For my first card, I sought the inspiration from one of Jen Del Muro's A Sketch For You To Try. Once I got started, I realized I had to take some liberties with it because my image was a little too long.. oh well! I colored my solidier up with Copics and used a mix from the Cool Neutrals, Water and Spruce collections grouped by Flourishes. Add some silver thread, a BG button (from the Jovial collection too), some sheer ribbon and... voila! Oh, I almost forgot, that lined paper is actually from the BG Basics -- Manilla collection.
card#2: Red and Green shades
Again, this was from the BasicGrey Jovial paper collection. And, this time too... I used a sketch to kick off some creativity! This sketch is Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. Color my guy up with Copics (a mix of the Cool Neutrals, Poppy, Dustry Rose and Evergreen Collections grouped by Flourishes), add some brads and gold stitching to imitate the criss cross action from the lines of the drum, add a bow and a sentiment (not yet released from one of Flourishes upcoming Christmas sets!) and... you're done!