May 15 2008
Yesterday’s sketch challenge and today’s Ways to Use it challenge
I saw that AmyR filled in for Roxie yesterday to post the sketch challenge on Splitcoast. She can make the simplest sketches look fabulous! So I decided to try this one for myself. Besides, I needed a birthday card for a coworker!
Remember that I made a birthday card for my son-in-law earlier with the little dog from the CC Designs stamp set, It’s My Birthday? Well, I decided to go with the same theme here. The coworker is a young man also.
The card is pretty straightforward. The zig-zag lines are not actually stitching, but one of the stamps from a Technique Tuesday stamp set. The tiniest present is paper pieced with a scrap of the striped paper, and the faux brads are taken with teal cardstock punched with my 1/4″ circle punch. I also shaded the sentiment a little with a W1 Copic marker.
Thanks for coming by to visit today!
Oh and did you watch the American Idol elimination show last night? I definitely think the best 2 are in the finals – David and David. I vote for David, how about you?!! (Personally, I think David Cook has the most versatile style, but I love them both!)
AND…tonight’s another new episode of Grey’s Anatomy! Yum!
Have a wonderful day!
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Stamps: It’s My Birthday – CC Designs, Hanging By a Thread – Technique Tuesday
Paper: shimmery vanilla, cranberry crisp, taken with teal, My Mind’s Eye 12×12 slab
Inks: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber
Accessories: Copic markers, 1/4″ circle punch, mounting tape
Copics used: Y21, Y26, YR16, YR68, BG15, BG09, YG03, G94, E09, E37, E31, E33, E13, W1
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After I’d posted the above card for yesterday’s challenge, I found out that today’s Ways to Use it Challenge at SCS is to use inchies. I LOVE INCHIES!!! I first learned about them on Ellen Hutson’s blog and have been fascinated with capturing as much art as possible on a 1″ square! The real experts are Sharon, Debbie, Ellen, Michelle, Trudee and Cindy. Check ’em out! Ellen even has an entire blog devoted to them: Inchie Inklings.
So this is the mini-card that I made for Ellen’s March Inchie challenge.
Thanks again for stopping by!
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Stamps: Pencil cup – Lockhart Stamps
Paper: white, always artichoke, real red, Basic Grey cupcake 6×6 pad
Inks: Palette Hybrid Noir
Accessories: Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, 1″ punch, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities rectangle dies
14 responses so far
This is so cute Broni, love the DP you used and as always your coloring is awesome!!
Yum is right! I love your card too! That image is so cute, but you made it not too cutesy for a guy! Great coloring and it’s a great sketch! I hope David Cook wins…I think he’s fabulous!
I LOVE this! How cute–it makes me want that stamp very much! Your coloring is great, and the way the inchie pops off the page is just fabulous!
TFS!
LeAnne
Cute, cute cards!!! But I’ll be honest…I looked at Patrick Demsey more times than I looked at your cards. I’m sorry. (lol)
First off….Patrick is a Hunka-HUnka! Your cards are great too!
I really loved your inchie card when I saw it on the Inchie Blog! Great and now I want to get the pencil stamp!!!
This card is so cute and so very creative Broni! I love it!
Love that spotlighting on the bottom card! Such a cool effect!
Love the cards…and the pic of McDreamy- YUM-O
Love the way you spotlighted the pencils on your inchie with the colors – great design!
Oh my gosh, this card is stunning…..I love how it goes from black and white into colour. Awesome. Joan
Both cards are fabulous but that inchie is out of this world! I love the way you made it pop off the page with dimension and color, plus that image works great for this technique!
I love the pencil cup and the way you did the Inchie spotlight for it. The birthday card is so darn cute, too. Love this little doggie with all his presents. He looks like he doesn’t quite know what to make of it all. Great card for a guy, really–something that would bring a smile, I think, and that’s always a good thing.
BTW, regarding your comment about our “car topper” … it’s a very small row boat we carry on the top of our SUV for when we go to small, out of the way places. You made me laugh with your mental image!
Wow, talk about POP! Gorgeous