FTL3- Take Two!

Happy Friday!

Ready to revisit the third sketch?

Although this sketch is super simple, I found myself stumped. I kept wanting to use stars, but told myself to use something other than the shape from the sketch. As I sat there contemplating, a colour scheme came to me, and from there, I found the right stamps!

Supplies:

Stamps: Blooming Button Bits, Women of Life, Beautiful Blooms

Ink: Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Limeade Ice, Dark Chocolate

Paper: Lemon Tart, Simply Chartreuse, White

Accessories, etc.: Brown grosgrain, corner rounder

If you play along, please leave a link in the comments!

FTL2 Take two

Hey everyone!! So happy to be back at the sketches again! And loving that we are starting from the beginning!!!

So heres  my take on this sketch! I had a ton of fun making it!! Hope you play along too!!!

Have a great week everyone!
Chera

FTL 2- Take Two

Hello,

I hope you're ready for our second take of sketch #2! This one is extremely simple and is great when you want use a larger sentiment

I thought a baby card would be a good idea for this layout. It ended up being a bit layered, but I still really like the overall effect. I started my stamping one of the Petal Power background prints in Sweet Blush. It ended up being too bright, so I softened it up with a layer of vellum. I added my sentiment to that layer and then finished off the card with a brown scalloped edge and some ribbon.

I hope you play along! If you do, please leave a link in the comments!

FTL1 - Take Two!

I think this is a fun idea... revisiting the sketches we've done before!  I think I did this sketch before.... wonder if I could find the photo of the card.

Anyway... it's been FOREVER since I've stamped and even longer since I played along with the sketches.  I was introduced to the Bokeh technique a few weeks ago and I love it... it's a water colour technique.  Google it, it's fun!  I used it for the squares on this card.

FTL1- Take Two!

Hello all!

After a bit of an unplanned hiatus, we are back!

Just a bit of background information before we get on to the sketch- I started the blog back in May 2008. I had quite a different vision for it, I was hoping to cycle between clean and simple sketches, techniques, tips, and products. However, the blog quickly turned into a sketch blog. We've completed over 300 sketches over 7 years! Since the blog started, we as stampers have evolved and so has this industry. So with that in mind, we are going to start back at the beginning!

Here is the very first sketch! Fall-to Layout #1, the one that started it all!

Here's my card! I decided to use a fun summery colour combination. I always find myself drifting towards these types of colour combinations at this point in winter!

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II, Up Up & Away

Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice, Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet, Fresh Snow

Paper: White, Smokey Shadow

Accessories, etc.: Swiss Dot Black Organdy Ribbon

If you play along, please leave a link in a comment!