FTL52 - Just Because

Happy Tuesday! This is the card I created using the most recent Fall-to Layout. It's a little hard to tell in the photo, but the sentiment strip has a little wave to it.

Supplies:

Stamps - In Bloom, Mod Squad

Ink - Stazon Black

Paper - Kraft, Kiwi Kiss, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White

Miscellaneous - Scallop Border Punch

FTL 52

Wow a year's worth of sketches is amazing! I am so thankful to Natasha for starting this blog and then letting me be apart of it! This card includes some Dare to Get Dirty (DTGD) challenges from Splitcoast Stampers (SCS). I used Memento Summer Sky and PaperTrey (PTI) Enchanted Evening inks on the silhouette flowers from PTI's Life stamp set. I matted that panel with PTI's Spring Rain and Enchanted Evening card stock. The sentiment, ribbon and button are all from PTI. Supplies: Stamps - PaperTrey Life; Ink - Memento, PaperTrey, Paper - PaperTrey; Misc - Ribbon, button, LI embroidery thread, EK Success border punch, dimensionals.

FTL 52!

It's official, I finally have a year's worth of sketches (although I posted the first sketch back in May 2008). It's kind of fun to reflect back a bit. At that point, the blog was very new. I started it because I had always sampled stamping styles, but finally found one that fit and that I knew would stick. I am so glad that so many people seem to enjoy this style too! Thank you so much for visiting!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my version. I vaguely recall that the inspiration for this sketch had a card featuring a bird cage. I really wanted to include a bird cage on my card, but was less than impressed with what I had in stamps. So I got to work in FreeHand and drew this on the computer. I printed it out, then stamped the little bird from Everyday Classics into it.

Supplies: Stamps: Everyday Classics Ink: Ocean Tides, True Black Paper: Aqua Mist, True Black, Ocean Tides, White Accessories, etc.: computer illustrating program and printer, scalloped punch, button, thread