Hi! This card was made for today's Sketch Challenge.
I LOVE this sketch, and when I saw it, I thought about these blackberries. I love blackberries. When we were kids, my family used to go camping at Lake Renova in Virginia. We'd go out on Fridays and stay until Sunday afternoon. For breakfast, Hope and I'd go out into the campground with a pan and pick wild blackberries! YUM! They grew all over in little bushes that were full of thorns. We'd come back a mess of scratches and blackberry juice! Oh...I miss those fun summer mornings with my sister. Geez...why did we grow up???
The image and sentiment were stamped in Noir and colored with Copic Markers. The background was sponged in with Sun Flower and Raw Sienna. I had to add the extra sentiment oval because the sentiment didn't fit on the focal image's oval.
Finished size: 4 3/4" x 6"
Total Time to complete: 33 minutes.
Registered: April 20, 2005 Location: The only Eaton Rapids on the Earth, Michigan Posts: 57568
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 @ 6:33 AM
Eye-popping gorgeous, Faith! The yellow sponging really sets everything off so nicely, and I love the beautiful purples and papers. TFS such a sweet memory, too; sometimes it would be nice to go back to our childhood, wouldn't it?
Registered: June 9, 2006 Location: Wauconda, IL Posts: 55667
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 @ 6:40 AM
Very pretty card Faith!! I like what you have done with the sketch. The striped dp looks great used like that. What an awesome sentiment, and your berries are colored beautifully.
Registered: March 20, 2005 Location: Butler, PA Posts: 77633
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 @ 6:43 AM
Fabulous coloring job on this Faith. Lovin' those blackberries! We picked 'em too and my mom made blackberry 'rolly polly' - a pie crust with the berries in the middle and the dough folded up over and sprinkled with sugar, baked and cover the warm pastry with milk - yum!!! Now, mom, dad and my bro are all gone - yea, why did we grow up????
------------------------------
If you open someone's card, you must have liked it...please leave a comment to encourage them!
Registered: March 6, 2004 Location: Casa Grande, AZ Posts: 28932
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 @ 6:47 AM
DH and I still pick blackberries when we are in the Pacific Northwest. Some years we pick gallons - eat them fresh or can quarts and quarts of them.
What a luscious card - scrumptious colors. I really like the striped dp.