Sketch Saturday - Sketch #356

Welcome back to another week of our Sketch Saturday challenge.  Niki is our sketch designer this week and Simon Says Stamp! is our sponsor.  The challenge winner will have a $25 credit to their online store!  What a great prize - and they are having a sale of 25% off of Copic markers until April 17th!

I used a free image from Aurora Wings for my card.  Mitzi offered the image last week when she reached 2,500 likes on the Aurora Wings Facebook site.  She's a sweetie and was a great fairy to color.

Take a peak at what the DT has for you this week and then join us for this week's challenge.  I can't wait to see what you make!

Challenges Entered:
Aurora Wings #13/ - AG
Craft Your Passion #256/ - AG
Clear it Out (April 7th)/ - AG/AG (lace border)
Little Red Wagon #284/- Spring Is In the Air
Creative Inspirations #308 /- A Trio of -(sequins)
Little Miss Muffet #109/ - AG
Crafty Catz #274/ - 2 or More Patterned Papers
House of Cards - April Week 1 - use a butterfly

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #320

Another new sketch for you at Sketch Saturday.  This one was designed by Vannessa.  UK based company, Sir Stampalot is sponsoring us this week, so play along for a chance to win their fabulous prize.

My card uses a free digi, Sunflower Sprite, available from the current "Sprite Delight" challenge on the Aurora Wings blog.  By the time I was done coloring, the tones evoked a more fall than summer feel.   They reminded me of going to the farmer's market in September and seeing the deep colors of yellow and orange sunflowers.  They make a stunning, happy bouquet!

Choosing the papers was my biggest challenge for this card.  I think I made it harder for myself because of the color Copics I used for shading around the sprite. Wanting to use something other than BG000, I turned to B60 & 63.  Honestly, I wasn't all that thrilled with it, but it's good to experiment!

 I used PTI's Lemon Tart for the main yellow and stamped the leafy background with SU's Daffodil Delight ink.  (Lemon Tart ink was too light.)  Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Rectangle die gave some detail to the yellow bg and the sparkle is compliments of Stickles!

Copics Used:
Yellow sunflower -
Y15, 19 &24 with a bit of YR68

"Spotlight" card/ Little Miss Muffet

Orange Sunflower - YR04, 65, 68, E99
Orange Center - E41, 44, YG00; outer ring E41, 44, 47
Leaves - YG00, 03, 11, 23, 67
Sprite's Bloomers - E41, 44, 47
Skin - E00, 21, 11, R20
Colorless blender pen for the tips of the leaves & on her face.

Challenges Entered:
Aurora Wings #5 - Sprite Delight (until 8/16)
Through the Craft Room Door /- AG
Crafting from the Heart #28/- AG
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #45/ - AG
Crafty Girls Challenge #23/ - AG
Scribble and Scrap #23/ - AG
That Craft Place/ - AG
Little Miss Muffet #90/ - AG

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #303

It's an anything goes week at Sketch Saturday!  Just pick any sketch from #215 through #302 and have fun!  I used Sketch #216 for my card.  The DT is using digi images from our sponsor Doodle Garden.  The sweetie you see here is called Bunny Luv.  Over the past year, I have had fun coloring artist Jennifer Nilson's images and this one was no different.  I kept her pretty simple as far as colors go.  I loved leaving the bunny white.  Putting the color behind it and adding some shading for shadows makes the white pop like a brand new white t-shirt!  Hurry over to the Sketch Saturday blog for some inspiration from the DT!

Copics used:
Skin - E000, 00, 11, R20
Hair - YR20, Y20, E 33, 37
Shirt - Y11, YR21
Ears - R11, 02, 20, 22
Background - BG0000, 000
Shading - W0, 01, 03


Challenges Entered:
Cute Card Thursday - Flowers
Tuesday Throwdown #188 - Dimensional
Party Time Tuesdays #165 - anything goes
In the Pink #40 - Kiddie's Corner
4 Crafty Chicks #187 - Spring
Challenges 4 Everyone #39 - anything goes
Created with Love #78 - Girlie
Crafty Hazelnut's March Patterned Paper Challenge
Alphabet Challenge Blog - D is for Die cuts
Totally Papercrafts #212 - Think Pink

Sister Act Challenge #50

Digi Darla Designs was slated to be the sponsor for this week's Sister Act  anything goes challenge, but unfortunately due to health reasons their site closed, so Jenn is offering a different prize.  Stop by the blog to see what the DT has in store for you.

I'm using an Aurora Wings digi - Hydrangea Fairy.  Instead of the blues and violets from my last card, this time I made the flowers in pinks and used an oval die around her.  This week's Freshly Made Sketch #129 inspired the card design.  I wanted to keep clean lines in the card so the image takes center-stage and is enhanced by the paper choice.  I focused on her eyes with my coloring, paying special attention to eye colors and where light is reflected in them as I watched television. Aside from the shading, I added a little brown around her retina and a dot of light with my white gel pen.

I remembered to write down the Copics I used this time.  I always appreciate having a reference when folks list them, but usually forget to keep track as I work!
Skin:  E000, 00, 11, R20
Hair:  E50, 31, 33, 35, 37
Flowers: RV00, 21, 26, 29, YG 00, 21, 23
Eyes:  B000, 00, 21, BG72, E31

Challenges Entered:
Aurora Wings - March anything goes
Freshly Made Sketches #129
The Pink Elephant #243 - Favorite Color Combination
The Crafty Bloggers Network (March) - Nature
Created with Love #78 - Girly
                                                                  Party Time Tuesdays #165 - Anything goes
                                                                  Pile It On #12 - Pretty Hair
                                                                  ABC Challenge - H is for Hair

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #300 and BLOG HOP!

Simon Says Stamp is sponsoring a very exciting sketch week for us at Sketch Saturday!  Jo Edwards, the creator of Sketch Saturday is with us as a Guest DT member and we're bringing back the very first sketch that kicked off the blog to celebrate the Sketch 300th sketch.













I wanted to use something extra special this week because 300 sketches is quite a testimony to the longevity of Jo's original idea for the challenge.  I decided to color up the gorgeous image Hydrangea Fairy from the Etsy shop, Aurora Wings.

To mark this celebration, Deb has organized a BLOG HOP with candy hidden along the HOP.  You just have to visit each stop and leave a comment.  One person will be chosen from each of the hidden candy blogs and announced in a special post at 7:20 a.m. UK time on March 15th.

 Clicking on the picture below will take you through the Hop.  If you arrived here from Vanessa's blog, the next stop is Alex.  Be sure to leave a comment on each blog (including mine) - you won't know whose blog has candy until next week's post.  Good luck and have fun hopping!  After you are inspired by the DT, make your own card and enter the sketch challenge HERE!