Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #36 is today:
I generally make cards in landscape format -- don't know why that is other than it's a little more pleasing to my eye and I like that size of canvas. So I flipped this week's sketch and when I did, the element in the lower right of the sketch looked like a postage stamp placement to me, so that's how this card got started!
Here's my sample:
I knew I wanted this adorable new Lockhart Dottie Bunny to look like was running for the IB Carrots, so that's how this card got stretched out so much -- he wouldn't fit on the card any other way! He is on Curious Iridescent Cryogen White shimmer cardstock, along with the tops from Karen Lockhart's Cottage Flowers stamped in Brilliance Graphite Black. They are colored with Copic Sketch markers, staying within the brown/teal/blue colors of the K & Co. Designer Card (measures 9-1/4" x 3-7/8"). The flowers and carrots are enhanced with Copic Spica Glitter Pens:
I enhanced this little scene by cutting a cloud mask from Eclipse Tape and airbrushing Copic Sketch marker #B00-Frost Blue for the sky. The postage stamp was cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Rectangles and matted with a Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangle. I wrote "Hoppy Mail - 6 C" (the cent mark in this case stands for carrots!!) with black Copic Multiliner 0.3. Did you know this is the professional grade marker that Karen Lockhart uses to draw her images? Interesting little fact! The stamp is popped up on foam dimensionals.
A row of Fresh Grass Dew Drops in the upper left of this card finishes it off. Be sure to check out the blogs of these talented ladies to see what they've created for this week's sketch! Beate, Cambria Turnbow, Charmaine Ikach, Jenn Balcer, Laurie Schmidlin, Lori Craig and MaryJo Albright.
Have a great weekend -- I hope to get some more stamping done and post something else this weekend before celebrating my birthday on Sunday. It's a significant birthday for me and I'm not too sure I'm looking forward to it!
