201!

Good evening!

Sorry, the post is a touch later than usual. I've been having somewhat of a busy week and then I came down with a very annoying summer cold. I actually made this card the other day, I just forgot to photograph and get my post ready early, oops!

 The sketch is a lot simpler than last week's! I don't have any measurements for you, this could easily be a one-layer card. I think my main image panel was 4x5-1/4.

Here's my take. I thought about keeping all that white space as solid white space, but I decided to make it into a starry background instead. The yellow on the white is fairly subtle.

Supplies:
Stamps: Super Star, Star Prints, Outline Alphabet
Ink: Harvest Gold, Rich Cocoa
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Harvest Gold, White

If you play along, please leave a link to your post!

#200!!

WOW!  200 Sketches!  Way to go Natasha!!!

I had a tough time with this one at first...  I don't know why, but it challenged me.  First I was going to use stamps, but even with my various stamp positioners, I wasn't happy with it.  Then I was going to use flowers but I couldn't find enough of any colour or colour combination in my stash.  So then I moved to buttons.

And, in exciting news, I used Washi tape for the first time!!!  That's the polka dot layer...

I'm glad I didn't give up on this sketch as I like the card I ended up creating!

200!!!!

It's time for the 200th sketch!

The measurements:
Card: 5-1/2x5-/12
Main Panel: 5x5
Main Panel Frame: 5-1/8x5-1/8
Sentiment panel: 5x1-1/2

I wanted something fun and bright. And I used eyelets, again! What!! I didn't feel like using buttons as my embellishment, but I wanted something small and round on there.

Supplies:
Stamps: Dot Spot, Think Big #13
Ink: Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Craft Chocolate Chip
Paper: Summer Sunrise, White, Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate
Accessories, etc.: Eyelets, Embossing Powder

As always if you play along, feel free to leave a link to your project.

FTL199

Well, the layoff from work has not translated in to a bunch of time spent creating.  I was laid off on June 13th and today was the first time I actually ventured down to my creative space during the day!  But hey, I did make two cards.  There might be more this afternoon after a lunch date with my hubby.

The sketch this week is so awesome...  I created a on layer card, but it would have been easy to add a few layers and interest if you wanted to...

I am loving what I am seeing from what *you* have created!!!!!

FTL199 Homegrown

Hi friends. Today Natasha at the Clean and Simple Stamping Blog, Fall to Layout (FTL199), has another perfect sketch for us. I decided to make my card a different size outside of the usual A2 and use a retired Stampin' Up! set of Homegrown.

I have a lot of white space on my card but really made my images stand out. I colored directly onto the stamps using markers in various colors blending for a more realistic look. I punched the bottom of my card with a scallop punch for a little something extra.

I hope that you like this card and thank you so much for stopping by to visit us today. I hope that this provides you with some fun inspiration.

There are additional pictures on my blog at Cindy Coutts Designs.

Stamps: Homegrown

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Ink Pads: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake

Markers/Colored Pencils: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Gumball Green, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango

Hardware/Charms/Brads: Vintage Trinkets

Punches: Large Oval, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Scallop Oval

Size: 3-5/16 x 6-1/2

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