Freshly Made Sketches #200! Clean and Simple card
I know it's not often that I post when it's not a hop or Design Team day. I actually had some time to play along with another team's sketch challenge today. You might have heard of them – Freshly Made Sketches? They have the BEST clean and simple sketches and a very talented group of designers on their team.
I have a special birthday party to attend this weekend, and I needed to create a "guy card". Simple sketches are PERFECT for guy cards, because they just don't need that much!
Here is the sketch that inspired my card:
and here is my take on it:
Here's a few things I did:
Embossed background – I still wanted detail and texture in the card, but not too much. After I embossed it, I took my bone folder and burnished it down a little so it wasn't quite as "bumpy" as usual. I love the softer look it has. (I don't usually use "retired" merchandise, but this guy is a golfer so this was PERFECT for him. Plus, it is still available in my store)
Watercolor Ombre letters – Watercolor and Ombre are both still HOT looks in paper crafting. I brushed a little Mossy Meadow over some watercolor paper with my Aquapainter, concentrating the color closer towards the bottom.
The Sentiment Banner – No, that's not a wood embellishment, that's a light watercolor wash of Soft Suede ink on Watercolor paper. "birthday" is then stamped full strength with Soft Suede ink. I used my Paper Piercer to create an area where I could do some hand stitching with the Gold Thread. I love that little detail!
I hope you enjoy my take on the sketch. Who knows, maybe I'll create even more with this sketch this week.
Hope you have a great day!!!
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I totally thought it was wood and was trying to figure out your stitching!! Perfect card for the sketch, Jeanna! Thanks for joining our celebration, my friend!
love the shaded letters and that touch of gold stitching is sweet! So glad you joined us at Freshly Made Sketches to celebrate our 200th!
Such a great card Jeanna! That sentiment banner totally looks like wood! So cool! Love the background! Thank you for celebrating our 200th Sketch with us at Freshly Made Sketches!
Wow! I saw your card at Freshly Made Sketches and came to take a closer look! This is gorgeous! I love the embossed background! A beautiful CAS card! Great job on the sketch!
Your card caught my eye over in the Freshly Made Sketches Gallery and I wanted to come visit and see more! WOW – what a simple, stunning and very lovely card!! I really enjoyed visiting your blog and I would love it if you popped over for a visit to my blog at daisiesgirl.com!! I have a giveaway going on right now!
Taunya Butler
http://daisiesgirl.com