Just Add Ink 179 - Sketch Challenge

Hello All,

This is my 3rd week as a Guest Designer at Just Add Ink and this week's challenge is a sketch by Mae.

This one threw me a little.  At first I couldn't see past the splatter and I don't have any current stamps of that style.  I should buy some I suppose if I want to be able to make Grungy cards, but I left this card until the last minute.  Silly me.

Here is the sketch.



I decided on a more elegant design instead.  This is what I came up with using the Beautifully Baroque single stamp which I've stamped and embossed with Gold Embossing powder.  I then coloured some of the image.


I've used Island Indigo ink with a blender pen in the fine border and I've used watercoloured the centre of the embossed image with Rich Razzleberry ink.  I love these rich jewel tones.  My Cardstock is Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White and Island Indigo and I've used Chevron Ribbon and Papillon Potpourri stamp set and co-ordinating punches for my butterfly.  The greeting is from the set Petite Pairs and punched with the Mosaic punch layered onto the Modern Label punch.

Have a closer look here.


I must also thank Belinda Neil as she was the inspiration for the colouring the inside of this stamp.  Without first having seen what she did, I probably wouldn't have thought to try it myself.  I really love how this turned out.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope to see you over at Just Add Ink in the challenge with a card of your own.




Comments

  1. Really lovely, Carolyn. The rich colours are just perfect with that gorgeous Beautifully Baroque stamp. I love how you've punched out the sentiment with the Mosaic punch, and the chevron ribbon is perfect. Beautiful card!

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  2. So glad you didn't go grunge Carolyn, as this is such an eye catching card...So elegant, it has a Moroccan feel to it, with the rich colours and gold.xxx

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  3. I think that was a really hard design to work with. You did so well. Vx

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  4. This has a lovely clean elegant feel Carolyn. And the gold embossing adds such a touch of richness especially coloured :)

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  5. Like the sample & love your sample!

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  6. I LOVE your take on this sketch Carolyn! Love the colours you've used and the embossing is so striking!

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