PLAYING WITH SCS SKETCH CHALLENGE 254

I know this sketch is 2 weeks ago already, but... I really liked it 2 weeks ago, but did not have a chance to play with it, so now I was able to. I made these 2 cards.


I think it's pretty straight forward. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
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SKETCH CHALLENGE 218? NOT!!!

The one challenge I mostly play along with is the sketch challenge on SCS. So last Wednesday I was inspired by this card to participate. And since I have the same set and had not used it yet, I was definitely inspired. I was also inspired by Gina K's Stamp TV episode on coloring with mineral oils. I have had several prisma colors and have never used them, and since I had also read somewhere that baby oil can be used, I decided to try it. I really liked the result. Unfortunately, I had overdone some things and did not like the end result. So I decided to use watercoloring on 140lb watercolor paper. But again I was not happy. The image was not clear. So I decided to use the prisma colors and baby oil again. It is not perfect, but I'll keep on practicing with these colors.
Now onto the sketch challenge. My image was to large, so I had to make it work differently. I've had the jazz wheel for quite awhile and had not used it. Thought it would work well with this card.

DETAILS:
CS: SU whisper white, bravo burgandy, choc. chip & close to cocoa
Stamps: SU Musical Expressions, Jazz Wheel (retired)
Ink: Versafina - smokey gray, SU- choc. chip
Technique: Prisma colors with Baby oil

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MY TAKE ON SCS SKETCH CHALLENGE 216

This morning I woke up at 5:00am. I did my best to fall asleep again, but it didn't work. So, since I had checked the sketch challenge before I went to sleep last night, my mind started formulating a card and I decided that I should actually make it in real life. So here it is:

I decided to use the Crafty Secrets Sweet Kids set, and instead of the rectangular layer over the circles, I used the sleeping girl in the hammock to hang from my "clouds". I had fun participating.
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WORLD CARDMAKING DAY - ONE DAY LATE!

Since yesterday Oct. 4th was World Cardmaking Day, I decided to make a card. Unfortunately I did not finish it. I did the coloring of the image based on the DP I had, but could not come up with a layout. And since it was Saturday, I got interrupted by numerous things, i.e. my kids. So, today I decided to finish my card. And fortunately while going through my emails and looking at my blog subscriptions I came upon this great card by Amy Sheffer which is using a sketch by Jen del Muro, and it looked perfect for my card. So here you have it.

The stamp is an image by Crafty Secrets' Sweet Kids.
DP is Daisy Bucket Designs
Cardstock: SU Close to Cocoa, and Pumpkin Pie
I watercolored the image with SU watercolor pencils.

Have a great Sunday!
Rosella

THE SAME, BUT WITH A LITTLE TWIST

I've decided that when I make a card, I make 2 of them. This because I am usually making one to send to someone, and then I have an extra for emergency use. After I finished with them, I analized it and decided to see what it might look like with a little ribbon. I also used the sentiment which comes with the set.
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Rosella

SCS SKETCH CHALLENGE 180

I am finally doing a sketch challenge again. It actually came together pretty easy. I decided to use the image and paper which I had put together for a swap, which is "Card kits with a twist". We just put paper, dp, ribbon, a stamped image, an embellishment in a bag, and get different ones back. So these are the papers and image I sent for this swap. The image is from the SU Spring Song set, DP is SU Teatime (I think), the sentiment is an MFT stamp. colors SU Cert. Celery, Bashful Blue and Close to Cocoa.

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Rosella

SKETCH CHALLENGE 173

I can hardly believe that I am actually posting a challenge on the scheduled challenge day. This is my card for SC173 on SCS. I used the SPRING SONG SU! set. Stamped it with stasz-on onto shimmery white and watercolored it with blender pen and ink pad. Colors are ROSE RED, MELLOW MOSS, ALWAYS ARTICHOKE. The DP is from last years SU's idea book RECOLLECTIONS. I stamped FLORAL BGD on the solid Burgandy piece. First time trying out of the box image. Almost lost the beak trying this.

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SC166 - FAUX SILK

I finally got around to some stamping today. Since I'm lacking mojo it did take me awhile to come up with this card. I'm not incredibly impressed with it, but I think it's okay. I am trying to come up with a nice Easter card to send to family. Just thought I'd share it with you. First time I tried the faux-silk technique. Used an old but good set Easy Elegance.

SKETCH CHALLENGE 155 - KIND OF LATE

I made this birthday card for one of my dh's workers. She is the only women working with a bunch of guys. At the companie's Christmas Dinner we were talking about birthdays and she mentioned that her birthday, Jan 5, is usually not thought of. I just want to let her know that even though she has a birthday close to Christmas, she is being thought of on her birthday. So, when I told my dh, he decided to get a cake for her too. I hope she has a special day.

My card started out being inspired by this card, but I did not completely want to CASE it. So I fumbled for awhile with what to do with these flowers. I went to SCS to get more inspiration and came across SC155. I enjoy doing these challenges and had not come around to using this one.
Details:
Paper: Perfect Plum, Choc. Chip, Vanilla, Watercolor Paper 90lb
Stamps: In Full Bloom (revived), Itty Bitty Background, Warmest Regards, Floral Background

DIRTY OR DISTRESSED?

I thought I would have a lot of time to stamp coming August, but I have not stamped much at all. I have finally come up with a couple of excuses:
1) - I have been feeling very depressed
2) - I have to deal with cronic fatigue syndrome
3) - My craft room is downstairs in the PIT and since I don't want to be down there when my kids are playing outside. Just can't do it.
So, today I did something about my last excuse. I put my stamping tools in a basket and went outside on the table on the deck and stamped while the kids were playing outside.



I used the sketch callenge 138 on SCS. I really liked it. I used mostly SU supplies minus the watercolor paper.
Paper: Card - Ruby Red, Layers - Marigold Morming and Choc. Chip. Layer under image is ruby red.
The Tiled layer is POLISHED STONE. I used reinker colors: creamy caramel, marigold morning and gold. To do this you take a cotton swab add some alcohol and a few drops of the reinkers. Dab this on glossy cardstock. When it has dried, spray with matte acrylic sealer.
The image is from the set GIVE THANKS. Stamped with Stasz-on Black and colored with watercolor pencils and blender pen.
On the one card I sponged the edges of all the layers making it DIRTY
The other card I distressed all the layers: DISTRESSED
I'm not sure which I like better. My dd Vanessa likes the dirty one.

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