Welcome back to another challenge at The Spot , your place for inspiration and weekly cardmaking challenges. This week we have a wonderful sketch challenge! Sketches are a great way of jump-starting your creative process and let's face it with everything going on in the world right now, stamping and getting creative is a great way to spread some happiness.
I haven't played much with my new products from the Annual Stampin' up! Catalogue that went live the beginning of June, so I knew that I needed to pull some out for this sketch. I felt like playing with colour and the vibrant Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper fit the bill. I also wanted to do a little colouring and the large sunflower from the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set was begging to be coloured.
I started with a Thick Whisper White card base, cut the DSP on an angle and attached it to another piece of Whisper White, then die cut it with the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The sunflower was stamped using Memento Ink again on thick cardstock, then coloured with a combination of Stampin' Blends and Watercolour Pencils. It was die cut out with the coordinating Sunflowers Dies. The leaves were also die cut from that gorgeous DSP.
To create a range and depth of colour I used two different colouring mediums. For the petals of the sunflower a Stampin' Blend Marker in Dark Daffodil Delight was laid down first then Light So Saffron was used to blend and diffuse the colour. After that, I used the Light Daffodil Delight to add in a little more colour. Lastly using a Watercolour Pencil in Daffodil Delight I added some depth and shading. For the centre of the sunflower, I used a Stampin' Blend Marker in Bronze and Watercolour Pencil in Early Espresso.
I was so hard to capture in a photo, but the flower petals and centre were also lightly touched with shimmer from a Wink of Stella Glitter Brush. So very pretty in person. To add a little more sparkle I separated a piece of baker's twine from the Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack and used the fine silver thread in it. Of course, no project is complete without a little bling, this time I added the awesome Gold Glitter Enamel Dots.
Now be sure to check out The Spot for some fabulous inspiration, and we would love to see you join in on the challenge!
All products I have used for today's project are listed below with a direct link to my online store for easy shopping!
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Posted by: Emily | 01/18/2021 at 09:58 PM