Saturday, August 21, 2010

Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge


Good morning and happy Saturday. Here I am again for Our Creative Corner. This week our hostess, Wendy Jansen has a sketch challenge for you. I have to admit, I fudged it just a bit - I forgot about the ribbon across the main panel until I had the whole thing put together so I combined it with the right top corner element. Hope Wendy will forgive me for messing up her sketch!

I combined this challenge with the colors for this week's Play Date Cafe challenge - light and dark greens and blue. I set out with my normal shabby chic style, sponging and scissor distressing the edges. The frame was embossed with Tim Holtz distress embossing power and I used his Tattered Florals die to cut canvas on which I applied two colors of alcohol inks. I've seen a couple of examples of canvas recently and it looked sweetly shabby so I purchased a small piece this week to play around with.

Products Used
Stamps: Bluebird from Artistic Outpost, music from Stamp Oasis and the Thanks stamp is from Celebration of Thanks by Verve
Paper: SU's Old Olive and (retired) Bermuda Bay, DP from Rasberry Road Designs Moments in Time and Pressed in Time digital paper packs
Ink: Stuart Superior India Ink, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Versamark
Accessories: Brad from SU, SU Word Window Punch, the flower brad is from Little Yellow Bicycle (old, probably not available any more - been in my stash forever), Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress Embossing Powder, Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die, Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks in Stream and Meadow

Hope you'll skip on over to Our Creative Corner to see what the other designers have done with Wendy's sketch. Hope you'll check out their personal blogs too!

Wendy JensenDana GrothausDiane GilbertJennifer MeyerJulie LeBlancSarah GoughLori Rider

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Blessings & hugs,
Challenges and Such Entered:
The Play Date Cafe - Color Challenge: Blue and Shades of Green
Fab 'n' Funky - Flower Power
7 Kids College Fund - Strip it Down (no more than 2 layers of DP)
Res-Q-Challenge - Time for Some Therapy (my fav is vintage!)

24 comments:

Sian said...

Gorgeous card, love the design, great flower and love how you've attached the bow.

Suzi Mac said...

Beautiful card Linda, I love the canvas flower, it works beautifully with the style. I like where you've placed your ribbon and the attachment that holds it.
Hugs
Suzi x

Anonymous said...

Wonderful Linda, love the canvas flower and the the brad is just yummy ! Have left you a little something on my blog. Sue C x

marsha said...

Linda, this is so stunning! I just love the textures!
Hugs, Marsha

Anne Jagger said...

Ooo lovely X

coldwaters2 said...

Absolutely beautiful Linda the flower, ribbon, colours and image are such a delight to see,
Hugs
Lorraine x

Lori Rider said...

This is so pretty, Linda! A little fudge never hurt anyone, LOL. I love the soft colors and textures - so feminine and beautiful!

Suzanne C said...

Beautiful... I loved all the details and the gorgeous layers of colors. Thanks for joining us this week at the PDCC.

Lisa Somerville said...

Love everything about this Linda!Thanks for playing at the PDCC. Don't forget to link in for the Artistic Outpost Monthly Referral program www.artisticoutpost.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

WOW, This is wonderful.. I just love the colors and that canvas flower...

Sarah Gough said...

Very pretty, love that teal!

Christine said...

Your way is perfect!

Ruby said...

Very pretty Linda! I LOVE your ribbon detail, it's fab! Thanks for joining us this week at the PDCC!

Denise said...

beautiful! Love the textured flowers! Thanks for playing RESQ challenge this week!

ellepaulette said...

This is so lovely! I love how all the stamps make one beautiful collage!

Allison said...

adorable
Thanks for playing along at Charisma this week
AllisonX

Julie said...

Beautiful card!

Thank you for joining us at 7 Kids College Fund!

Julie

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

OH MY--just love that ribbon and this entire card! Beautifully done! All the details are perfect:) Thanks so much for playing along and joining in the fun at the PDCC:)

Anonymous said...

simply stunning!!

Wendy J. said...

Linda, this is a beautiful vintage card! Love your greens and blues together! Great job on the sketch challenge!

Unknown said...

Wonderful, Linda! Thanks for playing with the Play Date Cafe!

Lou Sims said...

Stunning card - love all the layers and attention to detail. Many thanks for joining us at "Fab'n'Funky" challenges this week and we look forward to seeing you again real soon.

Lou
x

Lisa said...

Very pretty! Thanks for joining us at 7Kids Challenge!

Sandy Ang said...

Wish I have your distressing skills with inks. Been studying this card to work out why my shabby chic cards never turns out quite sufficiently shabby !

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