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Saturday, October 6, 2012

Sketch + Color

By now you know my go-to "thing" is a sketch challenge. It totally jump-starts my mojo. I chose this sketch posted at Skipping Stones Designs:



I also kinda liked this week's color combination at CR84FN:


 So I attempted to do them both on one card, and this is what came out:


I cheated on the sketch by using striped paper. For the color challenge, the green and blue are in the paper and the yellow is one of the three twines I used. I tried a version of this with a yellow strip under the twine, and I pretty much hate intensely dislike it, so you won't even see that one.

I used a Jennifer McGuire trick for the "layers", and used thin strips of black card stock instead of a full layer under the patterned paper. It makes the card lighter-weight, plus it's easy and economical - BONUS!

I just had another idea for this color combination, too. It's World Card-Making Day, so I'll be stamping a bunch, and I'll be back to show off anything I think is blog-worthy. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Products not included below: KaiserCraft Chapter One 6.5" paper pad, SU Basic Black card stock, Bazzill White card stock, Whisper Graphics Divine Twine



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9 comments:

  1. JackieOctober 6, 2012 at 1:05 PM

    Love the colors and that's a great idea about the faux layers.

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  2. Deborah FringsOctober 6, 2012 at 9:22 PM

    I think your paper is just fab! And the three colours of twine work perfectly! Thanks so much for playing along with CR84FN this week!

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  3. Mona PendletonOctober 7, 2012 at 3:53 AM

    Darling CAS design! Thanks for joining along with CR84FN :)

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  4. wendypOctober 7, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    one of my favorite color combos! Fabulous job! Thanks for playing along with this weeks Skipping Stones Design sketch!

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  5. Jessi FoganOctober 7, 2012 at 11:28 AM

    Hey, the stripes are perfect! You're making me want to pull this pad out & use it again :)

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  6. PaulineOctober 7, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    A great CAS design, those papers are fab!
    Thanks for joining us at CR84FN this week!

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  7. TesaBOctober 7, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    Gorgeous CAS card! And brilliant take on the sketch!!! Thanks for playing with us at Skipping STones Design this week!

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  8. StephanieOctober 8, 2012 at 6:08 AM

    Absolutely love the colors and how you interpreted the sketch using striped paper! Genius! Thanks for joining us over at Skipping Stones this week!

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  9. Miriam PrantnerOctober 9, 2012 at 6:43 AM

    Great CAS design. Love the twine! Thanks for playing along at Skipping Stones Design!

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I'd love to hear what you really think! :-)

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