Sketch Saturday - Sketch #313

Recipe for trouble:  Take a lovely sketch, print a cute image too big to fit the sketch and color it before thinking about the overall card!

Yikes!  I think I spent more time trying to fix the problem I created than it would have taken me to color a whole new image in a smaller size!  I started with a horizontal A2 card and thought I could make it work.  I monkeyed around and adapted the sketch a bit (Sorry, Alex!), but it just didn't fit. Back to the drawing board (at about 11:30 p.m.- on a work night) and start over with a bigger card base.  The trouble was, I needed a 12x12 piece of plain cardstock (which I don't have in great supply).  Obviously I got the card done, and the good news is I have a nice A2 card back with sweet little trees as a background waiting to be used for a future card.  I'm sure we all have stories like this!

Anyway, Alex is our lovely sketch designer this week for Sketch Saturday.  Sassy Cheryl Stamps is the sponsor.  This is her sweet image, Freedom, featuring her character named Noah.  Stop by the blog to see how successfully the other DT members were using the sketch for their cards!
Challenges Entered:
Crazy 4 Challenges 239:  Man Made/
Crafty Fingers #38 - AG

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #288

The weekend means another great sketch from the Sketch Saturday blog.  I had so much fun combining two different digital images to create the scene for my card.  The little boy is a Sassy Cheryl Stamps' creation called That's HOT!  The winter fence is a digi from Make It Crafty - which, in addition to their digi stamps is a fabulous resource for tutorials.

Both of the images came together from a CASE of this card from a fellow card-making blogger, Chrissy.  I let her know that I would be creating a card based on her cutie - and found that she made another card this week with the fence and a Sassy Cheryl girl image.

7 Dots Studio is sponsoring Sketch Saturday this week.  I hope you will drop by the blog and see what our fabulous DT has for you and play along with Marzena's fun sketch.

Challenges Entered:
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog #194 anything goes
The Pink Elephant - winter
Paper Playtime - anything goes
Clear It Out Tuesday - anything goes - cleared out- burlap
Shopping Our Stash - winter or holiday
Stampin' Royalty - snowflakes
Card Crafter's Circle - celebrations
House of Cards - holiday blog hop
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Wiinter/Christmas

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #284

Back again with another card for you from Sketch Saturday.  This image brought back fond memories of being a little girl for me.  We spent many hours sailing down the hills on our toboggan when I was in elementary school.  We piled as many kids and adults as would fit and screamed all of the way down the run!



           






                       
                                                                                    
The image, Smooth Sailing, from Sassy Cheryl Stamps was perfect  for this week's sketch.  The hills sparkle thanks to my bottle of Stickles, so you can imagine it being a dry, sunny winter day!  Simon Says Stamp is this week's sponsor.  They have a $25 credit for one lucky winner!  Check out the fabulous DT cards on the Sketch Saturday Blog.




Challenges Entered:
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog - anything goes with a Sassy Cheryl image
Divas By Design - Use a digi
Totally Papercrafts Blog - use glitter
Marker POP! - anything goes
Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge - anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - seasons

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #283

Here's another new sketch for you to try at the Sketch Saturday Blog.  I love the many ways the DT interpreted the sketch.  Clearly Besotted Stamps is our sponsor and the prize is stamp set of your choice.  That's quite an incentive!

I'm trying to use up scraps from my drawer and card fronts I created but ended up not using.  This card helped deplete both piles!  I used a Sassy Cheryl image, Maddie and Her Prize Pumpkin for my card.

I look forward to seeing how you all interpret the sketch.  Remember what they say - you have to play to win!  Good luck!





Challenges Entered:
Sassy Cheryl Blog - Let's give thanks
Simon Says Stamps - anything goes
Divas By Design - Use a little orange
Card Crafters Circle - cute card
Tip Top Tuesday - Seasons
Twisted Tuesday - anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #271

It's another Sketch Saturday challenge sponsored by Simon Says Stamps!  $25 to use in their online shop may have your name on it.  You just have to play along with our sketch this week!


I am using a digi from Sassy Cheryl Stamps.  It's called Patience Secret.  I think this is the cutest! The sentiment comes with it and the second line is, "for her secret is patience."  It's a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I seem to be on a blonde hair coloring kick lately.  I used a new color combination on this girl.  I started with Y23, Y11, E50 and then added some E33.  I like to see contrast rather than blended hair, so the E33 helped bring in some darker tones.

This sketch was a tricky one for me!  I had to draw the shape.  My years as a first grade teacher came in handy.  I remembered our container of pattern blocks and that the hexagon can be made with 6 triangles, so all I had to do was create the right sized triangle.  Don't look too closely though, because all of my sides aren't even.


Since you aren't looking too closely - I'd be grateful if you didn't notice the bleeding around the hair ribbon from my Copics.  I tried to push the ink with my colorless blender, but I am using Walmart cardstock and it's trickier to do.  I promise you don't notice it much on the card.  (Darn that camera eye!)

I pulled our my V00 for shading on her face because her shirt any bow use violets.  The other colors I used were E000, E00, E11 & R20.  The grass is an assortment of YG Copics -YG67 is the darkest.

Have fun with the sketch; I can't wait to see your creations!

Challenges Entered:
Divas by Design - BINGO challenge (distressing, pearls, embossing)
Creative Inspirations - something old (the blue dotted paper) and something new - (the digi image)
Totally Papercrafts - summer fun
The Alphabet Challenge - micro/mini - (the ladybugs and the ladybug dot on the sentiment)

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #266

                                                                                                                         It's Alex's week over at Sketch Saturday and she has arranged for Sassy Cheryl Stamps to be this    week's sponsor.  This is such a sweet little girl! Sassy Cheryl is a new company to me; I love her artwork. I'll be going back to buy some of her digital images!  Hope you will come and play with us this week!

                                                                                                  

 






                                                                              

                                                                           

Challenge entry for:

Friday Mash Up- bingo of flowers, buttons and ribbon
Card Crafters Circle - winter or summer creation
Designed to Color Challenge - recipe challenge
Marker Pop! Challenge #25 - summer
CMC Copic Challenge Group - Anything goes
Art Impressions Blog - flowers
Oozak Blog - anything goes with a girlie theme
Desert Island Crafters - Itinerary - #1 Outside, #2 Flowers, #6 Ribbon or twine, #9 Dies and punches