us at UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES, check out the samples from the team and maybe even enter the challenge this week.

Thanks for visiting!!

Unscripted Sketches #207

Good morning, crafters!
Saturday means another great sketch at UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES.  
I chose to do a card combining an art class I am taking with the sketch.

An exercise for the class was to do a line drawing of an owl so I used india ink and a calligraphy pen and drew my owl on cardstock sponged with Tim Holtz Distresses inks.  I super enjoy ink drawing but it is not very forgiving - no erasing or retakes.  I do think he turned out cute though and am considering a digital stamp set of these little guys.
For the background I used some old patterned paper and cut out rectangles of co-ordinating

card stock (loosely like the sketch).  I needed a sentiment so I used inexpensive letter stamps and added one to the bottom. 
I hope you get a chance to visit UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES this week to see the samples from the design team - I am sure you will be inspired to create a card of your own.
Bye for now~

Unscripted Bog-iversary!

Hi everyone.  It is our 4th blog-iversary over at UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES and we are having a celebration.  Along with our weekly sketch, there are a few surprises waiting for you.  Pop over and check it out!
Our sketch this week is an awesome one with several

possibilities.  I chose to make a "grungy look" card using a book page as my patterned paper.  I "aged" the paper by running a suede ink pad over the surface and inked the edges with the same ink.  I stamped the sentiment on kraft card stock and then tore it out rather than cut it.  I inked the edges of it as well.

The stamps I used are both Tim Holtz (no one does grunge any better).  And I love how the image looks sort of worn when stamped on the book page.
Thanks, everyone, for stopping by and remember to visit UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES to check out our designers' samples, maybe even enter a card and to join our celebration!
Happy Blog-iversary!

Unscripted Sketches #204

Happy Easter weekend everyone!
I hope you are enjoying this holiday weekend and your time with family and friends.  
Today's card is my sample for the challenge at UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES.  We are a weekly sketch challenge blog with a very talented design team. Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my card:

I decided to make lollipop trees as the central image and added the faint butterfly stamp to co-ordinate with the green background.  The DSP is one I made myself for some other project but did not use.  It is embossed and sponged.  This is a great way to use up scraps- and so easy to do.  If I was making another version, I probalby would glue the trees directly to a background as I am not totally thrilled with the white card stock.  Oh well, learn from my mistakes!

Click here to visit UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES and to enter our challenge.

Have a great weekend!

Unscripted Sketches Challenge #203

Saturday means another challenge at UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES and today I have my sample for the sketch.  I decided to draw another cute little image to use on my card.
I found this sketch a bit challenging since I am not very good at leaving blank spaces on my cards.

I started out with a Tim Holtz tag die which I cut in white and then ran through my Big Shot with the lattice embossing folder. I mounted this on a piece of yellow card and trimmed the card to fit the tag.  The duck is drawn, coloured with copics and then cut out.  The umbrella is a piece of DSP which I collaged on. 
For this card, the base is 5X7" , something I rarely do but the tag was just too big for a standard 4 1/4X5 1/2" card.  The patterned paper is a scrap of floral DSP from my stash. Since the sketch called for a greeting, I added the half oval with the Easter sentiment under the tag.
Hint:  I find myself using my sticker maker more and more to attach card stock to the front of cards.  I love that there are no "sticking up edges" and my cards look so tidy.
Hope this card gives you a smile!
P.S.  Please visit UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES if you would like more smiles and some great inspiration.

Try Stampin' Sketch #110

Hi, everyone!

Today I have my card for the sketch at TRY STAMPIN' ON TUESDAY.  Mynnette designed our sketch this week and it gave me a chance to use another of my simple, whimsical drawings.
I sketched this bunny, coloured him with copics and collaged his shirt on him.

I used Stampin' Up papers and some cute little flower buttons (with the shanks snipped off), an SU stamp, a Martha Stewart punch and a white jelly pen.  The bow is a piece of tulle and an adhesive button.
I love drawing whimsical characters and am trying to broaden the spectrum of subjects.
I encourage you to visit TRY STAMPIN' ON TUESDAY to view the amazing creations from the rest of the girls on the team.  They are a very talented group.  While you are there, I am sure you will want to enter our challenge.
Talk to you later!

Unscripted Sketches #202

Good morning!
This is my last day in Roatan.  Back to the cold later today.

My card for this week's sketch at UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES is another one of my drawings turned into a digital stamp.  I decided to do this cute little elephant holding a balloon coloured with Copics.

The paper is scraps and I don't even remember where they came from.
I had a hard time finding just the right stamp so I used one stamp and masked off areas to turn the three stacked lines into one horizontal one.
I love the elephant but am not totally thrilled with the blocks at the side - if I did it again, I would change them up a bit.

Unscripted Sketches #201

Hi everyone!
As I post this, I am on the beach in Roatan (or in the water). I am on vacation and hope my scheduling worked OK.

Today I have my sample for Sketch #201 at UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES.  I made a few changes  but I am sure that you can see the original sketch poking through.
My card is very much NOT what I would normally make but I thought I would try something a little less "me-like".  

I used some floral background paper and the opposite side worked perfectly for the bands.  The card base is Wild Wasabi green, and the butterfly and caterpillar are a soft blue scrap to match the floral.   I stamped the sentiment on a piece of plastic packaging and glued it on the card front before adding the bands. (Hint:  Use permanent ink and let it dry a long time before touching it)  I had to reverse the bands to make the images work.  

When I started, I was not sure if I would like this card but I have to say I am overall quite pleased.

Visit UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES if you want to see the samples from the rest of the team and to enter our challenge.

Bye for now!