More 2 Sketches 4 You

The 2 Sketches 4 You blog is holding is first Design Team call for a 3-month fall design team position.  I love doing sketch cards … and I love their wonderful hand-drawn sketches … so I thought I would give it a try. 

My first card uses Kazan’s sketch and the very fun Bird Assortment set by Amy Smyth for Inkadinkado.  I love that cardinal and the sort of grumpy look on each bird’s face.  The birds & sentiment were stamped with black ink and clear embossed. 

I also tried out my new Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils.  I love the smooth feel of the pencil in my hand and the way the colors layer and blend.  Also, they erase much easier than Prismacolors … however they also smeared a bit if I rubbed my fingers over them (which easily erased), but that was the only downside.  I colored and blended these birds using only the pencils (click on the picture for a close-up look).

The strips of Cosmo Cricket DP were crimped and attached to brown DP.  I used my Fiskars threading water punch on the front of the card, and put a strip of brown paper on the inside of the card for contrast.  I added two pieces of gold bling to finish the design (dimensions are 4" x 8 ")

The card for Kazan’s sketch uses The Breathe Paper collection by Prima and another fun stamp from Inkadinkado.

For the heart shaped element on the sketch, I used two punched hearts to make my larger butterfly.  The smaller butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch. 

Thanks ladies for these fun & fabulous sketches.